baby names

MagnoliaApples

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what about Jillian High or Sarah or Sabrina High. Chelsey High. Linda High. Lucinda High.

Or if it was a boy: Gregory High, Nathan High. Joshua or Josh High. Neven High.
 

Gonzo

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My girlfriend teaches and some of the names people are now giving their children are ridicules. Brandon, Braden, Broaden, Jayden, Jasper, Riley, Lachlan, Jaxon! Those are the common ones now, with strange spellings.
 

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My girlfriend teaches and some of the names people are now giving their children are ridicules. Brandon, Braden, Broaden, Jayden, Jasper, Riley, Lachlan, Jaxon! Those are the common ones now, with strange spellings.
Brandon, Brendan, Braeden, Braden, etc. are modifications of the name Bréanainn (Celtic) which means "Prince" or "King". Really old name that is still fairly popular in some cultures. Jasper's been around for a couple hundred years. Riley is an extremely old Celtic name, also, as is Lachlan. Broaden means "widen" and I agree it's an odd thing to call someone. Jayden is a new one on me too but it's not that weird, probably a variation on Jason, same with Jaxon, although someone might have gotten rid of the "cks" part of Jackson and replaced it with the "x". Again, not all that weird.
 

karrie

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exelia is an old name in my family... we found it digging through old archives. It stuck in my head, and is one I would have loved for my own kids, but it is far from conventional.

Ean is a neat boys name, short and to the point, but strong. Nolan is another I really like. I wish you luck in coming up with a good one... but, I always recommend having two names, because once in a while, the baby comes, and the first name you chose just doesn't fit, ya know?
 

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exelia is an old name in my family... we found it digging through old archives. It stuck in my head, and is one I would have loved for my own kids, but it is far from conventional.

Ean is a neat boys name, short and to the point, but strong. Nolan is another I really like. I wish you luck in coming up with a good one... but, I always recommend having two names, because once in a while, the baby comes, and the first name you chose just doesn't fit, ya know?
Some fit though. Broken Rubber, Oooops, etc. :D
 

karrie

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Some fit though. Broken Rubber, Oooops, etc. :D

My neighbors had an 'oops' that arrived this December... they had her home almost a month before they could come up with a name for her. *lol* In the end, Deslin was chosen. It's a great fit too.
 

talloola

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I like Charlie, and I like Sydney for a girl

I had four daughters, so couldn't use Charlie, but did later for my chocolate lab.
Luke, Levi, Jake, Caleb,and Joe, all went to my labs, (was a lab. breeder)

Levi, Riley, Seth, Keenan
- Rudi-Lee, Dana, Josh
 
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Wasn't there a Hollies tune that had that? "Hey Mr. Tambalina, play a song for me"......... etc.

Bob Dylan Love

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand,
Vanished from my hand,
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping.
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet,
I have no one to meet
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming.

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship,
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip,
My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels
To be wanderin'.
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way,
I promise to go under it.

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

Though you might hear laughin', spinnin', swingin' madly across the sun,
It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escapin' on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facin'.
And if you hear vague traces of skippin' reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind,
I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're
Seein' that he's chasing.

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind,
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.