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HelpCollected the -ing names everyone suggested - WDYT?
I would have posted this list last night, but we had a thunderstorm and power outage. There were a great many wonderful suggestions made, and I wanted everyone to see. The other post is pretty far down now, so here ya go.
First off, there was discussion of a number of -ing names that are not verbs. Some of them are nouns, some are surnames or other proper names, whether actually in use or only discussed here. These are:
Aisling
Browning
Channing
Gamling (Tolkien Dwarvish)
Harding
Irving
Kipling
King
Manning
Spring
Starling
Sterling
Yearling
Then there are all the present-participle verbs that were suggested. I'm including some I thought of as I was compiling everyone else's, and these new ones of mine are marked with an *. There is at least one name for every letter of the alphabet except X and O. I don't know of any verbs beginning with X. O needs a whole discussion on its own, which we'll have after the list.
Heightening the cool factor on some of these names is the fact that some are both verb and noun, like Painting for example. Also enhancing their actual usability, imo, is the fact that some of them strongly resemble real names already in use, like Christening for example.
Okay, ready? Go!
Amazing
Angling
Arching *
Astounding
Being
Believing
Blazing
Blessing
Brightening
Building
Burning
Calling
Caring
Caving
Charming
Christening *
Courting
Creeping
Dancing
Dashing
Darkening (Lightening's brother)
Dawning
Dreaming
Edging *
Enduring
Farthing
Freeing *
Gazing
Glazing *
Glowing
Gliding
Going
Grinning
Hawking
Hearkening *
Heartening *
Hiking
Holding
Honouring / Honoring
Hoping
Hunting
Icing
Inkling
Jiving
Joining *
Joshing
Knowing
Lacing
Lancing
Laughing *
Learning
Lightening (as in, getting lighter)
Lightning (as in, flashes of light with rain)
Linking
Living
Loving
Making *
Meriting
Naming *
Netting *
Noting * (as in, to note, not "Notting" like Notting Hill)
Pacing *
Painting
Playing *
Quilling *
Racing
Raining
Reiding (?)
Rhyming
Riding
Ringing
Rising
Roaring
Rolling
Saving
Searching
Sailing
Sallying
Seeing
Seeking
Shining
Singing
Sleeting
Smiling
Snowing
Soaring
Spicing
Stunning
Tracking
Trailing
Trekking
Trusting
Turning
Twirlling
Urging *
Voicing *
Walking
Whirling
Whispering
Willing
Wishing
Yearning
Zooming *
My favorites, the ones I really like and think could be real names in actual use, are Blessing, Christening (Christian / Christine), Lacing (noun and verb, sounds like Lacy), Lancing (like Lancelot, which I have always loved), Quilling (most Q names are just quirky enough anyway that this could blend right in), and Willing (like William / Willem). Plus, of course, the three that got me started thinking about all this, Hawking, Dashing and Soaring.
So, about the lack of O names. All the O verbs I can think of have questionable meanings, that I would not want to saddle a kid with (although that's true of a few of the suggestions above as well). No one suggested any O names, and of the ones I could think of, I didn't want to include any. Tell me what you think of any of these, or can you think of others?
Obeying
Obliging
Offing
Ogling
Oiling
Omitting
Opening
Opposing
Ordering
Owning
:-)
ETA the comment about Lancing, which I forgot initially
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
First off, there was discussion of a number of -ing names that are not verbs. Some of them are nouns, some are surnames or other proper names, whether actually in use or only discussed here. These are:
Aisling
Browning
Channing
Gamling (Tolkien Dwarvish)
Harding
Irving
Kipling
King
Manning
Spring
Starling
Sterling
Yearling
Then there are all the present-participle verbs that were suggested. I'm including some I thought of as I was compiling everyone else's, and these new ones of mine are marked with an *. There is at least one name for every letter of the alphabet except X and O. I don't know of any verbs beginning with X. O needs a whole discussion on its own, which we'll have after the list.
Heightening the cool factor on some of these names is the fact that some are both verb and noun, like Painting for example. Also enhancing their actual usability, imo, is the fact that some of them strongly resemble real names already in use, like Christening for example.
Okay, ready? Go!
Amazing
Angling
Arching *
Astounding
Being
Believing
Blazing
Blessing
Brightening
Building
Burning
Calling
Caring
Caving
Charming
Christening *
Courting
Creeping
Dancing
Dashing
Darkening (Lightening's brother)
Dawning
Dreaming
Edging *
Enduring
Farthing
Freeing *
Gazing
Glazing *
Glowing
Gliding
Going
Grinning
Hawking
Hearkening *
Heartening *
Hiking
Holding
Honouring / Honoring
Hoping
Hunting
Icing
Inkling
Jiving
Joining *
Joshing
Knowing
Lacing
Lancing
Laughing *
Learning
Lightening (as in, getting lighter)
Lightning (as in, flashes of light with rain)
Linking
Living
Loving
Making *
Meriting
Naming *
Netting *
Noting * (as in, to note, not "Notting" like Notting Hill)
Pacing *
Painting
Playing *
Quilling *
Racing
Raining
Reiding (?)
Rhyming
Riding
Ringing
Rising
Roaring
Rolling
Saving
Searching
Sailing
Sallying
Seeing
Seeking
Shining
Singing
Sleeting
Smiling
Snowing
Soaring
Spicing
Stunning
Tracking
Trailing
Trekking
Trusting
Turning
Twirlling
Urging *
Voicing *
Walking
Whirling
Whispering
Willing
Wishing
Yearning
Zooming *
My favorites, the ones I really like and think could be real names in actual use, are Blessing, Christening (Christian / Christine), Lacing (noun and verb, sounds like Lacy), Lancing (like Lancelot, which I have always loved), Quilling (most Q names are just quirky enough anyway that this could blend right in), and Willing (like William / Willem). Plus, of course, the three that got me started thinking about all this, Hawking, Dashing and Soaring.
So, about the lack of O names. All the O verbs I can think of have questionable meanings, that I would not want to saddle a kid with (although that's true of a few of the suggestions above as well). No one suggested any O names, and of the ones I could think of, I didn't want to include any. Tell me what you think of any of these, or can you think of others?
Obeying
Obliging
Offing
Ogling
Oiling
Omitting
Opening
Opposing
Ordering
Owning
:-)
ETA the comment about Lancing, which I forgot initially
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
This message was edited 7/23/2006, 1:38 PM
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Great list! The only "O" one that I can think of that doesn't sound too silly (to me, anyway - I came up with Ogling and Obliterating, but I think that they are entirely unusable, even in a theoretical sense!) is Orbing. Can't think of any X's though!
This message was edited 7/23/2006, 6:06 PM
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I love and would use these
ones marked are/well be added to my list, and i love them ones marked / have been on my list already or i like them
Aisling /
Channing /
Kipling *
Spring /
Starling /
Sterling /
Yearling *
Blessing
Brightening
Charming
Dreaming
Enduring *
Farthing *
Honouring / Honoring
Hunting
Icing
Lancing
Lightning
Painting
Raining /
Reading *
Rising
Searching
Sailing *
Seeking *
Shining
Snowing *
Soaring / *
Trailing *
Whispering
Wishing
ones marked are/well be added to my list, and i love them ones marked / have been on my list already or i like them
Aisling /
Channing /
Kipling *
Spring /
Starling /
Sterling /
Yearling *
Blessing
Brightening
Charming
Dreaming
Enduring *
Farthing *
Honouring / Honoring
Hunting
Icing
Lancing
Lightning
Painting
Raining /
Reading *
Rising
Searching
Sailing *
Seeking *
Shining
Snowing *
Soaring / *
Trailing *
Whispering
Wishing
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I like...
Arching - could be called Archie
Christening - it's enough like the other Chris- names that it fits in
Courting - reminds me of Courtney, but I like Courting much better
Hawking - very cool
Lancing - I think it sounds "right" because it's also the name (but different spelling) of a the capital of Michigan, but I like it because of it's similarity to Lance/Lancelot
Quilling - Quill would be a fabulous nickname, too
As for O names...
Oweing
Oozing
Oaring
Occuring
Opting
Also, how about Belling?
·•·Eliza·•·(See PPs in profile)
All children, except one, grow up.... You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.
Arching - could be called Archie
Christening - it's enough like the other Chris- names that it fits in
Courting - reminds me of Courtney, but I like Courting much better
Hawking - very cool
Lancing - I think it sounds "right" because it's also the name (but different spelling) of a the capital of Michigan, but I like it because of it's similarity to Lance/Lancelot
Quilling - Quill would be a fabulous nickname, too
As for O names...
Oweing
Oozing
Oaring
Occuring
Opting
Also, how about Belling?
·•·Eliza·•·
All children, except one, grow up.... You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.
This message was edited 7/23/2006, 4:08 PM
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A Few More
I like (I'm marking with G or B which gender I prefer for it):
Irving (B)
Spring (G)
Starling (G)
Sterling (B)
Brightening (B) This is the first one I thought of, myself.
Christening (B) I'd love this enough to use it if it weren't an actual word.
Dashing (B)
Dawning (G)
Enduring (G/B)
Heartening (G/B)
Lancing (B) Much better than Lance!
Meriting (G)
Quilling (B) Again, if this weren't an actual word...
Rhyming (G) I can't say I really like this, but I do love Rhyme.
Whirling (B)
Wow... -ing words start to look reeeally weird after you look at them for a while.
I didn't see the original post for this, so I'll add a few of my own:
Sharing
Glistening
Travelling
Pondering
Inspiring
Imagining
Pinking
Admiring
Flowering
Rejoicing
"O" words:
Observing
Orchestrating
Overcoming
Originating
(EDIT: added a couple)
♥♣ 
♦♠
" i'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance "
♠♦ ♣♥
I like (I'm marking with G or B which gender I prefer for it):
Irving (B)
Spring (G)
Starling (G)
Sterling (B)
Brightening (B) This is the first one I thought of, myself.
Christening (B) I'd love this enough to use it if it weren't an actual word.
Dashing (B)
Dawning (G)
Enduring (G/B)
Heartening (G/B)
Lancing (B) Much better than Lance!
Meriting (G)
Quilling (B) Again, if this weren't an actual word...
Rhyming (G) I can't say I really like this, but I do love Rhyme.
Whirling (B)
Wow... -ing words start to look reeeally weird after you look at them for a while.
I didn't see the original post for this, so I'll add a few of my own:
Sharing
Glistening
Travelling
Pondering
Inspiring
Imagining
Pinking
Admiring
Flowering
Rejoicing
"O" words:
Observing
Orchestrating
Overcoming
Originating
(EDIT: added a couple)
♦♠" i'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance "
♠♦
♣♥This message was edited 7/23/2006, 6:39 PM
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Wow... -ing words start to look reeeally weird after you look at them for a while.
I noticed this too, haha. :)
·•·Eliza·•·(See PPs in profile)
All children, except one, grow up.... You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.
I noticed this too, haha. :)
·•·Eliza·•·
All children, except one, grow up.... You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.
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Interesting collection!
I love:
Aisling - This will likely be my girls name. Provided I have another of course.
Sterling - I grew up with a boy by this name. I always thought it was cool, but a little to English for my family =(
King - very cool, but maybe a little presumptuous for me.
of the next set, I like:
Dawning
Hawking
But most of these are just too wordy for me. They are so descriptive that I find myself classifying the name bearer into preconceived categories of characterization. Which as a rule I try NOT to do, with any information about someone. ie. Their job, socio-economic class etc.
If I had to pick the worst (just for fun), I'd say Offing. Which makes me think of a serial killer =(
I love:
Aisling - This will likely be my girls name. Provided I have another of course.
Sterling - I grew up with a boy by this name. I always thought it was cool, but a little to English for my family =(
King - very cool, but maybe a little presumptuous for me.
of the next set, I like:
Dawning
Hawking
But most of these are just too wordy for me. They are so descriptive that I find myself classifying the name bearer into preconceived categories of characterization. Which as a rule I try NOT to do, with any information about someone. ie. Their job, socio-economic class etc.
If I had to pick the worst (just for fun), I'd say Offing. Which makes me think of a serial killer =(
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Offing is definitely awful - reminds me of offal, actually
Not a good name for a person!
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
Not a good name for a person!
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
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WOW
...Do people actually use these as names? Painting? Obeying? Yearning made me laugh, as did Zooming. =)
-the warrior girl and her dragon lover-
...Do people actually use these as names? Painting? Obeying? Yearning made me laugh, as did Zooming. =)
-the warrior girl and her dragon lover-
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This list was the result of a discussion
much farther down the board about verb names. No, I don't know anyone named Painting, and Obeying, as I clearly indicated, does not sound like a good idea to me. I don't know that Yearning was intended to make you laugh, though I certainly understand Zooming sounding funny. On the other hand, I take Hawking quite seriously (it is a surname). I find a few of the others very plausible and might use one myself - if I were having more kids.
This was the original discussion.
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=601588&board=baby
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
much farther down the board about verb names. No, I don't know anyone named Painting, and Obeying, as I clearly indicated, does not sound like a good idea to me. I don't know that Yearning was intended to make you laugh, though I certainly understand Zooming sounding funny. On the other hand, I take Hawking quite seriously (it is a surname). I find a few of the others very plausible and might use one myself - if I were having more kids.
This was the original discussion.
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/arcview.php?id=601588&board=baby
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
This message was edited 7/23/2006, 3:13 PM
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yeah, I figured that out.
And I know some of them, like Hawking, are serious names, it was just the weird ones that my eyes pop out. Also, I only really skimmed the post..sorry.
-the warrior girl and her dragon lover-
And I know some of them, like Hawking, are serious names, it was just the weird ones that my eyes pop out. Also, I only really skimmed the post..sorry.
-the warrior girl and her dragon lover-
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WOW
-the warrior girl and her dragon lover-
-the warrior girl and her dragon lover-
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well that was dumb of me. ignore this.
-the warrior girl and her dragon lover-
-the warrior girl and her dragon lover-
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Not an O, but here's an -ing name you missed: Loring. ;o)
Now for the O's :o)
Owing
Offering
Operating
Orchestrating (it's long, but it sounds cool, lol)
Objecting
Obliterating (ok, maybe not the best "name" choice..)
Obscuring
Observing
Obtaining
Occluding
Occupying
Oiling
Orbiting
Ordaining
Organizing
Originating
Oscillating
Ossifying
Outing
Outlaying
Outstanding (quite a lot to live up to...)
Outwitting
Overcoming (...adversity: very positive!)
Now for the O's :o)
Owing
Offering
Operating
Orchestrating (it's long, but it sounds cool, lol)
Objecting
Obliterating (ok, maybe not the best "name" choice..)
Obscuring
Observing
Obtaining
Occluding
Occupying
Oiling
Orbiting
Ordaining
Organizing
Originating
Oscillating
Ossifying
Outing
Outlaying
Outstanding (quite a lot to live up to...)
Outwitting
Overcoming (...adversity: very positive!)
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I like:
Arching
Courting
Dashing
Darkening
Gazing
Lacing
Lancing (this really sounds like a name to me)
Lightning
Painting
Raining
Rising
Sailing
Trailing
Willing
-- Sarah
Arching
Courting
Dashing
Darkening
Gazing
Lacing
Lancing (this really sounds like a name to me)
Lightning
Painting
Raining
Rising
Sailing
Trailing
Willing
-- Sarah
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I (sort of) like:
Blazing
Calling
Dashing
Darkening
Enduring
Gazing
Jiving
Pacing
Quilling
Raining
Racing
Reiding
Roaring
Snowing
Stunning
Tracking
Trekking
Whispering
Funny:
Farthing: in a Dutch accent that would be Farting :)
Hiking: Hi Queen, Hi King!
Icing: she'd be sweet
New ideas:
Diving, nice with sister Skye :)
Signing as a sib for Singing
Opening would be a very unfortunate name for a girl :P
O*ing names:
how about cheating: Onoring
Offering
Occurring (sp?)
Oncoming
Operating (in the future: Hi I'm doctor Operating... Hi I'm mechanic Operating. You see it works in various professions :)
Opting
Orbing
Outbraving
Outfoxing
Outhousing (Joke)
Outing (ok, it's not a verb)
Outraging
Overseeing
and one with an X!
X-Raying
(these are bad ideas aren't they...)
Blazing
Calling
Dashing
Darkening
Enduring
Gazing
Jiving
Pacing
Quilling
Raining
Racing
Reiding
Roaring
Snowing
Stunning
Tracking
Trekking
Whispering
Funny:
Farthing: in a Dutch accent that would be Farting :)
Hiking: Hi Queen, Hi King!
Icing: she'd be sweet
New ideas:
Diving, nice with sister Skye :)
Signing as a sib for Singing
Opening would be a very unfortunate name for a girl :P
O*ing names:
how about cheating: Onoring
Offering
Occurring (sp?)
Oncoming
Operating (in the future: Hi I'm doctor Operating... Hi I'm mechanic Operating. You see it works in various professions :)
Opting
Orbing
Outbraving
Outfoxing
Outhousing (Joke)
Outing (ok, it's not a verb)
Outraging
Overseeing
and one with an X!
X-Raying
(these are bad ideas aren't they...)
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I like:
Aisling
Gazing
Hawking
Lacing
Loving (I knew a boy named Loving once)
Raining
Shining
Willing
And here are some O names that arent that bad:
Observing
Optomizing (sp?)
Aisling
Gazing
Hawking
Lacing
Loving (I knew a boy named Loving once)
Raining
Shining
Willing
And here are some O names that arent that bad:
Observing
Optomizing (sp?)
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Optimizing is good, it certainly has a great meaning :-)
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
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