Those are the names of my future kids as things stand.
L. and I had a decent conversation about names, it was quite good fun. We were working on the criteria that the name has to work in both English speaking and Portuguese speaking countries.
Names L. suggested:
Anna- I rejected this for being too like my name
Hannah.
William- I dislike all the nns and find this rather bland.
Augustus- I kind of like it, but it seems a little bit stately.
Names I suggested:
Alice- L. wasn't keen on using this as a fn, but it is in the running as a mn.
Adelaide- L. thought this was strange
Alcyone- L. doesn't like the "English" pronounciation.
Henry- L. thought it was too old and he doesn't like
Harry.
Sebastian- L. says the Portuguese form
Sebastiao is low class.
Barnaby- As above.
Theodore- Rejected because
Teodoro is the name of his mother's poodle.
Hugo- Rejected because it is too similar to the name of our friend's son.
L. said he wanted a mythology name or an ancient
Roman name, but I think they might be a bit hard to pull off. We might keep them as mns. I'm pretty happy with
Ivan and
Claudia,
Ivan is the name of my great grandfather and
Claudia honours L.'s late father
Claudio. I should probably add that I pronounce them IE-van and CLAW-dee-a and L. pronounces them EE-vahn and CLOW-dyah
This are a few combos I've knocked together, let me know what you think:
Ivan OctaviusIvan OdysseusIvan Aurelius- L. suggested
Aurelius as a fn and I thought it was too much, but I rather like it as a mn.
Ivan AugustusIvan CallistusIvan MarcellusIvan SeptimusIvan Leonardo
Claudia NepheleClaudia PomonaClaudia Alice- I know the As clash, but I really want to name after my sister.
Claudia GinevraClaudia Delphine/
DelphinaClaudia Penelope
This message was edited 5/24/2007, 5:57 PM