I like
Benjamin and good work on finding a name that works in English and Portuguese.
Now, on to the rest (and debunking stupid comments in the article):
Seraphina Rose Elizabeth -I like all the names, but would have preferred either
Seraphina Rose or
Seraphina Elizabeth
Mabel Painter -
Mabel is an old British scullery maid to me. And that comment about Painter is beyond stupid since her mother is
Kim Painter and therefore the name is her mother's last name (something any serious writer would know and mention)
Helena Grace -I like it, but since when has
Helena been in the attic? That comment would have fit
Mabel better, imo.
Paloma Louise -great name.
Paloma would hardly be exotic to
Ana Ortiz since she's Latina and
Paloma is a word name in Spanish and not rare at all. And since when is
Louise original instead of classic?
Phoebe Margaret -not a fan of the name.
Phoebe has been popular for ages and hardly considered new.
Walker Nathaniel -I hate
Walker (Texas Ranger anyone?) but love
Nathaniel
Jasper Warren -dislike both names
Otis Tobias -hate the same ending and don't like either name
Beckett
Edward -not a fan. Yeah, it must be Twilight and not the fact that
Nicole's father is named
Edward (insert sarcasm).
Blaise Ray -ok, different but not weird. Again with the cultural reference, but no factual data:
Ray is
Amanda's middle name and as such I doubt it has anything to do with jazz.
Bandit
Lee -agree, horrible. Not to mention that her full name is Bandit
Lee Way (as in leeway).
Anniston
Kae -yeah, that must be why they used Anniston, to show up
Angelina Jolie (rolls eyes here)
Mars Merkaba -
Mars is a GP of mine for a boy. Not a fan, but all her kids have weird names (son Seven
Sirius, daughter Puma Sabti) so it could have been worse.
Kaydnz Koda- I'm in pain, lol.
Ikhyd
Edgar Arular -I'm all for honoring your heritage, but there commes a point when your child's well-being should come first. And M.I.A was born in
London, so she can hardly claim not to know what the name sounds to and English native speaker.
Sparrow James Midnight -I'm not big on
Sparrow (but since I like
Wren for a boy, I don't hate it), but
James Midnight is an ass-kicking name, lol.
(can you tell how much I hate
Pam and
Linda's writing style, lol)
The rest:
Heavenly
Joy Jerkins -poor thing and with a last name like that too.
Atlas Heche Tupper -I like
Atlas in theory, but I'd be hesitant to use it in real life.
Petal
Blossom Rainbow Oliver -the middle names are a bit too much, but I love Petal
Gunner Flowers -I think
Brandon said that they wanted a tough name for him since his last name is Flowers. Guess they succeeded:-(
This message was edited 12/18/2009, 7:26 PM