This is my daughter
Nova.
You say: What a beautiful, exotic name you have
Nova!
You think: I might just have to steal that name for my own daughter.
This is my daughter
Artemisia, "Mizha".
You say: What a wonderful name! I love the name
Artemisia.
You think: Why, why, why must they call her "Mizha"!
This is my daughter
Cicely, "
Sissy".
You say: Hello
Cecily.
You think:
Celia would have been prettier...
This is my daughter
Apollonia, "Apple".
You say: What a great name
Apollonia.
You think: What a great name, too bad it has been paltronized. (
Gwyneth Paltrow, get it?... )
This is my daughter Saphrona, "
Saffron".
You say: What a pretty nick name!
You think: And they couldn't have just named her
Saffron because...?
This is my daughter Aster.
You say: Hello Aster.
You think: I prefer
Linden,
Rowan and
Aspen myself, but Aster is nice.
This is my daughter
Opal.
You say: How cute.
You think: How hideous.
This is my daughter
Emerald, "
Emma".
You say: That's so cute.
You think: That actually is pretty cute.
This is my daughter
Celia.
You say: Finally, a
Celia!
You think: At least this one wasn't
Cicely.
This is my daughter
Xylia.
You say: Hello.
You think: What did she just say?
This is my daughter
Sunniva, "
Sunny".
You say: What an interesting name you have
Sunny!
You think: I like that.
This is my son
Jasper, "Jazz".
You say: Nice to meet you
Jasper.
You think: How could they ruin a perfectly good name like
Jasper with the abomination of "Jazz"?
This is my son
Solomon, "
Sol".
You say: Nice name.
You think: I'm not sure this name can really be pulled off...
This is my son
Felix.
You say:
Felix!
You think: Like the cat.
This is my son
Evander.
You say: I am so pleased to see someone with sense enough to use
Evander.
You think: I am so pleased to see someone with sense enough to use
Evander.
This is my son Stone.
You say: Hello Stone.
You think: Does he have a brother named Rock?
This is my son
Heron.
You say: I'm glad to finally meet a young man with a sensible name.
You think:
Heron is nice.
This is my son Sylvan.
You say: How sweet.
You think: Hmmm, does he have trouble with reading, writing or arithmetic?
This is my son
Valerian.
You say: Do you call him
Val?
You think: I hope so, 'cause
Valerian is a mouthful for a little boy.
This is my son
Skyler, "
Sky".
You say: Hello
Sky.
You think: Boring.
This is my son
Stellan.
You say: You have a very cool name
Stellan.
You think: It's true, he does.
This is my son
Arden.
You say: I love the name
Arden.
You think: I love the name
Arden.