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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.

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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"!

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This is my daughter Cicely, "Sissy".
You say: Hello Cecily.
You think: Celia would have been prettier...

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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?... )

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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...?

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This is my daughter Aster.
You say: Hello Aster.
You think: I prefer Linden, Rowan and Aspen myself, but Aster is nice.

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This is my daughter Opal.
You say: How cute.
You think: How hideous.

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This is my daughter Emerald, "Emma".
You say: That's so cute.
You think: That actually is pretty cute.

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This is my daughter Celia.
You say: Finally, a Celia!
You think: At least this one wasn't Cicely.

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This is my daughter Xylia.
You say: Hello.
You think: What did she just say?

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This is my daughter Sunniva, "Sunny".
You say: What an interesting name you have Sunny!
You think: I like that.

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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"?

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This is my son Solomon, "Sol".
You say: Nice name.
You think: I'm not sure this name can really be pulled off...

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This is my son Felix.
You say: Felix!
You think: Like the cat.

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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.

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This is my son Stone.
You say: Hello Stone.
You think: Does he have a brother named Rock?

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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.

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This is my son Sylvan.
You say: How sweet.
You think: Hmmm, does he have trouble with reading, writing or arithmetic?

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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.

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This is my son Skyler, "Sky".
You say: Hello Sky.
You think: Boring.

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This is my son Stellan.
You say: You have a very cool name Stellan.
You think: It's true, he does.

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This is my son Arden.
You say: I love the name Arden.
You think: I love the name Arden.

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