Comments on: New Baby Names: Fresh, surprising choices in this week’s Nameberry Nine

By: Mnmemily15

Mnmemily15 — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:06:58 +0000

I hate when they miss huge name references as in Liv Tyler from LOTR or That Thing You Do. And also, a more well known Jacoby would be Jacoby Ellsbury. Center fielder for the boston red sox; incredibly talented, incredibly handsome, and the first person of Navajo descent to play in the major leagues.

By: diplomama

diplomama — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:08:06 +0000

Our Dog’s name is Radley ( after Boo) and I have often thought since I would have copied it for a baby name had I planned ahead. Nice to see it getting some love!

By: Daisy_

Daisy_ — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:37:50 +0000

Liv is okay. I love Jacoby, Maverick and Solene!

By: wildebeth

wildebeth — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:50:23 +0000

Chapel makes me think of Dave Chapelle. I mean, I think he’s hilarious at times, and my husband is a huge fan–but it’s definitely not an association I’d want for my little girl!

By: tori101

tori101 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:01:03 +0000

Hmm…
I think having a wide range of names to choose from makes naming a child more difficult as with more choice theres more decisions to make. Wheras if you have a limited choice you only have three names too choose from instead of twenty three names! Instead of name list consisting of Ann, Mary and William and Robert you have name list consisting of Amira, Niamh and Angelo and Grey along with those classics. Theres a lot more choice making it A LOT harder!

I’m not really a big fan of these names, I find choices like Rekker and Maverick to crazy and out there for a child to live up too. However I do like Bright, Liv and surprisingly Chapel.

By: Peanut

Peanut — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:14:50 +0000

Wow, Solene is new to me and I think it’s beautiful!

Bright has been one of my favorite word names for years. But I prefer it as a middle, for a girl. It balances out some of the more old-fashioned first names that I love.

I quite like Chapel! But see above, ref: me being a sucker for cool word names.

By: MissusAytch

MissusAytch — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:27:53 +0000

I love Liv. I have for years. Also like Bright, Chapel, and Solene. Sollemnia is also pretty great, but I tend to be partial to saints’ names. Chapel reminds me of Temple, which I also like.

Rekker seems like he was named by a teenager. Ditto any baby named Maverick. Names I would have liked at 17.

By: auroradawn

auroradawn — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:26:39 +0000

I went back and checked out the Design Mom blog post on Sunshine and her family, and I’m so glad I did! How lovely her home and her family are. I’m even more in love with her kids’ names now. It seems Sunshine does call her son Decker John, which I somehow like better than just Decker. It sounds more grounded, I think, if that makes sense.

Thanks for the link! I may now become addicted to Design Mom.

By: auroradawn

auroradawn — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:14:40 +0000

This is probably my favorite Nameberry Nine list in quite a while. I like all of these choices, with the exception of Rekker and Maverick. They sound too “bad-boy” for me, though I think Maverick has more potential than Rekker.

Though Bright, Chapel and Decker are slightly more adventurous choices than I see myself using, I love them as a sibset, especially Bright and Chapel for sisters. Lovely images of sunlit little country churches fill my mind when I see these names together.

I’ve liked Liv since I saw Liv Tyler in LOTR, Radley is good if you like the surname trend, Jacoby is cool, and Solene is beautiful.

By: GrecianErn

GrecianErn — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:05:02 +0000

I’m not a huge fan of any of these names, but I have a friend with daughters named Elle and Liv. And it suits them. the family is successful and the parents are very minimalist in their styles preferring to mix natural woods with metals and whites. The children just seem to match and their names suit each of them perfectly.