Get to know each other!

[lyndsayjenness]

Good thread! I know there used to be one, but I have no idea where to find it!

I'm Lyndsay and I'm 25. My husband's name is Chris (well, Christopher) and we have a 2 year old named Dashiell who nameberry helped name! I've been here on and off since almost the beginning. We live in Pennsylvania now, but I was born and raised in California. I love crafting and thrift store shopping. I stay at home with Dash during the day and work evenings. I waste too much time on the internet. I'm starting a huge vegetable garden tomorrow, pretty excited to add "gardening" to my interests! I've been a namenerd since I was at least a preteen, but it probably started before that. I'm pretty sarcastic and find it difficult to bite my tongue, which gets me into trouble sometimes.

[spunky]

It's nice to meet everyone!

What an awesome name, I think it's really original and fun. Was it hard growing up with a name like Chelsea?

Jay, are they your kids in the signature, they have lovely names!

[namefan]

Add me in as another guy! Like Chelsea I have a gender-confusing name, but mine is not as extreme as his (I'm Kelly). I'm mostly here because of my interest in names (I don't plan on having kids anytime soon).

[pants]

Awww Chelsea! I am Chelsey! Never met a male with the name or too many females either. Probably only around 8 my whole life. My mom says she named me after Chelsea in the UK but wanted to change it because some people pronounce it chel-see-ah when it's spelled with the a. I didn't believe her until I had a high school english class, one of the books we read had a character named Chelsea. My teacher pronounced it like that, an english teacher! So crazy. I like having the Y, my s/o is Bryan with a Y. We're cute :lol:

[leah_9]

Neat thread!

Its nice to "meet" everyone! Me and SO have been together for 4 years and should be getting married soon. Well as soon as we can scrape up enough money to pay for a wedding, we will see how long that takes :P I have been name obsessed my whole life, part of it steming from my own dislike for my name (I'm not really a Leah). You can see my current favorites in my siggy. We both have strong German heritage (with the exception of my mil who is Italian ) and family is very important to us. We want our children to have meaningful well thought out names that reflect their heritage and tie them to their family. I will be getting my PhD in Genetics and Cell biology and hope to be a college professor some day. We are not planning children for another 5 years, but Ive been naming babies for nearly my entire life, so its never too soon imo.

[kiwi]

This is a great thread, its great to get to know everybody!

My name is Kirstyn, and yes, parents wanted to be yooneek and spelled it with a "Y". I am 19 years old and studying to become a nurse, I would eventually like to specialize in neonatology. I do not have any children and am not pregnant but I have loved names since I was a child. However, my obsession with names began in high school and has only grown since, thanks to nameberry!

Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

[caoimhe]

Hello everyone, My name is Rachel and have a son named Sidney Warren and am currently pregnant with no.2, a girl, name yet to be decided!! Anyone wondering about the account name: this login originally belonged to my friend Caoimhe... Lovely to meet you all!

[loughmanno]

Hello Claire and everyone,

My name is Heather (early30s). My husband and I were together for MANY years before we tied the knot. We have a blended family. I have two boys, Drue and Jayce (they have my maiden name as their middle name). DH and I have a darling girl Roxsi Parker, and I am due in November for our second. We live in the states and are both artists.

I guess I've chosen names that all are technically nicknames, and chosen variant spellings to set them apart from their root names. I see comments against this all the time, but it has worked out fine for us. My eldest is 12, so trends have really changed.We liked spelling Roxsi this way so she could also go by SiSi or Parker if she chooses! Everyone scoffed at her name before she was born, but it fits her perfectly and we love it!

I have no idea where to start now.....Do you have any favs or short lists you are considering?

Thanks for sharing and Good Luck to all!

[anniebee]

Hi all! I'm Annie and I am not pregnant (thank God) yet, but I love names so here I am! I'm 27 and a journalist in Tennessee, though I'm on the job hunt and may be moving soon. I have been dating my bf for over 2 years and I think we'll probably get married, but for now we're just working on our careers and I'm looking at Nameberry for fun. I think it's sort of like picking paint chips - each name or color has a very specific ring or look to it, so it's fun to try and pick out the right one. I think of the name Jennifer and I think of avocado green haha. Anyway, it's fun to meet everyone!

[lola]

Hi all!

I'm Lola (otherwise known as Laura), 43 (til July) and 9 weeks pregnant with my 4th, today!
My other Half is Ken, we've been together for 27 years.
We have 3 other kids:
Leo Sebastian Coe
Simon Ambrose Nash
Josephine Rosamel Anne

Our boys are 25 this July, our daughter, 7 this May.
Yes, we have an insane life!

I'm struggling a bit with names this time, as a) it's absolutely our last.
and
b) I'm fighting his inclination to go way OTT with the name. He prefers outrageous names (Zuleika & Constantin are his faves) while I'm a little more traditional: I named the boys while he was stationed in Germany.
I've been around Nameberry for a long while but my appearances are spotty, based on what is going on around here in RL. I hope to have some time every day for this place, I Love it here!