Pondering Hypothetical Names

Posts Tagged ‘Oliver

Pairs For Fun (Girls matched to Boys)

Posted by: neschria on: May 7, 2009

Yesterday I was coming home from the grocery store and I saw a truck that had a heart painted on the door with the names “Julian and Oralie” in it. My first thought was, “Oralie makes me think of  ’orally’, but make that Julian and Aurelia, and I think you’re on to something.” This got [...]

A Few Combos

Posted by: neschria on: April 12, 2009

 My first husband gave me carte blanche when it came to naming babies, as long as they got his last name, but my current husband is a lot more particular. The way it works for us is that I make lists and fret and match and re-match names, and my husband vetoes most of them. Here [...]

A Preliminary List of Names (Boys)

Posted by: neschria on: April 10, 2009

I have three sons now:  Nicholas (20), Geoffrey(18), and Liam(12). I tend to name boys relatively ordinary, or even popular, names. A lot of the names on this list are just “regular guy” names or popular, up-and-coming names. A few are just names that I like, which might be a little further out on a [...]


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