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 [...]
Posted by: neschria on: April 26, 2009
This evening I spent a lot of time down in the shop with my husband, and I happened to have my name notebook with me, so I used that time to add a few new names to my lists and to work out some new combo ideas. Here’s a few for boys. I’ll try not [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
