My mom's first and middle names are Enid Esther. (Generally I keep my mom's maiden name secret.)
Gavin, ask yourself this question. What are you more afraid of, a giant murderous demon or me?
Lilah ,'Destiny'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Jan 10, 2008 12:39:41 pm PST #2262 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ginger - Jan 10, 2008 12:40:44 pm PST #2263 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Sienna is in the top 100? Why would you want to be named for an undistinguished shade of brown?
Nutty - Jan 10, 2008 12:41:39 pm PST #2264 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Top 10 baby names of 2007
Oh my total god. Aiden, Jayden, Braden, Hayden and Cayden? WTF, parents of boys! Come up with new names, please!!
brenda m - Jan 10, 2008 12:42:37 pm PST #2265 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Sienna is in the top 100? Why would you want to be named for an undistinguished shade of brown?
So your child will grow up like this!
lisah - Jan 10, 2008 12:43:16 pm PST #2266 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
While the rule of thumb is something like great-grandparents' generation names will be the ones that become popular again when you have kids, my family is Old, so my working theory is that my mother's name--which happens to be Esther--will become popular around the time that her grandchildren are old enough to have kids
Esther is actually being named for one of her great-grandmothers (our paternal grandmother, born 1907...although she would have never admitted it!).
P.M. Marc - Jan 10, 2008 12:43:25 pm PST #2267 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Oh my total god. Aiden, Jayden, Braden, Hayden and Cayden? WTF, parents of boys! Come up with new names, please!!
Mayden! Zayden! Clayden! Fayden!
Do any of those work for you?
P.M. Marc - Jan 10, 2008 12:44:50 pm PST #2268 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Esther is actually being named for one of her great-grandmothers (our paternal grandmother, born 1907...although she would have never admitted it!).
I considered my maternal grandmother's name (Edith, called Edie), but was sternly struck down.
I also lobbied for Maud.
And a few other fuddy duddy old person names.
Lillian was the only one we could really agree on.
tommyrot - Jan 10, 2008 12:45:11 pm PST #2269 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Sienna is in the top 100? Why would you want to be named for an undistinguished shade of brown?
So your child will grow up like this!
Or this: [link]
Nutty - Jan 10, 2008 12:47:32 pm PST #2270 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Mayden! Zayden! Clayden! Fayden!
I think, in desperation, boys will have to start poaching on girls' territory (heretofore a big no-no) and start being named Elsie, Destry, and Hepzibah.
Bepzibah! Zepzibah! At least it's not Braden.
Trudy Booth - Jan 10, 2008 12:48:36 pm PST #2271 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Jennifer isn't in the top 100.
Jesus. I'm a redwood.