I love Dare. What a great name.

My all time favorite girl's name, however, remains Rebel Holiday. Since I'll never procreate, I'd love for someone else to name their girl Rebel.

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Someone should have a Clara. My grandmother was Clara Estelle. Gertrude needs to come back, too.

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So you don't think a girl named Dare would be teased mercilessly? I do think it's a kick-ass name, but I worry. Of course, being a girl named Monti (my name IRL) you'd think I would have been teased mercilessly and I was not.

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A prof used it in a class as an example of good design.

I've done the same. though without the iVillage nav.

t Isabel Allende

You could substitute Blanca or Alba for Clara

t /Isabel Allende

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Is there a story behing Monti, GC?

Fiona's daughter is Clara, so it has been Buffista-claimed.

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I had to leave after my retreat post and I have two meetings this afternoon but what I also hate is that my organization feels the need to have these on the weekend. Um, no and no again.

With baby names, my best help was when a good friend and her husband were at a baby name standstill the night before the bris. They'd each come up with a list of 5 acceptable names, but the only one they agreed on was at the top of his list and the bottom of hers: Isaac. She despised the thought of having him called Izzy. So when we were dropping of chairs and plates for the bris, I mumbled, "well then you'll just have to make sure that another nick is in place, like Zac." Mom looked up and said, "okay, we're good now."

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OMG. Turns out Rebel, with whom I attended university but only knew for a total of 5 minutes, lives very near me, has lived everywhere I have lived and does a lot of the stuff I've done in my life. Weird.

Clara is lovely. There is a very nice couple who brings there wee bairn, Clara, to the park to play with the dogs. People just love saying her name.

I'd worry about Dare being a tease magnet, but I think that outcome has a lot to do with the kid's personality. You can try to tease, but if it falls flat, it's no fun.

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Ooh, I love Claudia.

Frontrunner for a second girl (um, sometime in LATE 2009 or 2010) is probably Eleanor, though I'm not crazy about how AnnabEL and ELeanor run together. And I love Josephine, though I have a feeling I won't be able to get DH to bite. Middle name in either case would be Kelly, for my dad.

Boy would have Edmund somewhere in his name, also for Dad. DH wants Brendan Edmund. I want Edmund Patrick, but DH has Patrick issues: "It's Pat! And Patrick the Starfish on SpongeBob!" To which I respond: "Saint Patrick! And Patrick O'Brian, and Patrick Harper from the Sharpe novels!" So I'm thinking of proposing Edmund Arthur as a fallback position, because I'm just not enamored of Brendan Edmund.

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Is there a story behing Monti, GC?

Name is actually Montine, which was my mom's step-mom's name. My mom knew a girl Monti in her youth and really liked the name. I love having a unique name.

Fiona's daughter is Clara, so it has been Buffista-claimed.

Yay! It is a great name.

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{{{Susan}}}

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