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Conference oass::babynames

Title:	A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy)
Notice:	BABYNAMES is now on-line and writable! Enjoy...
Moderator:	OASS::BURDEN_D

Created:	Tue Feb 13 1996
Last Modified:	Fri May 30 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	996
Total number of notes:	7139

874.0. "Baby Barney Mark III" by KAOFS::M_BARNEY (Formerly Ms.Fett) Tue May 18 1993 13:00

    My Husband Alan and I had picked out names before I ever got pregnant.
    We had chosen "Nicholas Alan" for a boy (since he and his father before
    him had their dad's names as middle names) and "Charlotte Iris" for a
    girl.

    We wanted names that were not trendy, appeared before in the family,
    and (at least for the first name) were good in three languages (my
    family is German, Alan's is American and English-Canadian, and we live
    in  French Canada).

    When we found out that our son died in utero at 33 weeks (in the eighth
    month) we decided not to use Nicholas for a number of reasons and
    called him Daniel LeRoy (LeRoy Barney was Alan's grandfather's name).
    Our second child, has just celebrated her first birthday (the
    absolutely marvellous Charlotte Iris Barney).

    Now we are planning another child, and hopefully, we will have another
    son. However, if, at the delivery, another happy girl appears, we need
    a name for her as well.

    So; with the following criteria, I am open to suggestions (this is a
    lot of fun....put your thinking caps on).

    	1/ The last name Barney will be hard enough for a child to bear - I 
    	need something that doesn't sound bizarre with it (Barbara "Babbs"
    	Barney is out!) 

    	2/ I don't want trendy names, nor trendy spellings.

    	3/ I am hoping to find something that will have appeared before in the
    	family. Charlotte was my paternal grandmother's middle name, and  the
    	name of my husband's great-aunt. (it appears twice more as direct
    	ancestors to my daughter, a few hundred years past) Iris is Alan's 
    	maternal grandmother's first name.

    	4/ We'd like to keep the first name at least, as something 
    	recognizable (or pronounceable) in our familys' "three official 
    	languages".

    I kind of like Rose/Rosie/Rosa maybe first or middle name, but I am
    unsure if Alan likes it that much. It is the name of my great aunt, and
    it would sort of create a floral theme to the names.....I also like
    Elizabeth, but Alan isn't fond of it.

    Have fun!

	Monica Lore (Fett) Barney
        & Alan James Barney

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
874.1	Erika/Michelle/Madeleine/Jillian Rose Barney???	AMCUCS::MEHRING		`Tue May 18 1993 16:24`	30
	Monica, Congratulations! I've enjoyed (and shed some tears at) your stories of Charlotte and Daniel in PARENTING notes... Now onto the fun task of choosing a name for the new little one. I think I enjoy it so much because it's one thing we have some control over in the whole miraculous birth process. Anyway, I like some of these names for girls, with Rose as the middle name - don't know if any of them are "family" names for you or how some might be pronounced in German (I know French, but haven't learned German - yet) but it's a start. I think something feminine-sounding and that doesn't end in the "ee" sound (like Charlotte, etc.) fits best with Barney, but that's just my opinion... German: French: "American": Brigitte Caroline Jillian Gabriele Denise Diana Hannah Elena Alexa Claudia Jacqueline Jamie Erika Lorraine Helene Madeleine Mariel Sarah Michelle Samantha Rosalinde Silvia Susanna Valerie Happy naming, -Cori
874.2	thanks, cori!	KAOFS::M_BARNEY	Formerly Ms.Fett	`Tue May 18 1993 19:19`	19
	Some nice names there; comments: - Erika is my Mom's name! - I like Brigitte, but I don't think there is a single incidence of that name in the family..... - Jacqueline is the name of my cousin who is much like an older sister to me (we are already each others' daughter's godmother's and were both one another's maid-of-honour!) - I mentioned Hannah to my husband last night as a matter of fact, since it is the first part of Jackie's mom's name (MY godmother) and I got the second part of her name - it's Hannelore. However, it did little for Alan in the way of excitement. He was entirely "underwhelmed". 8-) - Diana - name of Jackie's sister in law. Has potential.... - Ah, but Helene! Lets bounce that one off the hubby...... Thanks and keep 'em coming! Monica (I AM enjoying this!)
874.3	Some more suggestions	RTOEU::KRICKS		`Mon May 24 1993 12:57`	39
874.4		STUDIO::B_MCCULLOUGH		`Thu May 27 1993 19:39`	9
	How about: Allison Rose Candace Rose Sarah Rose
874.5	Thought of a couple more nice ones...	AMCUCS::MEHRING		`Thu May 27 1993 20:52`	19
	How about: Angeline Rose Barney Cynthia Rose Barney Joceline Rose Barney Susanna Rose Barney I like them all with Charlotte Iris. By the way, what did Alan think of Helene? I also like Emily Rose Barney, from a previous reply. For something different, perhaps: Rosalie Jacqueline Barney Good luck, Monica! -Cori
874.6	thanks, Cori!	KAOFS::M_BARNEY	Formerly Ms.Fett	`Fri May 28 1993 18:36`	11
	I like the last one; Rosalie J......sounds nice! from the previous reply; we've got one for a boy (can't do William - made Grandma Barney a promise that we wouldn't use any names that appear VERY often in the family....) I don't think we'd want to do Daniella..... But my cousin has a daughter named Sabine - I like the name a lot (we all call her Binchen - prounounced Been-shen). Monica
874.7		SUBURB::ODONNELLJ		`Tue Jun 01 1993 18:56`	2
	I think Leticia Rose sounds very pretty or, if you are looking for a variation of Rose, my Grandmother's name was Rosina.
874.8	My List of Names	KAOFS::M_BARNEY	Formerly Ms.Fett	`Fri Jun 04 1993 18:56`	186
874.9	My "selections"...	AMCUCS::MEHRING		`Wed Jun 30 1993 17:39`	18
	Monica, I finally had a chance to read through your list of family names, and have extracted a few that I really like with Barney, with Charlotte Iris, and with the possible middle name of Rose (or alternately Jacqueline). Definitely plenty of variety in there to choose from! Eleanor Lydia Elisha Melinda Heather Nicole Helene Melissa Jeannine Rebecca Julia Renee I think I like Lydia Rose or Melinda Rose the best, but they're all quite nice. Good luck narrowing the list! -Cori
874.10	a reality	KAOFS::M_BARNEY	Dance with a Moonlit Knight	`Wed Oct 06 1993 13:58`	7
	Well, I am in fact pregnant, so this will have to become a serious issue. As I mentioned before, a boy's name is covered, but the debate for a girls name is open. I still favour Eleanor Rose, but some days I am not so sure. I haven't passed this by Alan yet - we'll see...... Monica