Conference oass::babynames

    There is a related conference on PARENTING.  Note 7.* concerns itself
    with the naming of a baby; both first and last names.  The later
    is a special consideration for those mother's that kept their maiden
    name, hyphenated theirs with their husbands, or made up a new one.
    
    I believe that there is even a discussion on how to handle twins.
    
    KP7 or Select to enter the conference on EXIT26::PARENTING.
    
    				-Marc

    NOTES is new to me.  BABYNAMES is a great idea.  But how do I create
    a new note for a new name?!
    
    Tracy

    Use WRITE and after you've entered your thoughts, NOTES will prompt
    you for the title to your note like it does when you use the REPLY
    commmand.   Of course you can always type HELP anytime you need
    it at the NOTES> prompt.

    As .3 said, if you want to start a new base note, use the WRITE
    command.  All I ask is that the title of the note (you will be prompted
    for the title) is the name that the note talks about.  (This may
    not apply in all cases I realize).
    
    If you want to adda note to a currently existing base note, you
    want to type REPLY at the prompt.  You had to do this to create
    the note asking for help.  Again, the reply can be titled and the
    system will prompt you for it.
    
    You are welcome to add any and all notes that you wish to.
    
    Randy

    NOTICE:
    
    I am about to leave the face of the Earth - or so that is what all
    of my veteran SWS residency friends tell me.  
    
    I am going to go on my FIRST residency on Monday 9/15/1986.  It
    will be 6 months or who knows how long......
    
    
    As such I will not be able to moderate this notes file as actively
    as I have been.  And certainly will not be available during the
    day for any system, conference management activities.
    
    So far, with the exception of the beginning of the conference, we
    have not had any problems with the system relating to this conference.
     (At least none reported to me).
    
    This may or may not continue, I hope it does.
    
    I am writing this note as a warning to all BABYNAMES noters that
    to the best of my ability, BABYNAMES WILL STAY ON THE AIR.  but
    I am in a field office, geared to demos, projects and the ilk. 
    With me not in the office, people tend to not ask if they can blow
    things away, etc.
    
    So, if you can't get to BABYNAMES, I may not be able to fix it for
    a while, or even know about it.  If things get blown away, they
    might really be blown away. And in general, mail to me (while always
    welcome and encouraged) may not have much immediate effect or affect
    on the conference.
    
    Now with all of my disclaimers aside, I don't see any reason why
    anything will happen.  I hope to institute some backup procedures
    independant of the sometimes frequent ones we do for the system
    in general, and I plan on being an active noter almost daily.  I
    just can't prromise anything.
    
    So continue to enjoy - just don't pounce if something goes wrong
    and doesn't get resolved immediately.
    
    Thank you in advance for your understanding and future patience.
    
    Randy Warrens

    Randy,
      
    Did you have your babies yet? I guess by now you would, unless your
    wife's late...
    I'm getting married this october 3rd....If I ever had twin girls,
    I'd name them Ashley and Amber.  I love the name Ashley and will
    probably name my first girl that.  Boys..well, y'know how names
    remind you of people you know...Randy reminds me of a good friend
    and I've always liked it.
    
    There's a tradition in my Italian family (most Italians second or
    third generation still keep up this tradition) as far as naming
    the eldest male. The way it works is the first and second name is
    reversed every generation...ie: My grandfathers name is Charles
    Salvatore Saranita, My father's is Salvatore Charles Saranita,
    my Bother's is...you guessed it, Charles Salvatore Saranita.
    
    Interesting? My mother's family, on the other hand has different
    tradition...only a few generations old.  I'm only second generation
    Irish on her side and at least one girl in each family has a first
    name that ends in "een".  
    
    My name is Loreen, my mom's, Eileen...we also have Kathleen, Coleen,
    Darleen, and Marleen. (Most of the familie's still in Ireland so
    dont know everyone's name)
    
    Last but not least...I've always been very proud of my sir name
    (Italians usually are)  but soon I'll have to give it up for 
    a Slavian name. Yes, I thought of hyphenating, but could you
    imagine my checks...
     
        Loreen Rose Saranita-Kobilarcsik
    
    good luck with the Father career.
    
    

    >...soon I'll have to give it up for 
    >a Slavian name. Yes, I thought of hyphenating, but could you 
    >imagine my checks...       
    No I can't imagine the Czech's ;>)
    
    
>    Randy,
      
>    Did you have your babies yet? I guess by now you would, unless your
>    wife's late...

 Yes the twins were born June 1, 1986 (6 days before my daughter's 3
    year birthday - talk about hectic).
    
    Dylan Gene was born first, Braden Richard was born 26 mintes later.
    
    Randy

    It has come to my attention that my network link to Minneapolis
    is blasted, and know one knows why.
    
    I don't know if anyone can access this node or not, i only know
    I can't get out.
    
    So, even though you probably can't read this, I know about the problem.
    
    I will try to post this note in the conferences notefile.
    
    Randy Warrens

    RANDY,
    
    	I HOPE YOU ARE ABLE TO READ THIS NOTE. I AM NEW TO DEC AND TO
    NOTES AND SOON TO BE NEW TO BABIES. THIS IS A TEST TO SEE IF I HAVE
    LEARNED HOW TO USE NOTES. MY LAB TEST ON BABIES WILL BE LATE IN
    MARCH IF EVERY THING GO'S ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE. WITH A LAST NAME
    LIKE SMITH, MY WIFE AND I THOUGHT THAT WE NEEDED A STRANGE FIRST
    NAME (LIKE HUNTER , WHICH IS MINE) FOR OUR FIRST CHILD. AS MOST
    OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, NAMING A CHILD IS A TRIAL AT BEST TO KEEP
    EVERY ONE HAPPY. I HAVE ENJOYED READING THRU THE NOTES AND WILL
    CONTINUE TO SEE IF ANY ONE ELSE HAS ANY IDEAS.               
    
    					HAPPY BABYING
    
    							HUNTER SMITH

    Welcome, Hunter, to BABYNAMES...
    
    And good luck to naming and parenting.
    
    Your notes test worked fine.  I would suggest not using all capital
    letters in notes however, it looks like you're shouting - a point
    in general in notes and electronic mail.  However, no misinterpretation
    taken in BABYNAMES, Babies are something to shout about!
    
    ---
    
    For the rest of you.
    
    I have just been able to come into this file from another node on
    the network,  So I suspect (as evidenced by Hunter's note) the rest
    of you can get access too.
    
    Thus no announcement will be made in conferences.
    
    Enjoy the names
    
    Randy

    The EASYNET_CONFERENCES notefile listed BABYNAMES off the air, but...
    
        BABYNAMES should be available again.  You probably have been able
    to get to it for a couple of weeks, but I haven't been able to stay
    connected to EASYNET_CONFERENCES long enough to publish this.
    
    A lot of system things have changed.  We are now on a MicroVAX II
    sys5 config (up from a VAX 780) with a couple of disks and 16MB
    (up from 4MB).
    
    The network communications now go directly through Chicago rather
    than through Minneapolis - a savings of 2 or 3 hops at least.
    Additionally I am told the network line should be more stable for
    a couple of reasons, it is faster and we are not sharing a stat
    mux with higher priority terminal traffic.
    
    You know the old saying: 'More babies, more names, more notes!'
    
    Enjoy
    
    Randy Warrens

    HERE IS ONE THAT I LIKE:
                            RYAN (IF ONE IS A BOY)
    			    RYAN IS FROM THE IRISH MEANING:
    				"LITTLE KING"
    			I HOPE IT HELPS YOU OUT.
     BRENDAN
    

    
    Does anyone know what happened to the notesfile PARENTING?  I haven't
    been able to access it for over a month.  
    
    Diane

    Parenting is now on NACHUB::PARENTING

    My husband and I are expecting our first child very soon,
    we are choosing Capri for a girl, we went to the Island of
    Capri for our honeymoon and it was beautiful there, this
    is why we chose it and also my husband is Italian.
    

    The system NCMWVX is likely to be down on Thrusday 11/5/1987 for
    a while to repair the tape drive.  No estimate of availability has
    been given.
    
    Keep trying.
    Thanks
    
    Randy

    hi,
    
    I read this conference for some weeks now. I can reach it without
    problem but I never never succes trying to access at parenting.
    
    Do you know where is its new location. ?
    
    On NACHUB:: I always obtain a "remote node is unknown !!!"
    
    Thanks in advance.
    
    Daniel

    See note 94.4 in this conference.
    
    Note to everyone:  you should have TLE::EASYNET_CONFERENCES in your
    notebook.  This is where announcements of conference locations and
    questions about conferences are answered.  Hitting the 7 on your
    numeric keypad (on the right) will add that conference to your
    notebook. 

    (Aside to Randy - you may delete this note [and maybe the previous one]
    after some reasonable length of time.)
         
    Bruce

                          HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    TWINS ARE GREAT! I NAMED MINE RAEGEN AND MAEGEN

    Hi, i'm new to vax notes. i have one son aged 18months. i named
    him Dustin Ray which means stormy king. boy, did i name him correctly.
    we call him dusty. being from the south, there are alot of strange
    names. azalee,rhoba,nebraska,etc. i am planning another child .
    anyone have any different names for girls?

    Hi all, 
    
    >Small note of possible access problems.
    
    April 1 (no joke), the office that houses the computer will be
    undergoing jackhammer repairs.  We are likely to bring all computers
    down for a day or two.  Thus you may have access problems.
    
    The date is not firm, if it changes I will try to update you in
    time.
    
    Thanks
    
    Randy

    It is as definite as itis going to get,
    
    March 30 through April 4, 1988 service may and likely will be
    disrupted.
    I will try tio get a backup of the notesfile before this happens.
    
    Randy

    I THINK SPOCK IS A NAME OF A SPACE-FIGUR !!!
    
    I THINK THAT LINUS-GARBAGE IS A BETTER CHOICE
    BECAUSE THATS MY KID'S NAME OK!!
    
    NISSE FETTVACUM!!

    Hello,
    
    I am not about to become a parent, or anything like that.  But I
    do consider my name to be fairly unusual, it is Nadine, and can
    be pronounced in a number of ways.  I would be interested if anyone
    out there knows anything about it's origin.
    
    Regards
    

    How do _you_ pronounce it?  I would assume it is prounounced
    Nay-deen.
    
    --Tracy
    

    network up, kinda.
    
    As of yesterday, the network came back alive out here to Wisconsin,
    (you know, 'When you say WIIIIIIIS-cons-sin, you've said it all!')
    
    The network link is very shakey and probably slow, we got burned
    in Chicago, and they have some 55,000 phone lines to worry about,
    I bet ours is low on the old totem pole.
    
    But, slow is better than none, and the future may be brighter.
    
    I have noticed a few notes in this first topic that appear to be
    associated with a different topic.  i wont move them, because i
    couldn't fguess at their true identity.
    
    But a word to the wise.
    
    If you wish to answer or comment to a note whether it is note NN.0
    or NN.1, NN.2, etc just use the command REPLY. Type the REPLY a
    the NOTES> prompt while still reading the note or reply that you
    wish to comment on.
    
    If you want to start a new conference topic, perhaps a new name,
    a new questions, a new subject use the command WRITE.

    
    Thanks
    Randy

    Everyone in my family has kids (not me yet), but we have some different
    names -- Johnna Autumn, Alyssa, and Chelsea (all girls).
    
    But Randy, I wanted to mention something about the twins.  My boss
    has twin boys about age 8.  The parents decided not to tell them
    which was born first -- to prevent over protection or favoritism,
    I guess.  When they ask who was first, the parents say, "Oh, I can't
    remember" or "the doctor forgot".
    
    I thought that was a pretty good idea.
    
    Joy Bradish
    

    This notes file was a great idea.  If you haven't checked out "Criminal
    Names" note number 38, you should!  It is a roar!!
    
    JAM

    In reply to Edmonds (note 1.20), have you ever heard the name Bethany
    for a girl.  Don't know the meaning but it was also the name of
    a small town 2 miles outside of Jerusalem in the days of Christ.
    If you are familiar with Tasha Tudor books, it was also her sister's
    name.
    
    I,ve got two girls, Emily Catherine and Rebekah Anne, and I'd like
    another one.  Girls are great!
    
    JAM

    I have a splended namesuggestion. How about C�l�ste? (It's a female
    name by the way). I first got in touch with the name when I was
    reading a childrens storybook about an elephant called Babar. He
    married another elephant and her name was C�l�ste. It's french and
    therefor you don't pronounce the last e. My favourite names for a
    girl are Sara Louise C�l�ste. I hope somebody can use them! 
    
    Bye bye!
    
    Anna 

    How the heck do you pronounce it?
    
    
    -Tracy
    

    Try Se-lest

    Se as in sell or send
    --       --      --
    
    lest as in "lest we forget"
    

  
    A friend of mine, Dave, was given the other christian names of Nelson
    Battersby. This was a family tradition for the first-born son but
    Dave didn't appreciate having a name that had the conversational
    impact of a battle field nuke! He became very secretive about his
    full name which in turn meant that people were curious to find out
    what N. B. stood for. Elaborate ploys were devised, threats employed
    and bribes offered but Dave kept his secret. Romance blossomed for
    Dave, and as marriage loomed large on the horizon people began to
    realize that the vicar would be intoning the words "Do you, David
    **** *****, take this woman......". It seemed that a record attendance
    was guaranteed in church. Now Dave was a sensitive soul and felt
    that having hundreds of people fall off their pews was not the best
    way to start a life of nuptial bliss. He therefore revealed all
    to his best man (who was not easily shocked) and asked him to quietly
    "leak" his name before the event. Unfortunately Dave's ability to
    choose a best man was about as good as his family's ability to choose
    names. Far from being discreet,the best man wrote a poem leading
    up to the great revelation and set it to music. The public performance
    took place on the stag night. During the uncontrolled laughter that
    followed there were two heart attacks, three arrests for public
    order offences and a Scotsman was seen to buy a round of drinks!
    Dave himself spent several hours in a state of apoplexy with his
    face doing a good impression of a large and hairy victoria plum.
    The wedding itself went well, with only subdued murmuring and a
    few sniggers marring the occassion. Shortly afterwards Dave took
    a job with Hewlett Packard and no one has seen him since!
    
      Oscar Wilde said that children often grow up to understand their
    parents, but rarely to forgive them. I think he had a point!
  

    my husband's cousin has 3 kids with strange names:
    
    Serenity and Shi are the 2 girls names...and
    Laroy for a boy.  Anyone have any information on these names.  They
    sound as though they were made up out of the blue!
    
    I am also going to have a baby in February.  My names are:
    
    Jillian Marie for a girl   ... or
    
    Kevin or Carl Michael for a boy.  My husband wants Carl but I want
    Kevin.  Any way to resolve this!  If I choose Carl, can it be spelled
    with a K versus a C (Karl)?  Is this the German version?  The reason
    for this is that my name is Carol and I feel this is so close to
    Carl that I will be naming my own baby after me, which I am not
    excited about because the name Carol doesn't thrill me!
    
    

    Sure you can spell Karl with a K.  I used to work with someone who
    did that.  I think it is the German variation, but I'm not sure.
    I would think having a Carol and a Carl would be confusing.  Of
    course, I with you...I vote for Kevin.  
    

Hi,
    This is my first time on NOTES since I'm a newcomer to DEC.
    BABYNAMES really caught my attention since twins are expected in
    March '89 to my wife and me.
    
    Coming up with names sure is difficult, but some possibilities we
    have are Tamara, Kathrine and Stephen Clay.  Clay is my wifes maiden
    name, and since it is also a Christian name, will be included in
    the (first) boys name.
    
    For those who like unusual names may I suggest my wifes name, Charmian.
    This is pronounced Sharm_Ian, and she was Cleopatra's hand-maiden
    as mentioned in Shakespeare's " Antony & Cleopatra ". It can also
    be spelt Charmion or Sharmian.
    
    Jeff.
    
    

    How is Tamara pronounced?  Does it rhyme with "camera" or is the
    accent on the second syllable (ta-MAR-a)?
    
    -Tracy
    

    We are expecting in May 1989 and have already pretty well decided
    on names.  However, we feel pressured to use family names that we
    aren't real fond of for a boy.  Has anyone else had this problem
    and how did you deal with it??  We have considered using three
    names and calling him (if it  is a boy by the name we do like).
    
    If it is a girl--Ashley or Amber Ann
    If it is a boy--William(after Dad and grandpa) Anthony(name we will
      use) Oneill(after my dad's brother who was killed at a young age)
    
    All of the above with the last name Huntley.  Is that too much??
    
      Help!!!  How can we name our kid what we want without offending
    the whole family?
    
    Pamela Ann White-Huntley

    re: .39
    Tamara is pronounced Ta-MAR-ah.   Abbreviations are Tammie or Tam.
   
    Famous Tamara (for Australians) is Tammie Fraser, the wife of ex-Prime
    Minister, Malcolm Fraser. 

     I am a new mother of a bouncing baby girl. We decided to name her
    Olivia because that was the name her dad always liked. It took me
    a while to get used to it, but I love it now.
    
                                      pam
    

    .41
    
    
    I love Olivia!  Congratulations!!!!!    Anna
    

my girlfriend has a niece named Olivia.  She is less than 6 months old, i think.

I, too, love that name.

--sandy

>>>    on names.  However, we feel pressured to use family names that we
>>>    aren't real fond of for a boy.  Has anyone else had this problem
>>>    and how did you deal with it??  We have considered using three
   
		
		I am having this problem now... I was named after 
	my father and I don't care for the middle name at all!!!!
	I never told anyone my middle name all through school and still
	don't reveal my middle name to anyone...  We named our first
	son Thomas, and now my wife is expecting again, she's due on	
	Dec. 10.. At Thanksgiving dinner at my parents, my father told
	my wife and I he would appreciate us naming the child after
	him/me if it was a boy... We just told him we were planning
	on naming him Keith Richard, or Richard Keith if it was a
	boy..  That is just going to have to satisfy him, at least
	he's getting Richard in the name... It's my kid and I'll
	not strap him with that impossible middle name I got!!!!!!!

Rick

    I like the name Cassandra for a girl!  Don't you?
    
    

    I love the name Caasandra too. Does anyone know the
    meaning? How about a good middle name to go with it?
                          DLC
    

    HOW about Cassandra Anne?

    
                           <MY VERSION>
    
    My daughters name is Cassandra Leigh. 
    

    HOW ABOUT CASSANDRA MARIE ... CASSIE MARIE ?

    My cousin just named her little girl, born April 27th, Cassandra
    Marie and is calling her Cassie for short. :^)

    I am due a baby in August, any suggetions with names ( I think it
    is going to be a girl?
    
    
    

    I have one daughter that is now 4 years old.  Her name is Lauren
    Nicole.  I have gotten many compliments on the name, and I've always
    liked it.  My name is LaLonda and its always bothered me, so I wanted
    an out of the ordinary name without being too different.  My son
    is 3 years and his name is Daniel Robert John, obviously we couldn't
    decide.  They are all names of good friends of ours.  I am expecting
    again in October and I think it's a boy but we already used all
    the male names on our son, so my husband and I haven't decided what
    to do yet.  
    

    How about naming him....John Robert?

    Reply to .52
    
    How about if you named him John Robert?

    Hi there I think the name Cassandra is very nice but what does it
    mean.
    Oh by the way I'm new to Babynames, and I've just been reading though
    (in my dinner hour of course).
    How would you all like the idea of creating a full list of all the
    babynames we can think of.
    
    Hope you all get to see this.
    
    Kaz.
    

    Hi there, it's me Kaz.
    
    Cassandra Leigh is good, But I would just like to say something
    to all the mothers who give their daughters the middle name ANN,
    you are very very very BAD. How can you be so Nasty.
    
    Kaz.

    Hey Kaz...
    
    What's wrong with Ann?  Why do you think "mothers" who give their
    daughters that name are "bad"?  Ann happens to be my middle name
    and I like it.  Oh, and try not to be sexist...  My mother didn't
    name me, my *father* did.  Is that O.K.???
    
    - Kathryn Ann
     

    How about the name "Brent Michael" for a boy?  I think it has a nice
    strong sound to it.  It's unusual without being weird.
    

    Leigha is a girl's name.  It is an Americanized version of the Hebrew
    name Lea.  A boy's name would be spelled Leigha for the other version
    Lee.  The American spelling of Leigha means happy....unlike the
    Hebrew spelling which means weary.
    
    This is a beautiful name and since our background is not Hebrew
    we wanted a different spelling.  We found it in a book we bought
    from Crown Books.  This is our daughter's name.  Leigha Marie.
    
    

    HI!!
    
    MY NAME IS ISABEL.   I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NAME MEANS BUT ALOT OF
    PEOPLE  TELL ME ITS A VERY PRETTY NAME.
    

    Hi, I am also new to VAX Notes.  I'm from Ontario, Canada and have
    a couple of different girls names.  My name is Denine (pronounced Di-neen) 
    and I have a lovely baby girl who is six months old, whose name is 
    Brenna.  I really like your son's name ... Dustin is different but 
    not strange!
    
    Good luck with your next baby and it's name!!!!
    
    Cheers!                      

    Hi,
    
    	There are two names  really like.  For a boy the name is Alan.
    	This is Celtic and means harmony.  And for a girl the name is
    	Gwyneira.  This is a welsh name and means White Snow.
    
    Alain
    

    (this is as good a place as any to put this.)
    
Just to let y'all know:

As a DEC TAG, after working a year, I get laid-off for 6 weeks.  Well,
that time has come, starting April 30.  I will be back, however, on
June 11 (hoping, of course, that things don't get so bad here that they
won't let me;  it IS being worked on, and I WAS told that I am coming
back), same node.

I will miss everyone and everything.  If anyone wishes to send me
U.S. mail (Gawd!  How primitive!  ;^) ), my home address is:

			55 1/2 Cross Street
			Nashua, NH  03060.

I SHALL RETURN!

See y'all June 11!

K.C. (aka Karen) Fahel

    NOTICE:
    
    My My. This notesfile ha sbeen keeping nice and busy. I haven't done a
    thing in it since I fell off the face of the Earth quite some time ago
    (9/15/1986) - Yeash!
    
    I've peeked in a few times, and have tried to read most notes, but not
    very well.  I still love BABYNAMES, just not a participant.
    
    My sister-in-law is pregnant so I may be looking closer soon.
    
    Anyway, I am moving from Madison, WI to Atlanta, GA.
    
    I do not know the system resources space policy there. I want to move
    control of BABYNAMES to Atlanta when I move (end of May).  BABYNAMES
    will stay put until I get the information to move it.
    
    HOWEVER! I may not be able to move it. In that case BABYNAMES will
    probably go off the air!
    
    I will try to give you as much notice as I can but it may come to that.
    
    BABYNAMES began with my need for names for my Twin boys (Braden and
    Dylan - they are turning 4 this June 1!) I was also going to do some
    name research based on the entries in the conference, who knows it may
    still happen. As such I do not want to stop BABYNAMES. If it has to go,
    is anyone out there able to pick it up and allow me or yourself to
    moderate it?
    
    As you can tell from my involvement, BABYNAMES 'runs itself'. Not much
    work to it, just network and disk resources.
    
    Send mail to this address or Rand Warrens @MZO or notes in this
    conference.
    
    Again, BABYNAMES may move or go off the air, new potential sites
    solicited.
    
    
    Cheers and keep those names coming.....
    
    Randy Warrens

    
    I was just reading your message and was wondering what you ended up
    naming your baby?
    
    I, too, had a baby boy in August (the 31st) and named him Blake Andrew.

    Good news folks, BABYNAMES Lives!!!
    
    
    I will be able to move BABYNAMES to my new node and it should be fine.
    
    The move will be in a week or two.
    
    So if you can't access it on SWSCHZ, the new node will probably be:
    
    WARLRD::
    
    WARLRD is on a cluster with YR2000 and is called AIMTEC, so these
    should work too.
    
    I will post the progress here and in EASYNET_CONFERENCES conference.
    
    Send me mail if you need help.
    
    Thanks
    
    Randy Warrens

    
    Hi.. after spending my pregnancy being a read only BABYNAMES noter, I
    am finally coming out of the closet and announcing:
    			
    			Paris Aim�e 
    	  (last name-->	     Nightingale
    
    		born Good Friday, April 13, 1990
    		     in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    
    Paris' Mum,
    Candace Stewart

    I will be attempting to move the conference tomorrow Friday 9/14/1990.
    
    The conference will be write locked immediately.
    
    When things are normal, i will announce it here.
    
    Randy Warrens
    warlrd::warrens_r

    Babynames is now open for business...
    
    
    Randy Warrens 

    hi, I'm new to babynames too. I just wanted to throw in a couple of
    names in case anyone was interested. Geniveve or Rebecca Dyan or even 
    Nicole Anastasia are favorites of mine for girls. For a boy I like real
    strong names like David (King David in the Bible) or Paul. My father in
    law has a nice name,Joaquim. It is pronounced several different ways
    depending on where you are from. He is Portuguese/Italian and it is
    handed down as mentioned in an earlier note ie: he is Joaquim Joseph,
    his father is Joseph Joaquim, and so on and so forth. My husbands
    mother was in a bad mood and ruined it though by naming my husband
    James Joseph (which I like anyway). We named our son Jason Joaquim for
    Jason in the bible (my mothers choice) and the middle name is obvious.
    Daughters name by the way is Michele Lee. Not for the actress! She was
    supposed to be one of the above names but when asked at the hospital I
    promptly replied Michele Lee as if it had been planned!!! I don't know!
    
    Trudy (not short for Gertrude either)

    Just a note.
    
    If you are able to get to this conference on OASS:: then you should see
    this. Obviously, if you can't get in you can't see this note: Oh well.
    
    Other nodes you might try to circumvent the network link problem are:
    
    WARIOR::
    WARLCK::
    
    you can change your notebook with something like.
    
    mod entry BABYNAMES/file=WARIOR::BABYNAMES
    
    
    Randy Warrens 343-1011
    moderator

    Is there a directory of all the names being discussed?  I am looking
    for a name for my new baby  (Due anytime now).  I glanced through the
    conference and couldn't find what I was looking for...
    
    The two names that I am considering  are
    
    			Marcella Louise 
                                             
    			Daniel Mark
    
    				Miller
    
    Found Daniel, no problem, but I am looking more for the Marcella
    definitions, background, etc...
    
    thanks.
    
    Patrick			Long_Live_`66_Mustangs!!!
    

    re:.72
    
    I do not believe that I have a directory note in here anywhere, thgough
    you can always do a DIR or DIR/TITLE=name
    
    Enjoy.
    
    The power situation is slowly coming back together from this weekend,
    so this conference now seems to be online.
    
    Randy Warrens moderator.

    Consider this fair warning****
    
    
    there are going to many node changes around here in the coming weeks.
    
    I do not know when or if BABYNAMES will be affected.
    
    But I will find out and post here and in EASYNET_CONFERENCES.
    
    Randy Warrens 343-1011

    Please note. This conference is likely to move, but do not know where
    yet.
    
    You might not get any warning if it moves. The best place to look is in
    the announcement conference.
    
    Randy Warrens 343-1011