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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

177.0. "Looking for a name" by SPCTRM::CAIN () Thu Jan 28 1988 12:54

    This is my first time using NOTES, so please forgive me for any
    errors.  My husband and I are expecting our first child in April.
    We're having a hard time agreeing on a boy or girl name.  One of
    our problems is the choices we have with the last name of Cain.
    (Sounds like Kane) If anyone has any suggestions, I'd sure like
    to hear them.  
    
    My husband's name is Daniel (he does not want a boy named after
    him) and my name is Paula.  That eliminates those two.  Also,
    the following are names already being used by Cains:
    
    Robert
    Douglas
    Thomas
    Lawrence
    Jared
    
    
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177.1Don't know why, but...SAVAGE::FINK_MAZURThu Jan 28 1988 13:374
    
    For some reason Rebecca popped into mind...
    
    
177.2DICKNS::CIAMPAGLIAMon Feb 01 1988 10:2510
    I'd opt for something that the child won't have to spell for everyone
    else for the rest of his/her life. I am currently going crazy with
    fools who insist on spelling my daughter's name, Mary Frances, with
    an *i*. (For those who don't know, Frances is feminine; Francis
    is masculine.) Needless to say, our last name can't be spelled by
    anyone outside the family.
       With your short last name, I'd use at least a 2-syllable first
    name. How about Jennifer, Elizabeth, Matthew, Peter, Joseph, Martin,
    Jessica, Amanda, Natalie, Stephanie ...
    
177.3SPCTRM::CAINMon Feb 01 1988 12:5010
    I know what you mean.  As it is now, we have to constantly spell
    Cain - everyone automatically thinks Kane.  My husband likes Bryan,
    but I think he'll have a problem having to spell both names.  My
    favorite for a boy is Matthew, because I agree with you that the
    first name should be 2 or 3 syllables.  I like Melissa for a girl,
    but he likes Sara.  I did like that for a while, but I have found
    that there are a lot of Saras these days.  You did give us a few
    more to think about though.
    
    Thanks!
177.4SHRBIZ::KULPMon Feb 01 1988 13:2017
    I understand what you go through with the name Cain.  We have to
    spell Kulp everytime we give it, and still people write Culp -
    even as I'm spelling, I see them do it!  I have found the same thing
    as you, 2 and 3 syllable names sound better.  I have also stayed
    away from K and C names with a hard sound.  It's just my preference,
    but things like Kimberly Kulp just sound too much to me.  We have
    a Kenneth and a Carol - which don't sound bad to me, I just didn't
    want to do that myself.  
    
    I know Sara is VERY popular, but it's funny, with all the babies
    on our street, I don't know of any named Sara, but three are named
    Melissa!  We like Melissa too, but I thought there we too many of
    them so near home.
    
    Robin
    btw - I think we have settled on Jonathan David and Alicia Gail...
    
177.5another SaraWFOPSA::GONCALVESWed Feb 03 1988 06:399
    My aunt had a baby girl yesterday at 6:31 a.m on Ground Hog Day
    and named her Sara Ashley.  Put her two names along with her
    last name and her initials are "SAM".
    
    Thought I'd pass this new name along. 
    
    I also like my name -  Shelly  - with no extra "e".
    
     
177.6A little imagination, too.38977::HENDRIXTue Feb 23 1988 13:304
    I have a little cousin with the name Jerica Alyse.  Jerica to her
    mother stood for the combination of the two names Jessica and Erica-
    Jerica.  Actually, I've also seen people spell it Jerricka, Jericka,
    etc.  
177.7Oldie but goodie...38977::HENDRIXTue Feb 23 1988 13:324
    Just thought of an oldie...
    
    Jacqueline
    
177.8DANUBE::E_FINKELSENTue Apr 12 1988 11:569
    I know a family with the last name of Cain.  They named their two
    boys...Lloyd Lynn (goes by Lynn) and Kenneth Lee (goes by Lee).
    Why on earth they are called by their middle names instead of just
    naming them Lynn and Lee.....
    
    Their daughter's name is Monya Lizette (sp). (I love the sound of
    Lizette but I'm not sure if that is how it is spelled.)
    
    LN
177.9J. Edgar, T. Berry, etc.EDUHCI::WARRENTue Apr 12 1988 15:044
    Hey, some of the best people go by their middle names!
    
    Mary Tracy Warren (better known as Tracy)