| 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 |
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
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| 874.1 | Erika/Michelle/Madeleine/Jillian Rose Barney??? | AMCUCS::MEHRING | Tue May 18 1993 13:24 | 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 16:19 | 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!)
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| 874.3 | Some more suggestions | RTOEU::KRICKS | Mon May 24 1993 09:57 | 39 | |
Hi Monica,
I am an American living in Munich and have thought if I got pregnant I
would want a name that is "international" = a name that would "fit in"
here and also in the States.
For girls how about:
Karen (Karin) Barney
Christine (Christiane (pronounced Christiana))
Katherine (Katrin)
Anne (Anna)
Emily (Emelie)
Sophie
Isabelle
Sylvie
Laura
Cornelia
Daniela
Sabine
Elisabeth
Susanne
Stephanie
For boys how about:
Alexander Barney
Peter
Michael
Robert
Stephan (Stefan)
William
Christopher (Christoph)
Thomas
Theodore
Viel Spa�!
Tchu�,
Kim
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| 874.4 | STUDIO::B_MCCULLOUGH | Thu May 27 1993 16:39 | 9 | ||
How about:
Allison Rose
Candace Rose
Sarah Rose
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| 874.5 | Thought of a couple more nice ones... | AMCUCS::MEHRING | Thu May 27 1993 17:52 | 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 15:36 | 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
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| 874.7 | SUBURB::ODONNELLJ | Tue Jun 01 1993 15:56 | 2 | ||
I think Leticia Rose sounds very pretty or, if you are looking for a
variation of Rose, my Grandmother's name was Rosina.
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| 874.8 | My List of Names | KAOFS::M_BARNEY | Formerly Ms.Fett | Fri Jun 04 1993 15:56 | 186 |
Thanks for the suggestions so far; to return the favour I'd like
to present my collection of first names. The list is gleaned from
my family tree program, so all I had to do was some creative work
with an editor (aren't they wonderful?) and I came up with the
following list of names.
(I'd love to know if anyone gets any ideas from it!)
I have tried to delete duplicates (like the page and a half of
John's and Johanns! A lot of the names are German, and
some are rather archaic (read: 1700's New England). However, some
are modern (I have names of some of my daughter's third cousins
included in the list!).
Enjoy!
Monica
=============CHARLOTTE BARNEY'S RELATIVES======================================
List of names (first names, middle names and nicknames) of known relatives
and their spouses.
===============================================================================
Aaron Abigail Abijah
Abraham Achen Adam
Addison Adela Agnes
Alan Albert Albertha
Alex Alexander Alfred
Alice Alicia Allison
Alwine Amanda Amelia
Amorena Andrea Andreas
Angela Anja Ann
Anna Annabella Annabelle
Anne Annette Annie
Anthony Archibald Ardackton
Arno Arnold Arthur
Augusta Auguste Barbara
Barrett Bartholomew Bathsheba
Beaven Bela Benjamin
Bernd Bert Berta
Bertha Berthold Bertrand
Bethiah Betsy Beverley
Blake Blanche Brandon
Brenda Brian Bridget
Bruno Bryan Burchard
Carl Caroline Carrol
Catharina Catherine Cathryn
Cathy Charles Charlie
Charlotte Chatarina Chester
Chloe Christa Christian
Christiana Christiane Christianna
Christie Christina Christine
Christoph Christopher Cicily
Clarenda Claudia Clayton
Clifford Colin Constance
Cutting Cynthia Daisy
Dakton Daniel Daniela
Danielle Darby Darcy
David Deborah Desire
Diane Dianne Dick
Dinah Dodivah Dolly
Donald Dora Dorcas
Doris Dorothea Dorothee
Dorothy Dudley Duncan
Ebenezer Edeltraud Edison
Edith Edmond Edmund
Edna Edward Eleanor
Elen Elias Eliese
Elisabeth Elisabetha Elisha
Eliza Elizabeth Ella
Ellen Ellenor Ellis
Else Elsie Emily
Emma Ephraim Erhardt
Erich Erika Erna
Ernest Ernestine Ernst
Erwin Estelle Esther
Ethel Ethelbert Eunice
Euphemia Eva Evelyn
Evi Experience Farah
Felicia Felix Ferdinand
Fern Florence Frances
Francis Frank Franklin
Franklyn Frederick Fredrick
Friedel Friedrich Fritz
Gabriela Gary Genevieve
Georg George Gerhard
Gertrud Gertrude Gladys
Godfrey Gretel Gunter
Gunther Gustav Guy
G�nther Hanah Hannah
Hannelore Hans Hanson
Harold Harriet Harry
Haskell Hatevil Hattie
Hazel Heather Hedwig
Heigh Heinrich Heinz
Helen Helene Hellen
Helmut Henderson Hendrik
Henning Henry Herbert
Herman Hermann Hester
Hezekiah Hilda Hilke
Hope Horatio Hubert
Hudson Hugh Humphrey
Ichabod Inge Ira
Iris Isaac Isabel
Isabella Israel Jabez
Jacob Jacqueline Jakob
James Jane Janet
Janice Jann Jarvis
Jeannine Jedehiah Jenkin
Jeremiah Jessie Joachim
Joanna Jochen Johann
Johanna Johanne Johannes
John Jonathan Josef
Joseph Joshua Josiah
Julia Julianna Jurgen
J�rg Kai-uve Karen
Karin Karl Katharina
Katherine Katie Katrin
Katrina Kelsey Kenda
Kenneth Kevin Keziah
Kimberley Klaus Konrad
Kunigunde Kurt Laura
Lawrence LeRoy Leigh
Leo Leonard Leroy
Leslie Levi Lillian
Lisa Liselotte Lisette
Lloyd Lois Lore
Lori Lotte Louisa
Louise Lovat Love
Loviey Lucy Lucy
Ludwig Luise Lydia
Lynd Lynn Mabel
Maggie Malcolm Malvina
Mamre Manfred Manuel
Marcy Maren Marey
Marga Margaret Margareta
Margarete Margaretha Margarethe
Margery Margot Maria
Marianne Marie Marilla
Marion Mark Markus
Marlee Marlene Marta
Martha Martin Mary
Mathew Mathilda Max
Maximillin May Melanie
Melinda Melissa Melissie
Mercy Michael Minna
Monica Monika Moses
Nahum Nancy Nat
Nathan Nathaniel Nettie
Nicholas Nicolas Nicolaus
Nicole Nikol Nikolaus
Nils Nina Ninian
Noella Olga Oliver
Osbert Otis Pardon
Patience Patricia Paul
Payson Pearl Peleg
Peter Petra Phebe
Philip Prescott Prudence
Rachel Rainer Ralph
Rawsen Rebecca Reid
Reid Reinhard Renate
Ren�e Rhuhamah Richard
Robert Roger Roland
Rosa Rosewitha Ross
Roswitha Roy Rudolf
Rudy Rufus Ruth
Sabine Sabrina Sally
Samuel Sandy Sara
Sarah Sascha Sebastian
Selwyn Shannon Shawn
Sherman Shirley Simeon
Simon Sonja Sophia
Srenja Stanford Stanley
Stephan Stephen Steven
Stilman Sunderland Susan
Susanna Susannah Susanne
Sybila Sydney Sylvanus
Tamsen Temperance Thamsina
Theresa Thomas Thomasine
Timothy Tobias Toby
Triphena Tristram Udo
Ullrich Ulrike Ute
Veneita Violet Walltraut
Walter Werner Wilber
Wilhelm Wilhelmine Wilkins
William Willis Winnifred
Winthrop Wolfgang Zachariah
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| 874.9 | My "selections"... | AMCUCS::MEHRING | Wed Jun 30 1993 14:39 | 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 11:58 | 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
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