I went back to my favorite naming site's "user opinions" section, where users can submit their favorite names, and tackled the girls, F through I. The results:
Fanta
i love the name Fanta and i think you should put it in your favorite names list.
Dontcha dontcha wanta Fanta Fanta??
Fauna
A very unusual but beautiful name.
OMGZ GUYZ I want to have twins, Flora and Fauna! They go so well together, and are so unusual but beautiful!!
Favor
maybe I made this up??? Haven't seen it elsewhere. I used it once as my name playing a saloon girl with a $5 bill pinned to my bodice. Got a lot of attention! Could be a pretty name, though, without the bar scene connotation.
I think this is going to be my new standard critique of horrible names. "Could be pretty without the bar scene connotation."
Feodora
Feodora Rose: Elegant, graceful, creative, happy- Feodora Rose is an exotic yet simply lovely name. The kind of name that makes you look up when you here it.
Look up and see that the wind has blown your feodora off your head and down the street.
(Yeah, I realize this is one of those legit-but-weird-in-Anglophonic-contexts.)
French
French Chetta - Chetta is just a shortened version of Chester, which is a family name. (Che - dd- a)
I don't know about French Chedda, but French Brie is delicious.
Galadriel
(Gah-l-ah(like screaming)-dree-el) She is also another charactor in the Lord of the Rings books she is a BEAUTIFUL elfin queen and is very powerful,she was always my favorite woman character.
Galadriel. LIKE SCREAMING. I love that this person's grasp of phonics includes the term "like screaming." I can picture Henry Higgins using this - "Ah, not Ahr, Ah. LIKE SCREAMING."
Gemple
(Jem-ple) I made this name up and it means "purple gemini." I've gotten a lot of negative comments but I still like it and what to share it with you.
I made this name up: Troulean. It means "cerulean trout." I've gotten a lot of negative comments but I still wanted to share it with you. It's way better than "purple gemini," whatever that means.
Gigit
This name sounds like a woman who takes care of herself. doesn't mess around and is independent. she almost sounds like she would be a machinic.
Or maybe a Malibu Beach surfer girl played by Sandra Dee.
Happi-Jayn
i got the first part of this name from one of Macy Gray's children and i just love her music. the second part of the name grounds it. a child with this name would have to be happy go lucky!
You know it's some name, when Jayn "grounds it."
Harborleigh
I sort of made up this name when thinking how much I liked the first name Harbor for a girl, but the man I'm marrying has the last name of Hatcher, and that just doesn't fit too well. I stuck Leigh on the end because it makes it sound like the author Harper Lee, who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. It sounds very beautiful.
How does one "sort of make up" a name? More importantly, how does one decide that "Harborleigh" sounds very beautiful?
Heavana
Heavena Moon: (heaven-uh) this name conjures up an image of a beautiful, futuristic princess from another universe. it also reminds me of the stars. the nickname 4 this would be Vanya!
Heavena Moon doesn't remind me of the stars - we'd better put "Star" in there somewhere, just in case. Heavena Moon-Starr - now THAT'S a name for a princess from another universe!
Hewovy
(heh-WHOA-vee) I love this name because it is strong and feminine. It sounds good with most middle names. It's Gorgeous!
WHOA. Whoa. ... whoa. Could be beautiful without the bar connotation.
Highland
This is a very unusual and unique name given to my cousin.
Here's hoping your cousin happens to be the mountains of Scotland.
Icelynn
I wanted to name my daughter this as a child!
This sounds like an interesting family structure.
just about any one syllable word or name can sound good when lynn is added.
Hmmm, let's test this hypothesis. Jocelyn. Okay. Carolyn. Yup, all right. Herpeslyn. Eh, not what I was expecting.
Dave points out that I have cheated, and used two syllable words. So let's try this again. Plumlynn. Lightlynn. Woodlynn. Asslynn. Wartslynn. Pooplynn? Again, not exactly what I was expecting.
Imonunique
This is not a great name but I like the way it was made up! My friend in church hates his name because he says it's a girlie name, it's Imani! Me and my cousins like him and so my cousin said she would love to have his baby!! LOL But she would want her baby to have a unique name. Put that together, Imoni and Unique and you get Imonunique so I felt that was cool!
Um... is it bad that, even after this story, I still don't get why Imonunique is cool?
Ireland
One of my best friends named her daughter Ireland and I LOVE her reasoning. First, the word “Ireland” calls to mind pictures of breathtakingly beautiful countryside, castles, and romance and what better gift than to give your daughter than her name conjuring such a beautiful stereotype. Second, it’s a vaguely unisex name which, when coupled with the above mental pictures will give her an amazing edge on resumes and such where her name is her first impression.
I don't even know what to say about this. Other than "dizzying logic."
You can't help but picture all the vast beauty in it's miles of rolling countryside, therefore it makes for a beautiful name. can also be spelled Irelynd.
I would like to ask Patrick Pearse if it can also spelled Irelynd, I bet he'd have something to say about that.
On a related note:
Irish
i saw a guy with this name once and i haven't forgotten it. i like the simplicity of it, and it also demonstrates Irish pride.
Definitely. I bet Patrick Pearse would totally have had a son named Irish.
Isaiah (girl)
Isaiah Noelle: Isaiah has been my favorite name since the first day i heard it. when my mom told me she was going to get me a little puppy i decided i was gonna name him Isaiah...well my puppy turned out to be a girl, and she still ended up with the name isaiah...now it just seems like a girls name to me. I thought Isaiah Noelle sounded pretty together, that's gonna be the name of my first daughter. (nobody steal Isaiah for a girl! it's mine!)
Don't worry, it's all yours. Also - who names their daughter after their dog?
Gems from 2005
The Social Security Administration puts up a list of the top 1000 names in the U.S. every year - 2005's list just went up a few weeks ago, and I have only now had time to sit down and view the damage. Here, for your viewing pleasure, are the worst offenders:
Girls:
Unsurprisingly, Paris was the most popular destination-name at 206. London followed at 538, surpassed somewhat surprisingly by America (427). Ireland squeezed in at 992, as did Montserrat at 982 - cousin Monserrat fared somewhat better at 638. Imperialism got a big boost with Asia (290), India (501) and Kenya (625) all making the top 1000. Marin, of wine country fame, inexplicably made 964.
We've also got a great crop of girls who will either never grow up, or never use their real name for job interviews. America (427, remember!) is full of Precious (553) Princesses (738) who all deserve a Diamond (302) Tiara (586)! They are all little Miracles (476) and behave like little Angels (147). They will all go to Heaven (245), or possibly Nevaeh (a horrific 70).
As possibly the most ironic name of all time, Unique made 937.
Pseudoreligious names like Genesis (155) Trinity (48) and Karma (867) did fairly well, though the parents of the little Armanis (961) and Chanels (919) had more materialistic naming choices. Kali (526) is religiously named, but very unfortunately so.
Another unfortunate name is the result of an unfortunate spelling. Could Aryana (872) have a sister named Nazi (real name!)?
This was also a big year for random nouns and faux virtue names. Shall we take a Journey (773) through an Aspen (543) Meadow (851)? We can search for the Essence (926) of Justice (536)! What Serenity (170 - need I also point out that this is a brand of adult diapers?) Music-related names were also popular. Do you remember that Presley (513) Lyric (688)? It had a nice Cadence/Kadence/Kaydence (205/345/357).
Presidents are popular, though it's difficult to say why. Maybe Republicans give their daughters the name Reagan (136) and Democrats give their daughters the name Kennedy/Kennedi (118/634 - and which incidentally means "ugly head")... but does anyone really remember what Madison (3) did?
And then there are the just plain unfortunate names that somehow crept into the top 1000. Alexia (160), anyone? Think that Cheyenne (172) isn't disrespectful enough? What about Cheyanne (630), Shyanne (763) or Shyann (901)??
There are apparently a lot of disappointed parents in America who wanted a boy but got a girl instead. Micah (878), Ryan (452), Parker (711), Rowan (766) and Peyton (131) are all now great names for that little girl you just had! Never mind the trouble she'll have with her name - boys names on girls are cute and spunky!
You know what happens when you start giving boys names to girls, of course. They "go pink." This doesn't mean that they join the socialist party, though perhaps that would be preferable - this means that they become unusable on boys. Think of Lindsay, Whitney, Courtney, Ashley... heck, think of Madison! I have yet to receive a good explanation as to why boys names are easily transferrable to girls, but girls names never get applied to boys. I have a sneaking suspicion it is because masculine names "make girls strong" and feminine names are "sissy names," though this suspicion is adamantly denied by most trendy namers.
So what happens when we lose Micah, Ryan, Parker, Rowan and Peyton? Obviously, we just need more masculine names! How about Cannon (767), Colt (949), Gunner (620) or Talon(619)? Nothing says masculine like GUNS AND KILLIN'. Except maybe pornography - good thing Maxim made the list at 970.
Yes, parents sure think a lot of their boys. They don't want to risk any of that feminizing nonsense - they've got to raise little Princes (819)! Is that why Marquis (525), Marquise (801), Adonis (817) and even Messiah (903) made the list this year?
If the girls' names are largely infantilizing or trashy, the boys' names are largely rather inexplicable. Trace (544)? Kale (758)? Jax (979)? Gauge (974)? I guess nouns are just big. Don't have enough Cash (674)? You can rent a Garret (618) room! Though you'd do just as well to search for housing outside Boston (680) or London (688) - have you thought about Zaire (871)?
Also, note: Sincere (SINCERE!) is at 660. Its cousin Ernest is at 655.
Girls:
Unsurprisingly, Paris was the most popular destination-name at 206. London followed at 538, surpassed somewhat surprisingly by America (427). Ireland squeezed in at 992, as did Montserrat at 982 - cousin Monserrat fared somewhat better at 638. Imperialism got a big boost with Asia (290), India (501) and Kenya (625) all making the top 1000. Marin, of wine country fame, inexplicably made 964.
We've also got a great crop of girls who will either never grow up, or never use their real name for job interviews. America (427, remember!) is full of Precious (553) Princesses (738) who all deserve a Diamond (302) Tiara (586)! They are all little Miracles (476) and behave like little Angels (147). They will all go to Heaven (245), or possibly Nevaeh (a horrific 70).
As possibly the most ironic name of all time, Unique made 937.
Pseudoreligious names like Genesis (155) Trinity (48) and Karma (867) did fairly well, though the parents of the little Armanis (961) and Chanels (919) had more materialistic naming choices. Kali (526) is religiously named, but very unfortunately so.
Another unfortunate name is the result of an unfortunate spelling. Could Aryana (872) have a sister named Nazi (real name!)?
This was also a big year for random nouns and faux virtue names. Shall we take a Journey (773) through an Aspen (543) Meadow (851)? We can search for the Essence (926) of Justice (536)! What Serenity (170 - need I also point out that this is a brand of adult diapers?) Music-related names were also popular. Do you remember that Presley (513) Lyric (688)? It had a nice Cadence/Kadence/Kaydence (205/345/357).
Presidents are popular, though it's difficult to say why. Maybe Republicans give their daughters the name Reagan (136) and Democrats give their daughters the name Kennedy/Kennedi (118/634 - and which incidentally means "ugly head")... but does anyone really remember what Madison (3) did?
And then there are the just plain unfortunate names that somehow crept into the top 1000. Alexia (160), anyone? Think that Cheyenne (172) isn't disrespectful enough? What about Cheyanne (630), Shyanne (763) or Shyann (901)??
There are apparently a lot of disappointed parents in America who wanted a boy but got a girl instead. Micah (878), Ryan (452), Parker (711), Rowan (766) and Peyton (131) are all now great names for that little girl you just had! Never mind the trouble she'll have with her name - boys names on girls are cute and spunky!
You know what happens when you start giving boys names to girls, of course. They "go pink." This doesn't mean that they join the socialist party, though perhaps that would be preferable - this means that they become unusable on boys. Think of Lindsay, Whitney, Courtney, Ashley... heck, think of Madison! I have yet to receive a good explanation as to why boys names are easily transferrable to girls, but girls names never get applied to boys. I have a sneaking suspicion it is because masculine names "make girls strong" and feminine names are "sissy names," though this suspicion is adamantly denied by most trendy namers.
So what happens when we lose Micah, Ryan, Parker, Rowan and Peyton? Obviously, we just need more masculine names! How about Cannon (767), Colt (949), Gunner (620) or Talon(619)? Nothing says masculine like GUNS AND KILLIN'. Except maybe pornography - good thing Maxim made the list at 970.
Yes, parents sure think a lot of their boys. They don't want to risk any of that feminizing nonsense - they've got to raise little Princes (819)! Is that why Marquis (525), Marquise (801), Adonis (817) and even Messiah (903) made the list this year?
If the girls' names are largely infantilizing or trashy, the boys' names are largely rather inexplicable. Trace (544)? Kale (758)? Jax (979)? Gauge (974)? I guess nouns are just big. Don't have enough Cash (674)? You can rent a Garret (618) room! Though you'd do just as well to search for housing outside Boston (680) or London (688) - have you thought about Zaire (871)?
Also, note: Sincere (SINCERE!) is at 660. Its cousin Ernest is at 655.
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