I am about to have a baby girl and I am thinking of naming her Emily (I know it is way too popular). What is your general assumption when you think of the name Emily? You know like when I hear the name Bruce I think of a kid that gets beaten up on the playground.
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Emily is a cute name i like it, but it is a little over used.  The name makes me think of a girlie girl.  Just wondering have you ever noticed that people that have the same name act similar?  think of all the Emily's you have met, i know there is no evidence to back this up but every one i mention it to say it is true
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When I first read this post I thought boy... but after thinking about it for a minute, it could pass as a girls' name.  Maybe change the spelling to Daryian for a girl.
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her Name is Fine :) Its Unique So tell her that Unique is GOOD.  She doesn't have to be like everyother Person in the world.
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I'm with you here... I am Italian, and my son's father is black... and we decided to name the baby Calvin.\n\nHis father's family had a FIT.... they didn't think it was ethnic enough. They wanted me to name him DeShawn or Dante...\n\nI wanted my son to have the same chance at getting a job as everyone else.. because I know racism exists in the hiring practices of many workplaces. Naming my son "DeShawn" would be just ASKING for trouble... in the same way, I wouldn't name him "Rocco" or "Tony" or anything super-Italian, either, for the same reason.\n\nAs a sidenote: My roommate's name is Shakita, and she HATES it.. she says it causes her no end of headaches, because people assume she's this ghettofied, finger-snapping mama.. she's not, of course.
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this is a personal thing for me to discuss, but hey, you asked the question.\n\na few years ago, i gave birth to a baby girl that i knew i couldnt afford to take care of. my ex b/f wouldnt get a job, wouldnt help me at all through my whole pregnancy. when i was about 6 months pregnant, i found a wonderful family to adopt her. the mother had always wanted to have a little girl they have 3 boys (GREAT kids) and after thath she was unable to conceive. so i began talking to her on a daily basis, they flew me to the state they lived in to give birth to their daughter. the whole time i was in the hospital, the mother (name withheld) spend most of my stay in the hospital with me. \nto this day, i wonder what my little girl is doing, and things like that..i havent talked to the family since i got home from basic training and ait,but i know, that my little girl is receiving all of the attention, and love that she deserves..both of which are things i could have (and still in my heart) gave her, however there is no way i could have afforded to give her the awesome life she deserves.
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My oldest son is also an Eric and he sure does like to think he is the ruler.  LOL.  I think the name fits him.  I would never call him a name though but he does have this superiority thing going on. \n\nOn a side note, I often think that what you name a child really does impact their personalities because people with the same names often have the exact same traits and ideosyncrasies.  Someone should research it!
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if you like your child you wouldnt do that to him/her. Do you know how many people are going to mispronounce that??!!! or ask him/her to spell it??!! It gets so annoying. don't do that. What if someone named you "schon augen" or something strange
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jordan?\nhttp://babynames.com  maybe it will help. good luck.
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I like the name Kyle for a girl, and Ryan is pretty cute too. I really like the name Justine (say like justeen)
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Shallon  it is unique and very pretty! Kristina is pretty, but  a fairly common name. I like unique names better. =-)
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When a child is adopted by a non-blood related couple... does the child still call the new parents Father and Mother?\n\nWhen Jesus was a Child... I truly doubt that he would address Mary as ..." OI! Mary!" or Joseph as " Hey! Carpenter man!", he would address them both as their earth father and mother.\n\nIf calling Mary, "Mother" is good enough for Jesus, the very Prince of Heaven, why is it not good enough for others who follow his path? Unless of course they think they are better than Jesus Christ......
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I think Zannie is very cute and original, but if you are sick of Allie, Lexi might be an easier transition.  Either way you have a beautiful name.  (:
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Consider this: \n1. How does it sound when you yell it out the back or front door for your child to come home from playing somewhere in the neighborhood?\n\n2. How upset would your child be if she goes by the name Jackie and she has a teacher who insists that she has to write her full first name out on every paper she ever turns in (some children realize very quickly that a shorter name is nicer than a longer name). \n\n3. You like all these names, but why not plan on calling one daughter Eunice Marie, one Jacqueline, one Jean, one Ethel, rather than attaching all the names you like to one child. I still have one name that I really like, but haven't used. So when and if I have any other children I have a name in reserve to use.\n\n4. One other person you have to consider, your spouse! How will he react to that name attached to his child. My husband and I had an agreement. Since I was having the child, I chose the first name, he chose the 2nd.\n\n5. How will this name sound with the child's last name.\n\n6. What will her initials look like. You don't want to give a child intials that spells out something like MAL - bad in French, APE, EEL, etc.\n\nJust my own personal opinion on the name is that it is too long and a name is forever (granted she could change it when she gets older, but why make her go through all the legal maneuvering).
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i'm looking in a book for baby names, any idea for a boy? if  so email me at msdays_of_or_lives@yahoo.com
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I'm fond of your choice Isabella, I plan to name my first daughter Isabelle! :-)\n\nCamilla is also quite beautiful in my opinion, but opinions vary so greatly...\n\nThis site is A HUGE resource for finding names, based upon origin and contains there meanings as well. I used it for obtaining the definitions of my sons names. Good Luck!
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i don't really know why ... she's just a baby !!! And plus she's a cute baby. It's probably because her father is just a little insane. lol ! It's so sad about what they say about her ... she's a little child who doesn't even know the comments people are saying about her.
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One of my best friends did this, the child is 6 now, and is the joy of her life.  I t makes her smile to say her name and see her as a living, healthy, happy child.  Not the sickly childhood friend she remembers from years ago.  I think it is a beautiful sentiment.