I will be a dad 6 months from now! We might have the sex determined in a month or so, but we haven't decided on that.

I don't want any names which are common/popular in the US, UK, South Asia, or Arab countries (unless it sounds great to me and/or has a great meaning).

So far, my wife and I have come up with the following:

Boys

Alonzo
Avogadro
Bernoulli
Bruno
Cavallo
Einstein
Enrico
Ettore
Euler
Felix
Fermat
Ferrero
Fourier
Fulvio
Galileo
Galvani
Google
Johannes
Julius
Kepler
Leonardo
Leonhard
Lorentz
Lorenzo <--- my wife's first choice (she has a fascination with Italy), and I love it too
Lucas
Luigi
Marconi
marko
Maximus
Maxwell
Newton
Nicolaus
Nikola
Pascal
Pythagorus
Richter
Sartorius
Schrödinger
Stefan
Sylvan
Tesla
trapezius
Venturi
Volta
Wolfgang


Girls

Adrianna
Alana
Alexandra/Aleksandra/Alessandra
Antonella
Carla/Karla
Clara/Klara
Constanza
Elena
Eliza
Eva
Ferrara
Irina
Isabella
Ivana
Katerina
Katia
Luciana (Loo-chee-ana)
Maria
Mercedes
Nicoletta
Nina
Novella
Olivia
Pascale
Samara
Selma
Serena <--- my wife's first choice, but I am not hot for it
Sophia/Sofia
Sylvia
Ursula
Vera
Verona


Rules

NO pornstar names, or pornstar sounding names
NO names of people who were tyrants/killer/dictators or other people reviled in history
No names common/popular in the US, UK, South Asia, or Arab countries

Post suggestions and if I/we like them, I will add them to the list. Thanks!

And go!

9/26/2008 8:42:10 PM

Adriana after the hottest woman ever

9/26/2008 8:44:54 PM

after reading your list of boy names, i can approve of you as a poster



tesla

9/26/2008 8:46:54 PM

Boy - Jimmy Murray
Girl - Jimmina Murray

9/26/2008 8:47:45 PM

Seven

9/26/2008 8:48:45 PM

Caligula.

9/26/2008 8:50:26 PM

Sartorius is tight.

9/26/2008 9:00:18 PM

Some more I just looked up/thought of:

Fabrizio
Ferentino
Ferragamo
Fioravanti
Fiorentino
Lazzaro
Massimo
Milano
Potenzo
Torino
Valentino
Vicenzo
Vittorio



Aprilia
Augusta
Carrara
Carrera
Fabrizia
Ferentina
Fiorentina
Genoa
Genova
Imola
Lucca
Modena
Monza
Potenza
Valentina
Valenza
Venezia
Vicenza
Vittoria


I will update the master list once every 2 or 3 days.

Keep'em coming (or keep voting for the names you like!).


[Edited on September 26, 2008 at 9:10 PM. Reason : ]

9/26/2008 9:08:49 PM

Moon Unit
Dweezil
Ahmet Emuukha Rodan
Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen

9/26/2008 9:14:13 PM

I hope you have a girl.......

Ivan
Maximus
Maximillian
(I'm assuming alexander is too common)

Alexandra
Isabella
Elena
Katerina
Sophia
Myra

9/26/2008 9:15:01 PM

Constanzza....hahahahahahah

George?

9/26/2008 9:15:47 PM

Travix (like Travis with an x)

9/26/2008 9:20:24 PM

Quote :

"I hope you have a girl......."

I hope so too, but why do you say that?

From the suggestions so far, I like:

Ivan
Maximillian (really like!)

Myra

^^ That's George Costanza. But now that I say that, I like Costanza and Costanzo as well!

9/26/2008 9:21:22 PM

Based on the names for consideration.

9/26/2008 9:25:38 PM

otto
anna

9/26/2008 9:25:56 PM

girl

Britta
Signe

boy

Beck

9/26/2008 9:29:15 PM

Nikola

Sofia

but that's just my taste

Google is a good middle name for a boy, though - for serial

[Edited on September 26, 2008 at 9:34 PM. Reason : + +]

9/26/2008 9:34:04 PM

Julius Avogadro

Lorenzo Euler

I'm not gonna vote on girls' names because I would be here all night, making combinations.

Z hasn't proposed, but we are already in agreement on our first son's name. William Thomas.

I wanna name our first two girls Emily Michelle and Britta Christine/Britta Anne. I also love the name Ingrid Elizabeth.

Dammit, I can't not vote for girls' names.


Alexandra
Eva
Sophia/Sofia


[Edited on September 26, 2008 at 9:37 PM. Reason : dlfjkg]

9/26/2008 9:34:51 PM

boy

Trip
Track

9/26/2008 9:36:12 PM

I'm never going to have children

what should I name my two dogs?

9/26/2008 9:36:56 PM

How about Leo?

9/26/2008 9:37:09 PM

HOLY SHIT

I totally forgot about having a middle name as wel!!!

Damn that makes thousands of combinations using just the names on the list so far

Quote :

"Julius Avogadro Lorenzo Euler"

Those are very good. I like the letter Z. I would like to have it in the names. There are a few in both lists so far.

Leo is good. But if we went for that, we would probably go for Leonhard or Leonardo, and shorten it to Leo in the house. Same with Lorenzo/Enzo. I love Enzo.

9/26/2008 9:40:50 PM

don't forget you can use "de"s "da"s "mc" and "o'"s to suggest lineage

especially if you want implicate yourself

Baby Lorenzo O'Trap sounds pretty good

9/26/2008 9:43:14 PM

But isn't Leo, the full version of the russian?

9/26/2008 9:45:59 PM

^^ Ha! That's cute.

^ Oh I don't know. What's the Russian name you are thinking of which Leo is the English version?

9/26/2008 9:47:41 PM

Nikola Tesla _________ is a fucking sick name

boom

9/26/2008 9:48:09 PM

I guess Leon is a common russian name, but what about Leo Tolstoy born "???"

shit see...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy

[Edited on September 26, 2008 at 9:51 PM. Reason : ]

9/26/2008 9:50:18 PM

Quote :

"Tesla"

hahhaha, poor kid




Gino Gibraltar is the coolest name ever

9/26/2008 9:50:32 PM

Commodus

9/26/2008 9:52:43 PM

http://www.logoi.com/notes/russian_names_in_english.html

says it's either Lev or Leo

[Edited on September 26, 2008 at 9:54 PM. Reason : Leo could also be short for could be short for Leonid ]

9/26/2008 9:53:36 PM

Quote :

"Nikola Tesla _________ is a fucking sick name"

Yeah, that's awesome. Many combinations of the Italian, German, and Russian names from my list will make great 2-name combos.

^^^ I like Gino. Adding to my Excel sheet! What's wrong with Tesla?

^^ I thought of that (from Gladiator), but then thought to myself that it sounds too close to "commode" OK, I looked it up, and commode originates from commodus!

^ Thanks.

GOING TO THE LIST:

Gino
Leo
Leon
Leonid

Gina I like it, but too many pornstars named Gina, and horrible kids would call her vaGina.

9/26/2008 9:58:32 PM

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager

9/26/2008 10:03:30 PM

name him King Fuck

9/26/2008 10:05:03 PM

Biggus Dickus

9/26/2008 10:05:30 PM

Vizzini
Fezzik
Inigo

William H. Brasky

9/26/2008 10:07:59 PM

I think you have enough names to choose from there....

9/26/2008 10:11:02 PM

I change my answer to Biggus Dickus.

9/26/2008 10:12:12 PM

Jinari for a girl (pronounced djinn-ari)

Indiana

9/26/2008 10:14:35 PM

octavio

9/26/2008 10:16:23 PM

Quote :

" http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/ http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager "

Damn thanks for those!

Guys, try out the 2nd site... it is nothing like anything you have ever seen before! It is like magic!

And click below!

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/decades/names2000s.html

Quote :

"I think you have enough names to choose from there.... "

I know... but I my personality is like that... No matter what I am deciding on in life (buying shoes, buying canned kidney beans, naming my baby, etc), I look at as many choices as I can

Quote :

"Biggus Dickus"

Come on, where is your imagination? Maximus Phallus

Thanks to all for all serious suggestions, and for all the non-serious ones that made me laugh!

Approved:

Octavio

Octavia

9/26/2008 10:28:27 PM

I'm sure many of these you'll not like because they're popular, but here goes:

African/Arabic names I love (for girls):
Abeni
Acacia
Aisha (and Asha)
Amara
Amina
Halima
Khadija
Makeda
Zeinab
Waris (As in Waris Dirie)
Laila
Achoura

Misc:
Freya
Amna
Miriam
Tania (Tah-NEE-uh, not tahn-ya)
Nelofer
Adelheid

also
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/random/1

9/26/2008 10:29:40 PM

GirL: Arkady

9/26/2008 10:30:01 PM

^^ I like most of those names actually, just that I want an uncommon one. And not all of them are common. The following is going to my list:

Acacia

Other new ones:

Arcadio/Arkadio

Arcadia/Arkadia (from your ^ suggestion; Arkady is the Russian version of the original Greek name)
Soleil
Shakira
Armada
Porsche
Aurora (I love this, but I have a feeling there must be a pornstar named that )


[Edited on September 26, 2008 at 10:44 PM. Reason : ]

9/26/2008 10:42:46 PM

Girls: Amisha, Asma, Payal
Boys: Zubin

Amisha means "pure'
Asma means "precious"
Payal means "playful"
I dont know what zubin means, but i like the name

[Edited on September 26, 2008 at 10:55 PM. Reason : meanings]

9/26/2008 10:45:00 PM

ross

judy

9/26/2008 10:45:06 PM

Armada......"Daddy, you named me after the washing machine?"

Years later........."OMG, I was conceived on the washing machine... "

9/26/2008 10:48:23 PM

Barack

9/26/2008 10:57:18 PM

Voltaire

9/26/2008 11:03:03 PM

boy-

Trig
Track

girl-

Bristol
Willow

9/26/2008 11:06:50 PM

^^^^ haha... i don't know that washing machine brand name. i do know the nissan armada, though.

anyway, if i choose that name, it isn't because of any products named armada

I am loving http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager more and more. As long as a name is in the top 1,000 names for any of the years from 1880 till now, you can CONSTRUCT it. Play with it and you will see what I mean.

Barack sounds too much like a couple of common Arabic names (Baraka, Barak). tsalva, your suggestions sound too much like Indian/Arabic names, except for Zubin, which I don't know where it comes from. I actually like Bristol, but since it is a city in the UK, my wife won't agree.

New:

Voltaire (^^ thanks)
Xavier
Xander

Xena

9/26/2008 11:10:49 PM