Since people stopped paying attention to the other thread... I thought I would create a new one.

OK, she was born 2 weeks too soon. I was gonna skype my wife on this coming Wednesday/Thursday and we were gonna talk for like an hour and figure it out. The first name is pretty much written in stone, as we have been calling her that for like 3 months now: Luciana (c = ch).

Her name will look like

Luciana ______ Lastname-Lastname

(Do you guys need our last names to make a better decision? If so, say it and I will post)

Thing is, I can't reach my wife right now, and probably won't be able to for about 12 hours. So, I just want people to choose their favourite(s) from the list below as a second/middle name, so that when I talk to her, hopefully I can present her a shorter list.

Thanks to those who already gave their opinion in the other thread, however, the list below has about 10-15 names more. And thanks in advance to those who will help here.

(All sorts of names below, Italian (biggest %), Spanish, English, French, Arabic, Polynesian, Hawaaian, Japanese, Russian, Native American... selected based on meaning and how they sound)

Our favorites so far are

Alana, Allegra, Elena, and Matilda.

I also like Imogen and Isolde.


LIST

Adelina
Adrianna
Alana
Aleksandra/Alessandra
Alicia
Allegra
Anuhea
Aolani
Aquilina
Argenta
Ariana
Aurelia
Avellina
Bambina
Blanca
Celeste
Celina
Clara/Klara
Clemencia
Clementine
Constanza
Consuela
Electra
Elena
Eliza
Elsa
Esperanza
Eudora
Eva
Evelina
Felicia
Felicity
Ferrara
Ferrera
Fiora
Fiorenza
Flora
Florentina
Florenz
Florenza
Hayfa
Heidi
Imogen
Irena
Irina
Isabella
Isolde
Ivana
Jumana
Katerina
Katia
Kimama
Kimiko
Klara
Klementina
Larissa
Leticia
Letizia
Lucinda
Lujayn
Lumina
Luminosa
Maria
Marina
Matilda
Mercedes
Midori
Millicent
Mirabelle
Nicoletta
Nina
Novella
Olivia
Pacifica
Pascale
Pinquana
Pocahontas
Preciosa
Samara
Sasha
Seiko
Selma
Serena
Soleil
Sophia/Sofia
Sophie/Sofie
Svetlana
Sylvia
Ursula
Valeria
Vera
Verona
Vica
Viviana
Vivienne
Winona
Yoshiko
Zara

3/7/2009 9:48:31 PM

Alana

3/7/2009 9:50:18 PM

pocahontas

/thread

3/7/2009 9:50:23 PM

Not Allegra. Ppl will think you named her after medication.

3/7/2009 9:50:50 PM

Luciana Allegra EMCE

3/7/2009 9:51:19 PM

Allegra, sounds like a prescription drug

3/7/2009 9:51:24 PM

whoops

3/7/2009 9:54:45 PM

I like Alana and Eva best.

Better to pick something simple and short for a middle name with long first/last names like that.

3/7/2009 9:55:44 PM

Sophia/Sofia
Verona

3/7/2009 9:56:23 PM

One thing to try would be to decide on how many syllables sounds good when you say the whole name out.


and congrats.

3/7/2009 9:57:44 PM

From the list probably
Clara or Eva shorter to say especially with two last names..

[Edited on March 7, 2009 at 10:01 PM. Reason : ^ yea don't want to have to take a breath while saying her name.]

3/7/2009 9:58:30 PM

Spongebob

3/7/2009 9:58:49 PM

Quote :

" like Alana and Eva best. Better to pick something simple and short for a middle name with long first/last names like that."

thanks for the advice. i like eva too, but my wife won't go for it as one of her nieces is named that. but yes, we love alana. it is simple and rolls off the tongue smoothly.

in fact, luciana and alana are the 2 names we chose originally, a few months back.

i love simple smooth names such as eva and alana, but i also have a thing for strong names, such as argenta, matilda, fiorenza, mercedes, svetlana, zara, etc., but my wife doesn't!



[Edited on March 7, 2009 at 10:01 PM. Reason : ]

3/7/2009 10:01:07 PM

Sophia




















or Costanza .....

3/7/2009 10:02:24 PM

i'm making the middle name of my children 'the'

[Edited on March 7, 2009 at 10:03 PM. Reason : don't steal my idea]

3/7/2009 10:03:16 PM

luciana alana has too many similar sounds repeating

3/7/2009 10:03:51 PM

Imogen or Isolde are so beautiful. Isolde is my favorite of the two. Not too fond of the other names.

3/7/2009 10:04:22 PM

^ True, too many a's, especially at the end.

Pick something that doesn't end in -a

3/7/2009 10:04:43 PM

crazy-ass harry potter names

3/7/2009 10:05:02 PM

Try Midori or Isolde. Anything that doesn't end in -a.

I have a first name that ends in -ia, I would hate having a middle name that ended in the same syllable.

3/7/2009 10:07:28 PM

Quote :

"luciana alana has too many similar sounds repeating"

that's one thing i have thought of before as well.

but luciana argenta
luciana matilda
luciana fiorenza
luciana imogen
luciana isolde

sound better together, than luciana alana.

Quote :

"'m making the middle name of my children 'the' [Edited on March 7, 2009 at 10:03 PM. Reason : don't steal my idea]"

i have a better suggestion for you: the thing [last name]. and don't worry, i won't steal it

Quote :

"Imogen or Isolde are so beautiful."

thank god you see that! my wife doesn't... but i can't blame her, as she is english, so for her, those are stereotypical high-class snobbish english names. but to an outsider like you and i, they sound great! they are highly unique, when it comes to english/american names.


^ yeah, agreed.



[Edited on March 7, 2009 at 10:10 PM. Reason : ]

3/7/2009 10:09:47 PM

instead of maria how about luciana marie

to break up the a sound

3/7/2009 10:10:03 PM

^ that's a great idea.

3/7/2009 10:10:39 PM

hermione

[Edited on March 7, 2009 at 10:12 PM. Reason : google says i can't spell ]

3/7/2009 10:11:35 PM

Luciana pistachio

3/7/2009 10:12:22 PM

BRILLIANT


[Edited on March 7, 2009 at 10:13 PM. Reason : luciana marie is what i refer to]

3/7/2009 10:12:57 PM

i wanted to go for

lujayn argenta (silver in arabic, silver in latin)

but my wife didn't like, as they are strong names, both of them.


but i am liking luciana marie.

3/7/2009 10:17:57 PM

WTF ever happened to simple names??!?!? HOLY SHIT. All of those are horrible.

and

Quote :

"luciana alana has too many similar sounds repeating"

[Edited on March 7, 2009 at 10:30 PM. Reason : yeah, Marie is the best fit I think. ]

3/7/2009 10:25:04 PM

Quote :

"WTF ever happened to simple names??!?!? HOLY SHIT. All of those are horrible. "

Marie isn't that bad. He's already decided on the kids first name, she's already born, so there's not much we can do about that.

Luciana Marie FTW

3/7/2009 10:27:16 PM

you guys know this kid isn't American right?

he should name her ACKBAR

3/7/2009 10:28:54 PM

If she's gonna be raised in America, I think it's better to have a semi-normal name at least.

3/7/2009 10:31:22 PM

she's going to be raised in America?

I'm honestly asking....I refuse to actually READ this thread...was that mentioned in here?

3/7/2009 10:32:40 PM

^^^^No point responding to her

I love Luciana Marie
Luciana Catherine
Luciana Elizabeth
Luciana Grace
Luciana Elise
http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager

[Edited on March 7, 2009 at 10:33 PM. Reason : dfr]

3/7/2009 10:33:30 PM

^^^ Agreed!

^^ HAHA

^ Actually, I'll agree with you (for once). Luciana Grace, Luciana Marie, and Luciana Elise is ok too. I didn't read all the choices.

[Edited on March 7, 2009 at 10:34 PM. Reason : ^]

3/7/2009 10:33:41 PM

hey boo

3/7/2009 10:40:08 PM

Lingam

3/7/2009 10:40:31 PM

^^ What's good shawty?

3/7/2009 10:42:10 PM

not much.
watching movies on netflix
splitting a bottle of wine
got a few candles lit

shouldn't young bucks like yourself be out enjoying life right now?

3/7/2009 10:44:05 PM

Ohhh..sounds romantic. I don't even know what the word means anymore.

"Young bucks"? Ha! I'mma be 24 in 8 days!!! That's not young!!!

3/7/2009 10:46:17 PM

I don't know if this means anything OEPII1 but my best friend, who is due in June, is naming her kid Luciana.

[Edited on March 7, 2009 at 11:29 PM. Reason : Her little girl will be named Luciana Anthony Velaquez]

3/7/2009 11:29:15 PM

I too come to the wolfweb for naming my children

3/7/2009 11:30:41 PM

i like soleil

3/7/2009 11:42:14 PM

Quote :

"Since people stopped paying attention to the other thread... I thought I would create a new one."

lol

3/7/2009 11:43:06 PM

Suha

3/7/2009 11:46:35 PM

One vote for Imogen.

3/7/2009 11:58:48 PM

i definitely vote for heidi, it's different and somewhat classic. i like.

3/8/2009 12:03:45 AM

this would be an epic thread for the script.

lulz

I'm Big Business and i approved this message.

3/8/2009 12:04:29 AM

imogen is terrible, IMO

just think that whatever you name your kid, take into account that it may be a name they hate.

a few of my friends & myself HATE our first names, so you gotta factor that in.

i always tell myself that i will not give my kid a name that he/she will hate when they get old enough to think for themselves

3/8/2009 12:05:24 AM

why do they all end in "a"?

i like alana btw

3/8/2009 12:05:50 AM

set em up

3/8/2009 12:07:33 AM