Name my baby, get a prize

[rickboone1]

So, we are going to have a little one coming soon. We're hoping for a girl, and thus, this post may be a bit premature.

If it's a girl, we want a name that starts with the letter A. I really loved the name Atalaya, but you don't argue with a pregnant woman. I'm still trying to talk her into it and am hoping that she'll be really drugged when they ask her name at delivery. (Provided it is a girl).

So, throw some names out there. Baby is not due until December.

If your name is chosen, you'll win a really cool prize. I'm not going to tell you just yet. Value will be a bit over $50. It is not anything I've yet had on my site.

So, simply start throwing names out there. If two people state the same name, the first one will be the winner, if that name is selected. The Mama will be the deciding factor in who wins. Sorry, my hands are tied on this one.

Now, Italian names, Russian names, Indian names, whatever. Throw them out there. Just no common stuff like Annie. Each entry needs to be different too, not just another variation of the name.

The baby's brother's name is Anderson.

Have fun, and may the best name win!

I will post hints as to the prize as time goes on.

[Isaac]

Adromeda

[brother cavefish]

Analise, antoinette, Aine ( awn+ye)

[Uncle Brian]

Antoinette

Congratulations :applause:

[gnoils]

Alexis

[deruitem]

Addisen

[Vickers]

Astrid

[leonidas]

....or Zoi....... (means life in Greek)

.....or Anastasia

[hybwolf]

Arianna
Andria
Adriana
Amelia

[maxzoran]

Annaleigh

[mol81]

Congratulations!

Aimee

[Lamb Root]

Alma
Andrea
Azra


Andria is male name over here.

Vicekrs also suggested very beautifully.

[Easttexasman]

Angelica

[hybwolf]

In USA, Andrea is Italian for Andrew, My grandfather off the boat was Andrea but went as Andrew in America.

[dfollett_98]

Alyssa
Allison

Congratulations on the upcoming newest addition to your family and the best to you and your wife.

Don

[Lamb Root]

In USA, Andrea is Italian for Andrew, My grandfather off the boat was Andrea but went as Andrew in America.

Yep, that's right, like Andrea Bocelli. In Italy Andrea is name for boys. In Croatia it's a girl's name. Sometimes Andrea but more often Andreja. Pronounces the same. Male names are Andrej (also Slovenian) or Andrija.

[Legion]

Apple.

If is a boy, Huckleberry.

[Mike H]

Annabelle -

Congratulations Rick

[Snargle]

Ananda

[SlyAggie]

I had a friend in college who's name as Amalie...sounds like Emily but with a short "a" sound at beginning.

Congrats!

[elieber]

Alia
Alejandra
Althea
Aurora

Congratulations.

[leonidas]

If is a boy, Huckleberry.

:laugh:

[saf]

Congrats

Aislinn or some variation of spelling has always been a name I liked

My girls are Abigail and Annaliese those have been mentioned but are awesome names if I do say so myself.

[JBagKY]

I like the name Audrey or there is a variation for the name, Audrina.

Though, there have been some great suggestions already, names that I would have said otherwise.

[dcaplan]

Congrats!
All names that i really like:
Anaïs, Alba, Abella, Alina, Aliza, Amaya and Aria

[LegendofVogel]

ariella?

[petr]

Ava Therese

[Obiwan]

Congratulations! Great news.

Alegra
Avery
Alana
Alessia
Aria

[xraygun]

I'm surprised this hasn't been suggested yet on HERE: Astra

[Kostas1]

Andromeda, Aphrodite, Annalucia, Astra, Astrid, Antigone, Apollonia (after the beautiful girl from the original Godfather), Adrianna, Aleithia (truthful), Athanasia (Immortal)

Congrats!

[Obiwan]

Andromeda, Aphrodite, Annalucia, Astra, Astrid, Antigone, Apollonia (after the beautiful girl from the original Godfather), Adrianna, Aleithia (truthful), Athanasia (Immortal)

Congrats!

Apollonia, good call. She was beautiful and thats a great name.

[hotreds]

Annushka- Anne in Russian

[wimbouman]

Audrey (means something like noble and strong if I remember correctly).

238539

[ggamyang]

Congraturation, Rick!

Artemis - Greek Goddess of Moon. :)

[ORGANIC MAN]

Ashtanga

[KindestCutofAll]

Alysia

Pronounced Aleece-eeya, or Aleece-ya, or simply Alish-ya

The women in my family liked that the spelling and pronounciation were unique.

Nick names: Aly (al-ee), Alys (aleece), Lys (leece), Lee, Liss, or just Al

My daughter has had a lifetime of satisfaction.



... And congratulations!!! The amount of joy received from a daughter far outweighs the overwhelming fear during their teen years (fortunately).

:a14:

[Acmemfg]

Addison (with an "o")...a fine Southern name which would work well for either boy or girl. The gender-specific emphasis can be dealt with by using an appropriate middle name.

"Addison Sue, Addison Jane"
"Addison John", Addison Will"

You get the idea....good luck

[thatsilverguy]

Interesting. "Atalaya" was the Huntington's summer home south of Myrtle Beach, S.C. How far is that from your home?


I know it doesn't begin with "A", but I've always liked the name "Natalie".

[billybobbubba]

Aisling(gaelic, dream or vision) pronounced ASH-ling or ASH-leen

[Adam R]

I've always liked the name Annika.

[plpenn]

Audra or Abigail..


Congrats Rick! I can't wait to read the things she will say!!!

[bigben91682]

Anna

Antonio for a boy


Congrats!

[hotreds]

Athena

[mandoman]

Alex
April
Amanda

[life2short1971]

Annika, Alicia, Arielle, Allison, Amber, Adelaide,Annette

[timebomb]

I was going to say Angela but maybe that's too plain. How about Arlette?

Congratulations to you and your wife.

[trick420]

I got this nailed... My 5 yo son's middle name is Anderson...

My daughter is Audrey... Already a couple of votes for it though..

Our second choice was Ansley, so that's my entry.

Congratulations by the way...

[BeeSeeDub]

Ace!

[smalltank]

Annette

[Blooze]

Ashlynn

[paco664]

arko...

[Evbo]

Allegra
Anastasia
Amity
Ambrosine
Athena
Astra

Congrats, Rick!

[hotreds]

Athabaska......j/k

[trick420]

arko...

Damn... That was so freakin' obvious. That's awesome... Why didn't I think of that?

[life2short1971]

Yes Congrats !!!! How about Ariana....

[paco664]

ADRIENNE!!!!!!

http://i486.photobucket.com/albums/rr226/barton664/rocky_05_adrian.jpg

[M80]

Annabannabobanna

[life2short1971]

fanananabobana...:lol:

[Uncle Brian]

Arko is not a suitable name for a girl neither is Astra :innocent:

Aadi
Aaryn

The other thing to consider is her other names ... you need to make sure her whole name sounds nice as she will be wearing it forever

[seizure]

Arya
Anzie
Auralee

[Archerfire]

If one of these happens to be selected don't send me the prize! Maybe hold a drawing amongst all the entrants? I just wanted to participate... :001_smile

Azlynn
Aniya
Allisyn
Amaryn

[paco664]

arythma....

[Amzimbo]

Anabella

[dpm802]

The baby's brother's name is Anderson. Anderdaughter.

[paco664]

Anderdaughter.

ding ding ding!!!

[coyotewhisper]

Allaya

[Rudy Vey]

Anneliese (my late step mom's name)
Angelika

[timebomb]

What about Avril?

[NICKED&CUT]

Congratulations and best wishes to your family.

Some Indian names to the list:
Amrutha - meaning Nectar of the Gods, Eternal, etc.
Ananya - meaning Like no other, Unique
Aditi - meaning Boundless
Anisha - meaning Constant, unceasing
Avani - meaning Mother Earth

Best
N&C

[mmn3js]

I dont have an "A" name but I will throw out an "M" name just in case how about Malania pronounced Mu-lawn-ya

Congratulations, I cant let my wife se this or she will start begging me for a kid ;)

[dannymayo]

Congratulations! I suggest; Adele, like the singer or Adelaide.

[warhawk]

1st of all congrats.... here's 2 a healthy baby girl. There are many gr8 suggestions; I like Aundra. Someone already mentioned these but I also like ...Andria & Aurora.

WARHAWK

[hotreds]

Annabelle

[Legion]

If you name her Aardvark she will always get to be first at roll call.

[rickboone1]

Interesting. "Atalaya" was the Huntington's summer home south of Myrtle Beach, S.C. How far is that from your home?


I know it doesn't begin with "A", but I've always liked the name "Natalie".

Yes, it was. It's also a place in another country. I am sure it was someone's name at some point. MB is about 2.46 hours from my house.


I dont have an "A" name but I will throw out an "M" name just in case how about Malania pronounced Mu-lawn-ya

Congratulations, I cant let my wife se this or she will start begging me for a kid ;)

Where is SC are you?

[TonyN]

Congratulations Rick.

Angélique

[HydroWVU]

Congratzs

Being a good Virginian... If we had a girl we considered (but alas we had two boys)

Alexanderia or Alexandra

[Haggises]

go ancient - Ariadne
go old school - Agnes
go welsh - Anharad
go scottish - Aileen, Ailsa
go Percy Jackson - Annabeth

[sp514]

Congrats Rick and I'll go with Alannah. (Certain someone I know has this name :001_rolle)

[S'eth]

Aurora :)

[dpm802]

How about giving her a DIY Name Kit that starts with "A" ... Some Assembly Required.

"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"

[dpm802]

You can name her "America" ... like THIS GIRL (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1065229/)'s parents did.

[Vickers]

arko...

:laugh:

You deserve some kind of prize for that one.

[mattnick]

Arya

[SuperChris]

Amia
Aliya
Annikah

[hotreds]

Do you have a headache yet?

[rickboone1]

Adromeda


Analise, antoinette, Aine ( awn+ye)


Ananda


Congrats

Aislinn or some variation of spelling has always been a name I liked

My girls are Abigail and Annaliese those have been mentioned but are awesome names if I do say so myself.


Andromeda, Aphrodite, Annalucia, Astra, Astrid, Antigone, Apollonia (after the beautiful girl from the original Godfather), Adrianna, Aleithia (truthful), Athanasia (Immortal)

Congrats!


Aisling(gaelic, dream or vision) pronounced ASH-ling or ASH-leen


I've always liked the name Annika.


Audra or Abigail..


Congrats Rick! I can't wait to read the things she will say!!!


Annika, Alicia, Arielle, Allison, Amber, Adelaide,Annette


Arya
Anzie
Auralee


If one of these happens to be selected don't send me the prize! Maybe hold a drawing amongst all the entrants? I just wanted to participate... :001_smile

Azlynn
Aniya
Allisyn
Amaryn


Allaya


Congratulations and best wishes to your family.

Some Indian names to the list:
Amrutha - meaning Nectar of the Gods, Eternal, etc.
Ananya - meaning Like no other, Unique
Aditi - meaning Boundless
Anisha - meaning Constant, unceasing
Avani - meaning Mother Earth

Best
N&C



Arya


These are in the running. Keep them coming. Of course, I don't think I can read these until December.

[paco664]

These are in the running. Keep them coming. Of course, I don't think I can read these until December.

you mean "arko" didnt make the cut??

i'm wounded..

[dpm802]

you mean "arko" didnt make the cut??

i'm wounded..I think "arko" sounds masculine ... Aqua-Velva has a nice feminine vibe to it, though.

238896

[TankCommander1554]

Buford...after General John Buford of the Union Cavalry at Gettysburg.

[rickboone1]

you mean "arko" didnt make the cut??

i'm wounded..


No, no...it did. I must have misspelled it or something....


Buford...after General John Buford of the Union Cavalry at Gettysburg.

For a girl? yeah, I mean...I can dig it??? Too bad it's a letter late. Maybe Abuford?


Hmm...


Negative.

[Legion]

you mean "arko" didnt make the cut??

i'm wounded..

Or Aardvark. There's just no helping some people...

[Mendel]

Arial (as in South Carolina)

[eth]

Anita or Anja, variations of the same name, means "grace".
Aud, from Old Norse audr, means "affluence" or "wealth". Doesn't sound to good with the English "au" phonetic though.

ð :001_smile

[natchez]

Aaricia

[Kevan]

Arya
Alba
Amrita

[Chefbaze]

Angelisa,Ariadne, Arielle, Ariella,Aurora,Augustine,Alexandra,Angelina.

[rickboone1]

Maybe I will call her Aoud.

[Legion]

Areola?

[donoma]

My niece is named Audrey Faith FWIW

[rickboone1]

Aaricia

Like Erica?

So far the Mrs. hasn't liked any of them. She said she wanted an American name (I disagreed, whatever an "American" name is....). Well, then she said, "How about Asia?" Umm....you think Asia is an American name?

[leonidas]

Areola?

......isn't that part of a woman's breast??? :laugh:

[Nova316]

Athanasia?
Analisa?
I also really like Abrielle and Alyssa

[Vickers]

The most beautiful girl at my high school was named Ansley.

[noahpictures]

Atalaya??? :lol:

Another vote for Angelica or Angela, Amy, Allison, Alice, Ali, Alisha, Aisha, Amgonnatellyasomethin...I mean Amanda, Azul.

[truegreen]

Ariel
Amelia

Congratulations Rick!

[Icedorb217]

Arzina, (Ar-zeee-na)

[denim]

Eric.

"Are all your pets called 'Eric'?"
"There's nothing untoward about that. Kemal Atatürk had an entire menagerie called 'Abdul'."

[Legion]

......isn't that part of a woman's breast??? :laugh:

I can't believe it took that long for someone to spot. I thought it had gone through to the goal keeper.

[rickboone1]

I can't believe it took that long for someone to spot. I thought it had gone through to the goal keeper.

It was spotted just no one said anything. They were tired by the time they got to that point.

Atalaya??? :lol:



Yes. Why's that funny?

[life2short1971]

Anastasia

[sp514]

I'll add another

Alessandra

And here's a funny video regarding naming your child :laugh:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xblh12XgQ4o

[quantumcloud509]

My ex griflriends name was Alesya...

[Chefbaze]

American names....Amy,Amber,Alice,Abagail,Abbey,Ada,Addison ,Adelle,Adriana,Adrienne,Alberta,Alanis,Allison,Al ly,

[dlozo]

Aracelli or Ava?

[global_dev]

good luck! my 2 little girls are the highlight of my life...

Anders
Alec
Aang

[saf]

Jennifer or Nicollette I like

Use the hot girl with unattractive friends approach and put what ever name you like in the middle of these: Gertrude Bertha Dorothy Constance or any name you think she will find unappealing.

[Bengal Tiger]

Congrats!

Avanti - Earth
Ayesha - daughter of the prophet
Aziza - friend
Asha - hope, aspiration
Anjali - offering
Anjana - mother of Hanuman
Annalise
Ananda - joyful, bliss
Ariel
Annabelle
Ahalya
Aviva
Andina
Amaya
Ayara

Is there a limit? I could do this all day

[dannymayo]

Remember the movie, the Mummy? Anaksunamun !!!

[GuitarGuy]

Anastasia

Beautiful - light - regal - great nicknames (Anna, Staci, Tasia)

Best to you and the family...

[Uncle Brian]

Aravane
:detective:

[natchez]

Like Erica?

So far the Mrs. hasn't liked any of them. She said she wanted an American name (I disagreed, whatever an "American" name is....). Well, then she said, "How about Asia?" Umm....you think Asia is an American name?

Aaricia= are-ree-cee-ah. Not American or English, it is Scandinavian and means: "Proud, distinguished but noble, princess."

But, probably more American than Asia :-).

[global_dev]

Allegria
Allegra
Aron

[mistervee123]

A'choo
Asiago
Aroomba
Annotherbabee
Anditsgonnacostusanotherhunnertthousandtoraisethis onetoadulthoodnow

I kind of like shorter, simpler names like Alexis, Ann, or Annie really--especially Annie, especially if she's cute and you want to hug her a lot and she wants to hug you.

[CyberJCM]

7 pages in I hope I'm not repeating!

My two little girls are named Alayna Brielle and Ashlyn Liana. I think they are beautiful names, to fit beautiful little girls!

I'd be honored if you choose either of their names, but whichever you choose many congratulations and well wishes to you! I hope you have a little girl, they are awesome!

[Brandon P K]

This one won't be a repeat (I'm pretty sure), as it's a Kazakh name:

Assel

other options:
Anastasia
Annasophia
Aimee
Audra
Annaelise

Congrats!

[mortisd28]

Adela

Woman I went to college with, had a mad crush on her.

Also, Aurica (variation on Goldfinger's name) :001_smile

[timvee]

Annushka- Anne in Russian
Actually, Anne in Russian is Anna, Anushka is a tender diminutive form. :smartass:

[timvee]

I have a cousin names Arianne, and I will also suggest Anette. And while I'm at it, Anya, another short form of the Russian Anna.
I think your wife will pick Arianne; gut feeling! :001_smile Congrats!

[Jacob Robertson]

Arya..

[Thesaurus Rex]

Ailya
(A-LEE-uh)
Meaning to ascend or rise up

Know a couple girls with the name, pretty beautiful imo

[bkey]

Adia like in the sarah mclachlan song.

congrats!

[leonidas]

Remember the movie, the Mummy? Anaksunamun !!!

............... Anck-Su-Namun = Patricia Velásquez = Gorgeous!!!

[gash]

Archana
Akira
Agatha
Andalucia
Acca (Kappa)
Annabella
Adelina

Congratulations on the baby.

[Dboygoode]

Adelaide. Means noble kind. You could maybe use addy, Addie for short? Congrats on your new addition.

[Trainer7]

We're expecting a girl in mid-July and have been struggling with a name as well...

I can share some our top choices as we are all friends here...

Aria - Air in italian, the melody sung as a solo or duet in an opera
Arianna - Holy one
Angelina - My Goddaughter's middle name (named after her Grandmother)

We still may do combinations of our parents names as well, but that would be using my Mother, Celeste Irene and Mother-in-law, Marilyn Eloise names in some combo.

I am going to let my wife look at the other names in the list and it may hit her in some way to stir up ideas for us as well!

Congrats and good luck!
Joe.

[gash]

Abattoir ('Abby' for short)
Ameliorate ('Amelia' for short)
Angioma ('Angie' for short)

[biggiej42]

Aurora

[CyberJCM]

Just thought of something funny I'd share with Rick and you others who are or have named babies.

My wife is an OB nurse, delivers babies all day. She sees alot of names come through, and some are just not well thought out. One of the most infamous happened earlier last year. Look closely at this name, and see if you can figure out what was, I hope, an unintentional life of pain for this child.

The name was: Shitheed

pronounced: Shi-thEE-d

Poor thing! Please don't name your daughter this Rick, or anyone else! :wink2:

[BigOregon]

ariel

[rickboone1]

So, my friend calls me up the other day and says he has a name for our baby (if it's a girl....). He says, Addison. You'll have Anderson and Addison. I said, hmmm....I think I like it. I talked to Lisa and she loves it. So, looks like our friend deruitem has made that suggestion. I like his spelling, too. I don't know if we'll do Attison, Addison, Attisen or Attison... But, looks like deruitem is winning the prize! (let's hope it is a girl. )

The prize is actually being made, so have patience. I didn't expect it to have such a huge response so quickly. :-0


Addisen

[Go West Young Man]

You may want to consider that post-Grey's Anatomy, "Addison" is one of the most popular girls' names of the last few years.
There are going to be a LOT of Addisons at the playground in a few years.

[traps38]

Hey congrats.
How about Amber

[chrissss]

congratulations !

Aurore is my favourite, Latin name of the goddess of the Day, Aurora.

Aurore Anderson, sounds great no ?

[ouch]

I know it doesn't start with an "A", but I'm still going with Throckmorton.

Good luck to everyone, especially dad!

[Solace]

Ava

[Bravoure]

Ayla!

[RailroadMan]

Just thought of this the other day and wanted to share even though it looks like you've already picked. Abitha

[eneyman]

Congrats Rick, hows about:

Abrianna

Adalia

Adeline

all sound very pretty and are not so common

[JAYRODDC]

Astrid skyrim inspired?

[Emmerson-Biggins]

Aaliyah or Angel

Cheers!

[Rjacklin]

I have two daughters and they are named Ellasyn (Ella for short) Reese and Brynlee (Bryn for short) Noelle. My wife is a labor and delivery nurse so it took us about 9000 names to come up with something unique as well as not reminding her of a baby that was a nightmare in the nursery ! :)

[Slash McCoy]

Well, this is a shaving forum so I assumed you meant names of shaving products or methods that start with "A". Arko? Aristocrat? Ace? Astra?

[dieselfuel79]

How about this spelling

Addisyn?

Others would be
Aiyanna - meaning eternal bloom (like a flower...or a shaving brush)
Arianna - meaning holy
Autumn - self explanitory and the most beautiful of all seasons

[TexasWheels]

Addiss

Looks like you have a winner after reading through them all just now I didn't see the name I was going to say but the one you picked was closed to it, just with the end of it left off. I have one friend with the name Addiss and it always sticks out as I've met anyone else with that name.

[SuperChris]

I know it doesn't start with an "A", but I'm still going with Throckmorton.

Good luck to everyone, especially dad!

Nice avatar chico

[nayrble801]

I'll give it a shot.

Azrielle

[travy4911]

I'm partial to Piper. I also like Maggie....kind of old, but not very common these days.

[rickboone1]

I'm partial to Piper. I also like Maggie....kind of old, but not very common these days.

Piper is cool. Funny looking A on there, though. Hey, congrats again to the winner! His gift is still being crafted. He shall get it soon and post pictures here for all to see!

[danxaz]

Acacia

[deruitem]

I cant wait to see it! Our daughter is Addisen Ruth and her older sister is Danika Marie pronounced Dan ica like Danica Patrick

[trick420]

OK folks, Rick is a good friend, and a super nice guy to boot, so I told him I would PIF the prize for this contest.

So here's what I put in the mail to Matt this morning (and yes, I'm aware that I'm WAY late in getting this done). It's an otherwise lowly Gold Dollar #66, lightly pimped - Phantom nose, spike point, and worked heel - no stabilizers. Satin polish.

Scales are cocobolo finished in shellac, pinned with brass.

Honed up on my vintage Coticule - dilucot, then finished on Llyn Melynllyn with slurry, then water, then my Welsh Thuri™ with water and then oil. 150 laps on the latigo. Fantastic BBS test shave with it last night.

Hope you like it Matt!!!

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3709313/Straights/DeRuitemGD/IMG_1079s.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3709313/Straights/DeRuitemGD/IMG_1080s.jpg

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/3709313/Straights/DeRuitemGD/IMG_1081s.jpg

[RailroadMan]

Nice.

[Giant Kiwi]

Aroha

It is the Maori (native New Zealanders) word for Love.

[5Cantonas]

Ayla

[Doc226]

Congrats.

Alara

[Gruder]

With congratulations to the winner and gratitude to the donor, it's now time to close this thread. Thanks to all who participated.