If you haven't had the chance, check out the offerings and, if you haven't joined in before, please consider it for September 19. That will be just a couple of days before autumn officially arrives and I'm pretty sure that I know what that means: pumpkins ☺ beautifully colored leaves ☺ and a lot of mums. Mark your calendars now!
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Before this post ends, I have a few questions for you. The first: If you had the privilege of naming a little girl, what name would you give her?
According to Family Education dot com, the top seventeen names in 2012 for little girls are as follows:
1. Sophia
2. Isabella
3. Emma
4. Olivia
5. Ava
6. Emily
7. Abigail
8. Madison
9. Mia
10. Chloe
11. Elizabeth
12. Ella
13. Addison
14. Natalie
15. Lily
16. Grace
17. Samantha
The second question: If you had to choose from the 2012 list, which would you choose?
I have another list gleaned from tombstones — you don't find that morbid I hope — I love a cemetery and reading the names I find there.
This list was chosen because I had never heard these names before:
1. Lurena
2. Emeline
3. Almeda
4. Lilias
5. Evelina
6. Zabelle
7. Lillis
8. Olevia
9. Salley (I cheated. I know a few Sallies; however, they don't spell their name this way.)
10. Columbia
11. Marantha
12. Elva
13. Bina
14. Elzada
15. Lovicy
16. Lovina
17. Sylvina
Third question: (You've figured it out, of course.) If you had to select from my old-time list, which name would you choose?
I'm revealing my choice tomorrow.
Now if I were naming a puppy, I'd choose Bina...what a cute name!
A happy Thursday to you!
In the first list I would chose either Emma or Elizabeth.
ReplyDeleteIn the second list I would chose Lillis and call her Lily.
This sounds fun - are you naming a baby? :)
Deanna
Combine 10 & 14 on the first list you have the name of one of the most darling little girls I know.
ReplyDeleteSecond list, I really like #4, so unusual.
If I were to name a little girl I would name her Charlotte Inez and call her Charly (pronounced shar-ly) for short.
Is this a grand hint?
No. No announcements here. =D
ReplyDeleteGood morning! I love questions and posts like this for some reason, haha, sooo. Question #1? I can't imagine naming a girl anything other than the one I close for my only daughter....Melody Joy. I just knew she was going to be the melody and Joy in my life, and she is. Question #2? I would actually chose 2 of them. Emily Grace. Love them both. And #3? Well I guess I would go with Emeline.
ReplyDeleteThis was fun! Enjoy your day!
I don't think you're morbid at all. I love walking through cemeteries, too. So much history ~ so many stories of lives once lived. We lived very close to a cemetery once and my daily walk took me through it.
ReplyDeleteI would choose the name Phoebe.
What a fun questionnaire!
ReplyDeleteI would go with Lily from modern list, and Lillis from second - and Bina IS a cute puppy name, agreed.
Have a wonderful day, Vee!
Well, I did name 3 daughters and as you know they are Amanda, Hillary and Mallory! I hopefully don't/won't have to name another one, BUT, if I absolutely had to I would choose Madison (we have 5 of those names in our family already, so it's hard). And from your "old time" list, I like Emeline! Great post!
ReplyDeleteThe first name for me would be Lucy. I would love to have a little grand child running around and me calling out "Lucy come have a cookie!" From the list I would pick Chloe.
ReplyDeleteFirst, without a list I thought of Rachel.
ReplyDeleteThe 2012 list: I think I would choose Elizabeth and call her Beth.
The vintage list: None of them excite me but Emeline is the one I could live with. She would be Emma.
When I was pregnant many, many years ago, if I had a daughter I was going to name her Kristin. I had a son and named him Jason. So I would still stick with Kristin.
ReplyDeleteOn your fist list I would choose Madison and probably call her Maddie.
On the second list I would choose Emeline.
1) I would choose the name Anna, the name of my maternal great-grandmother, and the name of the inspiring lady of Luke 2.
ReplyDelete2) Abigail (I wanted to name Rebekah Abigail, meaning "her father is joyful"...but her father said, "That is the name of the Halls' dog" and that ended that.)
3) Emeline catches my fancy.
What a fun post! Now back to read all the comments...
If I named a girl without a list, today, I would choose Rosemary Anne.
ReplyDelete(My own daughters are Alice and Emily. My granddaughters are Sofia and Clara.)
From list one I would choose Abigail Grace.
From your third unusual list I might choose Salley (but may I please change the spelling?).
This was fun. I'm remembering a day in my early childhood when I told my mother I was going to have six daughters and name them all after flowers. With some horror I recall that they were not even normal flower names, some were names like Rosetta, Violetta, etc. Oh, my.
Hmmm...
ReplyDeleteI'll go to my heritage with question #1 and say Anastasia.
#2 Emma
#3 Emeline
I love checking out headstones at cemeteries!
Cemeteries are really interesting places. I carry my camera and a note pad! My favorite girls name isn't on the list -- Alexandra. From the first list I like Isabella. (Guess I like names with lots of syllables!!!!) From the last list I like Lurena. Fun post!
ReplyDeleteMaryanne would be the name I'd name a little girl. I would have named my Debbi Marie that but Ken knew a Maryanne who he didn't like!
ReplyDeleteFrom the first list I would pick Emma.
I don't really like any of the names from the second list but if I had to I'd pick Salley.
I look forward to reading your picks.
I did miss participating in the note card party this time and look forward to the next one. I am so ready for fall. The mere mention of pumpkins and mums sounds appealing to me.
ReplyDeleteYou have such a knack for interesting blog material. Love this post today. Just this morning I was driving and heard the DJ mention the name Valerie. As I drove I was mulling over the sounds of that name and think it sounds so melodious (right word?). Also sounds pretty to me, so I think I might pick that for a little girl.
From the first list I would pick Emily and the 2nd list it would be Emeline. I do think that Zabelle is kind of interesting. My grandmother's first child was named Ziola.
Thank you, Vee, for your kind comments. I am always blessed by your words.
Oh boy...don't know as I could pick one off that list. But there was an Olivia, a Madison and an Isabella at our reunion on the weekend. I'll go with Emma...since it is very close to the name of my sweet grandgirlie!
ReplyDeleteFrom the second list...I'll pick Emeline.
I love this. I have a great grandmother named Lovina. I love reading tombstones. And no - it's not morbid. It happens to all of us.
ReplyDeleteI have a cemetery right behind my back door. I love to walk there and look at the stone.
ReplyDeleteI have a great niece named Olivia and a great niece named Addison.
If I were naming a daughter today it would be Nancy Melinda after my great grandmother.
I have always loved the name "Grace", and I also like "Elizabeth". From the 2nd list, I think I would go with Emeline or Evelina. Funny you picked Bina, as I had a friend named Bina, short for Sabina. And I had a neighbor named Bino, short for Sabino. xo
ReplyDeleteQuestion #1... It's a good thing that I don't have to name a little girl, because my choice would change, from day to day.
ReplyDeleteQuestion #2... Mmmm, on the 2012 List, we already have a 'Sophia' and an 'Emma' in the family. Mmm, perhaps I'd choose 'Isabella.' I have long loved the sound of that name... Sounding the first 'i' with a very pronounced 'E' sound. "EEEEEEEsabella" :-)
Question #3... I have known an'EvAlina' in real life. I have known a tv yoga teacher by the name of 'Lillias'. Oh and 'Lillis' is awfully close to the Biblical 'Lillith'!!!! (Adam's 1st wife, if you don't remember...) (The one, who was tooooo much, for poor ol' Adam.) ,-)
My choice? Yikes! None, I guess. But if pressed, 'Emeline'? Very old fashioned sounding...
Gentle hugs,
"Auntie"
I hope I can remember all the questions. If I had another little girl now I would name her Cameo. I heard it on Jeopardy once. From the 2012 list I love Natalie...but I always have....The old names, mercy...they are old. I did know an Elva once...a friend of my moms...but let's see....I think I like Columbia...the best. And if I had a girl puppy...she would be Mercedes...a boy puppy....Baxter...and a kitty...Button. Whew,...probably more info than you wanted!!
ReplyDeleteSo you get to name a baby? How wonderful. As you know I'm a baby nurse so I could have told you the top names. :-) I do love Emma, and Elizabeth is a classic name. I love the old ones coming back like Lila or Lilly or Helen. Rose. Of the old list, Almeda if pronounced or accented like the song "Oh my darling...Alme DA.
ReplyDeleteI also like Lillias because I know one in history.
It would be so hard to choose a name!
Having a name that has to be explained or repeated every time someone hears it for the first time, I'm tempted to give a vote for plain "Jane."
Oh I love old fashioned names! I like Emma & Olivia from the first list. I also like Emeline.
ReplyDeleteWell, ironically my current favorite girl name right now happens to combine two names from your first list.
ReplyDeleteEmma Grace.
So I guess those are my first two answers.
I really don't like any of the names on the third list all that much. I do know a Bena (pronounced like you would say Bina). I like it spella that way but still wouldn't choose it. I would pick Emelina on that one.
Fun!
My daughter's name is Emily and I find 31 years later I must still like the sound of that name because I would choose Emmiline.
ReplyDeleteNext would be Lillis.
What an interesting post. I love some of the older names in the second list and would choose Emeline. I actually have a friend whose grand daughter is Emeline. I also like the name Lily in the first list. There are a few of them around. Other favorites are Lucie (my grandmother) and Maggie.
ReplyDeleteIt's always fun coming here!! If I was gonna name a kitty from this list. I would choose Emeline. She would have to be a petite cat. A more robust creature might be named Elzada.
ReplyDeleteMy girl's name is on the first list! Olivia! And my cousin's name is on the second list...Emmeline! We call her Emmy! Great post!
ReplyDeleteThis is a fun post, but tough coming up with names since I like so many. I'll choose Ava from the first list and then from the last list I'd go with Olevia and change the e to an i. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is such an interesting post Vee.
ReplyDeleteI never had the privilege of naming a girl but at one time it would have been Julie. I do like my own name...is that terribly narcissistic?
On the 2012 list I would pick Elizabeth.
On the tombstone list (which was so interesting) I would go with Emeline.
I loved reading everyone elses lists too.
I missed this yesterday! I like Lily and Emeline. But I noticed there's not a single 'D' name on either list. I named all four of my kids with a 'D' name....so every time I picked out a boy name and a girl name! Of course I still have the 4 girl names if anyone needs them! lol I had FOUR sons! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it interesting how the "modern" choices have such old fashioned names?
ReplyDeleteI think my favorite name belongs to my youngest granddaughter... Anna Evangeline. :)
About #17 on the first list and #17 on the other list of names..grin!
ReplyDeleteor how about Atazia or Kristosha and Sherleena..
these are three of my grand daughters names that my daughter Elisha named her girls..
Hugs
From the first list, I'd choose the top name - Sophia. I love its meaning - wisdom.
ReplyDeleteAnd from the second list, Bina. Not for a puppy. But my daughter has a friend named Sabina, and she is called Bina as an endearment.
Sorry about getting mixed up between the fourth and third Wednesdays for the card party. I'll remember for next time.
I know I'm late but still wanted to play. I personally love the names Stella or Sylvie. From your first list I would choose Emma as that is my daughter's name already :) (she's 15, and I knew no other Emmas when I named her that). Your last list: my paternal grandmother's middle name was Bina, so I choose that;) This list is the first time I've ever seen Bina anywhere else.
ReplyDeleteMy children's pediatrician was named Bina!
ReplyDeleteI like many girls names -- if my daughter has a girl she may chose the name Julia :)
For your second question I would chose Elizabeth -- my daughter's name is a short version of that name ;)
On the old timer names list I would chose Lovina as my Mother's best childhood freind was a Lovina (nickanmed "Lovie")