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Help[Opinions] BAs, combos and verrucas!
Haha! I was just compiling a bit of an odd assortment of names for a CAF from nameberry when I stumbled upon the gem 'Veruca'. They have to be kidding! Even with Veruca Salt, why would they include it in a name reference site? I suspect it might not even be their worst offering, but seriously? I can't believe anyone in their right mind would name a child that, but there are some seriously strange people out there. Anyway, made me laugh.
Also, a friend's eldest brother has just had a baby son with his fiance - of course, congrats to them and my friend is terrified and delighted and scarily overexcited about being a new auntie for the first time, as I imagine I will be on that fateful day when one of my mad siblings produces a small, bawling, mad thing. They originally expected a girl and had Ivy Clementine prepared for that opportunity but the young gentleman took them somewhat by surprise. Apparently most of their combos used Samuel "Sam" and they don't think he looks or seems like a Sam or Samuel so they're rethinking. They've decided on Thames ("tems", basically, for those for whatever reason unused to how we inhabitants of the great South England planes pronounce these things) as a middle name - I suspect being occasionally homesick ex-pat Brits played a roll - and the first name is up in the air.
I don't think Samuel Thames sounds that bad... a bit s heavy, but not bad. It might be my homesickness kicking in, but I slightly love Thames - never, ever as a first name in a million miles, but it's a cute middle name. It'd be mad in England and it works best if the kid has some Brit connection to make it less confusing, but I think it fits with trends but has a kind of different feel to it, it's out there but not bizarre and it looks intriguing written down. I like the sound, not sold on the sound as a name, but it'll grow on me. Besides, I've always thought that it was a mystical and intriguing name for a river, let alone a person. Pollution? Don't think about that one. And it's a nice change from the weird, overused and chronically abused wanna-be-pseudo-Brit name London. I've met two Londons, neither British, both the kind to go 'Oh, I'm British! My great uncle came from Birmingham and we visit England all the time' and get upset when I go 'Genetically and historically, you're probably more British than I but are you kidding me?'. If you're going to do that kind of thing, Thames is nicer, less tacky and more interesting sounding. But middle name. Please.
Anyway, what do you think of Thames? Any combos you can suggest?
Oh, and an update on my Russian naming twin-expecting friends:
As it stands in the running are:
Girls:
Irina ("Irinushka" or "Ira")
Margarita (nns are still up in the air)
Marina ("Mari" but in Russian "Marishka")
Milena ("Mila")
Sofia (was originally Sofiya but I managed to suggest dropping the 'y'. She'd be called "Sophie" and probably lack a Russian nickname, because they rightly hate Sonya)
Valeriya or Valeria (Undecided)
Zinaida ("Zinny", possibly "Zina" in Russian but they don't like the Islamic connotation)
The three M names and Valeriya are the most likely choices.
For gents it's narrowed down to:
Aleksei ("Alex" or "Lyosha", maybe the obscure "Alyosha" or "Alyonya")
Anton ("Ant" or "Antonya" or "Antya" or "Antonik")
Fyodor ("Dorie" or "Fedya" and a million others)
Ilya ("Ilyusha")
Leonid ("Leo")
Matvei ("Matt" or "Matya")
Mikhail ("Mike" or "Mikey" at a push, and about fifty billion nns in Russian)
Ruslan ("Rus")
Zinoviy ("Zino", "Zinny" or "Zinka")
They took on board suggestions for an English or easy to pronounce potential nicknames, which is good. Do you have any combos (English, no matter how oldfashioned or unusual, middle names) or twin sibsets with these names? That'd be much loved.
(Oh, and I am backing Mikhail (a la Bulgakov) and Margarita (a la The Master and Margarita) so much that it hurts)
Anyway, sorry for the huge rambly post dump... I think it's better than flooding the board with threads. Reply to whatever you like and all is appreciated! :)
Also, a friend's eldest brother has just had a baby son with his fiance - of course, congrats to them and my friend is terrified and delighted and scarily overexcited about being a new auntie for the first time, as I imagine I will be on that fateful day when one of my mad siblings produces a small, bawling, mad thing. They originally expected a girl and had Ivy Clementine prepared for that opportunity but the young gentleman took them somewhat by surprise. Apparently most of their combos used Samuel "Sam" and they don't think he looks or seems like a Sam or Samuel so they're rethinking. They've decided on Thames ("tems", basically, for those for whatever reason unused to how we inhabitants of the great South England planes pronounce these things) as a middle name - I suspect being occasionally homesick ex-pat Brits played a roll - and the first name is up in the air.
I don't think Samuel Thames sounds that bad... a bit s heavy, but not bad. It might be my homesickness kicking in, but I slightly love Thames - never, ever as a first name in a million miles, but it's a cute middle name. It'd be mad in England and it works best if the kid has some Brit connection to make it less confusing, but I think it fits with trends but has a kind of different feel to it, it's out there but not bizarre and it looks intriguing written down. I like the sound, not sold on the sound as a name, but it'll grow on me. Besides, I've always thought that it was a mystical and intriguing name for a river, let alone a person. Pollution? Don't think about that one. And it's a nice change from the weird, overused and chronically abused wanna-be-pseudo-Brit name London. I've met two Londons, neither British, both the kind to go 'Oh, I'm British! My great uncle came from Birmingham and we visit England all the time' and get upset when I go 'Genetically and historically, you're probably more British than I but are you kidding me?'. If you're going to do that kind of thing, Thames is nicer, less tacky and more interesting sounding. But middle name. Please.
Anyway, what do you think of Thames? Any combos you can suggest?
Oh, and an update on my Russian naming twin-expecting friends:
As it stands in the running are:
Girls:
Irina ("Irinushka" or "Ira")
Margarita (nns are still up in the air)
Marina ("Mari" but in Russian "Marishka")
Milena ("Mila")
Sofia (was originally Sofiya but I managed to suggest dropping the 'y'. She'd be called "Sophie" and probably lack a Russian nickname, because they rightly hate Sonya)
Valeriya or Valeria (Undecided)
Zinaida ("Zinny", possibly "Zina" in Russian but they don't like the Islamic connotation)
The three M names and Valeriya are the most likely choices.
For gents it's narrowed down to:
Aleksei ("Alex" or "Lyosha", maybe the obscure "Alyosha" or "Alyonya")
Anton ("Ant" or "Antonya" or "Antya" or "Antonik")
Fyodor ("Dorie" or "Fedya" and a million others)
Ilya ("Ilyusha")
Leonid ("Leo")
Matvei ("Matt" or "Matya")
Mikhail ("Mike" or "Mikey" at a push, and about fifty billion nns in Russian)
Ruslan ("Rus")
Zinoviy ("Zino", "Zinny" or "Zinka")
They took on board suggestions for an English or easy to pronounce potential nicknames, which is good. Do you have any combos (English, no matter how oldfashioned or unusual, middle names) or twin sibsets with these names? That'd be much loved.
(Oh, and I am backing Mikhail (a la Bulgakov) and Margarita (a la The Master and Margarita) so much that it hurts)
Anyway, sorry for the huge rambly post dump... I think it's better than flooding the board with threads. Reply to whatever you like and all is appreciated! :)
This message was edited 6/15/2011, 5:08 AM
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I'm from South England as well, so I'm glad they at least pronounced Thames properly rather than rhyming it with James or something. However I don't like the name. London is worse, but Thames isn't good either - Samuel is so much better!
I never understood why people use place names of places where they've never been and aren't even nice places. I find it weird when people who have never been to England call their child Bristol (or Brystal :/) or Brighton. There's probably even some Southamptons and Manchesters lol! At least London is a well known and historic city.
I never understood why people use place names of places where they've never been and aren't even nice places. I find it weird when people who have never been to England call their child Bristol (or Brystal :/) or Brighton. There's probably even some Southamptons and Manchesters lol! At least London is a well known and historic city.
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I don't think Thames would be mad in England; for starters, it's a surname, so if I saw it as a middle name in a BA here, I'd assume that's what it was. And even as just a name in its own right, I think it's okay. I'm not really a fan of place-names, but for some reason, I don't mind river-names at all, especially if it's a local river or one there's some family connection to. Samuel Thames sounds fine to me.
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