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Sinistra's Name The New Baby

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Hi :D Sorry to bust in like this. I've been hanging around for a while, and while I'm not sure I grasp all the rules of these games, I thought I might make one. You don't have to sign up for this - while this will be several rounds, you can reply to any round you want. If you choose to reply sporadically - rounds 1, 5, 8, 9 for example - to play every round or to only play one, to join now or later, it's really up to you.

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I will, of course, choose my favourite name suggestions for each round as usual in NTNB games, but this isn't really a competition in the strictest sense. Call this a lazy, casual one :D

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I'll try and get up a new round every few days, but as I'm a little busy for the next few weeks, I guess rounds will happen when they happen.

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There are four families below, each with their own rules. Rules may change from round to round, but not massively, so there won't be huge paragraphs each time. You do not have to do each family if you don't want to, and you are not obliged to sign up or do each round.

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Hope you enjoy and I did this right! :)

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- Sinistra

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The Kopitar family
DH : Aleksander Erazem Kopitar [28]
DW : Zarja Martina Kopitar ((Saksida)) [27]

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DD: Lara Katarina Kopitar [4]
DS: Luka Timotej Kopitar [2]
DD:

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Aleksander and Zarja Kopitar are a young couple with Slovenian roots currently living in London, in England. While Zarja was born and raised in Slovenia, in the city of Kranj, Aleksander considers himself a native Londoner, having been born and raised by his Slovenian ex-pat parents in the north of the city. The two met through family. Zarja was Aleksander’s cousin’s best friend from university, and when visiting the two instantly forged a connection, talking in hesitant English and Slovene. Since then, they have married and settled down in London and have two lovely children, Lara who is four and Luka who is two. They are now expecting a third child, another daughter.

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They both want to use some form of Slovenian name. Aleksander thinks that the name should be simple and familiar and pronounceable to the average Londoner on the street – there’s nothing worse than having your name mangled, he thinks. He likes names along the line of Eva, Sara, Ema, Nina or perhaps Tamara or Petra. He would also like to continue the ‘L’ first name pattern, but his suggestions of Lia, Lena and Liza have been vetoed by Zarja. She would like to use a name she considers definitively Slovenian, but not dull, and doesn’t particularly care about spelling or pronunciation issues. She’d like a name of middling popularity in Slovenia (see the popularity list here - http://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/100sl2005.php or the official stats site here http://www.stat.si/eng/imena.asp) and would prefer something that’s neither massively uncommon in Slovenia, nor in the top 20 or so names. She likes Lucija, Tajda, Nikolina, Lejla and so forth. On more uncommon and difficult to spell names, she agrees that she could deal with some spelling changes but on simple names, such as Lucija being changed to Lucia etc, she is firmly opposed. She would rather go half way, and have a longer name with a simple, easy to spell, English based nickname. They both would consider a Slovenian first name, and classical English middle name.

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The Day family
DH: Bertram Rasmus Day "Bertie" [25]
DW: Lily Acantha Phaedra ((Endicott)) Day [23]

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DS:

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Bertram and Lily Day are expecting their first child. The due date is nearly upon them and they still can't agree on a name. They don't disagree on much, having been teenage sweethearts, childhood best friends and almost infamous for being inseperable, but this is where it all falls apart. Their different upbringings and world views (Bertie being the mathmatically-minded son of a rich and established family, Lily being the whimsical daughter of bohemian artists) haven't driven them apart in all these years, but they are stumped when it comes to a name.

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Lily likes mythology. Loves it, actually. It's one of her fortes. She's got her heart set on a mythological name for their son, preferably from Greek mythology like her middle names, but she isn't fussy. She likes Nestor and Odysseus, but Bertram finds them both arty and pretentious, and too out-there to be considered as a name for their first child. Bertie dislikes his name, and feels it's both too old-fashioned and too quirky. He's always been teased for it, and wouldn't want to inflict that on his children. He'd prefer to use either a modern sounding name, even if it's invented, or a name from the top 40 (http://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/100us2010.php).

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The Janvier family
DH: Dorian Christophe Janvier [26]
DW: Isra ((Amjad)) Janvier [27]

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DD/DS:

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The Janvier family have by far the most complicated mix of ethnicities, with Dorian being French and English, and Isra having Spanish and Arabic roots. They have, however, got a naming plan they have decided they are happy with. While they'll both work together deciding the name, if it's a girl, Isra will have the deciding vote and if it's a boy, ultimately it's Dorian's decision which will count the most. Isra has always felt left out without a middle name, and so she's persuaded her husband that all of their children should have two or so middle names. They have already decided that the names will each be selected from Arabic, Spanish, French and English origins, and so reflect their children's heritages. Isra likes short Arabic female names which, while exotic, can translate well across cultures and flower names. Dorian likes classic masculine names, British flower names, one-syllable names and French female names like Albertine or Ernestine, somewhat unusual and ecclectic names based on somewhat fusty feeling male names. He cannot think of many Spanish names of which he is particularly fond.

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The fact that Isra was carrying twins was a shock to them, but an either bigger shock has just occured. Initially they had been told to expect twin girls, and had had the names planned - Leila Maximilienne Rose and Zahra Evangeline Maria. Now it transpires that the second daughter is actually a son. In the hunt for a boy's name, they agreed that Leila's name didn't feel quite right either and now it's back to the drawing board with both of them. What can they decide?

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The Reid family
DH: Oliver Henry Reid [36]
DW: Amelia Suzanne Overton-Reid [38]

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AS: Edvard Theodore Reid "Eddie" [12]
AS: Toma David Reid "Tommy" [8]
AD: Milly Mei-Ling Reid [3]
AD: [2]

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Amelia Overton is best known as a prize-winning, best-selling mystery writer and all-round genial media darling. It's been eight years since her marriage to stage actor and screen-writer Oliver Reid, and for a while it seemed like the two couldn't be happier. Amelia hadn't realised she wanted a family and children until later in life, but had assumed that there would be no problem. Unfortunately, there were difficulties. Amelia had all but given up hope of falling pregnant when it seemed their prayers were answered. Unfortunately this wasn't the case. She lost her unborn child both times, and it almost destroyed their marriage. In fact, upon the second tragedy she was told that it was likely she would never be able to carry a child safely to term, and it was dangerous to her health to even try again. Knowing the pain and heartbreak all too well, the couple decided not to try for any more children. Amelia was devestated. Knowing how upset Amelia was, Oliver stumbled upon the idea of adoption. Since then, the couple have adopted children both from home and abroad. They both have a flair for languages and communication, and know they can provide a warm and supporting home. First it was young Edvard from Armenia - keeping his name, they renamed him Edvard Thomas and nicknamed him Eddie. Then there was young Georgian boy Toma, who they adopted five years ago when he was three, and most recently, young Chinese-American Milly. She was originally named Rong, which the couple didn't like. Given that she was a baby, they decided to rename her completely, choosing the name Mei-Ling ("Beautiful bell/chime") with the help of a Chinese friend, and eventually giving Milly as her first name as well.

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The newest addition is a two year old girl from Russia. Oliver and Amelia have decided that because she's old enough to recognise her own name, much like in the case of Edvard and Toma, they won't rename her. They will give her the surname Reid and a classical English middle name, but keep her original Russian name as her first name. They might give her an English nickname, but Amelia thinks Russian nicknames are adorable and not too difficult to pronounce.

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