Road rules0 min ago
Looking for some suggestions on these names?
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Please be nice! Suggestions/mix em up/ add to them! Thanks for the help! Sibling name is Cooper Christian!
girls
Cori/Corinne Isabelle Shirley
Isabelle Corinne Shirley
Charlie Cheyenne/Paige Shirley
Andrea Paige/Skye/Cheyenne Shirley
Ryan Skye Shirley
Masyn Raine Shirley
Boys
Todd Owen/Liam Shirley
Owen Todd Shirley
Cole Liam Shirley
Tucker Cole Shirley
Zander Joseph Shirley
Collin Maverick Shirley
Maverick Cole Shirley
girls
Cori/Corinne Isabelle Shirley
Isabelle Corinne Shirley
Charlie Cheyenne/Paige Shirley
Andrea Paige/Skye/Cheyenne Shirley
Ryan Skye Shirley
Masyn Raine Shirley
Boys
Todd Owen/Liam Shirley
Owen Todd Shirley
Cole Liam Shirley
Tucker Cole Shirley
Zander Joseph Shirley
Collin Maverick Shirley
Maverick Cole Shirley
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The time of your post, and your suggested names, indicate that you might be in the USA. If so, you need to be aware that this is a UK-based site. While welcome questions from anywhere, names which sound great in one country might be regarded with near derision in another. So the advice which we can offer here might not be that useful to you.
If you're seeking a US-based question and answer site, try one (or both) of these:
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http://answers.yahoo.com/
For what it's worth though, I'll comment on some of your suggestions and throw in some of my own.
Here in the UK, 'Ryan' is used almost exclusively as a boy's name. It would be regarded as rather odd (and possibly somewhat cruel!) to give that name to a girl!
'Charlie' is coming into limited use over here as a girl's name, but many people would still associate it only with boys.
'Cheyenne', on this side of the Atlantic, would be regarded by many people as the type of name given to young women who spend every Friday and Saturday night getting drunk and looking for sex! (For Brits, it has a very 'common' feel to it).
'Masyn' and 'Raine' are almost unknown over here. Most parents would probably avoid those names precisely because they'd regard them as 'too American'. ('Skye' might also fit into that group, even though it is occasionally used here. Ditto for 'Paige').
Isabelle is a lovely traditional name but it has to accepted that the child will hardly ever be called that, as it will almost certainly get abbreviated to 'Izzy'.
Andrea also has a pleasing 'old-fashioned' feel to it, whereas 'Corinne' is one of the nicer more modern names. (Yes, I know that it dates back to the 5th century BC but it's only fairly recently that it's become popular). I'd suggest that 'Corinne' is better than 'Cori', as it let's the child choose which name to use. (Brits would probably avoid calling a child 'Cori' as 'Corrie' is the nickname for one our most popular TV soap operas!).
'Owen' is a lovely, traditional Welsh name
Similar, Liam is a beautiful Irish name (being derived from the Irish form of
'William')
'Joseph' is a good, safe Hebrew name, with which it would be hard to go wrong (except that, if you used it as a first name, it would probably just get shortened to 'Joe')
'Maverick' is definitely 'too American' for us Brits. (People would fall about laughing if someone said that they'd called their son 'Maverick!).
'Zander' would also be 'too American' for most British families. If anyone chose to use it they'd probably use the Scandinavian spelling of 'Xander'.
'Tucker' is another 'too American' name for us, whereas 'Cole' is quite popular.
'Colin' is a solid, traditional name, so why would you want to distort the spelling (unless you use the Welsh 'Collwyn)?
OK, here are a few suggestions for girls:
Banon (Welsh)
Caitlin (Irish)
Caron (Welsh)
Fiona (Irish)
Iona (Irish)
Kerenza (Welsh)
Siobhan (pronounced 'Shivawn', Irish)
Tegan (Welsh - and very popular in the UK at the moment)
For boys I've got to start with an American name, simply because the guy I regard as my own son (long story!) has that name, so I'm biased! It's 'Dax'.
Otherwise, consider:
Brynn (Welsh)
Cian (pronounced 'Key-in', Irish)
Ciaran (pronounced 'Keer-in', Irish)
Emlyn (Welsh)
Eoghan (the Irish spelling of 'Owen', pronounced the same way)
Kendric (Welsh)
Ronan (Irish - and currently very popular here in the UK)
Oh well, I tried anyway!
Chris
The time of your post, and your suggested names, indicate that you might be in the USA. If so, you need to be aware that this is a UK-based site. While welcome questions from anywhere, names which sound great in one country might be regarded with near derision in another. So the advice which we can offer here might not be that useful to you.
If you're seeking a US-based question and answer site, try one (or both) of these:
http://www.answerbag.com/
http://answers.yahoo.com/
For what it's worth though, I'll comment on some of your suggestions and throw in some of my own.
Here in the UK, 'Ryan' is used almost exclusively as a boy's name. It would be regarded as rather odd (and possibly somewhat cruel!) to give that name to a girl!
'Charlie' is coming into limited use over here as a girl's name, but many people would still associate it only with boys.
'Cheyenne', on this side of the Atlantic, would be regarded by many people as the type of name given to young women who spend every Friday and Saturday night getting drunk and looking for sex! (For Brits, it has a very 'common' feel to it).
'Masyn' and 'Raine' are almost unknown over here. Most parents would probably avoid those names precisely because they'd regard them as 'too American'. ('Skye' might also fit into that group, even though it is occasionally used here. Ditto for 'Paige').
Isabelle is a lovely traditional name but it has to accepted that the child will hardly ever be called that, as it will almost certainly get abbreviated to 'Izzy'.
Andrea also has a pleasing 'old-fashioned' feel to it, whereas 'Corinne' is one of the nicer more modern names. (Yes, I know that it dates back to the 5th century BC but it's only fairly recently that it's become popular). I'd suggest that 'Corinne' is better than 'Cori', as it let's the child choose which name to use. (Brits would probably avoid calling a child 'Cori' as 'Corrie' is the nickname for one our most popular TV soap operas!).
'Owen' is a lovely, traditional Welsh name
Similar, Liam is a beautiful Irish name (being derived from the Irish form of
'William')
'Joseph' is a good, safe Hebrew name, with which it would be hard to go wrong (except that, if you used it as a first name, it would probably just get shortened to 'Joe')
'Maverick' is definitely 'too American' for us Brits. (People would fall about laughing if someone said that they'd called their son 'Maverick!).
'Zander' would also be 'too American' for most British families. If anyone chose to use it they'd probably use the Scandinavian spelling of 'Xander'.
'Tucker' is another 'too American' name for us, whereas 'Cole' is quite popular.
'Colin' is a solid, traditional name, so why would you want to distort the spelling (unless you use the Welsh 'Collwyn)?
OK, here are a few suggestions for girls:
Banon (Welsh)
Caitlin (Irish)
Caron (Welsh)
Fiona (Irish)
Iona (Irish)
Kerenza (Welsh)
Siobhan (pronounced 'Shivawn', Irish)
Tegan (Welsh - and very popular in the UK at the moment)
For boys I've got to start with an American name, simply because the guy I regard as my own son (long story!) has that name, so I'm biased! It's 'Dax'.
Otherwise, consider:
Brynn (Welsh)
Cian (pronounced 'Key-in', Irish)
Ciaran (pronounced 'Keer-in', Irish)
Emlyn (Welsh)
Eoghan (the Irish spelling of 'Owen', pronounced the same way)
Kendric (Welsh)
Ronan (Irish - and currently very popular here in the UK)
Oh well, I tried anyway!
Chris
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i agree in the most with chris, but not sure where you get the idea that cheyenne is a common slutty name... it is actuallt rare and a native american name...perhaps you are thinking of chardonnay or chantelle or something...?
i think all your choices are fine jc...just pick out your favourites... as for mispellings...minor ones are ok, luke the extra L, but dont go mad as it just ends up chavvy
i think all your choices are fine jc...just pick out your favourites... as for mispellings...minor ones are ok, luke the extra L, but dont go mad as it just ends up chavvy
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