Guilty pleasure baby names

I had a college classmate named Svetlana, also from a Russian family, and she was called "Svetie" with first the first e as a long vowel sound, so it rhymed with Sweetie -- cute and distinctive.

So many of the names here are lovely, including some that DH and I considered and then abandoned for names we considered more classic, though not too common. That was many years ago and now we are soon-to-be first-time grandparents. While we would never dream of commenting on the names that our children and their wonderful partners choose for their own babies, we do hope they'll go with something a little more out there.

To all you moms and moms-to-be, enjoy this (rainy) day of celebration of your love and nurturing!

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05/12/2019 07:43

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Anonymous wrote:I love Georgia and Griffin

Funny I am in Boston and we know several Griffins and Georgias

Here too. I think OP meant they're too common.

Yes I know a ton of both as well.

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05/12/2019 08:06

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Anonymous wrote:One thing you can do, if you never had a "chance" to use your fave baby names, use them on your pets. That is what we have done.

Us too -- I'm a sucker for super-posh British names, so our dog is Clemmie (for Clementine) -- thinking about Rupert is we get another dog

Rupert May be the funniest dog name I’ve ever heard. There was a Rupert on “Survivor”; one season, a retired Navy SEAL in his 70s just couldn’t remember this guy’s name: he called his “Ruprecht.”

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05/13/2019 05:02

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Carys
Georgia
Reese

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05/15/2019 15:40

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Gervase