N Sperlo wrote: Guido
Neither of us are Italian or from the tri-state area.
Keep the ideas rolling.
N Sperlo wrote: Guido
Neither of us are Italian or from the tri-state area.
Keep the ideas rolling.
My daughter's name is Shelby. I know you said that's your wife's name, so I can understand not wanting to repeat. Beautiful name though. And we didn't name her after 'ol Carrol Shelby, we just liked the name.
How about Renee? I also like Christine.
Just remember that whatever you pick, she'll have to live with her her entire life. So I tend to shy away from the really trendy or bizarre names (or strange spellings). Not that you have to pick the most common name out there, but you don't want to pick something that everyone will raise an eyebrow at wherever she goes.
My first daughter is named Tessa Grace. Her name is derived from Tesla, Nikola Tesla, not the car, not the band. Although, that is also where the car and the band derived the name.
If my son was a girl he would have been Erica Renee.
Osterkraut wrote:donalson wrote: we named our daughter Camber Elise... best I could come up with and 8 1/2 years in it's still my fav :)Holy E36 M3 your poor kid.
Nah it'll seem like a perfectly decent and creative name to the car-ignorant public, but people who know about cars will know that one of her parents is a hardcore car nut 
I think Camber is just different enough to be 'hip', but not in a douchey/outlandish way. I imagine it being confused with 'Amber' a lot, though.
La-a
Personally, I stick with the classics. I am very fond of the name Jane.
I ended up with two boys, but if I had a daughter her name would have been Carly (get it?). Vicky, Sarah, and Lisa were high on the list also.
I also agree to stick with the traditional names with the traditional spellings. Our kids are not items of amusement, they are people.
JohnRW1621 wrote: I am very fond of the name Jane.
I'm not. But maybe that's because she's my rotten sister.
bravenrace wrote: I ended up with two boys, but if I had a daughter her name would have been Carly (get it?). Vicky, Sarah, and Lisa were high on the list also. I also agree to stick with the traditional names with the traditional spellings. Our kids are not items of amusement, they are people.
Same here. Two boys with traditional names, and correct spelling. I race with a guy who's son is Jassin, and the guy is a teacher. 
Moonbeam Dweezil ?
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When my youngest came along we needed a name begining with 'A' as we were already Adrian (me), Amy (SWMBO) and Alexandra. If she had been a boy it had to be Adam (first boy and A). But we were having a tough time with a girls name. One day on the way home I came up with Alese, which is what we used and have zero regret's. One of her closest friends though it Elise which makes calling one of them difficult, but both of them easy :)
Osterkraut wrote:donalson wrote:I just can't get over a person having the first name of "Camber."Osterkraut wrote:she knows what they are (camber is a limited understanding) and the "camber car" is so awesome to her :)...donalson wrote: we named our daughter Camber Elise... best I could come up with and 8 1/2 years in it's still my fav :)Holy E36 M3 your poor kid.
And her unfortunate red-neck cousin, Toe-In.
(Actually, I think it's kind of a pretty name.)
I do have a cousin whose baby daddy wanted her daughter's middle name to be Caprice. Cousin is a little bit whiskey tango, but she put her foot down on that one.
psteav wrote: And her unfortunate red-neck cousin, Toe-In. (Actually, I think it's kind of a pretty name.) I do have a cousin whose baby daddy wanted her daughter's middle name to be Caprice. Cousin is a little bit whiskey tango, but she put her foot down on that one.
AAAgghh, after the La-a post I read Toe-in as Toedashin and didn't get it at first. Stupid people are making me stupid!!!!
"Lola Chaparral"
When SWMBO was pregnant we didn't know if we were having a boy or a girl. This was my choice for a girl name but my wife didn't like it near as much as I did. Really she was pretty heavily medicated so, had my son been a girl, I probably could have gotten away with it.
Alacrity
Dana
Allison
Have you considered Ledasha?
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, GIVE YOUR CHILD A NORMAL NAME.
It has been proven, IN MULTIPLE STUDIES, that this will improve their lives/success throughout it. Not only that, but you don't come off as an asshat moron of a parent either.
Zomby Woof wrote:bravenrace wrote: I ended up with two boys, but if I had a daughter her name would have been Carly (get it?). Vicky, Sarah, and Lisa were high on the list also. I also agree to stick with the traditional names with the traditional spellings. Our kids are not items of amusement, they are people.Same here. Two boys with traditional names, and correct spelling. I race with a guy who's son is Jassin, and the guy is a teacher.
We went with Steven and Bradley. Names that endure the test of time, although I was surprised how many people spell Steven's name wrong when it's spelled exactly how it sounds.
SWMBO and I went through this with little J. We wanted something "normal", but clever. The short list:
Corsa got really close as my great grandmother's name was Cora, but ultimately we didn't go with any of them.
Here's some to add to Jav's list above:
Elise (Lotus chairman Romano Artioli’s granddaughter) at the 1995 Frankfurt motor show:
I love Holley too, but my sister's name is Hollie. An issue we've been having with trying to decide a name is that I have an extremely large family and a lot of names have already been taken. 14 aunts and uncles, 30 something cousins. Most of which have a least 1 girl already, so normal names that last the test of time are sparse when it comes to our selection. My wife is all about not having the same name. That's why I'm looking for something out of the norm, but not trendy or spelled La-a, etc.
Kelly and Claire are her main choices right now. Emma and Eleanor are mine.
You like E's, she likes hard C's, so Eclat! 
Luke wrote: I think Camber is just different enough to be 'hip', but not in a douchey/outlandish way. I imagine it being confused with 'Amber' a lot, though.
honestly not as often as you might think... however people who read it have an issue sometimes with calling her Chamber... lol
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