Okay, so after over twenty pages of replies ( 
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So here’s what I want/need in a name. I want a word name that’s not in the top 1000. I love nature names, like flowers and jewels, but I know they’re trendy, and I don’t want anything super trendy that will be dated in a few years. I do like a little bit of old-lady crust on a name, but it’s not essential. I don’t want a name that just “means” something in another language, it has to be an English word with extremely strong imagery.
The imagery I love and want to evoke in at least one count is:
beautiful green fertile magical nature, like a meadow full of deer and gnomes and flowers
sparkly twinkly rainbow glittery stardust (I know I’m ridiculous)
the ocean, with its transluscent blue-greens and creatures both real and mythical (like mermaids)
I will almost definitely not use a “B” name, as our last name starts with “M” and “BM” is a pretty common term for poop. I don’t like light, vowely names - for example, [name]Azalea[/name] is a nice flower name but too vowely and light for me. I also don’t want something that will probably lead to a nn that is extremely common or blah. Before this pregnancy, I loved the name [name]Clover[/name] for years and years, but now I feel like it’s too close to uber-popular [name]Chloe[/name] and the name itself is starting to attract too much attention as well.
Here is my current list, in random order, though most of them are on it just as inspiration and I don’t feel like “THE [name]ONE[/name]” is on there.
Moonstone
[name]Starling[/name]
[name]Bunny[/name]
[name]Cinnamon[/name]
[name]Begonia[/name]
[name]Magenta[/name]
[name]Frostine[/name]
[name]Ginger[/name]
[name]Ursula[/name]
[name]Strawberry[/name]
[name]Topaz[/name]
[name]Amethyst[/name]
Aquamarine
[name]Crimson[/name]
[name]Zelda[/name]
[name]Luna[/name]
Honeysuckle
[name]Prairie[/name]
[name]Pixie[/name]
[name]Galaxy[/name]
[name]Ocean[/name]
Seaflower
Moonflower
Snapdragon
Here are some names I’d only consider for middle names because even I know they’re too crazy for a first name
Stardust
Shimmer/[name]Glimmer[/name]/Glitter/Glow
[name]Starlight[/name]
Silverbell
Snowflake
[name]Snowdrop[/name]
Moonbeam
And, since you’ve all endured me this long, I thought I’d let you know the name of my middle son (you can find the name of my oldest in the old thread) - [name]Wolfgang[/name]. I love the Germanic heaviness of it (and that in Germany now only old dudes are named this), I love how it leads to the nn “Wolfie” (which is what we call him) or “[name]Wolf[/name]” but it’s still a legitimate name, I love how strongly masculine it is. But it’s a totally different style from my oldest son’s name, and from my youngest son’s name, and from the style of girls’ names I like as well!
Anyway, let me know what you think!
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