Catholic names for baby...

[Bonaventure]

Rita would be nice.

[Gottmitunsalex]

I really like the idea of naming children after their parents patron saints. My first girl will be Veronica. 

I also really like:

Dymphna
Philomena
Rita
Maria
Anastasia
Hilary
Isabel

In Latin countries, they name mules Philomena's and Donkeys Philomeno's.
Dymphna, is classical. But I would not name a daughter that. One can only imagine the hardships she would go through when they taunt her @ school.
And Hilary.... Clinton.
Monica, same thing.


Now, William, that's another story! 

I highlighted the nice names from within your list.

[kayla_veronica]

I really like the idea of naming children after their parents patron saints. My first girl will be Veronica. 

I also really like:

Dymphna
Philomena
Rita
Maria
Anastasia
Hilary
Isabel

In Latin countries, they name mules Philomena's and Donkeys Philomeno's.
Dymphna, is classical. But I would not name a daughter that. One can only imagine the hardships she would go through when they taunt her @ school.
And Hilary.... Clinton.
Monica, same thing.


Now, William, that's another story! 

I highlighted the nice names from within your list.

One gets made fun of no matter what name they've got.


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[Penelope]

One problem that my fiance and I will run into in the future is that his family is huge, so a lot of the good names are already taken, especially for boys. Basically all the males in my family are either named Joseph or Michael, but his family already contains a good number of names that I like. 

[totiusque]

One problem that my fiance and I will run into in the future is that his family is huge, so a lot of the good names are already taken, especially for boys. Basically all the males in my family are either named Joseph or Michael, but his family already contains a good number of names that I like. 

I doubt Sixtus, Octavius, or Barsanuphius are taken, right?

[angelcookie]

All I know is if God blesses me with another girl, Penelope is a name I really like. I can't find a saint named Penelope I also like Greta or Megan and that's short for Margaret.
What makes it hard is you do the whole we can't use that name because it's so and so's name... Then your left with an odd list.
This boy we are having lucked out with the name Luke still looking for middle names for him though. My husband likes Elijah for the middle name but I'm not feelin that one.

[Penelope]

All I know is if God blesses me with another girl, Penelope is a name I really like. I can't find a saint named Penelope

This is funny because of the origin of my username, which is a long story having to do with my birth. It's almost 2 am, though, so I'll have to type it up another time.

[totiusque]

All I know is if God blesses me with another girl, Penelope is a name I really like. I can't find a saint named Penelope I also like Greta or Megan and that's short for Margaret.
What makes it hard is you do the whole we can't use that name because it's so and so's name... Then your left with an odd list.
This boy we are having lucked out with the name Luke still looking for middle names for him though. My husband likes Elijah for the middle name but I'm not feelin that one.

As long as you avoid Wilson, Perry, or Skywalker, you should be safe with his middle name.  Though I'd probably avoid Adam, too, even if it would be fun to say. 

[Mr. Mysterious]

Hilary is a very nice name (and for some reason does not necesarily make me think of Ms Clinton.)

Didn't you know that Hilary Clinton claimed to be named after Sir Edmund Hillary, the conqueror of Mt. Everest? Trouble was he achieved that feat in 1953 while she was born in 1946! 

[Mr. Mysterious]

Kinda like FDR's wife- my greatgrandmother couldn't stand her, because she was always flying around and not at home
taking care of her children.  Eleanor was hardly used after that as a baby name. 
How many Eleanor's do you know today?

Very few. Most Eleanors were born from the 40's through the 60's and almost without exception come from politically left wing families.

[Mr. Mysterious]

I would think naming a child after an Old Testament figure is just as valid as naming them after a Saint or even a Pope not Canonized provided that Old Testament figure wasn't some sort of baddie (Ahab, Jezebel, Haman, etc.)

Here's the late George Carlin's take on goofy boy names (warning: foul language.)

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo8CrY_ZfFk[/yt]

[maryslittlegarden]

Hilary is a very nice name (and for some reason does not necesarily make me think of Ms Clinton.)

Didn't you know that Hilary Clinton claimed to be named after Sir Edmund Hillary, the conqueror of Mt. Everest? Trouble was he achieved that feat in 1953 while she was born in 1946! 

Ahh... that is funny.  Predestination, maybe.

[angelcookie]

I like some OT names. I used one for my daughter, it's perfect because I prayed to God for another baby and her name means life. Plus I really like the name Genevieve but my husband didn't so Eve naturally came from that. Once I realized it meant life, it was done. I accidentally called her Penelope once though when I first brought her home.

[piabee]

I accidentally called her Penelope once though when I first brought her home.

[maryslittlegarden]

Perpetua is a nice name.