what do you think of this name for first child...?

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: dullard
I think in the US, Luke or Lucas would go over better. Male names that end in the "ah" sound would definately get odd looks and could be confused with a woman. He'll get lots of emails that start like this: "Dear Ms. Luca DrCrap,"

And if you go with Luke or Lucas, you can always call him Luca as a nickname.

I think the #1 rule to naming a child is to NOT name a child a name that you like. Instead, name your child a name that you yourself would want to have. Don't name your kid "Apple" or "Skid Rowe" because they are cute or funny. Honestly, as a man do you want to be called "Apple"? Probably not.

 

[nakedfrog]

I don't care for Luca as a boy's name.
Is this what you were looking for?

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Don Rodriguez

Originally posted by: LolaWiz

Originally posted by: Don Rodriguez

Originally posted by: LolaWiz
I surprisingly like that name. Very modern but not too "out there"
I also like Ethan, Ian, Tyler, Aiden

Mike, Matt, Billy and Sam beat up Ethan, Ian, Tyler and Aiden while the latter four are on their way to brunch on Sunday in their cable knit sweaters and abercrombie trousers.

hey now The names are not that weird... and they are better than BillyBob or BillyJohn... no offense if anyones name is BillyBob or BillyJohn

To me those names scream out abercrombie and fitch waspy kids that would not have survived my high school

Doesn't matter, because Ethan, Ian, Tyler and Aiden go to a private school anyway.

OOOHHH BURRRNN!!

 

[Colt45]

Originally posted by: Vaerilis

Originally posted by: DrCrap

Originally posted by: moshquerade
reminds me of that Suzanne Vega song,

"My name is Luka I live on the second floor I live upstairs from you Yes I think you've seen me before ..."

So, in that case it would be a girl's name.

Yes, its Luka Vs. Luca (the first is Hungarian girl name, the later is Italian Boy name..)

I've never met anyone called Luka, but Luca is a (fairly uncommon) girl's name in Hungary.
On the other hand, it is a boy's name in Italy, the Italian guitarist and composer Luca Turilli is one of the numerous famous male Lucas in existence. The name Luca also has two different pronunciations.

Luka with a K is a guy's name in serbian, russian, etc.

Although it might not be a good name in the US where hardheaded kids in kindergarten (meh, adults too for that matter ) think that name ending in A == girl.

 

[dawnbug]

Originally posted by: DrCrap
Anyone with that link to the name site? I tried searching here, and didn't find (then again I suck at advanced search)

This site?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: dullard
I think the #1 rule to naming a child is to NOT name a child a name that you like. Instead, name your child a name that you yourself would want to have. Don't name your kid "Apple" or "Skid Rowe" because they are cute or funny. Honestly, as a man do you want to be called "Apple"? Probably not.

Good rule. :thumbsup:

Another good rule - don't give your kid a family name for his first name and then call him by his middle name. My parents did that. Called me by my middle name because they didn't want people to call me Matt like my uncle. It has been a lifelong annoyance, having to explain why I go by my middle name every time someone learns my first name. And I don't even like my middle name!

Oh well, at least my mom didn't let my dad name me Darryl like he wanted to.

Oh yeah, speaking of giving your kid a name that you yourself would want to have... I think I'd really like my name to be Thor. It's such a tough sounding name. My wife refuses to name our first son that though.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: dullard
I think the #1 rule to naming a child is to NOT name a child a name that you like. Instead, name your child a name that you yourself would want to have. Don't name your kid "Apple" or "Skid Rowe" because they are cute or funny. Honestly, as a man do you want to be called "Apple"? Probably not.

Good rule. :thumbsup:

Another good rule - don't give your kid a family name for his first name and then call him by his middle name. My parents did that. Called me by my middle name because they didn't want people to call me Matt like my uncle. It has been a lifelong annoyance, having to explain why I go by my middle name every time someone learns my first name. And I don't even like my middle name!

Oh well, at least my mom didn't let my dad name me Darryl like he wanted to.

Oh yeah, speaking of giving your kid a name that you yourself would want to have... I think I'd really like my name to be Thor. It's such a tough sounding name. My wife refuses to name our first son that though.

Thor in Arabic means buffalo :laugh:

 

[TreyRandom]

My oldest son is named Hayden Christopher.

Our thought was that if he hated the name Hayden, he could always use the more-common name Chris or Christopher. That being said, he seems to like the name Hayden so far.

Edit: Our second son is named Brandon Patrick.

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: TreyRandom
My oldest son is named Hayden Christopher.

Our thought was that if he hated the name Hayden, he could always use the more-common name Chris or Christopher. That being said, he seems to like the name Hayden so far.

Edit: Our second son is named Brandon Patrick.

You gave your sons TWO first names? EACH?!

 

[TreyRandom]

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: TreyRandom
My oldest son is named Hayden Christopher.

Our thought was that if he hated the name Hayden, he could always use the more-common name Chris or Christopher. That being said, he seems to like the name Hayden so far.

Edit: Our second son is named Brandon Patrick.

You gave your sons TWO first names? EACH?!

No - that's first and middle. Don't you have a middle name?

My sister gave her two sons two middle names each... four names total (first, middle, middle, last). That's just wrong.

 

[Howard]

What's the point of middle names?

 

[Patt]

When I have a boy, his name will be Sage ... my first born is a daughter (6 weeks old) name is Keira.

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Second kid - my wife kept shooting down all my name ideas so we went with - Rebekah Karli

Parents who give their kids common names with uncommon spellings forcing their children to spell out their name for the rest of their lives should be barred from having children.

 

[archiloco]

Ulysses

 

[amicold]

Originally posted by: ActuaryTm
Seven.

Soda.

 

[cjmtfd102401]

Originally posted by: DrCrap
Me and my SO are expcting a boy, one of many possible name we liked is Luca.
What do you think of this name for him? (obviously it works in EU... but the states is the issue here).
Anyway, how about other name suggestions?
and I remmember seeing here once a cool site which had charts for child's name popularity with graph over the years for every inputed name... anyone remmembers the link?

-bh-

Personally I don't like Luca, but it is not for me to decide. If that is the name you want you son to have then name him that. My fiance and I have decided on the names Dalton (unsure of middle name) and Jeofery for a boy and for a girl we like Reagan Brianne or Gabriella Grace

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin

Originally posted by: Queasy
Second kid - my wife kept shooting down all my name ideas so we went with - Rebekah Karli

Parents who give their kids common names with uncommon spellings forcing their children to spell out their name for the rest of their lives should be barred from having children.

Rebekah is a common alternate spelling to Rebecca.

People who give out ignorant opinions should be barred from giving out more opinions.

 

[cjmtfd102401]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin

Originally posted by: Queasy
Second kid - my wife kept shooting down all my name ideas so we went with - Rebekah Karli

Parents who give their kids common names with uncommon spellings forcing their children to spell out their name for the rest of their lives should be barred from having children.

Rebekah is a common alternate spelling to Rebecca.

People who give out ignorant opinions should be barred from giving out more opinions.

Your little girl is very cute. How old is she?

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin

Originally posted by: Queasy
Second kid - my wife kept shooting down all my name ideas so we went with - Rebekah Karli

Parents who give their kids common names with uncommon spellings forcing their children to spell out their name for the rest of their lives should be barred from having children.

Rebekah is a common alternate spelling to Rebecca.

People who give out ignorant opinions should be barred from giving out more opinions.

Personally I've never heard of it and I'm going to go out on a limb and say in the vast majority of the US if you asked someone how to spell that name they would spell it Rebecca thus requiring her to spell it constantly. Trust me, it's a pain in the ass, I've been doing it my whole life.

Welcome to teh intarweb!

 

[tami]

i don't think he'd like being named luca. he might hate you when he's older.

i'd say lucas, but i don't really like the variations of luke (or the name luke) in general... however, they are more doable than "looooooooka"

 

[theprodigalrebel]

How about LoKe?

 

[altonb1]

Dally?
Ponyboy?
Darry?
Sodapop?
Two-Bit?

Not a fan of the film The Outsiders?

Our kids are named:
girl: Kyra Alix (rhymes with Tyra, as in Tyra Banks)
boy: Christian Alexander
girl: Katelyn Marie
boy: Corey Thomas
girl: Kelly Joy

so far, only the oldest has complained and her complaint is that people sometimes pronounce her name with the "ear" sound instead of the "eye" sound.

 

[Mathlete]

Originally posted by: Howard
What's the point of middle names?

I am going to be old fashioned and not give my kid a middle name. Then, when(if) he gets confirmed, he can pick his middle/confirmation name.

 

[Mathlete]

Originally posted by: TreyRandom

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: TreyRandom
My oldest son is named Hayden Christopher.

Our thought was that if he hated the name Hayden, he could always use the more-common name Chris or Christopher. That being said, he seems to like the name Hayden so far.

Edit: Our second son is named Brandon Patrick.

You gave your sons TWO first names? EACH?!

No - that's first and middle. Don't you have a middle name?

My sister gave her two sons two middle names each... four names total (first, middle, middle, last). That's just wrong.

I think that he meant Hayden and CHristopher could both be first names. Also Brandon and Patrick could be first names. I can't trust a man with two first names.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Just don't be a dumbf*ck and name the child "Seven". Anyone who names their child Seven needs to beaten over the head with a bag of nickels.