Friday, September 26, 2008

like-mindedness

i guess it is a good thing that wade and i have a hard time agreeing about baby names. b/c i know most people find some of my names almost appalling. but...since i can't use some of these golden nuggets, i am going to pass them on for the few, insightful people who are looking for beauty, depth, and rarity in a baby name. i think they are mostly boy names since that is almost all we discuss b/c we are pretty much settled on ainsley for a girl.

whichever sex it is, christian will be one of his/her names because it is true of us, it is pretty, and it was my mom's maiden name. i just can't get with her other names, terri or lois. terri lois christian mason davis. she had a lot of names. she never legally dropped christian or mason (my dad's name) when she added davis (my step-dad's name). i guess she had a thing for names like i do.

anyhoo. here they go (wade's rejects and my shining beauties):

st. john. yeah that's right. like the character from jane eyre, my favorite book. it is just perfect. st. john alexander jewett or something like that. call him st. john. so good.

john kirk. obviously, i, a southerner in heart, love double names. kirk means the church. what is better than that?

yves. sounds a bit girlish, but it is a french boy name. how beautiful is it when you say yves st. laurent? imagine owning an yves and saying it all the time.

john christian. good classic name with great family meaning.

beauregard. good french name.

donovan, ramsey, frasier. frasier; obviously my favorite show (okay not a good reason) and it means: curly haired. we could definitely have a boy without curly hair, but if we did and we named him frasier it could be ironic and everyone needs an ironic name.

darby. used for a girl but is a great gaelic boy name.


liam, rhett, wyatt. these are all fine to wade, but not great.

6 Comments:

Blogger keely said...

i'm so thankful for wade.

sorry, court.

from, the girl who named her kid ASS.

12:24 PM  
Blogger Jessie said...

Is that St. John pronounced "Sin-Jin"?

Also, you might consider Seeley. It's Old French, and it means "happy" or "blessed". For some reason it seems right up your baby boy name alley.

12:56 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

that's okay keely, even if your son has unfortunate initials, the name is stellar. augustine was also a shunned name (wade) that i think is strong, prolific, and i will probably call him that, unless you insist on gus (which is totally cute, but i love augustine so).

court

1:06 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

jessie...thanks for the suggestion. it is guaranteed a good eye roll from wade. but i think it is fun. you know, as to the pronunciation of st. john, that sounds like it is probably right. but i would actually prefer the full-out saint john way!
court

1:08 PM  
Blogger Mary Catherine said...

Court,

i had not read your blog in a while, and i have missed it. You are someone i can hear talking when i read your words. Which is a compliment in how well you write and share your feelings, i am envious:) Anyhow, i have to say i like some of your names, i love John christian (had a friend in Shreveport named that, he spelled his jon-christian) and i really like liam too. Jeremy doesn't like most of my names either he says they are stuffy and snobby sounding, however i disagree and would call them classic and strong!!

11:29 AM  
Blogger Brittany Smith said...

More Jewett posts please.

8:36 PM  

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