https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:23:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-192529 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:28:00 +0000 MegWag 192529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jholler25: My family is Mike, Mary, Matt, and Meg. And my maiden name started with an M. It was cute and no one really ever gave us grief. We even used to sign cards "From The M&amp;Ms" or "The Four Ms". I wouldn't worry about it too much- Harper Holler is super-cute! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-192334 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:50:07 +0000 Mrs. Pen 192334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: I love your name list!!<br /> My little sister is Norah- love that name! I also LOVE Poppy. When we were pregnant we considered Zinnia for a girl and would call her ZiZi. Flower names are beautiful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-192332 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:44:20 +0000 PrincessBaby 192332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: We cannot shake Harper! It's wormed it's way not only back onto our list, but it's actually at the top. I'm struggling with loving it, and people thinking it sounds silly with all of the alliteration. I keep thinking of a really simple middle name, like Harper Jane Holler, and it makes me like it more. But she won't be called Harper Jane Holler ever, she'll just be Harper Holler. Gah!</p> <p>I made a new thread with our top 3 on a poll here:<br /> <a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/head-exploding-need-more-name-help-narrowed-it-down" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/head-exploding-need-more-name-help-narrowed-it-down</a></p> <p>@zippylef: My ex has a daughter named Kinley and I kind of feel like that's too close? Ugh- the associations!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-192304 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:00:15 +0000 Mrs. Blue 192304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jholler25: Our last name ends with "or" and I hate that we we won't be able to use any names with "er" at the end! :) I feel your pain </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-192133 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:06:12 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 192133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pastemoo: I don't think you have weird name taste! Much of our list was similar to yours :) You've got one of our girls' Hebrew names on your list and many of our other favorites.</p> <p>@jholler25: I'm going to have another vote for Harper Holler. It rolls off the tongue so nicely and now I have it stuck in my head. Pick a cool middle name and it's totally perfect! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-192064 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:08:43 +0000 Mrs. Cowgirl 192064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Jennimac: i'm so with you, i have so many name associations from previous students i've had!! mr. cowboy's favorite boy was a "HELL no" from me because of a particular student i had -- ha!</p> <p>@jholler25: that is the coolest last name!! i like mckenna holler...i love the name isabella, but i have had one in my class every year for the last five years! and i kinda think the the double l's in both first name and last name might be a little much?<br /> naming is so hard!!! mr. cowboy and i were at a total standstill with names and he pretty much just let me win. ;) love him. i thought we'd have to go through it all over again with our second, but lil' CB ended up coming up with a name out of nowhere and it stuck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-191442 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:42:17 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 191442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love Taylor!<br /> I also like the "G" name idea....Gia?<br /> And I like Kenzie alone...can't you just do that and be unique? Like a PP said: Kinsey? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-191377 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:05:21 +0000 Running Elley 191377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jholler25: I really like McKenzie and Taylor!!!! I think Kenzie Holler sounds super cute :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-191327 Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:42:08 +0000 loveisstrange 191327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jholler25: What about something like Kinsey? I used to work with a girl named Kinsey and she was super cute. It's similar to McKenzie but way less common. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-190784 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:36:08 +0000 cyneswith 190784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jholler25: Makenna Taylor Holler sounds nice to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-190780 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:27:37 +0000 singingbee 190780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sorry---kenna! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-190779 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:27:19 +0000 singingbee 190779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jholler25: love these!!! A girl I work with had a girl they named Isabella and they called her izzy. I love kenzie. I also love mckenna. Maybe call her Kennan? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-190409 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:22:53 +0000 PrincessBaby 190409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rachel: I actually love Giuliana! But that's a DH-nix:(</p> <p>@lawbee11: Thank you! That is an adorable idea with the letters!!! Unfortunately, DH basically nixed Landry. He likes it but thinks we can do better.... This is crazy hard!!!!!! </p> <p>Soooooo here's the list DH and I are at right now. These are our non-annoying word association possible names:</p> <p>Avery<br /> McKenzie (Kenzie for short- so cute!)<br /> Makenna/McKenna<br /> Isabella/Isabelle (DH came out of nowhere with this one!)<br /> Taylor (this is an old fave of DH's)</p> <p>I came up with Briella and was excited about that, but it got MAJORLY shot down by my family! And my bf's name is Brianna &amp; DH thought it was too similar. I thought I was so clever:( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-189252 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:14:12 +0000 lawbee11 189252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jholler25: I am a long-time lurker and have been following your story for awhile, so just wanted to say congrats on your baby girl! </p> <p>Honestly, I really like Landry! I saw in your other thread that someone referred to your husband as "K," so I assume his name begins with a K? My dad's name begins with a "K" and my mom's name begins with an "L," so they gave me a "J" name and my brother an "M" name. Growing up, we signed all of our cards "J, K, L &amp; M" and I always really liked that. My brother and I used to fight over who got to sign the card! So, if you named your daughter Landry (or any other "L" name), you would be J, K, &amp; L! </p> <p>I am also from Houston and went to college in New Orleans, so I am very familiar with Landry's. I didn't even think of the restaurant until you pointed it out, so I wouldn't worry too much about the association. I would spell it "Landry" and not "Landree," though. I have a VERY common name (Jessica) and while I never liked having such a popular name, I loved the fact that I never had to spell it for anyone, and I think Landree would constantly have to spell her name out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-189230 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:58:01 +0000 Shutterbug 189230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jholler25: a friend of mine named her daughter Giuliana and they call her GG... maybe you need to find a "G" name, haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-189225 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:53:38 +0000 PrincessBaby 189225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You guys thank you so much for all of the suggestions! I am in stupid meetings all day but I'm going to run some of these by DH tonight! I like Emery- I had asked DH about Emerson, and his annoying association was that his tv in high school was Emerson. I kind of thought the same thing, even though I never had an Emerson tv:). And here's how nuts I am w/crazy associations...Ellery=Celery. I swear, my brain is going to explode:)</p> <p>I do like Addison and a few others! Thanks, girls!!!!</p> <p>ETA: DH just nixed Addison. Elley's little nephew had said he wanted them to name their baby Boy Boy. I had joked and said that ours will be named Girl Girl at this rate. And in my head, I've already nicknamed her GG. I really hope we come up with something else to put on her birth certificate! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-189201 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:27:35 +0000 littlebug 189201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely have weird name associations. But I'm not quite so bothered about the first-name-last-name-same-initial. Our last name begins with an "I" and one of the names we're considering is Ilaria. But we've also considered changing it to an Elaria or Alaria, cuz it seems to bother Hubs more than it bothers me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-189136 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:39:38 +0000 pastemoo 189136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, I like Ellery, too.<br /> Also, we didn't have a girl, but this was my list if we did:<br /> Araminta<br /> Keturah<br /> Liora<br /> Saffron<br /> Salome<br /> Serafina<br /> Zemira<br /> Agnes<br /> Dahlia<br /> Delilah<br /> Nora<br /> Persephone<br /> Poppy<br /> Sadie<br /> Sharona<br /> Tova<br /> Ziporah<br /> (middle name list)<br /> Ariel<br /> Carmela<br /> Gloria<br /> Haia<br /> Hazel<br /> Lily<br /> Miriam<br /> Noa<br /> Raya<br /> Rita<br /> Sapphire<br /> Serafina<br /> Vasilissa/Vasilisa<br /> Shoshana </p> <p>(I have very weird taste in names) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-189123 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:20:20 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 189123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not saying any of these are going to work for you because I don't know your taste but I've always loved these names and can't name them because we're doing only Greek and/or Arab names to keep our culture alive</p> <p>- Samantha<br /> - Estelle or Estella<br /> - Eva or even Ava (both are greek just too common on my dad's side)<br /> -Sarina<br /> -Gwendelyn</p> <p>I reeeeeally like Harper and I don't think it'll be bad with Holler....I mean I know this sounds mean but she's going to get married in her 20's maybe and change her last name anyways so for the majority of her life she won't be Holler (I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT YET!)</p> <p>And I like Landry a lot too but I see it as a last name way too often. You could still do it though--screw the association! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-189120 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:16:27 +0000 Mrs. Pen 189120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: love Addison! Though it's VERY popular all of a sudden.</p> <p>@Minnie_Girl: hahaha I have a boy - I thought boy names were sooo much harder than girls. We had 5 top girl names we loved easy and couldn't decide between. We couldn't even come up with a boy's name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations/page/2#post-189114 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:15:00 +0000 Running Elley 189114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FutureMrsMcK: Baby name explorer on Baby Center you say?? Heading over now :) We've been stalled on boy names for FOREVER. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations#post-189110 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:13:51 +0000 lovehoneybee 189110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Emery, Hadley, Brinley, Sidney, Brielle, Elsie, Lainey, Isla, Sloane...(all related/suggested from Landry....I like to use the Baby Name Explorer on Baby Center). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations#post-189103 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:11:23 +0000 Minnie_Girl 189103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Personally, I think Holly Holler has a lot of potential. :P </p> <p>Seriously though, girl names are HARD! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations#post-189092 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:07:58 +0000 Running Elley 189092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Okay, thought of some more :)</p> <p>Kendall<br /> Addison<br /> Riley (Rylie)<br /> Harlow (MY FAVORITE out of these new ones lol)<br /> Isla<br /> Hadley</p> <p>@Coco Bee: I think Corinne is so timeless! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations#post-189075 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:59:27 +0000 ladyfingers 189075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rachel: lol yeah no</p> <p>Oh and @jholler25 I totally understand because I banned names that start with an L (our last name does) or that sound too "rhymy" or end in an O (like our last name) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations#post-189062 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:56:11 +0000 Mrs. Pen 189062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rachel: lol our name ends in "in" so the "en/in" names were out for us. I LOVED the name Boden for a boy, but it just couldn't work.</p> <p>@Running Elley: Love Corinne! It's my great-aunts name. We call her Rene. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations#post-189061 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:55:26 +0000 loveisstrange 189061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a really, really hard time agreeing on a name for LO. In the end we chose Charlotte and we call her Charlie. :)</p> <p>Other names that were on our list were:<br /> Audrey<br /> Adelaide<br /> Autumn<br /> Isla<br /> Sylvia<br /> Norah<br /> Caroline<br /> Everleigh/Everley<br /> Willow<br /> Piper<br /> Harlow<br /> Adelle</p> <p>I love androgynous names on little girls, but I know that's not for everyone. I LOVED Sawyer but DH nixed it before I even finished suggesting it.</p> <p>I had the same hangup about the names rhyming. In the end, that's how Norah got vetoed because DH's name ends in -ra. I also didn't want the same first letter (B) so I didn't even include Brynn or Brenna, both of which I love. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations#post-189058 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:54:16 +0000 Shutterbug 189058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: Haha I read that as "my dad's name" and I thought her DAD's name is Zoe?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations#post-189053 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:53:24 +0000 Shutterbug 189053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jholler25: I'm with you on the no "-er" names - our last name ends in "ley", so all the "-ley" names are big no-nos to me. If you gravitate toward "-er" names, how about a "-en" or "-an" name? Like:</p> <p>Arden<br /> Aspen<br /> Haiden<br /> Haven<br /> Imogen<br /> Lauren<br /> Maren</p> <p>PS - don't blame me for any you don't like, I pulled them off a baby name website :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/super-annoying-name-associations#post-189047 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 10:49:07 +0000 Running Elley 189047@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I still love Landry :) I can just SEE a little you as a Landry! Darn those associations!!!</p> <p>Here are some other ones that I like: Corinne, Aubrey, Ella, Emilia</p> <p>I also really like Ellery that @Arden mentioned! </p>