P Names: The Boys

Parker (86) – English; park-keeper

Patrick (129) – Latin; noble, patrician
Preston (131) – English; priest’s estate

Peyton (149) – English; fighting-man’s estate

Paul (178) – Latin; small
Peter (192) – Greek; rock

Pedro (281) – Spanish; rock

Paxton (295) – Latin/English; peace town
Payton (346) – English; fighting man’s estate
Pablo (361) – Spanish; small

Porter (446) – Latin; gatekeeper

Pierce (476) – English; son of Piers
Prince (522) – Latin; chief, prince
Pranav (959) – Hindi; primordial

My Favorites: Parker, Peter, Porter, Pierce.

P Names: The Girls

Peyton (51) – English; fighting-man’s estate

Payton (79) – English; fighting-man’s estate
Paige (99) – English, occupational name; page

Piper (144) – English occupational name; flute player

Penelope (200) – Greek; weaver

Paisley (238) – Scottish; church, cemetery
Presley (274) – English; priest’s meadow

Phoebe (309) – Greek; radiant

Paris (327) – French place name
Parker (465) – English occupational name; park-keeper
Priscilla (487) – Latin; ancient

Perla (601) – Spanish variant of Pearl; pearl
Patricia (615) – Latin; noble, patrician

Paloma (698) – Spanish; dove

Paulina (723) – Spanish; small
Patience (801) – Latin virtue name
Princess (901) – word name
Precious (960) – Latin word name; of great worth
Pamela (985) – English; invention of poet Sir Philip Sidney 

My Favorites: Piper, Penelope, Phoebe, Patience.

O Names: the girls and boys

I've doubled up for the O's, because, really, there aren't many choices for either gender (but particularly girls with only 1 choice).

Owen (47) – Welsh; young warrior, well-born

Oliver (88) – Latin; olive tree

Oscar (147) – English; God’s spear or Irish; deer-lover, champion warrior

Omar (175) – Arabic; flourishing or Hebrew; eloquent

Orlando (435) – Italian variation of Roland; famous throughout the land

Orion (466) – Greek mythology name

Omari  (651) – Swahili variation of Omar

Osvaldo (721) – Spanish variation of Oswald

Octavio (928) – Spanish version of Octavius; eighth

Olivia (4) - Latin; olive tree 

My favorites for boys: Owen, Oliver, Orion

My favorites for girls and not because it's the only one: Olivia.

N Names: The boys

I neglected to post the N names for the boys a month ago, so I'm catching up now.

Noah  (7) – Hebrew; rest or wandering
Nathan (27) – Hebrew; given

Nicholas (38) – Greek; people of victory
Nathaniel (82) – Hebrew; given by God

Nolan (104) – Irish; champion
Nehemiah (340) – Hebrew; the Lord’s comfort

Noel (479) – French; Christmas
Noe (534) – Hebrew; variant of Noah
Nelson (569) – English; son of Neil
Nico (591) – Greek; diminutive of Nicolas

Nash (612) – English; by the ash tree

Neil (684) – Irish; champion or cloud
Nigel (934) – Irish; dark, black-haired

My favorite: Noah, Nathaniel, Nolan, Noel, Nico, Nash.

Just Had To: 11-11-11

I just found this fun blog about November 11th, 2011 births.  What would you name your 11-11-11 baby?  Here are some potential choices:

From Name Candy:

1. Leven (m) - A Scottish place name and the name of the title character in the contemporary children's fantasy book series Leven Thumps. 

2. November (f) - Sure April, May and June are the months we hear most as names, but November is a perfectly lovely first name and lends itself the the nicknames Ember and Em.

3. Autumn (f) - A name in honor of the season of your baby's birth, Autumn is currently the 81st most popular name for girls in the U.S.

4. Nevele (f) -   Nevele (pronounced (NEH-va-LEE) is the equivalent of Nevaeh, but for the word eleven.

5. Elva (f) - Swedish for "eleven"

6. Hendeca (f) -  Greek for "eleven"

7. Elvin (m) -  The name Elvin derives from "elf," the German word for "eleven". 

8. Onze (f) - French for "eleven"

9. Ursula (f) - Saint Ursula is said to have been martyred with 11,000 virgins.

10. Odd (m)

11. Eleven (m or f?) - Too obvious?

Suggestions from Name Candy readers:

1. Evelyn (m or f) - We think of Evelyn as a girls' name, but it works for a boy as well.  (think Evelyn Waugh). Either way, Evelyn has a nice slant rhyme quality to it.

2. Ellevine/Elevine (f) - According to a NameCandy.com reader, Ellevine is the traditional Norwegian name given to the eleventh child.  The variant with two "ll"s looks like it has an 11 in it. It also shortens nicely to Elle. 

3. Apollo (m) - Inspired by Apollo 11, Apollo was also the name of one the 12 major Greek deities. Like Ellevine the double "ll" gives the name a little extra 11-oomph.

4. Amp (m) - A subtle nod to the number 11, as in "This Amp goes to 11," from the movie Spinal Tap. (LOL!!!)

5. Nigel (m) - If Amp is too out there for you, you could always name your little 11-11-11 boy for the man who first uttered that famous phrase in Spinal Tap, Nigel Tufnel.

6. Levina (f) - We couldn't find much information on this name suggested by a NameCandy.com reader, but Levina sounds like a name (maybe a variant on Lavinia?) and calls to mind eleven without hitting you over the head. 

7 & 8. Ella & Vena (f) - A nice pair of four-letter names for girl-girl twins, Ella and Vena both peaked in popularity in the United States in the 1880s. 

9 & 10  Evan & Levi (m) - A nice pair of four-letter boy-boy twin names, both Evan and Levi are near their popularity peaks right now. Both names are also part of the new androgyny movement as well, so could also work for girl-girl twins.  

11. L. Evan (m or f) - Alternately you could name your son (or daughter) Levi Evan (or any other name beginning with L) and s/he could go by L. Evan.

There are a couple of really cool suggestions, but I am enamored with November as a name.  November, nn: Nova?  Heck yeah!

Want to Write

Hoping to take some time to write soon.  I still want to finish my alphabet round up and hopefully start some lists, as well.  Anyone want to buy me a kindle fire for me to cart around and write with :)?

M Names: The Boys

Michael – (3) Hebrew; who is like God

Mason – (12) English occupational name

Matthew – (16) Hebrew; gift of God

Max – (98) English diminutive of Maxwell; greatest

Micah – (108) Hebrew; who is like the Lord

Miguel – (113) Spanish variation of Michael; who is like God

Marcus – (130) Latin; warlike

Maxwell – (134) Scottish; great stream

Miles – (137) Latin; soilder OR German; merciful

Mark – (161) Latin; warlike

Maddox – (180) Welsh; fortunate

Mario – (207) Italian; related to Mars

Manuel – (211) Spanish; God is with us

Martin – (258) Latin; warlike

Marco – (264) Italian; warlike

Malik – (283) Arabic; king

Marshall – (374) French; one who looks after horses

Mitchell – (387) English variation of Michael; who is like God

Milo – (422) Latin form of Miles; mild, calm

Moises – (425) variation of Moses (Egyptian); savior

Mohamed – (442) variation of Muhammad (Arabic); praiseworthy

Moses – (509) Egyptian; savior

Malcolm – (527) Scottish; devotee of St. Colombia

Marlon – (602) English; little hawk

Madden – (604) Irish; little dog

My Favorites: Matthew, Max, Micah, Miles, Milo, Malcolm.

M Names: The Girls

SO many 'm' names!

Madison – (8) English; son of Maud

Mia – (10) Italian; mine

Makayla – (43) Diminutive of Michaela; who is like God

Morgan – (63) Welsh; circle, sea

Maya – (67) Hebrew; water

Mackenzie – (69) Scottish; son of Kenneth

Madeline – (77) English; high tower

Melanie – (82) Greek; black, dark

Maria – (86) Latin; bitter

Molly – (87) Hebrew; bitter

Mariah – (97) Latin variation of Mary; bitter OR Hebrew variation of Moriah; the Lord is my teacher

Mary – (109) Hebrew; bitter

Michelle – (125) French; who is like God

Miranda – (175) Latin; marvelous

Margaret – (182) Greek; pearl

Melody – (198) Greek; song

Mallory – (282) French; unlucky

Macy – (291) English surname

Malia – (302) Hawaiian variation of Mary; bitter

Miriam – (304) Hebrew; bitter OR Aramaic; wished for child

Michaela – (392) Hebrew; who is like God

Marie – (572) French variation of Mary; bitter

Meredith – (602) Welsh; great ruler

Marina – (639) Latin; from the sea

Mira – (855) Latin; admirable

Mara – (869) Hebrew; bitter

Meadow – (879) Nature name

Mina – (961) Scottish diminutive; lover of singing

Myra – (964) Greek; fragrant OR Latin; sweet-smelling oil

Mae – (986) Month name

My Favorites: Mia, Madeline, Molly, Melody, Miriam, Meredith, Marina, Mira, Mara, Myra.