Name her after the greatest female distance runner in history... Grete.
Name her after the greatest female distance runner in history... Grete.
Blade.
Keith Stone wrote:
Blade.
My absolute favorite.
Keith Stone wrote:
Blade.
My absolute favorite. After Road. Or, if you like oddly spelled names, Rhode.
Flagpole wrote:
I say DON'T DO IT! Naming a person after a famous person is always a bad idea -- even if hardly anyone knows the famous runner you name her after, it still a bad idea.
How'd you like to be the one named after:
Barry Bonds
Pete Rose
O.J. Simpson
Britney Spears
Marion Jones
You can bet that as soon as you name her after that runner that that runner will be found guilty of using PEDs or tax evasion or whoring it up somehow. It's a bad idea. I see no positives about doing it. Also, you name her after a famous runner because you and your wife both like running -- NO PRESSURE there for the poor kid. Maybe she will be a violinist or a doctor and just hates running. She'll always feel a sense that she disappointed you if she didn't become a runner. I predict an eating disorder coming on. It's kind of way up there on the geek scale too by the way.
It really is a bad idea. Name your dog after a famous runner. Name your girl kid something that is strong yet feminine and sounds good with her last name.
Agreed.
How about Theo Poulous?
Failing that - Stephanie or Steven
After the famous Steve Payne.
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Agreed.
How about Theo Poulous?
Failing that - Stephanie or Steven
After the famous Steve Payne.
The famous Steve Payne??? This guy -
http://www.stevepayne.comIs he famous? ???
The hockey player? -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Payne_(ice_hockey)
The blues guitarist? -
http://www.steve-payne.net/spbiography1.htmlThis blogger? -
http://stevepaynesblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/final-installment.htmlThis techno dude? -
http://www.myspace.com/pintcpThis overweight Canadian guy? -
http://www.myspace.com/stevepayneThe artist? -
http://www.stevepayneart.com/??? -- ???
I like Ryan, or shay.
or you could do both
ryan (or spell it the more feminine R-I-A-N) and shay as the middle name.
BM wrote:
Jordan? HORRible! Even Euphrates would be better than a name as overdone for both genders as Jordan.
Oh, yeah, Jordan is way overdone. It was the 100th most popular name last year for girls, behind even Jada, and Aaliyah. So overdone!
Popularity of the female name Jordan
Year of birth Rank
2007 100
2006 97
2005 86
2004 71
2003 48
2002 45
2001 47
2000 50
Popularity of the male name Jordan
Year of birth Rank:
2007 45
2006 46
2005 46
2004 43
2003 38
2002 37
2001 39
2000 36
Allison Roe --- hottest female world recordholder ever
Paula
Proud parent wrote:
Haha, I was just saying it as a joke because it was our neighbor's daughter in high school who suggested it (and of course, she runs cross country/track).
What you say is true. We are thinking about that one, but we also feel a name like Shalane/Kara is less common. Deena and Paula seem a little "old fashioned" though.
Thanks everybody for all the suggestions so far, I'll keep you guys posted.
Old-fashioned?
Ethyl
Myrtle
Secretaries?
Lois
Barb
Shirl
One more name if it's a girl--Jarmila