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Jul 30th, 2008, 02:51 AM
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I'm Currently Feeling:  | Gone Off My LOs Name
Well for most of my pregnancy i've called my LO Anais but lately i've started to go off it. Sooo many people have trouble pronouncing it!! Or people tend to mishear me & think i've said Annie 
It annoys the hell out of me so imagine how annoying it will be for my LO growing up??
So back to the drawing board for me. I'd be grateful for opinions on the following names. My surnames McCarthy if that helps  Morgan
Lacey Maya - said I wouldn't use this as mums friend has a daughter called Maya but we don't see them much now!! Anya
Ohhh & she's got a real rank middle name i'm afraid - Patricia. It's after my nan who passed away this April. As I said, it's not the nicest of names but I feel it's the respectful thing to do & I don't need to use it when people ask what i've named LO. It's just for the birth certificate
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Jul 30th, 2008, 02:53 AM
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I'm Currently Feeling:  | I really like Anais! And Anya, my OH's bro's partner is called Arnya, very pretty! |
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Jul 30th, 2008, 02:55 AM
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I'm Currently Feeling: | I honestly loved Anais but sooo many people are like wtf?? I just don't think that will be nice for her at school, work etc
Oh I also love the name Taylor/ Tayla |
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Jul 30th, 2008, 02:56 AM
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I'm Currently Feeling: | But people get used to it, my friends name is Ki. It's amazing how many people can mispronounce 2 letters! |
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Jul 30th, 2008, 03:46 AM
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I'm Currently Feeling: | I like Anya best. I actually liked this at first but where I'm from people have a horrible accent and tend to add H's before vowels...so it would turn into "honya" lol |
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Jul 30th, 2008, 07:21 AM
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| Anais is lovely.
I knew a girl in school with that name and no one had any trouble with it at all.
Maybe come back to it after a few days and see if it still resonates with you?
Did you get the inspiration from Anais Nin? She was one of my favourite writers for awhile and such a fascinating woman.
This name thing is tough, isn't it? |
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Jul 30th, 2008, 10:12 AM
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I'm Currently Feeling:  | Oh no!! Anais is lovely hun ... i think you should keep it!!
If you really really dont want to then i like Lacey and Maya next!! |
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Jul 30th, 2008, 10:28 AM
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I'm Currently Feeling:  | I love the name anais..
Perhaps it's just the stage we're at... Lily's not that promising at the moment, but I think it's just with everyone putting 'Baby' before it, or 'Bump' after it that's getting to me...
Lacey's nice too though....
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Jul 30th, 2008, 10:50 AM
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I'm Currently Feeling:  | I like Morgan.. and it all goes really nice together  |
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Jul 30th, 2008, 10:53 AM
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I'm Currently Feeling:  | Anais is a beautiful name. I would stick with that. I quite like names begining with A. At the moment I like Ava. |
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