Conference oass::babynames

    I like Nicholas Peter, Robert Michael and Robert Mark.
    
    For a girl, how about Lauren Jessica?
    
    K.C.

    
    Twins, what fun!   I gather that you do not know the sex of the
    babies so need to pick 2 names for each sex just in case??
    
    I'd be interested in hearing more about the Jewish naming custom
    if you'd be willing.   For example, will you be following the first
    letter of a deceased person's name tradition for each of your babies -
    both male and female?    Can you honor the same deceased person more
    than once?   Must you select names of Hebrew origin?   I hope that I
    don't offend by asking these questions, I'm just curious...
    
    Now, onto your names, I like both Bradford James (prefer Brad over 
    Bradford) and Nicholas Peter.  I don't particularly care for
    Jessica Giunta because of the sing-song and alliteration *and* 
    because it the names don't seem to fit together  (for example, I 
    wouldn't name a daughter Meaghan Stolicny ...).   
    
    If you like Nicholas for a boy, would you consider Nicole for a girl?  
    I've always liked Beth as a middle name for Lauren (or Laurel)
    and think that Rachel would be a pretty first name choice, for
    what its worth.          
    
    Carol

    Re .2
    
    I'm not Jewish, but my husband's grandparents are, so we are following
    that custom because he was always so close to his grandparents.  From
    what I know, it has to be a deceased person, and you only need to use
    the first letter of their name.  It doesn't matter if you name a boy or
    girl after someone.  The sexes don't have to match.  And I believe you
    can name as many children after the same person as you want to.   Also,
    the names do not have to have a Hebrew origin as far as I can tell.
    Maybe someone who is Jewish can give more details.  I think it's a nice
    tradition.
    
    The reason we like Bradford better than Brad is that neither one of us
    likes nicknames as first names.  We would call him Brad, but his formal
    name would be Bradford (my husband likes Bradford better than Bradley,
    and I don't really have a preference).  That also leaves Beth out as a
    middle name for a girl.  I like Elizabeth and would want to use Beth as
    a nickname, but Mark doesn't care for it.
    
    Actually, since all the 'j' names for girls that we like seem to make
    better first names than middle names, we've sort of got a naming
    strategy picked out.  If we have 2 boys, we're all set with the 'j'
    name.  If we have a boy and a girl, we'll go with Bradford James and
    don't need a 'j' name for a girl.  If we have 2 girls, our second
    choice for the girl's name will have the 'j', and it might end up being
    in the first name.
    
    Does that help?

    Cathy,

    Thanks for the info.   In talking to a friend who happens to be
    Jewish, she mentioned one other naming "restriction"....in addition
    to the custom of naming children after a deceased relative, I
    guess it is not permitted to name a child after a living relative.
    I thought that interesting since it is a seemingly common thing
    to do outside the Jewish religion.   I gather from your naming scheme
    that you wish to follow custom for only one of the twins' names (i.e.
    only use the grandfather's name/initial).

    I do like Bradford as a formal name (also like the nickname potential
    of BJ).   I just meant that I preferred Brad for day-to-day usage.  As
    far as "j" girls names, here's a couple other ideas:  Jordan, Janine,
    Justine, Jeanne, Janette, the ever popular Jennifer, and Julia/Juliet.

    Again, good luck!
    Carol

    More "J" names for you:
    
    Boys:
    Jacob
    John
    Jeffrey
    Joshua
    Joseph
    
    	Bradford James   ) To use your favorite
    	Nicholas Jeffrey ) boys names.
        Bradford Joseph  )
     	Nicholas Jacob   )
    	Zachary James
    	Michael Jeffrey
    
    Girls:
    Jasmine
    Jocelyn
    Jacquelyn (sp?)
    Jane
    Jolene
    Jillian
    Jill
    	Marissa Jean
    	Elizabeth Jocelyn
    	Paige Jessica
    	Lauren Jill
    	Laurel Janine
    
    Chris
    
    	Emily Jane

    We've added Abigail to our list of potential girls' names, but we're
    having difficulty coming up with a middle name that goes well with it. 
    Any suggestions?
    
    Thanks,
    Cathy

    
    Here's what pops up first in my mind:
    
    Abigail Rose
    Abigail Susan
    Abigail Jean/Jane
    Abigail Renee
    
    cj/

    I think we've finally got the names almost settled, and this is how it
    works out:
    
    2 boys  --  Bradford James
    		Nicholas Peter (not too sure about Peter, might use Eric -- 
    			        any suggestions for a middle name?)
    
    boy & girl --  Bradford James
    		   Jessica Rachel
    
    2 girls --	Jessica Lauren
    		Rachel Lynn
    
    How do these sound to you folks?  
    
    Thanks,
    Cathy

    
    Your choices all sound good to me.   Nicholas and Bradford remind me 
    of Nicholas Bradford on "Eight is Enough"....(am I remembering that 
    show right?).   I also like the sounds of Nicholas John, Nicholas 
    Ryan, and Nicholas Thomas.
    
    Jessica Lauren and Rachel Lynn are very nice!  I prefer Jessica Lauren
    to Jessica Rachel; the latter just doesn't seem to flow as well.
    Any special reason why you'd go with Jessica Rachel if you have both
    a boy and a girl?   By the way, do you have any intuition as to 
    the sex of the babies (sometimes expectant moms have dreams...) ?
    
    Good luck!
    carol
    
    

    I like the boys names Bradford James and Nicholas Eric - Brad and Nick
    sound good together.
    
    I also prefer Jessica Lauren (To Jessica Rachel), but think Jessica
    and Rachel sound good if you have two girls.  The combination of
    Rachel Lynn sounds like too many L's though.  I think a middle name
    that doesn't start with an L would sound better.  How about:
    Rachel Marie
    Rachel Jocelyn
    Rachel Abigail
    Rachel Susan
    
    Chris
    

    I like the name Nicholas, and I like the nickname Brad (but I never
    even thought of Bradford...I thought of Bradley, or just Brad.)
    
    And I think that Rachel Lynn just flows nicely, and Jessica Lauren is
    nice.
    
    Re: earlier...yup.  The youngest on "8 is Enough" was Nicholas
    Bradford.  (Mary, David, Joanie, Susan, Nancy, Elizabeth, Tommy, 
    Nicholas - I THINK that is the order.)  :^)
    
    K.C.

    Just a few other suggestions with Nicholas...
    
    Nicholas Keith
    Nicholas Kevin
    Nicholas Kegan
    
    Shilah

    Well, the twins decided to make their appearance 12 weeks early.  We
    had a daughter, Jessica Lauren who I delivered naturally, and a son,
    Bradford James who I delivered by C-section.  Jessica was 2 lbs 3 1/2
    ounces, and Brad weighed in at 2 lbs 5 ounces.  Both are still in the
    hospital and progressing nicely, but we don't expect to have them home
    for 10-12 weeks.
    
    As it turns out, they are both named for great-grandparents.  We used
    the 'J' names after my husband's grandfather, and my grandfather's name
    is James.  And my grandmother's middle name was Laura, so that's why we
    went with Lauren instead of Rachel as a middle name.
    
    I'm sure glad we had the names all picked out so soon since they were
    so early! 
    
    Cathy

    Congratulations Cathy and welcome to this world, Jessica Lauren
    and Bradford James!   Maybe they'll be sleeping through the
    night by the time they come home   :-)/2
    
    carol

    Congratulations!!! So nice to "hear" a birth announcement so soon after
    the event. May God bless each and every one of you.
    
    Trudy