Mirabai? I LOVE it, but I can't get my husband on board.

So I've wanted to adopt children(likely two girls and a boy) for as long as I can remember, and I've always had two girl names that I have LOVED, but no one I know has shared my love.

Desdemona Margaret(NN Mona or Maggie) AND Ophelia Marilyn(NN Lia).

No one in my life likes either of these first names and say I'd be condemning my kids to lives of being mocked like I was(It wasn't TOO bad, but I'm a Georgia so I have songs to hate), but I am a Shakespeare FIEND and I adore both names so so so much.

I can't use Mona as the name for the first one, because Margaret as a middle is NOT negotiable(Margaret and Marilyn are my gran and my mom) and Mona Marilyn sounds equally weird. I think they both flow really nicely as they are, but I'm not awful and I would hate to give my kids names they would hate, but I legit find these both beautiful and stunning and can't find a way to change them and keep the spirit.

IDK, like, dislike, ideas?

Here's round 4! There was a tie between Heath and River which led to some rearranging at the end. Enjoy!

( This or That? )

Thoughts?

Some interesting notices from recent Toronto Star birth announcements (surnames excluded) and my opinions:

Aryana Alia
Bronwyn Victoria and Charlotte Thea (twins, and fairly classy at that)
Carys Lynn
Carys Mary Katherine
Christian Begin
Christina Margaret Helena Rose (because two middles names just weren't enough)
Ella Aimee (DON'T SPELL KREATIYVVELY)
Evangeline Renee (I hope she looks like a supermodel)
Julian Bonaventura (...I'm serious)
Justin Robert Duke
Kian Motavaze (some kind of ethnic)
Lachlan Jersey Bernard
Mason Cooper and Madison Sierra (twins, and I don't think the parents realize that they aren't being original)
Mason Newton (if there ever was a yupster name, this is it)
Xander James Robert (hipster parents hide the nod to family in the middle names)
Zachary Wolf

Inspired by the post on whether or not you like names based on their popularity...

What names in the top 50 DO you like?
http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

( Mine. )

Zachary Scott

some more announcements
roman arthur
oliver greeley
tyler joshua (jason and megan)
juliealice eileen
alyssa jane
isabella lynne
kamryn renee
elise audrey (riley)
kierra tyrn
mason robert
gabriella madison
garrett thomas
james patrick
lane douglas
kailey jade
nariana amari
lexiana rose
johnathan andrew
luciana michele
jasmine sovan
maximillian volkes
alivyana janiece
eva pearl
abbigail antoinette lee
alexis bay leigh
hailey trinity
krysta lily
sophia francisco
esther perroni
jack stephen
liam derek
zayleana marie
jacob ashner
jaevion edgar
drew michael
meera fayssal
antonia raine
koree melodie
jayleigh elizabeth

multiples
emma grace & claire mackenzie
abigail rose & olivia grace

Miles Matthew (parents are Melissa and Michael!)
Rayleigh Nevaeh (ew, lol. no)
Eva Dawn (i like Eva, its a family name...for me, but not with Dawn)
Jerimiah Marlin (i'm gonna guess daddy fishes and/or hunts, and i hate that spelling of Jerimiah)

Thanks to everyone who replied to my Lily post now I have a new question!
I've tried asking for name suggestions before but not quite as simply so people didnt really answer my question last time (not the post about lily, but a diff post) so I figured I'd try again:

Me and my SO tend to like shorter names. Prob. because my own name is really short (Tara). and my SO is named Steve on his birth certificate and so he likes that its not short for anything offical. He isn't a Stephen or Steven who just goes by Steve, he is JUST Steve.
So basically the only 2 boys names that BOTH of us like are Leo and James. Just Leo, not Leonardo or Leonard or anything because we dont like either of the full names. And James's sorta nickname would be Jamie if we called him anything else besides James.

I would like some suggestions for other boy names that you think kinda fit with those 2, or the style of james/leo. They don't have to be really short though.

As a side note, I also like the name Jude and Nikolai for a boy.
For girls I/we like: Tessa/Tess and Avery, I like Athena, Scarlet, Juliet and Audrey as well.

Thanks for any suggestions you can make! :)

Which names do you like\dislike from my list? I know some of the names like Ava and Emma are very popular on the name charts but they are not popular in my area.Names like Addison and Mikayla are heard more often here. Also any suggestions would be welcome! Thanks in advance!
Ava
Abigail
Anna
Adriana
Claire\Clara
Catherine
Delilah
Dahlia
Daisy
Darby
Danica
Elizabeth
Eve\Eva
Eliza
Emma
Emmeline
Elise
Ella
Eliana
Eden
Faith
Felicity
Guinevere
Gillian
Genevieve
Georgia
Gemma
Gabriella
Hope
Hannah
Isabella
Ivy
Ireland
Iliana
Isla
Isis
Ianthe
Jane
Josephine
Juliana
Juliet
Jocelyn
Jasmine
Kaia
Lila
Leah
Lily
Lillian
Lucy
Lydia
Lola
Laurel
Laura
Larissa
Lorelei
Layla
Madelyn
Megan
Molly
Natalia
Naomi
Nia
Olivia
Rose
Rosalie
Rachel
Sarah
Sophia
Scarlett
Savannah
Stella
Tessa
Violet
Winter
Zoe

WDYT about the name Porter? It's an old name which makes me like it (my history professor husband informed me that some dude in the Civil War was Porter so-and-so), but it sounds trendy which makes me not like it.

Also, a friend of mine had a baby on Christmas Day and named him Julian George. I like it. Her husband's English so it's quite fitting.

I've noticed it seems to be a trend here to really dislike popular names and it's not the typical 'well, I like it but since it's so popular I would avoid using it at this time' but, with the exception of made up/misspelled names I just don't get it when people go 'Madison/Sarah/Emma sucks! It's in the top 10 HELLO! I'd pick any name but that' or something along those lines but more sugar coated or something. So what say you, do you honestly rule out a name on the hate list because it's popular or simply sigh and hope by the time you have a child the trend dies down?

( names I like that are in the top 10 )

Because of the holidays, I thought I would post my family's names.

Parents
Dennis Paul
Regina Kaye
Siblings
Paul Joshua (dating - Winter)
Hunter Michelle (me)(Fiance - Phillip Wayne)

Maternal:
Grandparents
Curtis Nelson
Jewel

Aunts
Cindy (husband - Ricky Joe
Pamela Michelle
Kelly Denise (husband - Tony Ray; daughter - Candace Tammara)
Crystal (husband- Daniel; son - William; daughter - Bridgette)

Uncles
Jerry Lynn (sons - Clayton, Clinton, Carlton; adopted daughter - Mikaela)
Raymond Leon (wife - Lisa; son - Raymond Jr.[daughter - Amethyst]; daughters - Jamie[son - Joshua], Cynthia [husband - Bryan; daughters - Madison Kaye, Jayden Nicole], Anita, Faith, Shania, Monica)
Curtis Nelson Jr. (wife - Tanya; son - Robby; daughter - Hannah)
Christopher Joshua - (son - Joshua)

Paternal:
Grandparents
Betty Sue
Benton

Aunts
Wanda Sue (son - Michael; daughter - Cassie)
Pamela (son - Benjamin)
Jennifer (daughters - Kayla, Jessica, Bridgette)

Uncles
Kenneth (wife - Theresa; son - David James; daughter - Shawna Lakay)
Calvin
Larry Dewayne (daughter - Brandy Nicole)

First a question!

What are your favourite Irish names, male or female?

My fathers family is full of Irish names, but they're mostly very common (often anglicized) ones - Sean, Deirdre, Caitlyn, Erin, Patrick, etc. And it's a tradition I'd like (eventually) to carry on, however I don't want to reuse any of our names and I'd like to find less common onces, here are a few I like so far:

Female:

Liadan
Eavan
Lile


Male:

Finn (or maybe its original spelling Fionn)
Eoin
Declan (suggested by the boy, whose family is also very irish)
Kiernan (another of his suggestions)
Riordan



Secondly, a few names, WDYT?

-Sibling Set (cousins daughters)
Grace (3)
Sophia Berkeley (infant)
Grace is a family name, I kind of hate the name Berkeley but I suspect it may be a surname from my cousin's husbands family.


-Sibling Set (girl i went to high school with):
Mylie (2)
Ava Lynn (infant)

-Sibling Set (another cousins babies):
Andrea (5)
Ervin Jr (1 year)

I'm not big on any of those names, Grace is probably my favourite even though I usually dislike the Joy, Faith, Hope, etc type names. After that Sophia or Ava I suppose. Poor Mylie, right?

I went through some Facebook friends and picked out some names to share.
WDYT?

gents:
Cage
Easton
Gaelen
Niels
Bryant
Charlles
Dalton
Dawrence
Grant
Inno
Conrad (also a Konrad)
Keegan
Kent
Griff
Lachlan
Egmont
Shaine
Junius
Tobin
Warwick
Ezuniel
Addiel
Braxton
Coogan
Cortland
Garnet
Itzel

ladies:
Honora
Sally
Savina
Allyssa
Allyson
Olesya
Sabine
Orlee
Kenta
Azra
Rabia
Ciera
Millissa
Elline
Haydee
Fallon
Sonali
Krystle
Lyndzi
Maritza
Rosanna
Sophea
Stacia
Veara
Abra
Acadia
Aventurina
Chrystina

( my thoughts. )