Last night Aaron and I talked about baby names. I think about this sort of thing to a nearly-obscene extent. I have nothing better to do, so I will share them.
MALES:
Aden/Aiden/Ayden
Adonis
Adrian
Alexander
Apollo
Braden
Camden
Canaan (I have liked this name for a very long time)
Canon
Connor
Damien
Daniel
Dempsey
Eljiah
Ellis
Isaiah
Jack (even though it is a nickname…)
Jacob (even though I can’t name my kids this; my cousin’s named Jacob)
Jeremiah
Jonah, Jonas
Julian
Kelton
Laurence
Levi
Luka
Luke
Marc
Matthew, Matthias
Micah
Nicholai
Peter, Pete
Samuel
Sergai
Titus
Tobias
Tristan
Uriah
Vladimir
William (and then shorten it to Liam)
Zachariah
Zebulon
There are more, I'm sure. I like Russian names, but I couldn't use them unless I actually married a Russian. That would just be crazy.
FEMALES:
Abigail (Abby, of course)
Adah
Adamina
Adeline
Adrienne
Alanna
Alannis
Alena
Alexa
Alpha
Amelie
Anastasia
Andra
Andrea
Anna (for family reasons)
Athena
Audra
Bethany
Cadence
Callista
Camilla
Carina
Corinne
Delia
Desiree
Elana
Ellie
Gabrielle
Galena
Galia
Gemma
Genesis
Jadyn
Janie (it has some kind of simple cuteness to me, haha)
Jordanne
Kiley/Kylee/Kyleigh
Lanie
Leah
Lumina (it is “light” in Romanian and I would call her Mina)
Lydia
Malina
Mariah
Melanie
Nadia
Naomi
Natalie
Pandora
Prima
Quincy
Rachelle
Raechel
Ruth Annette (my mommy’s name), and its variation Ruthanna (in both cases, she would be "Ruthie")
Sarina
Selah
Sephora (if it were not a makeup store…)
Sophie, Sophia/Sofia
Taliah
Tamah
Tannis
Tierney (except that it sounds like tyranny)
Tovah
Zahavah
For girls espcially, I like aes and -ahs.
ALSO: It is pretty offical. I have to start eating meat again. Partly because of the diet, partly because of the fact that in Romania, you have to eat what you can get...they are poor. I've been thinking a lot about it, trying to get myself used to the idea...and it is a strange thought. Nausiating, but strange, too. It shouldn't be this hard to eat a little food, right? I don't even know how to reintroduce meat; for once, Google is no help. Meat meat meat meat meat meat. It's going to happen tonight. Or maybe tomorrow.
EDIT: I did it. And it was weird. Like...the texture? Bleh. I don't want to do it again. Gross yucky gross.