Namer Terms

Have you ever been on a name site and seen people using terms you just don't understand?! Well, I think this may help you out. We namers have our own "language" that we use.

• GP (Guilty Pleasure) - A guilty pleasure name is a name you really like or love but you can't use for whatever reason. Ex: I love the name Maria, but I have a cousin named Maria and my boyfriend has a bad imagine for Maria because of a girl that bullied him in highschool. 

• Sibset - Us namers use the term sibset if we want opinions on several names as brothers or sisters. Ex: What do you think of the sibset? Eleanor, Stephanie and Brock.

• WDYT (What Do You Think) - This is just a little term we use when we want to know what others think about a certain name. Ex: WDYT of Quinn as a boys name?

• Latter - If we have to choose between more than one name, and the name we like the most is the last one, we use the term "latter". Ex: Which one do you prefer? Erica, Amy, Renee or Nina? I prefer the latter. 

• DH (Dear Husband) - A term used in the namer world, when we talk about our husbands, we just call him DH. Ex: My DH and I have agreed on the name Timothy.

• DD (Dear Daughter) - Same as above, except for our daughters. Ex: My DD is named Luna

• DS (Dear Son) - Same as above with DH and DD, except for our sons. Ex: My DS is named Abbott.

• FN (First Name) - I think this is pretty obvious. It's the first name we choose for our children. Ex: My daughters FN is Elizabeth. 

• MN (Middle Name) - The 2nd + name(s) of your childrens name. Ex: My daughters MN is Lucy.

• NN (Nickname) - It's a shorter name that you call your child instead of their given name. Ex: Calvins' NN is Cal.

• Combo - The first and middle name(s) of your child. Ex: What do you people think of the combo Eloise Margo?

• Flow - How the names go together. Ex: The flow of Ella Anna is off. Try Ella Anne.

• Dated - An older name that isn't really usable anymore. Ex: I think Mildred is extremely dated.

• PRN (Pronounced) - How a name is said. Ex: The name Wesley is PRN wes-lee.

• NMS (Not My Style) - A name that isn't someones "cup of tea" and that they don't really like. Ex: What do you think of Edward? It's really NMS. 

My Favorite Names & Why.

This is my very first baby name post on this blog. Are you excited? I hope so!! (: This post will be all about my favorite names (top names) and why I chose them, how they got to be my top names and what I picture my son/daughter with this name will look like, as well. Let's start off with boys.

I have curly dirty blonde hair and blue eyes with lots of freckles. But when I was little I had bleach blonde hair. My boyfriend has straight light brown hair and blue eyes with a big nose. My parents both have blue eyes and have wavy brown hair. His mom has brown eyes and straight brown hair. His dad has blue eyes and straight blonde hair. So there is a background, per se, of how my kids will look. 

...Boys...

David Walter: This name has been my top boy name since I've been dating my boyfriend for a year and a half. He firmly stated that his first son would be named David Walter after his father and grandfather. Before I started to date him, I didn't like this name, at all. I thought David was an ugly old mans name because I only know old men with the name David. The more we talked and the more I found out about the history of this name, the more I grew to love it. I can now picture me having a little boy named David. And as for nicknames, I would really like to call him DJ or DW. I hate the nicknames Dave and Davey. Nope, not going to be calling my son that. I picture David, to have curly bleach blonde hair and piercing blue eyes.

Warren Keith: I was asking my dad about some of his names on his side of the family and Warren Keith came up. I wrote it down, not expecting to love it, but a few hours later, of saying it and thinking about having my son named Warren, I started loving it. Warren just sounds really cool and rugged. "A little boy in the sand pit playing with trucks and throwing sand at his sisters" type name. I picture my little Warren having dark wavy brown hair (like my boyfriends mother) down to his shoulders and blue eyes with lots of freckles.

Aubrey Mark: Before you flip on me, yes, Aubrey is a boys name. It was actually a boys name WAY before the girls took it over. According to the SSA charts, Aubrey was in the top 1000 from 1880 to 2002. That is 122 years. While Aubrey for a girl started getting popular in 1973 and only has been in the top 1000 for 41 years. Anyways, Aubrey just sounds extremely masculine to me. I can actually picture me having a son named Aubrey, despite it being hugely popular for girls (#18),  I would use this name for a boy. Although, my boyfriend hates it, so unless by some miracle, he realizes that I went though A LOT of pain to bear him HIS child, and gives me the name choice, we probably wont use Aubrey. So it will most likely be a GP name. :/ I can picture my son Aubrey Mark, to have straight as an arrow blonde hair and brown eyes.

...Girls...

Lorraine Alice: Lorraine was my great grandmothers name, also my middle name. I would classify this name as timeless. I can picture my Lorraine as a newborn, a toddler, a young child, a preteen, a teenager, a mom, and a grandmother. I would most likely call her Lori to honor my mother, as well. I knew from when I started loving names, that Lorraine would be my daughters name - It was going to be Alice Lorraine, but I love Lorraine so much, I wanted to make it the first name. I can picture Lorraine to have my curly bleach blonde hair and blue eyes. And as she grows older, the bleach blonde fades to dirty blonde hair.

Phoebe Naomi: This recently became a name I started to like. I like the sound of Phoebe and Naomi together, although a lot of nameberry users don't like the ending "ee" sound at the end of both names. And my boyfriend doesn't like this name very much. So probably won't use it. Anyways, I can picture my Phoebe having light brown hair down to her waist and brown eyes. 

** Girl names are really hard for me. I like so many, but love very few. But boys names on the other hand, are way easier for me. So Phoebe probably won't stay up there for much longer. **

Get To Know Me!!

Hello, people that are on this blog right this minute. I want to introduce myself. And say what this blog will be about.

My name is Austyn Lorraine. I am a 16 year old baby name nerd that just is in love with names. I usually steer to the old-fashion, timeless names. But then there is always that one name that isn't in my "usual name loves". I'll start with how my name was picked!

My first name, as most name nerds know, is a full on boys name. That should NEVER be used on girls. EVER! Except, my parents broke that rule and gave it to me. I hate my first name, always have. It's a boys name and I'm not a boy, so why should I get punished and have a boys name? My middle name, on the other hand, I'm in love with. I love it so much, I will use to as my first daughters name. A long time in the future. Anyways, back to the story. My mom found out she was pregnant with my in June of 1997, I was due March 6th, 1998. But my parents didn't think of names until about the 5th month line (20 weeks), they chose both a boy and a girl name as they didn't find out what I was until I was born. I was going to be either Thomas Ross or Judith Lorraine. Until my mom saw in a magazine that this person named their daughter Austin. And she fell in love with it, she told my dad and at first he wasn't on board with it. He didn't like it as much as my mom did. But he changed his mind, - thanks dad. And to make it more "girly" my mom changed the I into a Y. A trend that most name nerds hate. Well, my due date came and went and no sign of little me. Until March 19th, 1998. When I was born at 3:19pm, I became Austyn instead of Austin. So my name is always, and I repeat, always misspelled. I usually just get Austin, though. But there have been some super weird ones. Lorraine is a family name, and my mom has always said that middle names should be reserved for family names. And that's what happened in mine and my little sisters case. I wish my mom could of thought about how my life would be with a name like Austyn. Granted, I've never been picked on for my name, but I felt like I wanted to be a boy. I already had a boys name, all I needed was the body part and I would be set, right? Thank the Lord that, that phase is over! I'm sorry, I'm probably rambling on too much about this subject. Let's move on.

This blog will be about my life as a teenage name nerd. From what names I love to what names I hate. To what my boyfriens thinks about some names. To what my sister thinks.

I'm on Nameberry as BabyNameAholic • I'm on Formspring as BabyNameAholic as well.