There's a little notebook that I've had for years. I started it when Will and I were finished our travels through Asia, before we got married. We were living in Sydney. I was waiting for my Australian permanent residency visa to come through, and I was not allowed to work. I had a lot of time on my hands.
Reading through this notebook is kind of amusing for me now. There are lists on each page, lists such as:
- Things I Want to Buy Myself Once I Start Working and the Bills Are Paid (can you tell that money was a concern even then? Plus, I was just a little materialistic.)
- Places I Want to Visit
- Canada (There are multiple lists regarding this: things I wanted to do, places I want to visit, food I wanted to eat, people I wanted to see. I was a bit homesick. I'd been away from home for almost three years at that stage.)
- Things I'd Like to Do (This list is remarkably similar to my bucket list)
- Small Business Ideas (Gift Shop and House-Sitting)
- Boys' Names
- Girls' Names
The last two lists made me realise how much I've changed since 1996. The boys names are still ones that I would have considered if I were ever to have another child, which I'm absolutely not (not possible nor desirable). There are names like Kieran, Ian, Duncan and Christian, still good names for me.
The girls names however are a different story. Please don't be offended if there are names on here that you like or have actually named your child. I just think that I'm a different person now. I live in Australia and some of these names I would no longer consider now that I'm a fair dinkum Aussie (tongue is firmly in cheek here folks).
So here is a list of the names I wanted to call a girl baby if I ever had one:
Pain in the bum (to pronounce and spell) names:
The girls names however are a different story. Please don't be offended if there are names on here that you like or have actually named your child. I just think that I'm a different person now. I live in Australia and some of these names I would no longer consider now that I'm a fair dinkum Aussie (tongue is firmly in cheek here folks).
So here is a list of the names I wanted to call a girl baby if I ever had one:
Pain in the bum (to pronounce and spell) names:
- Niamh (pronounced Neve, but you know that most people would not know this)
- Siobhan (pronounce Shivon)
Surnames:
I went through a stage of wanting surnames for first names; this is quite popular in Australia now, but I've gone cold on the idea.
- Taylor
- Morgan
- Madison
- Mackenzie
Names I simply outgrew:
- Megan
- Kendall
- Charisse
- Maeve (guess I was liking Maeve Binchy's books at that time)
- Paige
- Lauren (I can't help but think of Lauren on The Young & The Restless which was decades ago)
- Emma (simply too many now)
Unisex Names:
- Finn (I was told by my Irish sister-in-law that this is a unisex name, but here in Oz, I don't think it really is)
- Robin
- Shannon
Names that are things:
- April
- Hope
- Summer
Names I would have had to veto, because now they're taken:
- Leigh
- Hannah
- Grace
- April
- Erin (I really like this one but it sounded like Aaron, somebody Will knew, so he vetoed it)
- Chiara
So that left me with two:
- Victoria
- Cate
But I would have vetoed Cate, because I have a thing about putting the full name on the birth certificate, as in Catherine, and Catherine doesn't appeal to me. I would never put Cate on the birth certificate because it's a nickname. (By the way, I also like names to be spelled the normal way, as in Cate, not Cayt. Exaggeration, but you know what I mean.)
So really that left me with Victoria, and you just know the Aussies would shorten it to Vicky or Vic, and I like the whole name not the shortened version. So I am left with no name.
It's a really good thing that I never had a girl, because I would have had to call her Jen as in Jen-eric*, as in no-name, get it? Oh, never mind.
So really that left me with Victoria, and you just know the Aussies would shorten it to Vicky or Vic, and I like the whole name not the shortened version. So I am left with no name.
It's a really good thing that I never had a girl, because I would have had to call her Jen as in Jen-eric*, as in no-name, get it? Oh, never mind.
What are some of your favourite baby names, and are there any that you liked before that are just not your cup of tea now?
*Yes, I do realise this is not the way to spell it :)
*Yes, I do realise this is not the way to spell it :)
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