So getting closer to naming our new baby. So much in a name. We have limited ourselves to female J names and there are not many options. We want to have a name that is nice and cute for a little girl but at the same time we do not want to cripple her later in life with a name that will leave her never being taken seriously professionally.
Its almost like picking a domain name. Often times early its attractive to pick a name that is catchy and cute but later as the site grows it can come back to haunt you. For instance when I started NextPimp (pimp out your nextel phone) I had no idea it would become what it has. I can’t tell you how many times I have sat down with executives or financial companies and explained what NextPimp is pretty much embarrassed that I picked that domain to start with.
So much in a name….
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July 18, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Its a good name. Congrats on the baby
July 12, 2008 at 2:35 pm
You picked a great name….Any relation of the name to all of the supported art in Omaha and Lincoln ala the Joslyn Art museum?
July 9, 2008 at 2:11 am
I like French first names because they’re exotic and have a touch of sophistication about them.
I looked through a list of first names (beginning with J) over here.
Of the French first names listed there (and there are many other nationalities too), the one that I found most appealing was JOLEE., which means cheerful and pretty.
However, many French first names are double barrelled, so for a second name, I like ANGELIQUE which means like an angel.
So my suggestion for a name is JOLEE-ANGELIQUE.
This name also presents her with an incredible array of variations she (and you) can use as a nickname, some of which are: Jo, Jo-ann, Joey, Angi, JA.
July 8, 2008 at 4:38 pm
I suggested a short form for Jennifer. Jenny
Nice name.
July 8, 2008 at 4:37 pm
I like the name Jean a lot too. I have an online friend named Jean. And I remember it from Xmen movie too. She was good looking in the movie, the lady who played character Jean :p
July 8, 2008 at 4:36 pm
He said that name be from “J”. So Miranda fails
July 8, 2008 at 4:36 pm
How about Jenny?
July 8, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Jamie for a girl? hehehe
July 8, 2008 at 11:32 am
You can have a lot of abbreviations with Joslyn!
July 8, 2008 at 12:44 am
oh my god..your oldest daughter very cute =)
jessica ?
July 7, 2008 at 11:25 am
Is he named after the soap? ha ha Yeah that is a girly name.
July 7, 2008 at 11:24 am
Looks like he already has a name. Check the newest post guys.
July 7, 2008 at 10:15 am
I like the comparison between naming your baby and picking a domain name. Funny.
July 7, 2008 at 9:12 am
how about Miranda
July 7, 2008 at 3:20 am
I wonder what that means? does it have a family connection or is it something biblical?
July 7, 2008 at 3:12 am
There are some point that you should take in to account while giving a name to your baby: First, the first name should fit the last name and together they should sound nice. Second, you should think how the name would influence your babies life. And at last, both parents should like it.
July 6, 2008 at 5:56 pm
It’s Joslyn, The Best One !
July 6, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Oops! You’re right.
July 6, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Jayde
July 6, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Shoe, maybe this post would help
domain name for your child
July 6, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Here is a list with Dutch female names starting with J.
http://www.meisjesnamen.in/J/
July 6, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Congratulations Shoe – I like Janine. She was the hot chick at my high school.
July 6, 2008 at 11:31 am
I’m relatively new to reading your blog, so I have a question you may have answered somewhere else. Is this your first child?
July 6, 2008 at 11:04 am
Congratulations Shoe – I’m glad you’re putting a lot of thought into the name and won’t be sending a poor little Janeypimp, or Jodypimp to school.
July 6, 2008 at 2:19 am
Josie
July 6, 2008 at 1:41 am
How about Janiqua?
July 6, 2008 at 12:42 am
How About an Indian Name Starting with “J” – JYOTSNA ( Means Moon Light )
-Shanker Bakshi
INDIA
July 5, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Jamie?
July 5, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Hey, I know a good girl name that starts with “J”
Congrats, btw!
July 5, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Ever consider Valentina? I know you are going with J names and all but I would have named my daughter this had I heard the name prior to naming her.
July 5, 2008 at 9:02 pm
How about ” Jacquelyn “. Has a lot of class, sounds faintly french. Jacquelyn Kenndy
was a cool lady. Good nick name of “Jackie ” will go well in a prep school and later in
Yale, Harvard, Princeton or Smith.
July 5, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Yeah, I agree with dogboy. Name her Jane Chow…..heheh
July 5, 2008 at 7:41 pm
How about Jaid as a name?
July 5, 2008 at 7:01 pm
That is so funny, I was just talking with my son about picking out names and how important it is to pick a name that is not going to cause the kid problems, especially at school, like out next door neighbor, whose a man and his name is DAWN
July 5, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Jeremy, I’ll let you borrow my planned girls name since I probably wont need it for a while at least
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Jocelyn – I just find it beautiful. And daddy could always call her jocy or joey (I always liked “boy” nicknames for girls for some reason).
July 5, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Congrats on the new addition. Sometimes people pick names and when the baby comes the name doesn’t fit right, so you have to find what is right for her. I’m sure you will come up with just the right one.
July 5, 2008 at 5:23 pm
I’ve always liked the name Jewel.
July 5, 2008 at 5:22 pm
That’s java… not flash.
July 5, 2008 at 5:19 pm
should’ve spent that time building a custom world press template
July 5, 2008 at 4:41 pm
jacinda
July 5, 2008 at 4:18 pm
I think the choice is obvious. Name her “Jane Chow”
July 5, 2008 at 3:50 pm
jannat
wiil be nice
July 5, 2008 at 3:42 pm
janat
looks good
July 5, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Many will think this is a bit corny, but it’s just a suggestion..
What about JULY ?
(ps) My wife wanted my son’s name to be “Danger”, so we settled on Drew. lol
July 5, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Jana, Jenn, Jill, Joan, Juliet.
I like Jana, but those are some nice names (one of each… A, E, I, O, U)
July 5, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Mystery Guest and I recently became friends with a woman named Jori. It has all the attributes I like in a name – unique, but not completely unpronounceable or confusing, sweet, short, and reminiscent of intelligence and beauty without pretension.
July 5, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Good luck in your name hunt. FWIW, you are on my blog roll. dude. I agree a name makes a lot of difference. Infact i’d to wait for 6 months to get stockerati.com. But it’s been worth the wait.
July 5, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Shoe, I like yours and John Chow’s blogs mainly for the bantering which goes on between you guys. As for me, I just started a financial and stock investment blog (http://stockerati.com) and your website has been inspirational and informational.
July 5, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Jayla – we have a family down the street and their daughter has this name, it’s unique and yet seems like a very nice ordinary name.
July 5, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Jennae
July 5, 2008 at 1:54 pm
I was going to leave some suggestions, but it looks like most everything I have thought of has already been mentioned.
Did anyone mention Jamie?
July 5, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Jennifer, jessica, Jane, the basics you know?
July 5, 2008 at 1:47 pm
What about Gemma. Spelled with a G but sounds like a J. The name of an old girlfriend of mine. I always liked the name. Very rare in the US but more popular in Europe.
July 5, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Jessica!
July 5, 2008 at 1:11 pm
How about Jocelyn?
July 5, 2008 at 1:05 pm
If you haven’t already, check out this flash baby name wizard: http://www.babynamewizard.com/voyager#prefix=J&ms=true&sw=f&exact=false
P.S. I’m not affiliated with it in any way.
July 5, 2008 at 1:02 pm
How about something a little different…….. possible Jerri…….. ambiguous name. Personally I like Julia.
July 5, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Jessy
July 5, 2008 at 12:27 pm
My vote is still for Jenna!
July 5, 2008 at 12:24 pm
if you can afford the “cost” of a hispanic name… there are some great.
JUANA – JULIA – JAZMIN – JANA ..
congrats !! im xpecting my second ( boy both ) and looking for nombres with M ( matias and melina , and the elder boy is called manuel ) ….
July 5, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Jenna = porn star name
Jade = porn star name
Jezebel = obvious connotations
Stay away from “creative” spellings – there’s nothing lamer than having to explain to people that Qxugn is pronounced “Jennifer” or Asswipe is pronounced “Az-wee-pay.”
I like Johanna and Julianna.
July 5, 2008 at 12:19 pm
For heavens sake don’t pick a name with weird spelling, it’ll drive her nuts when she has to spell her name to everybody!
How about something nice and simple, like Kate or Elizabeth (beth or Liz).
July 5, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Out of the options given so far, I’d say Jenna is by far and away the best. You could really expand your options by using other letters in the alphabet.
If that’s an option, I like Ava or Annie.
July 5, 2008 at 12:12 pm
yea i mean if you want your daughter to be successful as an exotic dancer, definitely go with one of those…
July 5, 2008 at 12:10 pm
A 2nd girl… now you HAVE to make some shoemoney.
Naming it TOUGH… My wife and I were practically pulling our hair out to name our daughter. (We went with “Courtney”.)
You might want to consider “Jennifer” Its the name chosen by a lady who wrote a book “50,000 Names for your baby” or something like that. You can benefit from her research!
Then she could go by “Jenna” anyway.
Congrats on the new baby. It is an awesome feeling.
July 5, 2008 at 11:44 am
The wife says JENNA
July 5, 2008 at 11:31 am
I like Jessica, but Jenna is good too.
It’s good to see people still use old school names. I don’t know why people think they need to make a statement about themselves by naming their kid Flower, Venus, or some other nutty thing.
July 5, 2008 at 11:29 am
lol@ comparing baby names to domain names
anyhow, jessica sounds good
July 5, 2008 at 11:17 am
I would recommend: “Jolene” as a girl’s name starting with a J.
July 5, 2008 at 11:11 am
Get a copy of Freakonomics and you will get an idea what to name your daughter.
July 5, 2008 at 11:09 am
I like Jasmine for a girly “J” name.
Jade(n) is also pretty
July 5, 2008 at 11:07 am
I’d suggest that you keep it simple with the first name and leave the creativity to the middle name this way she isn’t crippled in years to come. Congratulations and best of luck!
July 5, 2008 at 11:05 am
Congrats again! The first J name that comes to my mind is ‘Jenna’. Or how about Jackie/Jaclyn?
July 5, 2008 at 11:03 am
You would compare picking a baby name to picking a domain name!
July 5, 2008 at 11:02 am
Seriously, I think Jessica is a good solution, as of for my country, the most common J names are Jelena and Jovana. Jelena is a very nice name, but I don’t know how do people over there like it.
July 5, 2008 at 10:53 am
Jean is good name
July 5, 2008 at 10:38 am
Jessica and Jennifer is a middle income white girl name so you could be normal.
Jasmine is mostly lower income white girls, 11 grades of schooling etc.
Mix it up J’s are not as popular anymore, try grace, ansley, or ellla. Those or predicted to be upper class names.
July 5, 2008 at 10:18 am
I suggest to same like #1, using standard name and add special/unique name.
July 5, 2008 at 10:07 am
I suppose you have explored the “standard” names? Janet, Janice, Jinny, Johanna, etc…?
Maybe you should try looking into J names from other countries, like Jasmina, for example.