Perhaps the solution would be to go with 20th-century opera:
Horace or Augusta (Ballad of Baby Doe) George or Lenny (Of Mice and Men) Vanessa (opera of the same name) Susannah (ditto) John (The Consul) Michele/Michael (The Saint of Bleecker Street)
Elizabeth Finkler Sunnyvale, California mightymezzo@h... http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo
"Ist auf deinem Psalter, Vater der Liebe, ein Ton Seinem Ohre vernehmlich, So erquicke sein Herz!" --J.W. von Goethe
>From: Jennifer <ihateegroups@y...> unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> > >As I was reading some of the suggestions, I was >wondering if the teasing factor the child will suffer >at school should be taken into account, if, for >example, they're named Cinderella or Xenia (too close >to Xena). There is a website (www.babynamer.com) that >lists baby names, and in addition to listing meaning >and origin, it also lists drawback for each name, so >the prospective parent can be fully aware of what >their child might go through. > >Jennifer, aka Jennipoo aka Jeffinerd aka Jenniflirt (I >got these from the website, not from personal >experience :o) > > > if it's a boy, name him 'siegfried'. it is the > > only operatic name i can > > think of that won't get him a beating from the rest > > of the kids in the > > neighborhood or, his school. > > >_______________________________________________________ > > > > >
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