tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127653.post114754882085078164..comments2023-11-02T04:20:08.524-04:00Comments on Dream Kitchen: Retreat of the LaurensLauren D. McKinneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09492156665800981450noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127653.post-1148000267215894792006-05-18T20:57:00.000-04:002006-05-18T20:57:00.000-04:00Curse you Scrivener. You and the time wasting dooh...Curse you Scrivener. You and the time wasting doohicky you rode in on.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197272725059259141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127653.post-1147982732633105492006-05-18T16:05:00.000-04:002006-05-18T16:05:00.000-04:00Oh my! What a way to blow 20 minutes! That name ...Oh my! What a way to blow 20 minutes! That name voyager thing is a time-suck for sure.<BR/><BR/>I've always liked your name, and down South at least, it still seems fairly uncommon. I know of only one other here.<BR/><BR/>As for my own girls, I named one Iris and one Lula. Iris is always told how pretty her name is, but Lula invariably gets a "WHAT did you say her name was? Lula?!? Oh. Hmmm. Well." It's a family name and was common in the early 1900's, but apparently now is nearly extinct.Sugarmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04425625624997484305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127653.post-1147965185699697082006-05-18T11:13:00.000-04:002006-05-18T11:13:00.000-04:00Have you played around with that "name voyager" do...Have you played around with that <A HREF="http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/" REL="nofollow">"name voyager"</A> doohicky?Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922358016805022637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127653.post-1147964500411720572006-05-18T11:01:00.000-04:002006-05-18T11:01:00.000-04:00When our oldest was born, there were a few names t...When our oldest was born, there were a few names that we liked but specifically avoided because they were too popular (like Emily). So we decided to name her Ella, after Ella Fitzgerald in the same way you were named after Lauren Bacall, and we met some resistance to the name from family and friends who said it sounded too old-fashioned and weird. In 2001, Ella did not even appear anywhere on the list of top names. Ella had never been one of the top 100 names for babies stretching back at least as far as the late 19th century, in fact.<BR/><BR/>But then a couple of weeks after she was born, I was sitting on the couch with her asleep on my chest watching E.R. and goddamned Dr. Green and his wife had their baby and named her Ella too. I literally woke Ella up yelling an expletive. By 2004, Ella was the 24th most popular name for girls. We've been running into Ellas nowadays--two people who work in my wife's firm named their daughters Ella last year.<BR/><BR/>When we named our second daughter Chloe, that wasn't quite so obscure as a name--it was #1 in France--but the name still wasn't on the lists in the states. It's now way high on the list too. When Chloe started daycare another girl came in jsut after she did who was not only also named Chloe but shared the same last initial, so we had to write her full name on everything we brought in.Scrivenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05922358016805022637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127653.post-1147946831551165132006-05-18T06:07:00.000-04:002006-05-18T06:07:00.000-04:00Amishlaw,I wanted to be named Caroline. After you ...Amishlaw,<BR/><BR/>I wanted to be named Caroline. After you can guess who.Lauren D. McKinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492156665800981450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127653.post-1147919660225804132006-05-17T22:34:00.000-04:002006-05-17T22:34:00.000-04:00From here on out, I'm going to call you Dillaye. ...From here on out, I'm going to call you Dillaye. Soon, everyone else in the world will call you that, too.Anjalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17469613639032593194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127653.post-1147906347444884552006-05-17T18:52:00.000-04:002006-05-17T18:52:00.000-04:00My best friend as a young girl was a Lauren. Laure...My best friend as a young girl was a Lauren. Lauren Gropp. We lived two doors away from each other and she and I and her sister Amy would play together all the time.<BR/><BR/>Thus, Lauren is one of my all-time-favorite names.Liz Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469435277058701080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127653.post-1147872093758834732006-05-17T09:21:00.000-04:002006-05-17T09:21:00.000-04:00At least your husband has a standard issue name. ...At least your husband has a standard issue name. (I'm talking about his last name, of course.) Did you ever wish you had a different name when you were a little girl? What was it?Crockheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08410758631825372736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127653.post-1147871367099408992006-05-17T09:09:00.000-04:002006-05-17T09:09:00.000-04:00Oops. It's Dillaye. Anglicized French. It was my m...Oops. It's Dillaye. Anglicized French. It was my mother's and grandmother's middle name, but as a surname it seems to be extinct.Lauren D. McKinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492156665800981450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9127653.post-1147868707895002482006-05-17T08:25:00.000-04:002006-05-17T08:25:00.000-04:00So what's your middle name?!!!So what's your middle name?!!!Domestic CEOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03090131982528105549noreply@blogger.com