The daughter and the Name (your opinions please!)

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<p>I know a child named Ruby. She’s a smart, cute, funny little kid. She’ll pull it off.</p>

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<p>I have a niece named Ruby. The parents have picked unusual names for their kids & we have a very ethnic Eastern European surname. Whatever floats your boat, I guess.</p>

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<p>I knew a couple back in the '60s who named their children after their first utterance (cries didn’t count I presume). I think the oldest was named something like “Zu-chiii.” I’ve often wondered if he kept it.</p>

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<p>Ruby is a very up and coming name. I know several little girls with that moniker. Other old fashioned girls’ names making a comeback include: Stella, Ella and Ava.</p>

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<p>Conyat: Weird. </p>

<p>My niece’s mother (my sister-in-law) is from a country in Eastern Europe, so she has a first name from that country. It’s very unusual in the US and could be confused with a common US name, so they spelled it a little differently than they normally would to make it phonetically clear. It’s a beautiful name, though, and the spelling doesn’t look strange at all. They’re having another baby in a couple of months, and I hope that the new baby will get a name from that country as well. (If you’re curious about the name or country, feel free to PM me or search through my past posts. I’ve definitely mentioned the country before. :))</p>

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<p>Here are a few fun ethnic first names of kids we know in Europe –</p>

<p>Germany:<br>
Tassilo (very common)
Konstantin
Gudrun (girls’ name, umlauts over u’s)
Felix
Marnix
Montague (first name)
Mait (girl)
Gisela (pron. GEEZ-uluh)
Ludo
Mauritz (very common)
Lambert
Maximilian
Xaver (pron. ks-AH-ver)
Timotheus
Sergej
Fieter
Boaz
Gertrud
Ermelin
Traudl</p>

<p>France:
Ludovic
Cyril
Severine
Sixtine
Cedric
Agathe
Odile
Annick (girl)
Yannick (boy)</p>

<p>United Kingdom:
Siobhan (girl’s name, pron. She-VAWN)
Aoife (girl’s name, pronounced EE-fah)
Montgomery (first name)
Schuyler (SKY-ler)
Gwion</p>