Some of these names I ended up using for characters in short stories/pseudonyms in essays, etc. Most of them I would consider giving a child in the future; some I can only see on the page.
Names for a Girl:
1. Ruby Blue (after the song by Róisín Murphy) with the Hebrew name of Ruth (after my great-aunt and the Biblical Ruth).
2. Lydia (I first heard of the name in a book I read in 5th grade about a New England mill girl).
3. Leah. I like the way it sounds and feel the Biblical Leah doesn't get fair recognition.
4. Chana (Hebrew version of Hannah). Pretty name that goes with a good story about prayer.
5. Adelaide/Adelheid. These seem better for middle names/literary characters because they're hard to spell but I love the meaning ("noble kind") and how they sound.
Names for a Boy:
1. Daniel. Nice name shared by a lion-surviving prophet and one of my best friends.
2. Joseph.
3. Reuben.
4. Mordechai. Comes with a nickname — Motti — that works well both in childhood and adulthood.
5. Benjamin.
Looking at a list of popular boys' names for 2007 (http://www.thinkbabynames.com/popular/1/United+States), I would like to know how Logan is #17 and Jayden is #18. Coming from the Boston area, when I hear Logan I think "airport," and somehow Jayden sounds like the name of someone in a trashy teen drama (as in "I saw Jayden at Madison's locker!") or a character in a sci-fi movie. Although I think part of the reason I don't like it is that it sounds like Jason.
There were some interesting girls' names too, but nothing too weird aside from Destiny (which was #41, 5 spots ahead of my name).
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