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Topic: Best name for the daughter of a space fan?
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Captain Apollo
Member Posts: 265
From: UK
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 09-11-2004 09:17 AM
   
Best name for the daughter of a space fan? Can you guess? |
micropooz
Member Posts: 1551
From: Washington, DC, USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 09-11-2004 09:43 AM
Valentina? |
Philip
Member Posts: 6069
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 09-11-2004 10:17 AM
Valentina, Svetlana, Kathy, Peggy. |
eurospace
Member Posts: 2632
From: Berlin, Germany
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 09-11-2004 10:21 AM
Columbia? Molly Brown? Sally, Shannon, Judy, Rhea, Tammy, Janice, Bonnie, Ellen, Marsha, Stephanie, Peggy? Astra? Luna? Martia? Saturnia? Jupita? |
John K. Rochester
Member Posts: 1292
From: Rochester, NY, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 09-11-2004 10:47 AM
Maggie? (M for Mercury, A for Apollo, G for Gemini.) |
Matt T
Member Posts: 1370
From: Chester, Cheshire, UK
Registered: May 2001
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posted 09-11-2004 10:54 AM
Yuri Gagarinetta? Nelly Armstrong? |
icarkie
Member Posts: 618
From: BURTON ON TRENT /England
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 09-11-2004 11:36 AM
Andromeda, or Venus, or if you want to go 60's retro Moonbeam. |
Rodina
Member Posts: 836
From: Lafayette, CA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 09-11-2004 11:50 AM
Astrid might work without being too distracting. |
cosmos-walter
Member Posts: 702
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 09-11-2004 12:14 PM
When our son was born, my wife and I named him Michael. His godfather is an Italy fan. He wanted to call him Vito. I said: If my brother-in law calls him Vito, I call him Wladimir — after my friend Vladimir Kovalyonok. Now our son has three Christian names: Michael Vito Wladimir. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3171
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-11-2004 01:07 PM
From Bill Anders' website: Their sixth child came after the Air Force and Space program and is the only child born to "post lunar flight" parents. Since Bill's mission focus during the space program was the moon, Bill and Valerie's sixth child and second daughter was named Diana, the Greek moon goddess. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4263
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 09-11-2004 02:10 PM
Buzz is not gender specific, is it? |
moonunit
Member Posts: 14
From: New Jersey
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 09-11-2004 03:03 PM
Aurora would be a great name. |
Rizz
Member Posts: 1208
From: Upcountry, Maui, Hawaii
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 09-11-2004 04:08 PM
Star.Or Genesis - you can call her Genny for short. |
Laura
Member Posts: 23
From: Memphis, TN
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted 09-11-2004 05:11 PM
Hmm. If the mother wants to be conservative with the name — that is, she doesn't want to give the baby a rare name that can be misspelled or attract constant questions — then I would suggest names of female astronauts. Eileen, Wendy, and several others mentioned above would work out great. Just whatever sounds good with your last name and whatever makes you happy. If I may make a suggestion, don't name her Moon Unit or Lunar Module McGee. |
spaced out
Member Posts: 3129
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 09-11-2004 06:21 PM
Following on from the Aurora suggestion, how about Faith (MA-9)?Or stretching it a bit further - Kitty (Kitty Hawk, AS-14). By the way, to answer Rick's question, yes Buzz is gender-specific, as it was his sister's way of saying "brother" that got him the nickname. Not great for a girl. |
Rob Joyner
Member Posts: 1308
From: GA, USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 09-11-2004 08:58 PM
- Collins
- Anders
- Paddy
- Story
- Rhonda Vous
- Zira (planet of the apes)
- Kathryn
- Nova (planet of the apes)
- Nichelle (star trek)
- Leia (star wars)
- Sky
- Teresh Kova
- Altaira (forbidden planet)
- Weena (the time machine)
- Nasa
- Ripley (alien)
- Truly
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Scott
Member Posts: 3308
From: Houston, TX
Registered: May 2001
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posted 09-11-2004 11:01 PM
Christa, Kathryn, Shannon, etc.Just make sure it's not off the wall (e.g., Yurina, etc.) or she might be pretty steamed at you when she gets older. |
micropooz
Member Posts: 1551
From: Washington, DC, USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 09-11-2004 11:05 PM
If you do decide to pick a name that will get her steamed at you, go all out — Gus!!! |
Captain Apollo
Member Posts: 265
From: UK
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 09-12-2004 05:31 AM
Well, my vote was for.... Eva (EVA, geddit?) |
flyboy
Member Posts: 30
From: Kansas City,MO,USA
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 09-24-2004 06:33 PM
How about Gemini, Gem for short. |
Kirsten
Member Posts: 536
From: Delft, Netherlands
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 09-24-2004 09:03 PM
Living in the UK: why not Helen? Or, being a European: what about Ariane?
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BobbyA
Member Posts: 147
From: Northern Virginia
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 09-24-2004 11:54 PM
How about Jean, after Gene Cernan? |
spaceman
Member Posts: 1126
From: Walsall, West Midlands, UK
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 10-10-2020 11:46 AM
Reviving this 2004 thread, we played some part in our daughter choosing 'Luna' for our granddaughter. We certainly love her to the moon and back. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4263
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 10-10-2020 01:39 PM
My youngest daughter's nickname is "Snoopy". Does that count? |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 1042
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 10-10-2020 01:46 PM
Cassiopeia |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1330
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 10-10-2020 01:55 PM
I'm assuming "Gus" was never in play here. |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3219
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 10-10-2020 03:12 PM
Only "in play" for the daughter of a tennis fanatic, rather than a space-nut. (That will provoke a lot of Googling!) |
rjurek349
Member Posts: 1203
From: Northwest Indiana
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 10-10-2020 08:45 PM
quote:
Originally posted by spaceman:
...we played some part in our daughter choosing 'Luna' for our granddaughter.
I once received a letter from a NASA administrative assistant named Stella Luna — and I thought, what a perfect name for someone who works at NASA! If you put the two words together — as children's book author Janell Cannon in 1993 did — you get the name Stellaluna (meaning, literally, "star and moon"), which is gaining traction as a name for girls. So I love the fact that your daughter chose the name Luna. It has a lovely, magical tonal quality to it. |
MarylandSpace
Member Posts: 1374
From:
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 10-10-2020 11:26 PM
I had difficulty coming up for a space name for my Scottish Terrier and I named her Sally Ride. This was before Dr. Ride died. |
AstronautBrian
Member Posts: 298
From: Louisiana
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 10-14-2020 03:38 PM
Buzzalina |
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