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Personally I like names that will travel well. My children are Peter, Caroline and Beatrice, all good Christian names except that I haven't got a religious bone in my body and the same goes for my husband and kids. Beatrice has family significance, the others we just liked. And they feature in all the European languages/countries that we and the children are ever likely to visit, give or take a twitch to the pronunciation. If that means that their names feature in the Christian tradition, well that's tough. (Though I did avoid the charming name of two of my great-grandmothers: Christiana!)

• Did the name August/Augustus get mentioned in the Bible? - Lucille  Aug 2 2003, 6:09:41 AM
  • Re: Did the name August/Augustus get mentioned in the Bible? - Barbara  Aug 4 2003, 4:30:57 AM
  • Re: Did the name August/Augustus get mentioned in the Bible? - Anneza  Aug 4 2003, 12:31:17 AM
  • Re: Did the name August/Augustus get mentioned in the Bible? - Nanaea  Aug 2 2003, 1:30:05 PM
    • I'm an atheist. Therefore I'd like to give my future kids non-Christian and non-Biblical names. (nt) - Lucille  Aug 2 2003, 4:04:07 PM
      • Well then, you'd better steer clear of most Hindu names, too. As well as some lovely names from Classical Greek & Roman legend -- many of which have some association with god(s), ya know. ;) nt - Nanaea  Aug 2 2003, 5:20:58 PM
        • :-P I'll use Germanic names, the names of my ancestors (my family is originally from Germany). :-P (nt) - Lucille  Aug 2 2003, 6:06:19 PM
          • There are a whoooole lot of German saints' names you'll have to weed out then, not to mention names derived from the Teutonic pantheon... (more) - Nanaea  Aug 2 2003, 6:29:44 PM
            • Touché. :-) (nt) - Lucille  Aug 2 2003, 6:54:54 PM