This could be fun...
I'm Aradia Sunlight
my brother Alder Robin Rainsong
other brother Terran Twilight Nuadha
A sister Vahana Una Neckabit
another sister Trillium Mckenize
We were named mostly astologically, we all have our own last names. This has been fun explaining over and over again, my entire life. My mom is Daphne SingingTree.
We had two sisters in our community growning up called RunningWater and StarLight, Running Water grew up and changed her name to Rachel. And I don't really thing anyone blamed her.
Anyway, just thought I'd throw that out there.....
I'm Aradia Sunlight
my brother Alder Robin Rainsong
other brother Terran Twilight Nuadha
A sister Vahana Una Neckabit
another sister Trillium Mckenize
We were named mostly astologically, we all have our own last names. This has been fun explaining over and over again, my entire life. My mom is Daphne SingingTree.
We had two sisters in our community growning up called RunningWater and StarLight, Running Water grew up and changed her name to Rachel. And I don't really thing anyone blamed her.
Anyway, just thought I'd throw that out there.....
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Tue, July 25, 2006 - 6:39 AMWell, I was the first born and actually got the name that was supposed to be my uncle's, would he have been born a girl. haha. So my name is Alisa Beth with my mother's maiden name. My brother is Mota (spanish street slang for marijuana) with his father's last name. Then we have 2 sisters: Fern Wildflower and Willow Clearwater. All three of them have no middle name, and the girls have their own last names. I was going to name my son Ranier Keya Skye, but when he was born he just felt like "Skye"...no middle name. Yeah, it certainly becomes repetitive trying to explain family names and history. lol. -
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Tue, August 1, 2006 - 12:20 AMOh, goody, I love this game too! my real name at birth was Ravenmajel Liane Williams. My mother raised me around a spiritual brotherhood where changing one's name was common, so at age seven I became colleen williams for about ten years, I wanted to be normal LOL. Mom had to come up with something intersting to callme soit became Colleen Maureen Evangeline Exedrin for a while. My brother called me everything from Chlorine to Cauliflower.
But at age 17, being a bisexual and polyamorous faerie/hippy girl, I realized I would never be normal. So I went back to being Raven. My married last name was Usi and if you say it fast it comes out Raving Oozy, hahaha!
I went to hippy kid school from age 10-12, where there was a couple of otehr kids with fun names. There was a Vesta, an Osiris and a couple of native american sisters names Gypsy and Spooky. Later when I moved to Mt. Shasta I knew a woman who named her kids (in order of birth) Bumpus Mc-thumpus, Banshee woof (or wolf, never was sure which) Promise of Horses (promisee for short) and Seashell. -
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Thu, August 3, 2006 - 3:01 PMOk well my mom wanted to name me Sage but chickened out on the day of birth. She always told me that it was my true name, however, so I went back to it at 15 when I needed a stage name, and even more so at 18 for a playa name. Since then it has been my most common nickname, althought there are many. Most Sages I know are boys, however, so most hippie children giggle when I tell them my name.
Right now I know children named Jade, Tavis, Bay Rain, Rainie, River, Cedar, Ashlyn, and many more. I love when I ask a child their name and get an answer with some individuality. My child will NOT have a boring name. I wouldn't allow it. When someone tells me their name is Mike or David or Jessica, I am sure to forget it instantly and have to be reminded again and again, especially if there are a bunch at once. Let's hear it for uniqueness!!! -
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Thu, August 3, 2006 - 3:02 PMp.s. Aradia, your name is beautiful. What does it mean?
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Sat, February 17, 2007 - 8:34 PMthe day i was born my father was out hunting in the mountains of n new mexico where i was born.he was followed for two days by a golden eagle so he came back to their community all excited about this eagle .he came in to the adobe to see my mother and to meet me and told my mother all wild eyed i would be called Agilar or One Eagle,my mother gave him a look and said her name is Simone, look at her she's a Simone not an Agilar.so my name is Simone Agilar Rose Hickarita Peek .Hickarita peek is the mountain that watched over all of the beautifull madness that went on up there.some other names that i loved from there are Butte and Tiffle
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Thu, August 3, 2006 - 6:13 PMAriel Meadow Stallings
First name is from Shakespeare's The Tempest.
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Thu, August 3, 2006 - 9:55 PMI was born in 59 so I got a "normal" name when my parents were Beats same with my brother born in 62 but the baby of the family was named Taurus Christos which was pretty bizarre acording to white bread America but doesn't seem so far out to me..... -
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Wed, February 27, 2008 - 7:53 AM"my parents were Beats"
yup...us too
me and my sister
Me born in '68 got the name of an old friend...Alisa
My sister '63 got a name that was unusual then, and still is now...Daleth
I love it that my mother saw naming as such a deeply powerful thing. I am grateful to have a unique name.
And so it is with my two children. Both embody the energy the name carried.
Devin
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Thu, February 28, 2008 - 8:07 PMjust heard a really funny one that didn't quite stick, thank the gods and goddesses.
heard that a woman I know and like,who eventually had five children (the youngest'sbirthwas in SpiritualMidwifery,she'sex-farm... almost named her first or second son Purple Air because he was Aquarius (1968). or her partner wanted to...anyway,this other woman who became a midwife whois a mutual friend says she talked the mom ot of PrpleAir..."sounds like a fart!"
wonder whatSHE eats on bad days?
heh
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Sat, September 23, 2006 - 10:21 PMMy younger sister's name is Welcome. Some freinds were Cotton and Dipper.
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Fri, September 29, 2006 - 8:24 PMOoohhh... I love this game...
I grew up with lots of earthy names: Willow, River, Windy but I think my all time favourite is Porpoise.
Porpoise Lasar
I really respected that kid, cause he stuck by his name, even in a redneck highschool.
My mother also knew a kid named cheesewhiz, whizeroo for short.
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Mon, October 2, 2006 - 8:40 AMPorpoise and cheezewhiz... holy moly!
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Wed, October 4, 2006 - 9:40 AMMy last name is Fabricant.... and my parents ALOMOST named me Poly Esther. (This was in '75). I'm Elise instead - after the Beethoven song... -
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Wed, October 4, 2006 - 12:45 PM*whew!* (wipes brow) THAT was close!
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Sat, October 14, 2006 - 8:46 AMMy name is Bree from the Lord of the Rings, but its a common name now, brianna and stuff. I was born in San Francisco in the back of a VW bus (almost made it to the hospital) moved to oregon and was raised with 2 goats in the backyard for the goat milk. Brown rice, tofu, cleansing, before it became 'hip'. now i get really excited to buy sugar cereal! such a treat!
growing up i went to this preschool where clothing was optional, my friends now call it naked preschool. My best friends were sisters named blueberry and huckleberry. poor kids. -
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Mon, October 16, 2006 - 10:39 AMNaked preschool? COOL! Where can I find one for when I have kids?
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Tue, November 14, 2006 - 10:10 AMMy name is Lacey Field Fulton, and my little brother is Jubal Fortune Fulton.....though we had kids in the community with names like Netune RainbowBlessing, Manue and Dorje, Aia, Appolonia, the usual Solstices and Summers, I think we had a girl named Meadow. I love hippy names, and am really lucky that I like mine.
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Thu, November 16, 2006 - 2:41 PMI got to pick my own name.. crazy huh? My folks named me James Stephen after my Dad's dad.. (jim was his name) but my Mom didn't like that very much. No clue where the middle name came from since there are no STEPHENS in my family. Granpa's middle name was STEEN.
When I was finally able to communicate :) (hmm.. as if i still can.. lol) my friends Dad (whom I consider my spiritual father) (who helped raise me) let me choose a new name for myself..
I chose Jim for my first name since thats what everyone called me (or Jim/Jimmy/Jimbo) .. but for my middle name I choose "STRAW" which is from two places.. my Hair.. and my last name/ first name combo..
I miss him . . Peace
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Wed, November 29, 2006 - 11:22 PMWow...I thought Galya Mai was unusual. When I was young I was always jealous of my sister Anna who had the 'normal' first name...though she hated her middle name 'Wood' and later changed it to the more feminine 'Rosewood.' The running joke in my family was to say..."Well Galya Mai, but Anna Wood! -
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Fri, December 1, 2006 - 9:08 PMThat reminds me of a time I was watching Star search and Ed McMayhan introduced the next supermodel contestant (read: vanna white wanna-be) as BLUEBERRY! I couldn't believe a girl who looked like that was named blueberry! I couldn't decide if that was funny or cruel and unusal punishement; or just sadistic parents? She certainly looked good enough to eat, but I couldn't imagine the kind of attention she must have gotten.
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Thu, November 30, 2006 - 9:21 AMi have a brother summer simon. . . george root . . . most of the kids born at our commune were given biblical names. . .
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Mon, January 29, 2007 - 10:51 AMThese are great!
My older half brother was born in a hospital and they made my mother fill out the birth certificate before she went home with him, so he ended up getting names after his father and mom's father, both who were named Robert. Since neither of them was around, there was never any confusion.
Since I was born in a house, my mom took her time finding the right name for me. By the time I was 6 months old, she was running the kitchen of an alternative school and youth hostel, and I still did not have a name. Apparently, my mom had been trying names, but none of them stuck. One of the woman there was learning hindu music and asked her teacher to come give a concert at the school. The teacher was playing with "the baby" and asked my mom when she was going to name me. When she told him she was taking suggestions he gave her "Ragani" to try out. It is the feminine form of the hindu word "raga" which is a musical term relating to melody. My mom tried it out and has been calling me that ever since.
The funny thing for me is that my older brother is Robert, and my younger siblings are Michael and Lisa (they were born much later and to my dad). I am the only one with a hippie name in the family.
I was not, however, given a middle name, so I later chose Anna as one to use when I needed a more simple name to give. I only really used it as a first name for a short time when I was 12.
As for those I have known through the years, Hallelujah is the only one that comes to mind right now. Hmm... I went to school with a Cedar who was named after where she was conceived (under a cedar tree).
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Wed, January 31, 2007 - 4:17 PMHi everybody. My name is Spring Willow. My parents lived in a tree house until about three weeks before I was born. My younger brothers are Will Sylvan and Drew Shephard, but now my favorite name ever is Porpoise. That's genious! -
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Tue, March 6, 2007 - 8:46 PMMy mom the midwife did deliver a baby named Lobila Pancake.
That's my favorite ever.
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Fri, March 9, 2007 - 12:28 PMIm Shastina Rose Ann-Wallace
its not that out there, but it was checked for numerology and what not.
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Mon, March 19, 2007 - 6:46 AMi got a normal name, though got called moonbeam, rainbow, and meadow etc etc at school cause i was the only kid wearing anything tie dyed... but some my favorites are Hyla (my best friend's daughter) Fen, and Mugwump (yes, i am not making this up, i met a couple who named their son Mugwump...he was a cutie) -
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Wed, April 4, 2007 - 4:51 PMI wasn't raised in a community, but live in one now...the children of those on the land and friends
mine Madrona Dawn and Elijah Mayim
then we have Tanner, Keira, Blue, Cianna, Eadian(I don't think I spelled it right),Gavin, Willow, Juniper, Fenix,Ariol,Raven, Silas,Trillium,Beorn....I won't go into the extended family.
I'm Natalia Dawn...its an old Van Morrison song.
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Fri, May 4, 2007 - 5:40 PMCaleb. Knew a Summer and Geovanni on a commune I was 5-7 yrs. old in Mendocino in 1971-3. -
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Mon, May 21, 2007 - 8:01 AMI spent a lot of my childhood on a commune by the Missouri river. My father named me Yvonne because he thought French women were sexy and named my sister Grace after Grace Slick. My daughters are Isis Calypso Inez and Ember Briseis Elaine. My son is Kieran Roan. Hippies......the whole lot of us. I have always been called a little hippie chile. -
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Thu, May 24, 2007 - 4:33 PMMy mother was a hippie and even though none of us were commune babies, we still all had hippie names. My name is Indigo NineSkies. I have a brother named Cosmos River, and 2 sisters, Kaliko Rain and Zen Wildflower. I have a son named Solstanice. Some of my sisters and brothers kids? Roxi, Jasmine, Tequila Rose (first name), Georgia Peach, Romeo, Karma Liberty, and Marley (after Bob). I guess it can be genetic! -
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Fri, June 1, 2007 - 6:26 PMOh....Kentucka Dawn and Phoenix Spirit Rose.
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Sat, June 16, 2007 - 7:31 PMI have brothers named Rock, Day, and Arlo. Rock's daughters are Zoe & Nike (Goddess names). Day's daughters are Deija, Morgen & Evening. I gave one of my son's the name Wulf which is a family surname after my great grandfather, and named another Kiernan Bjorn.
I love interesting names, thanks for asking.
Æri
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Sun, July 29, 2007 - 4:54 PMOk, this is a way ancient post but I have to add to this. I believe my friends names take the frickin hippie pot pie. YO.
Ok. My favourite of all time is (or was when we were teenagers) a delicate, rocker stoner chick named Revolutionary Hope. Viva. She went by Revi.
The two hardest names to live with were Yippee and Swallow. He became John when he could but now goes by Yippee again. Swallow is Oseama Swallow and she married a guy whos last name is Wood. She thought it was all too porn so they changed their name to Heartwood. We lovingly teased her and called her o-semen-swallow-hard-wood. Oops. Now she is with Ryder, or Ride-her as he is affectionately known. Swallow changged her name for a short while when we were teenagers as did many of the folks on the list. All my love and respect! They have great humour and love their names.
I know a Sunny (side up), Calmand Eazy (over), Freedom Windchild, Cinnamon (not a hippy kid), Star, Sky, Leaf, Moss, Shanti, Happy Apple Blue Feather, Eva November Sea Ember Crazy Tree and my great friend Jesseca Johanna Lysastrata Divina and her three siblings Snowflower, Fawn Robin and Morning Sun. My brothers are Jeremy Sage Moving Sky and Ishi Naom.
Lets see Star claims she met a Yoni and Lingam as a kid at some festival...
I know a Kachina Lightening, Cosima, Saphira, Shellana, Dove, Neema, Gillia(previous 4 all siblings) Shoshanna,Rambling Rose, Shadow (last name Light), a couple of Orion's, Anime, Juniper, Tanyth, Rainbow, Starling Karuna, Mopsy, Hoatie, Vishva, Aramis, Venus, Sunmoon, Honour, Soleil and I could really go on but thats lots....My love and devotion to you all who have been named.
My only advice to new age hippies or freaks who wish to name from the heart is to give at least one innocous name like Bob or a pretty sound like Sala before you throw in the starchild windflowing stuff. O, I am Maili -
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Sun, July 29, 2007 - 5:02 PMOops, I forgot Bloodroot. For real. ANd it seems us hippy kids have a penchant for naming our kids in this same way. Jesseca named her boy Bowen Arbutus. My brother just named his boy Ibex. Ok. I can go on but I won't. Peace! -
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Sun, July 29, 2007 - 9:29 PMHeehee, you've reminded me of some of the chosen names I've heard people take, over the years: Slant, Starchild, Stardust, Jokie, Squirrel boy, Starfire and Cactus Flower. And here are a few I have used as special names for myself: Paraquat, Nebula, Charisma the clown, just to name a few.
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Sun, August 19, 2007 - 10:05 PMI am visiting friends and my dearest friend has just told us that her son Skookumchuk (age 30) had a belly name that changed when they met him.
He was almost named Wahoo Stone Monkey Flower.
Awesome!
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Sun, August 26, 2007 - 10:13 PMWell my name is Amber...I had a best friend named Jade..My Great Grandmother's name was Sara Fairy..When I have children I already have picked out Iris Pearl (for the Rainbow Goddess and my GG) and Pan Reed (for the Horned God and my Grandfather)