I love these baby name threads. I have so many names I have loved over the years, but alas we are stopping at 2 kids:
Lorelei Anna, nickname Rory (yes, like the Gilmore Girls)
(Laura lie not Laura lee)
Katia Candace, nick name Kit Kat
(kah tee ah with the first syllable stressed)
Anna was one of my grandmother's names, Candace was my mom's...both are deceased.
Our boy name was Karsten Jonas
I like different names or foreign sounding names, but not "made up" names.
I know both will be plagued with a lot of mispronunciations. Oh well. My name ia a little different too and I still like it.