Appropriate Names for Half-Human/ Half-Vampire Babies

Half-human/ half-vampire baby Renesmee's photo taken from this fan site.

So I finished the last of the wretchedly addictive Twilight saga last night -- it was kind of like eating four giant chocolate cakes one after the other or maybe four pot roasts and now I am feeling more than a little sick. Also: I have been suffering through lots of vivid but not particularly frightening vampire dreams. My head cold has turned into a painful sinus infection and I had to finally give in and start taking tylenol and a decongestant, which apparently acts as a stimulant, so perhaps that helps explain all the dreaming. I'm thinking it's why the baby has been kicking so hard. My teeth are killing me, especially one of my eye teeth, which seems fitting. I'll start antibiotics on Monday if this isn't getting any better by then as I cannot imagine undergoing either a c-section or a normal delivery in this state.

Obviously, now that I've read the final book and (spoiler) discovered that Bella gives birth to a half-human/half-vampire child, I can no longer write the vampire/baby allegory I was hoping would make my fortune. Great minds think alike or dull ones seldom differ, whichever. I will say that it's probably not a good idea to read the baby's birth scene/Bella's death as a human scene when you are only weeks away from giving birth yourself. I'll post an excerpt for the Babies in Literature series when I can stomach reading that section again. But half-human/half-vampire babies apparently tear their way out of the womb with their teeth.

I was amused by how Bella came up with her baby's name, as it also echoes some of my own ideas about trying to honour grandparents. She combined her own mother's name, Renee, and Edward's adoptive vampire mother's name, Esme, and came up with Renesmee. (Maybe we should go with something like Ruthinda. Or Luntha.) Astonishingly, Bella managed to go even further than that, by combining her father's name, Charlie, with Edward's vampire dad's Carlisle, to make Carlie, which she used as a middle name. Impressive feat, wouldn't you say? (We'd have to go with Jurray or Mohn or some variation thereof.) I'm wondering if we're going to see some actual Renesmees when the final movie comes out -- I've heard tell of the odd Trinity since The Matrix came out ten years ago. As of yet, Nameberry has no entry for Renesmee. Must remember to give Pam the heads-up.

Comments

[Diana]

Have you tried the netipot for your sinuses? My colds always turn into big achey booger things that never go away, and I try to never take drugs, especially when I was pregnant. Anyway, you wash out your boogers with salt water and then the bacteria can't live in there, and you can breathe easier for awhile. (and you have to get the special salt for it) It just feels weird the first time you do it, and then it is strangely pleasant.

http://www.amazon.com/Himalayan-Institute-Original-Neti-Ceramic/dp/B000WJIC3G/ref=pd_bxgy_hpc_text_c

[Aishwarya]

I'm wondering if we're going to see some actual Renesmees when the final movie comes out -- I've heard tell of the odd Trinity since The Matrix came out ten years ago.

See here.

[Aishwarya]

Did that link not post? Here: http://community.livejournal.com/twilight_sucks/217060.html

[babelbabe]

i liked when Bella says, If it's a boy, it'll be EJ. like, what, is she smoking crack? time to move to the trailer park with your wolf boyfriend, honey.

[hush]

Renesmee sounds like a very kre8tiv, Utah-ish name to me, surprise, surprise. It could be the next Jayden (cringe) in the next 5-10 years when all of the teen fans of the series become parents. But then again, naming for relatives cuts against many of today's trends (names picked for their sound/style only, surnames ending in -n as male firstnames, etc.) so who knows?

For a great blog about names (& and even better book):
http://www.babynamewizard.com/namipedia/girl/renesmee

[Perfectly Disgraceful]

Is that name not the worst? I couldn't even skim over it like I did with all the chuckling and smirking, not to mention the Furious Stares of Rage.

All the other names in the book are lovely and normal and then BANG, Mormom world.

[melanie]

That name made me want to poke my eyes out every time I read it. Not only that but Esme was my second choice for my daughters name and was still in the running should we ever have a second girl but now I don't know - it just rubs me the wrong way. Chances are my Esme would be in a class with a Renesmee.

[hair clips]

The name is somewhat odd, I think.... I don't know. I like the middle name Carlie. =)

[vampire art]

I think a german name would sound cool for a half human half vampire.

[team edward!!]

renesmee sounds like it could be a plant
or mayybe im just thinking of rosemarry...i have a friend named trinity,i assume her parents have been watching "the matrix"