Top 40 Halloween Baby Names!

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It is finally October, so it is perfectly fine for me to talk about this subject out loud, but let’s be honest, I’ve been talking about fall since the beginning of summer! When it comes to this post in general, I’ve had to keep it hidden so people wouldn’t think I was that kook-y, but my family members knew its appearance was coming soon.

This will be in the same format as my post about the possible names of The Duke and Duchess of Sussex could name their little one. Unfortunately, I was somewhat wrong with my picks but I did get one part right, their baby boy is named after Prince Harry, just not with a name that I expected at the time, but now I really like it and everything fits well, as it’s both American and British worthy! Anyways, I will talk about eight different names from both sexes and explain why I believe each one could work for all seasons!

I think I might have went a little overzealous with this picture, but in my defense, I had a lot more names that I could have included but I decided that would be too much for me. A lot of these names are full-on Halloween themed, whereas some are not, and they are very subtle to the point where you can hide the meaning behind it. I wanted to respect everybody’s point of view with the ones I’ve selected.

Now, as I’ve successfully put this banner on here, and considering how careful I was on how everybody was straight from top to bottom, I have already found a mistake. If I hadn’t put four fairly large sections I would actually attempt to fix it, but there’s nothing I can do so if you spot it, please have a little laugh on me!

Here are the 16 names that I thought deserved a little loving, and maybe they’ll be an inspiration to you and your partner to give to your newly witch or goblin.

Abigail Rose – I think the name “Abigail” is a beautiful name. It is a very timeless, but if you are familiar with the account of the Salem Witch Trails in the 1600’s, then you might remember that one of the first people to accuse a person for being a witch was a young girl by the name of Abigail Williams. Whether or not you believe in witchcraft or if she was making it up, the name is a beautiful example of having a spooky disguise as it is still classy and elegant but there’s this little hint of history within it too.

Daphne Grace – You might not think of this as a Halloween-ish type of name, but I do. I grew up watching the Scooby-doo cartoons and out of all of the names featured on the show, this was my only favorite. I have never liked the nickname Freddie for Frederick so that is why I didn’t include it on the boys side either. Since the show was created in the late 1960’s, it still has that hippie flare that some people might enjoy.

Ingrid Alexandra – This one was inspired the character Ingrid from Witches Of East End and yes, that was one of the reasons why I also put Freya on there too, but there was a character on The Originals with that same name, but they were all witches on their shows. The other reason why I chose to use it here was because everytime I think or hear of the name Ingrid, I immediately think of the color green. I would love to read up on auras and what they mean, especially if they can appear on words or baby names, because this happens a lot and I’m always at a loss to explain the reasoning for it.

Marnie Olivia – I actually worked on the banner above back in spring, but I had switch it out purely because I forgot to put “Marnie” on the list! I think it is an important name to this post because nobody would know it was a Halloween inspired name unless they have all of the Halloweentown films growing up! I have added “Agatha” to the girl’s side too, but I think this is a quirky name to give a little girl for the witch-y vibes!

Nercissa Louise – It was so difficult not to include a whole bunch of Harry Potter characters into this post, so I was very proud with the amount that ended up making it! I really love the name Nercissa, but I’m not really sure why though. A part of me thinks it’s because it feels like a classic but has this dark flare about it too.

Prudence Alice – Now when I went to include this one to my list, I figured people would think I put it on there because of my obsession with The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, but it’s not. I generally loved it as “Prue” on the original Charmed series. I always envied her power on the show too! This is another really old name too, it actually dates back to the 1600’s, around of the time of the Salem Witch Trails!

Selene Brooke – I’ve known about this name for a long time because before my dad brought home Oliver, we had a cat named Selene. She was originally my Aunt Laurie’s but somehow she gave her to us. Selene was mostly an outside cat. She was very shy and very pretty! I remember being bitten a couple of times after trying to get close to her. After a few months, we think she took off because we never saw her again. I think my mom tried to hold off a few days before making that announcement because she really loved her!

It would be a long time before I hear the name again, but for different circumstances; this time it came from the Underworld films! I still love the name as it sounds really dark and mysterious 

Wilhelmina Amalia – Now, you might not associate this one with fall or Halloween at first, but I found out late in 2018 that the name Wilhelmina was one of the characters in a little animation show on Boomerang called “Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz”. She is the Wicked Witch Of The East’s niece that basically wants to finish what her aunt started. The TV show is cute, but I think I loved the name better!

Now that we have the girl side done, we can move on to talk about the boy names that I have picked out for you. I had a lot more word names for this part because I just haven’t been inspired to use them for the girls yet. They all just sound masculine to me, but you could still use them for girls too, so don’t go with what I tell you because these are my opinions too.

Alchemy Paul – The boys were pretty easy as I have always loved adding a more spooky flare to their names compared to the girls. I wasn’t too keen on this one at first, but I think once I figured out it is apart of both the historical and science worlds, it makes me love it a lot more. It even reminds me of my papaw too!

Byron William – If you love Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and John William Polidori’s The Vampyre,you really need to take a closer look on what inspired both of these works. The story goes that Lord Byron brought a big group of novelists to stay in a villa and share stories. He even challenged to create the scariest story they could write and this is the beginning of history. So, if you enjoy the English name Byron but want to give it some spooky flare, here you go!

Harvest Roy – A lot of people are loving this name lately! However, the only way I’ve seen it used as a girl name. I have never loved it for a girl, everything about it makes me think of a guy! It might have something to do with football, tagliatelle parties, beer always coming into my head when I say it out, but I just love it this way. I would also only use it with smaller middle names too! 

Jasper Augustus – Out of all the Twilight names that I had in my original list, this was my ultimate favorite of the bunch! Jasper and Carlyle were my favorites on the movies, but I think Jasper is both classic and cool at the same time! 

Marius Bernhardt – When I went about creating this list, I wanted to make sure I represented all of the Halloween-y movies as I could so that I had a wide array of names to pull from, so thankfully I’ve been trying to watch the ones of Anne Rice’s books. There were plenty to use in this post, but one that I really liked the most was Marius. It is such a mysterious name but you could easily use “Mars” for a nickname though!

Poe Lafayette – There is no chance in hell am I leaving out the King of Halloween literature: Edgar Allen Poe. I thought his first and middle names were too common to be on here, but Poe is a great way to honor him. I would definitely use it as a first name, but I think it could work anywhere you want to put it. 

Wolf Travis – A part of me wanted to use “Wolfgang” for the list, but I thought it would be too much. Personally, I love that way but using “Wolf” as a nickname. I love older names compared some of the popular trends. Whatever way you prefer, I think it is a strong name for this time of the year. 

Viktor Campbell – I wasn’t going to use multiple names for the same book or movie, but the more I started picking out ones I wanted to talk about on this section, I quickly became aware that I wasn’t going to get by with it. This name is featured on the Underworld series with this spelling, but I like it with the original “Victor” for the creator of the monster on Frankenstein. It is a very serious name but I like it that way!

We are finally done with this post. This is my final baby names post for the year, or at least we’ll see! I might find another tag or talk about my favorite names of the year, but we’ll see what happens in the meantime!

How did you like all of the names above? If you were able to use any of them for a baby or maybe a pet, which one(s) would you use?

6 Halloween Movies For Teens!

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So, this post will generated for the teenagers in your life that want to explore the mysterious and possibly a little blood for this Halloween! There is not a cartoon movie on it, and I did that for a reason. No teen wants to watch a kiddie film, but I also didn’t want to go too far because despite the whole rating of PG-13, I know some parents will not approve really violent movies either, so I’m hoping I’ve picked out a well-balanced batch of films to satisfy their ever-maturing tastes!

Beetlejuice (1988)

In my last post, I talked about the fact that I was influenced by my sister and our friends to watch several of the films I had listed, but for this, all but the last two, I fell in love while watching them with my mom. Beetlejuice being the main boss, and even now if one of us see it on our guide, we’ll record it. However, I wasn’t a real fan of the character Beetlejuice, he used to scare the living daylights out of me! As an adult, I enjoy the dark tones throughout the movie. The abstract art (I know) and how much black Lydia wore in the film, but my ultimate favorite part is when Adam and Barbara go down into the underworld, I don’t know why I’ve always liked it but I do.

This is definitely not a kid-friendly movie as I remember watching it before I was the age of seven, and as I said, I was absolutely afraid of it. There are still scenes that make me uncomfortable, but for the most part I can get through it in one piece! It’s really funny, all of the characters are different and add an comical element to every scene. So, this is a good middle ground film for teens.

The Addams Family (1991)

Here’s an interesting tale for you, I actually remember watching the old black and white Addams Family episodes on TV Land years ago! I’m pretty sure I watched them with my papaw but I could be wrong too. Anyways, the films are very beloved between my parents and I, I’m not quite sure about Blondie as her tastes have always been in the adults section compared to mine, but she could still love it I guess! I think the first is the best, even though I do think the attempted killings of the baby brother in the second movie are pretty hilarious! For me, I just enjoy the weird brotherly bond between Gomez and Finister, and you should already know what I think about Gomez and his wife Morticia. She’s one of the fiercest women ever!

The Addams Family in many forms is usually very fun to watch, because you don’t want to believe that there are people out in the world like that, but in reality there are! They are also in many forms all around the continent, but the movies that came out in the 90’s are still interesting despite being close to 30 years old now! They’re fun movies and should be respected as such I think.

Casper (1995)

I have never met a person who doesn’t love the character Casper! If I was a ghost, lonely as can be, I’d probably do the same thing he did and force somebody to bring me a friend! I think the film in general is so good, and definitely a guilty pleasure for sure! There are scenes that are real serious but the majority of it is flat out hilarious! My favorite scene is when Casper cooks Kat breakfast, and basically scares her for the second time!

I know if a teenager is reading this post and wondering why I’d put this on here, is because it does still have some ominous elements featured, such as death, performing exorcisms, and the downside to the haunting of ghosts. It’s a nice medium of in between being a pure kid movie to a young adult, mostly because for the rowdy and slightly mean uncles: Stretch, Stinky and Fatso!

Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire (2005)

I really adore the Harry Potter films, but I had to really think of one that could fit this list, and the only one that has always made me feel uncomfortable is Harry Potter and The Goblet Of Fire mainly because of the games and how disturbing and serious the ending was when Voldemort’s physical form was shown and of course the death of Cedric Diggory.

There is a lot of graphic violence in every movie, but I always thought this was probably the worst because it was the first time where a beloved character was killed off in the story. I feel it would be too much for a young kid to watch that scene because it is pretty intense. I’m not saying the death of both Sirius Black and Dumbledore wasn’t that bad, I mean, they clearly were to everyone, but this was different. The whole tone of this film was darker and got you ready for what was to come later in the rest of the movies.

Twilight (2008)

Twilight came out before the premiere of The Vampire Diaries so it wasn’t even on my radar until about 2011, and I finally gave in and watched it for the first time because everybody around me, family included, kept driving me crazy about who I liked the most and when I didn’t have an answer to their question, they’d freak out! However, I’d get away with it once they found out I liked TVD, so that was my saving grace at the time! Anyways, I think the first movie and the final part of Breaking Dawn are my favorites! They both have different directors, so there are scenes that I think are perfect to set the tones apart.

Despite for the outside vampires: Laurent, Victoria and James it is actually really clean. You do have to keep in mind that it is about vampires and werewolves, so you know there will be lots of blood and graphic violence involved. The first film is the ideal teenager fantasy based, especially if your teen hasn’t watched anything like this before. I don’t recommend letting them watch part one of Breaking Dawn for the sex scenes featured in the story!

Dark Shadows (2012)

I watched this for the first time ever last Halloween! I decided that I was going to watch all of the spooky movies that appeared on Freeform that year, and this was the only one that I actually liked out of the four films! I really liked all of the female actors, they all had strong roles but my favorite was Michelle Pfeitter as Elizabeth Collins Stoddurd, she was intimating as hell, but then again I’ve always said that about Michelle! She scares me. Johnny Depp’s character Barnabas was creepy, but I thought he was a funny guy too. I’ve always had a tough time watching a Johnny Depp film, especially when he dresses up in full make up and basically transform into this other being that you can barely recognize him.

This is a perfect vampire based movie for teens that I could find, because it wasn’t too bloody but it still had those scary moments that (maybe not) everybody loves to watch during this time of the year! It was entertaining and kept my attention, even through the many, many commercials. I also know that the network probably took out the gory scenes, maybe that’s the reason why I enjoyed it so much! If you’re worried about that too, it might be better to have your teen watch it on that channel too.

I am not going to lie, but I am happy to be done with this section! It was pretty difficult to come up with films that I’ve watched more than once and that could be counted for teenagers! I was always afraid of paranormal things growing up and I can barely get through Ghost Adventures in one piece as an adult, so you can just imagine how I was years ago! Before I finish this, I want to add a couple of spooky television shows that your teen might like to watch if they’re not into movies: The Vampire Diaries, Shadowhunters, and Charmed. 

Do you have a favorite on the list above? How were you watching more mature scary movies or TV shows like these as a teen? Can you name any more that could fit the criteria?  

Ketchup With Us: Allergies and Twilight

It’s finally May!! A lot of people are looking forward to this month. A lot of kids are looking forward to this month, it’s the parents who don’t look forward to it because that means their kids will be at home all the time now. My sister is coming home this weekend after completing her first year in college. I’m pretty proud of her too. In the fall, she’ll be going to a college closer to home and she’s in between excited to be getting back to work. I know she’s pretty sad today since basically everybody is or has been leaving this entire week. She and her friends had one last hangout together last night. I like summer in a way, but it’s the heat and little spring we usually get that sucks the most! Okay, I got to get down to business here and start my Ketchup With Us post!

Mel and Michele are the hosts of Ketchup With Us. There are two ways of doing a post. You could do it in the way I’ve been doing it. A 10 minute post of whatever is in your head at the moment. Or you could link up any post you want, brand new or old post on your blog. Just send it to their blogs! 

I’ve decided to make a “secret” playlist on my Spotify for specifically KWU. I’ve run out of ten minute songs so I’ve had to add up one digit songs and hope for the best. Today, I’ve chosen “Remember” by Josh Groban (4:19), “Awakening” by Celtic Woman (5:15) and “You’ll Be In My Heart” by Phil Collins (1:38). The actual playlist is one minute longer but that’s not bad! I hope you enjoy this!

It’s been a very interesting week, between the spider(s), TV, and my allergies in full swing. I honestly don’t know what I hated most. Granted, the spider thing is at the top anyways, but I’ve found that ABC’s website is a complete joke to use to watch shows online. Like, today I didn’t have any trouble watching last night’s episode of SVU but when I went to watch Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. yesterday I couldn’t do it freely, I had to put in my TV provider. I’m sorry but I don’t want a network knowing what kind of provider I watch my shows so that it could possibly charge me. It’s just not right. So I will wait until the first season comes out on DVD. My allergies have been a struggle for me lately. I’ve tons of pain from the top of my head, forehead, nose, and cheeks. It’s so weird and when I go to lie down, the pain goes away. Yesterday, I had so much pain that I was actually looking forward to bed time. Sometimes sleep takes away the pain. Something I’ve found myself looking into lately is, I’ve been getting into the whole Twilight fandom. I was NEVER a Twilight fan in the beginning mostly because The Vampire Diaries had just started and I was fully into the Salvatore brothers. Although, I did try to read the first book after watching the first movie. It was like two years after it came out. I was fully Team Jacob, Carlisle, and Jasper. I thought Kellan Lutz character “Emmett” looked and acted too much like Damon, so I didn’t like him for that reason. I’m more of a fan of Elena than Bella. So that’s what been happening lately.

It’s Vampire Thursday!

It’s Thursday, so it is Vampire Day! Screw Valentine’s Day with paper hearts when you can get a real heart in the palm of your hand. I think it’s all getting to me now. The Vampire Diaries is on tonight, along with The Secret Circle. Which I am no longer a fan of anymore. There was one episode when it first started that made me rethink being a fan and watching it late at night. It was that episode that blonde lady looked like the exorcist. Not a big fan of that at all. So I stopped because they would play that part at the beginning of the next episode. I just never went back after that.

I think the only reason I’m still a fan of The Vampire Diaries because the guys are amazing eye candy and the fan are awesome to chat with on Thursday nights. Some watch it on Friday nights. So I try to keep my mouth shut and off of Twitter that whole night. Which is difficult I must say! Anyways, I’m excited for tonight. The Original family is reunited and having a killer ball apparently. I can’t wait for what happens tonight. I also didn’t get a good look at the new Original brothers Finn and Kol so I’m even more curious of what happens. Especially the Klaroline scenes, those are going be divine! I’ll probably cry! Again!

Despite being a fan of TVD. My first supernatural shows I ever watched was Charmed and Angel. Both weren’t bloody, or at least too bloody. I could get through them and enjoy it. Then I started getting into The Vampire Diaries and Twilight. It actually took a lot longer for me to get into Twilight. I denied it for a year probably and then I watched the movie and completely fall in love. I was always Team Emmett and Team Jacob. A little Team Carlisle too. I do like my older men. Recently I got into the Underworld franchise. I love Kate Beckinsale. She’s freaking hot! And I’ve got a weakness for anybody with dark hair with blue eyes. Rather it’s fake or not. It doesn’t matter I’ll fall right for it. So be careful.

My dad is always giving me vampire type movies to watch. He doesn’t get that even though I’ll watch Underworld and TVD, I’m still pretty freaked out. Mostly because my dreams can always get crazy, and I’d like to keep them at a range of good instead of bad. He suggested I watch The Daybreakers earlier. I was actually going to try to watch this movie even though I knew I’d never make it past the beginning. I was correct. I was surprised I got pasted when the guy not only threw up but exploded. When the bat-vampire dude came out and started looking creepy is when I changed the channel. Watching that movie made my stomach turn. I wasn’t risking my lunch over a damn movie. Hey, at least I tried! It’s like with The Roommate, I tried to get through that movie too, but couldn’t. I don’t care if anybody doesn’t understand. I don’t get it either, but maybe it’s the fact that blood is involved. I wouldn’t last at a Motley Crue Vegas show. I heard they have fake blood. I’d be screwed!

Dear Kindle, Why Do You Have To Be So Expensive?

I love to read, I’ve never been a BIG reader like some people. I actually never liked reading until I got into High School. Big shoutout to my freshman English teacher Mr. Powell for telling us on our first day of high school lives that if you didn’t like to read you were going to fail his class. So with that being said, I lived for Friday’s in his class. By the end of freshman year, I had read most of our school’s “Dear America” books. I was obsessed with those books.

That’s what I started my kind of Biography type books. Then I got into a few others, I remember reading “Confessions Of A Not “It” Girl” and another book that was about Hip Hop but I have no clue what the title was. I enjoyed both books the first one especially. I could even read it now if I could find it. I even tried to ademptting to read “Twilight” but that didn’t work out since I had watched the movie. I give in to all the hype.  

Since then I’ve read (TVD) Stefan’s Diaries Volume 1 & 2 on my own. I even read the first few characters of “Bloodlust” at Walmart while my mom and sister were getting their nails done. I had to remember the page number for three weeks until my mom (actually Emily) found it at the library. Then I finished. I was so surprised at myself. I started reading a separate series without being at school. Without having someone tell me to read a book. I’m very proud of myself on that. I have yet to find “The Craving” and I even went to Walmart yesterday and they didn’t have it. I wasn’t very happy about that.

Right now, I am reading Bristol Palin’s memoir “Not Afraid Of Life” with Nancy French. I am the only one in my family who likes the Palin family. I rooted for Bristol on Dancing With The Stars, even when everyone didn’t want her there I was still cheering and happy for her to continue with it. She’s very inspiring! I like how she says that “sermon sleep was the best sleep ever.” I use to fall asleep in the pew too, if I was in the pew I’d sit by my nana and fall right to sleep. When mom did her Bible sessions or something like that I’d bring my pillow and blanket and go in a pew and sleep. It was very peaceful just to sleep somwhere you didn’t feel paranoid.