Friday OT - Names
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I think he does once people pay attention to what you're saying. They always want it to be 'Colton' or something like that. He gets called 'Holdie' a lot which I think he likes.
We had our 'Addison' in 2004 and had pretty much the same experience. Thought it was kind of unique but not Shaniqua unique. Now it seems like they are everywhere. Also gets mixed up with Madison a lot.
Most of my family goes by their middle names. It does cause a lot of confusion throughout school. I actually had a friend for a couple of years not know that I went by my middle name and that I had a different first name.
I like my name. Simple and not too common, at least around the people I know. Matt or Matthew when I am in trouble with just about anyone. With all three kids we had names picked out before, but did not know the sex of the baby before. We wanted the surprise. My wife really liked Rose for a girl, but I didn't. We compromised on Lily with my wife's middle name. Our 1st boy was named after my dad, Charles we call him Charlie, and carries my wife's maiden name for his middle name. We had trouble with our youngest child. Another boy and named him Griffin and goes by Griff from some. My wife loved the Harry Potter books/movies. No way was I going with Gryffindor, but I liked Griffin. he has my father-in-law's middle name for his. Names are tough.
The one girl's name I would have loved to use was Esther. She embodied strength, grace, courage, compassion and love. Who better to share a name with? I always knew I wouldn't, though, because it was a very "dated" name. Now many of those "old people" names are coming back around - several of our granddaughters have names that were popular in the early 1900's. Don't think Esther will make a mainstream resurgence, though.
It's a good name if you were planning on giving birth to a 70 year old woman.
CycloneErik
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That's interesting. I've only know one person with that name, and it's my cousin who is starting 9th grade this fall.
My name? Hmmmm... :wink:
Throughout grade school/jr high, there were three of us in my class, but I was the only one without an "h". But then, couple it with having a common last name, and in my town of about 6,000, there were three of us with the same name. One was old enough to be my grandmother, and the other was three grades behind me. Again, I was the only one without an "h" in that group. That caused some confusion in my life.
My husband and I, although we don't have kids, already have the boy and girl name picked out. The boy would be his grandfathers' names, which I have no problem with since one name reflects my maternal grandfather's name and my dad's middle name. The girl's name will be my great-grandmother's name combined with my grandmother's name.
I know I was going to be Matthew Robert if I was a boy. I know there was a student my mom had that was a pain, and she said she would never name her child that. (For the life of me, I can't remember what it is. If I saw it, I'd know)
Throughout grade school/jr high, there were three of us in my class, but I was the only one without an "h". But then, couple it with having a common last name, and in my town of about 6,000, there were three of us with the same name. One was old enough to be my grandmother, and the other was three grades behind me. Again, I was the only one without an "h" in that group. That caused some confusion in my life.
My husband and I, although we don't have kids, already have the boy and girl name picked out. The boy would be his grandfathers' names, which I have no problem with since one name reflects my maternal grandfather's name and my dad's middle name. The girl's name will be my great-grandmother's name combined with my grandmother's name.
I know I was going to be Matthew Robert if I was a boy. I know there was a student my mom had that was a pain, and she said she would never name her child that. (For the life of me, I can't remember what it is. If I saw it, I'd know)
My given name was so my mom could use the nickname. She wanted all of the kid's nicknames to start with the same letter. Due to this we've all been called our nicknames more than our given names. When I started filling out paperwork for myself (bank/Dr/college) had to remind myself to use my given name that I rarely heard.
Did you do that with your kids (if you have them) or do you plan on doing that?
Even if people say they do it because it's a family name, I don't get why the order wouldn't be swapped. There are 5 people in my fairly small office that go by their middle names and a bunch of them named their kids in that manner.
It's surprising when you look at some of the top 100 names of all-time in the US. Plenty of solid names but not many that would be considered popular these days. You don't see too many people going for Margaret or Dorothy in recent years.
Girl's Top 10
1. Mary
2. Patricia
3. Elizabeth
4. Jennifer
5. Linda
6. Barbara
7. Margaret
8. Susan
9. Dorothy
10. Sarah
Boy's Top 10
1. James
2. John
3. Robert
4. Michael
5. William
6. David
7. Richard
8. Joseph
9. Charles
10. Thomas
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Margaret was actually way up on our list for if this baby were a girl. Maggie as a nickname. I also liked Mary, but it can be a little plain. Elizabeth was to be the middle name almost 100% regardless of first name.
Seems like a lot of folks think the "first initial middle name" combination sounds more executivy... J Robert, D Anthony, M Edward, yadda yadda. You see that a lot on corporate letterheads.
I know Lucca was mentioned as a name that we wouldn't want to name our kid. It has to be common where we associate a name with someone we disliked at some point in our life and vow to never name our child that.
There was a kid named Brad I knew growing up that was a grade A doosh. My wife once mentioned the name Bradley to me and I nixed it and gave no room for argument.
There was a kid named Brad I knew growing up that was a grade A doosh. My wife once mentioned the name Bradley to me and I nixed it and gave no room for argument.
Well I like my name, although there were a lot of Jacobs in my class growing up and it gets confusing over the radio at work with three of us out of a team of 25ish most nights.
It kind of annoys me that all three of my older brothers and their wives have been so secretive over their firstborn names. They think their friends of that age are going to steal their names. (Granted my cousin also named her son Oliver a year after my nephew was born.)
It's a ways down the road for me, but when I get there I will name my kids older, less common names. I don't really mind if they are dated. I have had a fantastic time going through our genealogy with my grandpa recently and definitely think I'll use some family names. My grandpa had an Aunt Blanche, I have never heard the name before but there is a very cool story behind her (kind of sad too). Although, my girlfriend will probably need some convincing on that one. She likes all the others I have mentioned though.
It kind of annoys me that all three of my older brothers and their wives have been so secretive over their firstborn names. They think their friends of that age are going to steal their names. (Granted my cousin also named her son Oliver a year after my nephew was born.)
It's a ways down the road for me, but when I get there I will name my kids older, less common names. I don't really mind if they are dated. I have had a fantastic time going through our genealogy with my grandpa recently and definitely think I'll use some family names. My grandpa had an Aunt Blanche, I have never heard the name before but there is a very cool story behind her (kind of sad too). Although, my girlfriend will probably need some convincing on that one. She likes all the others I have mentioned though.