children's names

[andi9899]

We have 3 generations of Roberts on each side. My dad's side are Gus, Robo, and Little Bobby. My mom's side are Robert, Bobby, and Leroy.

[imawino]

Feb 8, 2019 6:55:52 GMT -5 alabamagal said:

Feb 8, 2019 6:41:19 GMT -5 geenamercile said:

We wanted our kids to have a name from Mythology and something with my Russian heritage.  I didn't want either name to be something that was an obvious name to be made fun of either.    My honest thought wrong or right was that everyone would know DH's heritage by looking at them I wanted them to have a name with mine. 

Oldest was names after Goddess Selene and pretty common Russian middle name.  The Youngest was named Zaria which covered both goals, or at least close enough to a Russian name for me, it is Slavic.  Her middle name combined my DH's mom and my aunt's middle names to make Annmaria.    If YDD had been a boy, I agreed with DH that we could do Ares, so he could strand at the bottom of the steps and yell it when he wanted the kids to show.  It was to common of a known god for me to have it as a first name.    

For the daughters is works out nice because ODD is named after the moon goddess, and YDD is named after the morning star goddess.  

A good friend of mine (30 years ago)put a lot of thought into picking a name for her daughter from Greek mythology. But she was not aware of a lot of Disney movies. And she hated when people would say “Ariel, like the Little Mermaid”

Huh.  Our last dog was named Ariel - but because it is Hebrew origin, meaning Lion (of god)  I didn't know anything about it in mythology. 

But everyone thought we named her after the Little Mermaid too. 

[imawino]

Feb 8, 2019 12:53:34 GMT -5 Pants said:

Feb 8, 2019 12:36:49 GMT -5 gs11rmb said:

Ethel or Gertrude?

Agatha. 
Myrtle. 

Ernestine
Wilma


* My actual grandmothers names.  No, we would not have been naming any kids after them. 

[Cookies Galore]

Feb 8, 2019 13:41:16 GMT -5 imawino said:

Feb 8, 2019 6:55:52 GMT -5 alabamagal said:

A good friend of mine (30 years ago)put a lot of thought into picking a name for her daughter from Greek mythology. But she was not aware of a lot of Disney movies. And she hated when people would say “Ariel, like the Little Mermaid”

Huh.  Our last dog was named Ariel - but because it is Hebrew origin, meaning Lion (of god)  I didn't know anything about it in mythology. 

But everyone thought we named her after the Little Mermaid too. 

I only knew of the Hebrew origin as well. I have a coworker Arielle.

[teen persuasion]

Feb 8, 2019 9:26:34 GMT -5 andi9899 said:

Feb 7, 2019 19:04:25 GMT -5 Anne_in_VA said:

My DS is not named for anyone.  I was certain I was having a girl and never did pick out a boys name.  Then when he was born we couldn’t agree on a name so we took him home as “no name”.  XH and I finally agreed on Dennis as his first name with XH’s first name as DS’s middle name.  It got a little confusing when I married 2nd H who has a brother named Dennis. 

My grandpa's name is Dennis. Then he had a son named Dennis who also had a son named Dennis. So they went by grandpa, Denny, and Little Denny.

My grandfather was also named Dennis, but I never knew him, he died decades before I was born.  So then we had his son Uncle Dennis, my cousin Doc, little Denny.  Not sure why my cousin has always been Doc, there's no MD or PhD there.  I think little Denny has kids, too, but I've lost track.

[imawino]

This thread just made me curious about all the names everyone was alluding to! It's like soooo much description, and no payoff!

[andi9899]

Feb 8, 2019 13:42:30 GMT -5 imawino said:

Feb 8, 2019 12:53:34 GMT -5 Pants said:

Agatha. 
Myrtle. 

Ernestine
Wilma


* My actual grandmothers names.  No, we would not have been naming any kids after them. 

My grandmas are Pauline and Lydia.

[MJ2.0]

DS is named after his father (X), who is also named after his father. I was never a fan of that, but it was X's hill to die on for kid naming. I secretly hoped for a girl so I'd have a chance to name it, but alas it was not meant to be.

[gs11rmb]

Feb 8, 2019 14:12:37 GMT -5 MJ2.0 said:

DS is named after his father (X), who is also named after his father. I was never a fan of that, but it was X's hill to die on for kid naming. I secretly hoped for a girl so I'd have a chance to name it, but alas it was not meant to be.

I know your son's name and it is lovely.  I once new a man who was Hubert III and he just assumed his son would be Hubert IV.  That would have been my hill to die on!

[Chocolate Lover]

My kids aren't named after anyone in particular. Well, DD's middle name is the same one as my sister and aunt but it just went well with her 1st. There are other kids with their names but not 100 and my oldest DS was almost out of elementary school when another with his name finally showed up as a kindergartener. 

I am named after 2 grandfathers because apparently no one thought I would be a girl.   No big deal, really, just funny. I have always been called by my middle name, because according to Dad, Mom didn't like my first name. 

My sister won't let us abbreviate her kids names in any fashion. She gave her DD our great aunt's name as a middle name and that child is just as bossy as her namesake. 

[weltschmerz]

Feb 8, 2019 6:55:52 GMT -5 alabamagal said:

Feb 8, 2019 6:41:19 GMT -5 geenamercile said:

We wanted our kids to have a name from Mythology and something with my Russian heritage.  I didn't want either name to be something that was an obvious name to be made fun of either.    My honest thought wrong or right was that everyone would know DH's heritage by looking at them I wanted them to have a name with mine. 

Oldest was names after Goddess Selene and pretty common Russian middle name.  The Youngest was named Zaria which covered both goals, or at least close enough to a Russian name for me, it is Slavic.  Her middle name combined my DH's mom and my aunt's middle names to make Annmaria.    If YDD had been a boy, I agreed with DH that we could do Ares, so he could strand at the bottom of the steps and yell it when he wanted the kids to show.  It was to common of a known god for me to have it as a first name.    

For the daughters is works out nice because ODD is named after the moon goddess, and YDD is named after the morning star goddess.  

A good friend of mine (30 years ago)put a lot of thought into picking a name for her daughter from Greek mythology. But she was not aware of a lot of Disney movies. And she hated when people would say “Ariel, like the Little Mermaid”

Someone I know named her daughter after a Egyptian goddess.
Poor girl had to change her name.  

It was Isis.

[imawino]

Feb 8, 2019 14:46:06 GMT -5 Chocolate Lover said:

My kids aren't named after anyone in particular. Well, DD's middle name is the same one as my sister and aunt but it just went well with her 1st. There are other kids with their names but not 100 and my oldest DS was almost out of elementary school when another with his name finally showed up as a kindergartener. 

I am named after 2 grandfathers because apparently no one thought I would be a girl.   No big deal, really, just funny. I have always been called by my middle name, because according to Dad, Mom didn't like my first name. 

My sister won't let us abbreviate her kids names in any fashion. She gave her DD our great aunt's name as a middle name and that child is just as bossy as her namesake. 

Hold up. So, have I been calling you by your middle name? Wow, so many secrets and lies! I thought I knew you!

[imawino]

Feb 8, 2019 15:01:33 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Feb 8, 2019 6:55:52 GMT -5 alabamagal said:

A good friend of mine (30 years ago)put a lot of thought into picking a name for her daughter from Greek mythology. But she was not aware of a lot of Disney movies. And she hated when people would say “Ariel, like the Little Mermaid”

Someone I know named her daughter after a Egyptian goddess.
Poor girl had to change her name.  

It was Isis.

Oh dear.

[Chocolate Lover]

Feb 8, 2019 15:07:07 GMT -5 imawino said:

Feb 8, 2019 14:46:06 GMT -5 Chocolate Lover said:

My kids aren't named after anyone in particular. Well, DD's middle name is the same one as my sister and aunt but it just went well with her 1st. There are other kids with their names but not 100 and my oldest DS was almost out of elementary school when another with his name finally showed up as a kindergartener. 

I am named after 2 grandfathers because apparently no one thought I would be a girl.   No big deal, really, just funny. I have always been called by my middle name, because according to Dad, Mom didn't like my first name. 

My sister won't let us abbreviate her kids names in any fashion. She gave her DD our great aunt's name as a middle name and that child is just as bossy as her namesake. 

Hold up. So, have I been calling you by your middle name? Wow, so many secrets and lies! I thought I knew you!

Well, technically, it's the only name I've ever known and my parents didn't even put my 1st name on my Social Security card, so is it really my middle name? 

[imawino]

Feb 8, 2019 15:08:21 GMT -5 Chocolate Lover said:

Feb 8, 2019 15:07:07 GMT -5 imawino said:

Hold up. So, have I been calling you by your middle name? Wow, so many secrets and lies! I thought I knew you!

Well, technically, it's the only name I've ever known and my parents didn't even put my 1st name on my Social Security card, so is it really my middle name? 

Does your birth cert not match your SS? I didn't know that was allowed!  What about your drivers license? 

[MJ2.0]

Feb 8, 2019 14:43:35 GMT -5 gs11rmb said:

Feb 8, 2019 14:12:37 GMT -5 MJ2.0 said:

DS is named after his father (X), who is also named after his father. I was never a fan of that, but it was X's hill to die on for kid naming. I secretly hoped for a girl so I'd have a chance to name it, but alas it was not meant to be.

I know your son's name and it is lovely.  I once new a man who was Hubert III and he just assumed his son would be Hubert IV.  That would have been my hill to die on!

It’s it the name that’s the issue, it’s the male naming succession that bothers me. It always has. Like okay dude, your genes have already been passed on, you know this is your kid, you don’t need to name them after yourself!

And yeah, Hubert is.... unfortunate. Lol

[Chocolate Lover]

Feb 8, 2019 15:11:10 GMT -5 imawino said:

Feb 8, 2019 15:08:21 GMT -5 Chocolate Lover said:

Well, technically, it's the only name I've ever known and my parents didn't even put my 1st name on my Social Security card, so is it really my middle name? 

Does your birth cert not match your SS? I didn't know that was allowed!  What about your drivers license? 

Nope. Birth certificate and driver's license match, but I've changed my SS official name for 2 marriages and not one thing was said. Maybe it's different if it was never there? 

Fun quirk, my library card must also match my driver's license so I'm forever getting messages from them for something I don't answer to. 

[MJ2.0]

A girl I used to go to high school with named her son Bear. Like actually named him that, not a nickname. I really hope they haven’t had any more kids. If it was a girl, she would have been named Voila.... smh

[Chocolate Lover]

Another fun name story, one of my old work friend's DH was named Carol. She used to do all the calling for stuff and just say she was Carol. I hope it was a family name, that was a mean thing to do to a guy. 

[imawino]

Feb 8, 2019 15:15:38 GMT -5 MJ2.0 said:

A girl I used to go to high school with named her son Bear. Like actually named him that, not a nickname. I really hope they haven’t had any more kids. If it was a girl, she would have been named Voila.... smh

was it after Bear Grylls? 

[sheilaincali]

My aunt and uncle must have known they were having a girl when they were pregnant with my cousin because they said they'd name the baby after the grandparents. The grandma's names were Mary and Colleen. The grandpa's were Delmer and Elmer. Funny they didn't name their son after the grandparents are all when he was born a few years later.

[weltschmerz]

Feb 8, 2019 15:15:38 GMT -5 MJ2.0 said:

A girl I used to go to high school with named her son Bear. Like actually named him that, not a nickname. I really hope they haven’t had any more kids. If it was a girl, she would have been named Voila.... smh

Bear has suddenly lumbered onto the baby name landscape. Perhaps inspired by British adventurer Bear Grylls (born Edward Michael), first celebrity chef Jamie Oliver used it as the middle name for his boy Buddy, and more recently Alicia Silverstone called her son Bear Blu., followed by Kate Winslet's Bear Blaize. It's part of a current trend normalizing once aggressive animal names like Wolf and Fox. Bear is now Number 218 on Nameberry and in the Top 900 in England.

nameberry.com/babyname/Bear

[zibazinski]

I liked my grandma’s first name, Emma, which is now popular but she hated it and went by her middle name so that’s what I used for DS. The male version of it.

[MJ2.0]

Feb 8, 2019 15:39:48 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Feb 8, 2019 15:15:38 GMT -5 MJ2.0 said:

A girl I used to go to high school with named her son Bear. Like actually named him that, not a nickname. I really hope they haven’t had any more kids. If it was a girl, she would have been named Voila.... smh

Bear has suddenly lumbered onto the baby name landscape. Perhaps inspired by British adventurer Bear Grylls (born Edward Michael), first celebrity chef Jamie Oliver used it as the middle name for his boy Buddy, and more recently Alicia Silverstone called her son Bear Blu., followed by Kate Winslet's Bear Blaize. It's part of a current trend normalizing once aggressive animal names like Wolf and Fox. Bear is now Number 218 on Nameberry and in the Top 900 in England.

nameberry.com/babyname/Bear

No... just, no.

[cktc]

DS's nickname is Bear. It started as Air Bear, turned into Bear Bear. He introduces himself to people that way. I'm thinking he'll drop a 'Bear' when he gets older. His name doesn't lend to many nicknames so I don't see it being replaced. It does seem popular in the UK. Two of the British moms from my 30 person baby group call their sons Bear too.

On the celebrity front, there is also composer Bear McCreary. He does soundtracks for Walking Dead, Black Sails, Outlander among many others.

[geenamercile]

E is the IV, he full plans on if he has a son he will be the V.  SIL is named after MIL with a slight change.  DH is a Jr.  His dad's middle name and first name are the same as his fathers, just switched.  

[Tiny]

LOL, I know a Sara no "H" and a Sarah witha "H". That's how they say their name with they are giving it to someone who is entering/looking for their name in a list. They know each other. So, sometimes their friends refer to them that way too to identify which sarah/sara they mean. Maybe guys have it easier - they just get referred to by their last name (or some part of their last name) when they all have the same first name. Atleast that was how it worked in HS - all the John's were referred to by last name. Does anyone name their sons John any more?

[daisy]

Feb 8, 2019 10:00:25 GMT -5 tractor said:

Such a cutie!  We have a barn cat named Oliver...back when he and his brother (named Lucy) were born we couldn't quite discern their gender...so Olive became Oliver and Lucy became Lucifer. 

[andi9899]

Feb 8, 2019 15:34:56 GMT -5 sheilaincali said:

My aunt and uncle must have known they were having a girl when they were pregnant with my cousin because they said they'd name the baby after the grandparents. The grandma's names were Mary and Colleen. The grandpa's were Delmer and Elmer. Funny they didn't name their son after the grandparents are all when he was born a few years later.

One of my cousin's grandpa's name is Joe. Our grandpa's name is Moses. My aunt and uncle were thinking about naming him Moses Joseph and calling him Mojo. I bet he's glad they settled on Bryan.

[andi9899]

My parents were going to name me Augustina. So glad they didn't.