The Pope and baby names

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Way back in the way back, if Catholics chose a name that wasn't a saint's name or a derivative of a saint's name, the only way to get a priest to baptize the baby was for the middle name to be a saint's name. Some priests would only agree to baptize the baby if the parents agreed to use the chosen middle name as a first name instead and use their first-name choice as the middle name.

I don't like--really, really don't like--invented or cutesy names.

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that, too

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Give me examples of what you mean. Generally I like different names. How many Joe's and Bill's and Dave's does the world need?

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Ugh. The one that is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me is "Nevaeh" (heaven spelled backwards).
And I apoligize in advance, but I have only heard of that name on the Maury show so it just SCREAMS white trash to me.

[efco]

I spell my name with numbers and stuff.

[TD2K]

If people want to come up with new spellings of names, that's their business but don't complain because no one knows how to spell it.

[Bluerobin]

I know of one lady who named her kid Kiwi. She never did explain if it was after the shoe polish or the fruit.

[teen persuasion]

For confirmation, you must choose a saint's name as your confirmation name. DS2 had been reading a series of books set in Wales, with a glossary full of Welsh words and pronunciations. He set out to find an unusual Welsh saint's name. He settled on Gwynllyw.
The DRE had to make sure the Bishop knew how to pronounce it properly so there wouldn't be this horrible moment of silence while he tried to stumble over that mouthful!

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So Meygyn is a no?

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Give me examples of what you mean

A lot of celebrities are notorious for giving their kids strange names:

Dweezil, Moon Unit, Diva Muffin (Zappa)
Blanket, Prince (Jackson)
Chastity (Cher)
Jet (Travolta)
Kal-El (Cage)
Satchel (Mia Farrow/Woody Allen)
Rumer/Scout (Bruce Willis)

.................etc, etc, etc.

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Major requirements when coming up with names for our children were the following :

~ Had to be definitively masculine or feminine (depending on sex of child) - DH's first name is one that can be spelled differently depending on male/female and is usually considered more feminine and he hates it.

~ Had to be easily spelled, not one where you spell a common name funky to make it unique (my name is common, but can be spelled 20 different ways so people always misspell it)

~ Had to be readily pronounceable

I think we hit the mark on all counts yet still managed to find something classic and more unique than John or Sue

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Jan 11, 2011 9:41:33 GMT -5 teen persuasion said:

For confirmation, you must choose a saint's name as your confirmation name. DS2 had been reading a series of books set in Wales, with a glossary full of Welsh words and pronunciations. He set out to find an unusual Welsh saint's name. He settled on Gwynllyw.
The DRE had to make sure the Bishop knew how to pronounce it properly so there wouldn't be this horrible moment of silence while he tried to stumble over that mouthful!

My middle name is Elizabeth and for confirmation I chose to go with... Elizabeth.

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Norway has an official government list of acceptable Norwegian names. Norway's strict name law dates from the 1800s, and is intended to protect children from any Norwegian names that sound or look strange.

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Teens/Tweens/Tot--our confirmation names always had to be saints'names, but long ago, our baptismal names had to be saints' names, too.

BTW, how do you pronounce that?

[teen persuasion]

Yeah, our priest still pushed for saint's names for our kids. I really don't like trendy or made up names, so we chose mostly more unusual/less common biblical names. I also like to let the kids personalize them a bit thru nicknames, so I picked (some, but not all) w/ lots of nickname possibilities. My sister is the opposite - she hates nicknames, so her boys have one syllable names.

Gwynllyw is pronounced Gwinthloo.

[TD2K]

Norway has an official government list of acceptable Norwegian names.


I've heard of countries that do this. Frankly, this is an area the government has no business being involved with.

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Jan 11, 2011 9:53:19 GMT -5 teen persuasion said:

I also like to let the kids personalize them a bit thru nicknames, so I picked (some, but not all) w/ lots of nickname possibilities. My sister is the opposite - she hates nicknames, so her boys have one syllable names.

Ah ha! BF's nephews have one syllable names as well, too bad we call the kids "Jackie" and "Little Eric." Nicknames!

[unrepentant_spendthrift]

What I can't stand are those parents who think all their kids names have to start with the same initial....then they get all cute and substitute K fo C in the names...