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So with a baby boy just around the corner we are starting to try and narrow down baby names. Just wondering how big an issues or how hard it was from some other parents. Cole will be a part of if (first or middle) because its a family name we want to keep.
One thing you might consider is not telling everyone the name. Because everyone will comment and will freely offer how horrible they think your selection is. To your face. So much fun! But once the baby is born, people are more reluctant to say anything (though not totally. My sister named her daughter Emerson and still sometimes gets comments about it).
BTW - the way they picked Emerson was watching a documentary before they knew the sex of the baby and one of the boys in there was named Emerson. They liked the kid in the doc, like the sound of the name, liked the connection to Ralph Waldo, liked it with their last name. And then they realized that it could work for a boy or a girl and sounded great with the girl middle name (a family name also pre-picked out), so it all worked out.
But before that, they were having a hard time figuring it out. They were thinking more traditional names but nothing was quite right. It was only once they realized that they aren't traditional people that they finally figured it out.
Its funny because Cole Emerson is one of the possibles we have. Also Louis(pronounced louie). I just dont want him to hat the name because people mispronounce it his whole life.
Well, my name is Deborah, which is a pretty standard Bible name and it still caused all sorts of grief. People want to spell it Debra, which I have never liked. And pronunciation? My mom pronounces it "Deb-a-rah" with the emphasis on the Deb; as a kid I preferred "De-bor-ah" with the emphasis on the bor. But others always pronounced it "Deb-rah," which I hated. But now as an adult, I like "Deb-rah" better, which also makes life so much easier. I still have to correct people on the spelling, but then my last name is also one that's always misspelled and mispronounced so it's not a big deal.
And don't even get me started on the whole Debbie Downer thing or Debbie Does Dallas
So the moral of my story is to just go with what you like. What's difficult/teasable today may be commonplace in 5 years once your kid starts going to school - or the other way around.
I do think you should do the Supreme Court Justice test. How does the name sound up with SCJ in front of it? You know, just in case
I do think you should do the Supreme Court Justice test. How does the name sound up with SCJ in front of it? You know, just in case
;D I like that!
On mispelling/mispronouncing - I'm Hilari. When I was growing up, it was a pretty uncommon name and an even more uncommon spelling, so I've done a lot of correcting people on my name in my life. It's kind of annoying, but you get used to it, and I think it was less annoying to me than my boyfriend's name was to him. He's Josh, and he always was one of at least two (and often several) Joshes in his classes. He always wished his parents had given him a less common name. (My little brother is Zach, and he always had other Zachs in his class, but I don't think anything bothers him. )
Post by rooconteur on Apr 30, 2009 13:06:02 GMT -5
nat king cole natalie cole haha
personally i dont want my kid named after me or anybody i see on a regular basis. im named after my uncle and the once a year or so i see gets very confusing. i also wont give my kid a name that is spelled wrong, one with an apostrophe or one with a prefix (DeJuan, LeMarcus)
get ffresh, i do like louis though. it's classic. sophisticated. and maybe the best party song ever.
My buddy used to run against this guy in high school track. Second most ridiculous name I've ever heard (pronounced like "eye perfection") after his brother, whose first name was "Supreme Judge."
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I had a distance relative who was named Mellow Joseph (first and middle). If I ever have kids, that shall be my son's name. As for a girl, her name will be Elinor or Ruby.
I named my son after me, because I am awesome. I would like Sophia for a girl, because it means wisdom and is a nice Italian name that sounds good with our name. I do worry about the fact that it is very popular and there might be a million of them in her class.
I've always liked having a common name (Jim).
Oh yeah, and I once had a cashier at the grocery store whose name was Levitra.
I can definately relate to all this misspelling going on.
R-E-B-E-K-A-H=superbek
but of course no one ever spells it like that... did I mention that it is the biblical spelling? not that means anything to me but I think it says nothing a lot a for some other people.
I can definately relate to all this misspelling going on.
R-E-B-E-K-A-H=superbek
but of course no one ever spells it like that... did I mention that it is the biblical spelling? not that means anything to me but I think it says nothing a lot a for some other people.
I have a Jessica - from the bible And a Sarah - from the bible and wanted a Rebekah (exactly that spelling) - from the bible but I got vetoed
So instead I have a Dorothy Irene who goes by the nickname "Reenie"
And - I can relate to the mispellings - I have people spell my name MeAgan and Meghan constantly - and we won't even discuss my very German sounding maiden name.
My GF is dead-set on the name Harry for a boy (not that we're even anywhere near having babies, but you know how girls are). It's her father's name and his father's name. And I think it SUCKS!!! "How about Harrison, or Harris?" she'll say. I don't care, they still suck.
Whatever you name him, make sure it's something you're comfortable yelling at the playground or at a sporting event.
My GF is dead-set on the name Harry for a boy (not that we're even anywhere near having babies, but you know how girls are). It's her father's name and his father's name. And I think it SUCKS!!! "How about Harrison, or Harris?" she'll say. I don't care, they still suck.
Whatever you name him, make sure it's something you're comfortable yelling at the playground or at a sporting event.
...or a quidditch tournament. ;D
see? sometimes you just got to find the bright side.
My GF is dead-set on the name Harry for a boy (not that we're even anywhere near having babies, but you know how girls are). It's her father's name and his father's name. And I think it SUCKS!!! "How about Harrison, or Harris?" she'll say. I don't care, they still suck.
Whatever you name him, make sure it's something you're comfortable yelling at the playground or at a sporting event.
I like the name Harrison. In your mind you'd just have to think of it as naming your kid after a Beatle...even if she thinks of it as naming him after her dad. It makes it seem WAY cooler!
Also, try to stay away from super common names. I'm Jennifer and I ALWAYS have and still do wish I had a name that wasn't SOOO common. Everywhere I go there are always at least 2 other Jennifers. Having to be called by your first name and last initial all the time gets old fast.
I have a little girl (4 months old tomorrow). My girlfriend and I had the hardest time coming up with a name. I (being of almost pure English descent) wanted a more traditional English name, and my girlfriend wanted to make sure our daughter had a more unique, earthy name.
We bought the baby name book (I highly recommend this course of action) and on a 6 hour drive to Memphis my girlfriend simply ran through names she liked. She finally mentioned one that we both felt met our criteria. We decided on Gwendolyn Violet. "Gwendolyn" being a traditional English name, and "Violet" being the name of my gf's great aunt, and neither name is super-common. While I can't offer much advice on boy's names, I can say that compromise and communication will result in a name that you both will love.
Post by kaleidoscope kristen on May 4, 2009 21:47:38 GMT -5
The boyfriend and I were having a tough time when it came to picking out names. His last name is Harper, so it's wasn't too hard to find something that flowed well with that.
I liked Hannah for a girl, but then one of our friends informed us of this "really hot" porn star named Hannah Harper, and I was just like, no. I can't do it lol.
When we found out we were having a boy, we just kept arguing. I really liked Camden & Graham, but he loved the name Ashur. I couldn't do Ashur.. I kinda liked it spelled Asher, but of course he was stubborn and it had to be -ur. Plus the -er sound at the end of the name & Harper sounded too reptitive.
We stumbled across Noah & I loved it. It's simple, but still classic. Plus you don't hear it too often in a sea of Aiden & other super popular now names. My name is Kristen (duh lol), & it was obviously a very popular name in 88 because I have several Kristens I went to school with, so that was a little annoying.. there are a few that I know that even have my middle name, Nicole!
His middle name is Jacob, and that's my bf's middle name too but he goes by it as his first.
I honestly didn't try to get all super-biblical, but the name just sounded really good.. Noah Jacob Harper
I honestly didn't try to get all super-biblical, but the name just sounded really good.. Noah Jacob Harper
I'm not religious by any means, but I used to want to name my son Abraham. I went to school with a kid named Abraham, and we never called him Abe, and I loved it.
My GF is dead-set on the name Harry for a boy (not that we're even anywhere near having babies, but you know how girls are). It's her father's name and his father's name. And I think it SUCKS!!! "How about Harrison, or Harris?" she'll say. I don't care, they still suck.
Whatever you name him, make sure it's something you're comfortable yelling at the playground or at a sporting event.
I like the name Harrison. In your mind you'd just have to think of it as naming your kid after a Beatle...even if she thinks of it as naming him after her dad. It makes it seem WAY cooler!
Yeah, you try being at the playground and yelling, "Harrison, come over here!" Fuck that, I'd be too embarrassed and just let the kid be lost.
Post by cheeky resurrection on May 7, 2009 2:17:45 GMT -5
My sister-in-law is due any day now. Calli Elizabeth will soon join our fucked up family Anyway, I've always heard the best names just come out of nowhere and both parents agree immediately... I have no experience there but I know that's how it happened with my brother and his wife... I like odd names, but that's just me... Silas, Quentin, Reese, Miles, Elias, Rivers, August, Addison, Avery, Onner... I went to school with a kid named Van, I always liked his name pretty well. Difficult/odd names though, and I can attest to this, are a .bitch until the kid gets to be in high school. Learning to spell things with hyphens and whatnot... a .bitch. And everyone getting used to the fact that you have an unusual name... but once the kid gets older they'll either really love their name, or really hate it. Either way they're stuck with it
i'm a katie... just katie. my mom wanted to name me kathleen and call me katie, but my dad put his foot down and said, "if we're going to call her katie, we're going to name her katie." my full name is katie anne, which i like and think suits me. there have always been a lot of katies, but very few aren't short for something else, and i can't imagine being named anything else.