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Baby Naming & Siblings
I learned earlier this week that FI's sister is having a baby girl. Very exciting!
Anyway, FI had told me some of the names his sister had mentioned to him. They are perfectly nice names, but still made me ask 'really?'. I wonder if this name is too trendy while all the other names in their family are quite traditional.
Out of curiousity, should sibling names be similar in anyway? What is your experience?
Anyway, FI had told me some of the names his sister had mentioned to him. They are perfectly nice names, but still made me ask 'really?'. I wonder if this name is too trendy while all the other names in their family are quite traditional.
Out of curiousity, should sibling names be similar in anyway? What is your experience?
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Re: Baby Naming & Siblings
My Bio - updated 26/3/2011
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In this case the sibling would be Emma.
My Bio - updated 26/3/2011
"Hi. You have reached K, John, Johanna, Julia, Jeremy and Jen."
It made me head spin every time.
[QUOTE]I really like names that can be shortened to nick-names, but still sound nice in their full version for professional situations. FI and I have talked about Gabriel (informally Gabe) and Benjamin (informally Ben) for boys. The only girl's name we've ever agreed on is Juliet. Not because of the character. We just like the sound of the name.
Posted by Elle1036[/QUOTE]
Just be careful with the whole nickname thing. It's been kind of frustrating to me my entire life b/c my nickname is one that is more uncommon for my full name, and it take people forever to learn my name and get it right.
[QUOTE]I also knew a family of all J's. Their answering machine was so annoying. "Hi. You have reached K, John, Johanna, Julia, Jeremy and Jen." It made me head spin every time.
Posted by cdechristopher[/QUOTE]
Are you friends with the Duggars?
I'm Holly, my sister is Heather.
She's older and mom liked the name. When I was born, she was freaked out because I 'looked more like a Heather', even though I didn't favor my sister.
She was stuck and tried to leave the hospital without naming me and the nurses wouldn't let her. So on the way out the door, they handed her a baby name book, and she looked through the Hs. Well, Heather is a bush, Holly is a tree, so that's what I was named...in the middle of a hospital hallway so mom and dad could go home.
But, I love that our names have something in common. It's a cool thing to share.
Luckily my parents didn't fall for that trap but my brothers and sister have kind of simple names; Maegan, James, and Nicholas. While mine is very different and I've never met anyone else in person who has it so I've always felt a little left out and 98% of people who pronounce it from a written standpoint pronounce it wrong.
So coming from someone who felt like the odd man out, I would probably try and name my children somewhere in between those examples.
ETA: I decided to just go with it and post my name it's Elise. Pronounced E lease as in leasing an apartment. I love it and wouldn't have it any other way, but it's still annoying to have had to, and continue to, correct just about everyone who tries to say or spell it!
[QUOTE]I think siblings having too close to the same names is kind of strange. I know people who their whole family has the same first letter. . . all J's for example. <strong>I do think it'd be odd though to have a "John," a "Sara" and then name the third kid "Willow.</strong>" FI and I have thought about names that are a little "different" . . . Fun fact, he wants them to have awesome names so that if they become professional snowboarders they'll sound cool when they get announced. No, I'm not kidding. ETA: My step-sister named her daughter Trinity. Her older brother is named Darryl (after his dad, who goes by DJ).
Posted by cschiano[/QUOTE]
<div>One of the profs here has 3 siblings, all with normal names. Her name? Patches.</div><div>
</div><div>I have nothing productive to provide to this discussion. Just sayin'.</div>
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Baby Naming & Siblings : One of the profs here has 3 siblings, all with normal names. Her name? Patches. I have nothing productive to provide to this discussion. Just sayin'.
Posted by peekaboo2011[/QUOTE]
Love it anyway Peak!
[QUOTE]My mother and all of her siblings have a last and first name that start with T; Tim, Terry, Tam, Tina, Todd, and Tricia. <strong>My high school BF and his brothers were all first and last names starting with B; Ben, Brian, and Brett.</strong> Luckily my parents didn't fall for that trap but my brothers and sister have kind of simple names; Maegan, James, and Nicholas. While mine is very different and I've never met anyone else in person who has it so I've always felt a little left out and 98% of people who pronounce it from a written standpoint pronounce it wrong. So coming from someone who felt like the odd man out, I would probably try and name my children somewhere in between those examples. ETA: I decided to just go with it and post my name it's Elise. Pronounced E lease as in leasing an apartment. I love it and wouldn't have it any other way, but it's still annoying to have had to, and continue to, correct just about everyone who tries to say or spell it!
Posted by Sparrow87[/QUOTE]
I think it is fine to a point. Like Wrkn and her sister. When you have two children, maybe even three I don't think it sounds funny to have the same first initial. But once you get to have more than that, like 5 or 6, it gets a little out of hand.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Baby Naming & Siblings : One of the profs here has 3 siblings, all with normal names. Her name? Patches. I have nothing productive to provide to this discussion. Just sayin'.
Posted by peekaboo2011[/QUOTE]
I have a younger half-sister who didn't follow the pattern. It's an odd but not completely left-field name.
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[QUOTE]I don't mind when families use the same letter, but it bugs me when they make names that aren't supposed to use that letter fit their naiming strategy as relatives of mine have done. I'm sorry but Chloe is fine, not Khloe and Connor is fine not Konnor and Carson is fine, not Karson, really? Was it really necessary to make everyone mess up spelling your kids' name because you wanted a K?
Posted by Hazel_B[/QUOTE]
<div>Yes.</div><div>
</div><div>Also, please never name your son Kemal. Especially with a middle name of Kayankaya.</div>
My issue is that I like somewhat different names, not totally crazy, but not run of the mill. But BF wants to name our first son, if we have one, after his best friend who died - Aaron. My favorite girl's names are Reese and Remi (purely coincidence that they both start with R). They don't sound right with Aaron to me....I want to girlify it as Aryn and use it as a middle name, I guess we'll see what happens!
[QUOTE]I also knew a family of all J's. Their answering machine was so annoying. "Hi. You have reached K, John, Johanna, Julia, Jeremy and Jen." It made me head spin every time.
Posted by cdechristopher[/QUOTE]
FI's dad's family is named:
Lyle, Larry, and Leon.
FI's siblings are named:
Jeff, Jared, Joshua, and Julie.
TOO MANY SAME-LETTER NAMES!
[QUOTE]ETA: I decided to just go with it and post my name it's Elise. Pronounced E lease as in leasing an apartment. I love it and wouldn't have it any other way, but it's still annoying to have had to, and continue to, correct just about everyone who tries to say or spell it!
Posted by Sparrow87[/QUOTE]
I know how to say and write your name! I have a friend who spells it that way too!! :)
As for matchy name. My brothers and I were almost all matching. The last brother escaped the name Robert by me pulling the name Justin out the the hat instead. But my other brother's name starts with an R and so does my name. I feel like more than three is a little much. But I don't think too much about odd names because I think they are cool :)
Married! May 27th, 2012
[QUOTE] ETA: I decided to just go with it and post my name it's Elise. Pronounced E lease as in leasing an apartment. I love it and wouldn't have it any other way, but it's still annoying to have had to, and continue to, correct just about everyone who tries to say or spell it!
Posted by Sparrow87[/QUOTE]
I can't imagine another way in which to pronounce your name. I find it odd that you get so many mispronunciations.
My brothers and I all have "normal" names. Stephanie, Joseph ("Joey"), Steven. My mom and stepdad adopted a little boy a few years ago and named him Dylan. It still goes with our names, but is the less common one.
I would love to name a little boy (if I have one) my maiden name (err... my current last name I suppose I should say). <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /> It could also be a girl's name, but I like it better for a boy.
I, personally, like the idea of naming a little girl Elizabeth and calling her Libby. I think that is super cute. I have always wanted to name a little girl Lissi Belle, but I doubt BF would get on board with that one.
[QUOTE]my name begins with a K and so does my brother and sister, so KKK & no my parents <strong>are racist</strong> in the slightest. My sister and I were unitentional when my brother was born they went for name beginning with K.
Posted by danser55[/QUOTE]
Might want to edit that to "aren't." Unless, of course, you meant they are racist. <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" />
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However my Brother K's girlfriends family is all M's. Her sisters name is Mica (Mee-kah) and she married a man named Micah. People always joke that they should name their future kid Mocha. My brothers girlfriends name is Mattie and my boyfriends name is Matt. We always joke they're going to leave us for each other so that they can have a Mica & Micah, and a Matt & Mattie. Yeah. Lame, I know.
I'm a firm believer in naming your child when you meet them. Not while pregnant. I realize lots of people do, and that's perfectly fine, but it's just not my thing. So, I see nothing wrong with having one kid named "James" and one named "Willow" or something. I mean... their personalities may turn out to be just as different, so why not?
Married to my best friend, making our way together through this crazy, mixed-up thing we call life.
I do think it's a little strange when parents start doing strange spellings or making up names just to fit a pattern. BF and I have talked about names and we both love Chloe and Juliet (Jules for short) but I tend to like more old fashioned names whereas he likes more modern ones so it's hard to find ones we both like. i don't think we will try to fit our kids names into any sort of pattern.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Baby Naming & Siblings : Just be careful with the whole nickname thing. It's been kind of frustrating to me my entire life b/c my nickname is one that is more uncommon for my full name, and it take people forever to learn my name and get it right.
Posted by desertsun[/QUOTE]
Awww, but your name is so cute! But yeah, we would want the full names and nicknames to be a little more... obvious.
For my part, I will never give one of my children a name starting with "M". It sounds like a weird peeve, I know, but whenever I introduce myself and say "Hi, I'm Macy," the 'm' sounds run together and I end up hearing "Lacey? Stacey? Acey? What did you say?" I've gotten into the habit of introducing myself with "My name is..." to avoid the problem, but it sucks to have to think about it.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Baby Naming & Siblings : Awww, but your name is so cute! But yeah, we would want the full names and nicknames to be a little more... obvious. For my part, I will never give one of my children a name starting with "M". It sounds like a weird peeve, <strong>I know, but whenever I introduce myself and say "Hi, I'm Macy," the 'm' sounds run together and I end up hearing "Lacey? Stacey? Acey? What did you say?"</strong> I've gotten into the habit of introducing myself with "My name is..." to avoid the problem, but it sucks to have to think about it.
Posted by Elle1036[/QUOTE]
I have this problem too. People never get my name right. Maybe is has to do with the ending "asey"?
Also BF has a very nontraditional name. He and his father are the only two in the US that have it. It is an Albanian name. His father and brother both named their first boys with the same name (so SK Jr.) BF wanted to continue that, but he hates his name sometimes and I don't want to do that to my child. I have told him that I am all about using the American translation though, which would be Alexander.
ETA: the point to that was that both BF and I have nontraditional names, so I will most likely stick to that if we have children.