What is your baby's name. Im trying to think of names I could possibly use (yes I might steal it) and the books arn't really helping. It may be useful for others too.. Did you go for a conventional or unconventional name, were they named after anyone or anything??
I used to be a youth worker so associating those names to those kids is also a difficulty I am having. Ie I won't name them "Chris" because he was a little SOB... that kinda thing
DS -
First name: Aricyn (Scandinavian - means the Eternal King's son)
Middle name: Michael (was supposed to be DH's name - but they changed their mind when his brother said he wouldn't talk to him if they named him that - DH also idolises Michael Jordan)
DD -
First name: Mehkelti (made up basically - loosely based on Mykelti Williamson, an actor, but he pronounces his name Michael-T - hers is "meh-kel-tee")
Middle names: Addisyn (cos we love the name and ties in nicely with aricyn) & Jayne (my middle name)
None of my kids have meanings behind their names...except Chelsea....cos id always dream i was having a girl and i always called her Chelsea Rose....so when she arrived and was a girl....the name stuck!
aussiewillow - I had the same problem finding a name as I am a child care worker. We finally settled on Olive Mae about 2mths before she was born. We basically just loved the name then after she was born found out that DH's great great grandmother was named Olive and she had a daughter named Olive May so that was a huge coincidence. Mae is my second name. Naming is such a huge decision, we were still looking at boy's names while I was in labour and finally settled on Ambrose or Solomon. I like different names to what everyone else has and for boy's it has to be strong and manly, for girl's pretty and feminine.
L0klann just because it was one of the few boys names we could agree on that fitted him when he was born & William is DFs middle name & a family name on his side..
DD is Emma Louise - I tried to find a name no one else in the family had, i have 40 odd cousins so it was no easy task. I loved the name and at the time the Spice girls were really big and baby spice was Emma. Louise is my middle name so i passsed it on down.
DS1 is Hamish Richard-David - quite a mouthful, I wanted something to tie in with HUbbys scottish heritage and loved Hamish. Richard is hubbys Dad and David is my Dads name. We thought we better get the family names in as he was the only boy and we hadnt planned on any others.
DS2 is Lachlan Stewart - Again i wanted a scottish name and i didnt think i could have a Hamish and then a John or more normal sort of name so we went for Lachlan, Stewart is Hubbys name.
Cody William- william is my dh middle name and i really like it as a middle name and cody was the only name we could both agree on and i reeally like it.
Lachlan Andreas- Lachlan was dh choice as i chose cody and Andreas is dh fathers middle name.
Abbie Angela-Grace- i have always love the name Abbie and it was our girl name for both of our boys angela is my middle name and grace we both love and needs to break the A's up a bit:-)
'Colin' after dh's uncle who passed away when dh was 12 (after my dh, play fighting with him, told him to 'drop dead'... understandably, dh has alway felt guilty about it).
For the Tyler, dh took my name and his, and played around to see what other name he could come up with, using the letters from our names. I wasn't ever really a big fan of the name- and less so when i realised it actually ryhmes with our last name. The agreement was that dh chose the boy's name, I chose the girls. Once we found out bubs was a boy, I argued (and cried) and begged dh to change his mind. But no go.
So I have effectively shortened it to Ty. I like it, it suits him and... well, it still kinda rhymes, but not so badly as Tyler!
DH and I are both big fans of very conservative, traditional names, with 'correct' (ie the 'normal') spelling. We figure that while our kids may grow up to be rock stars or tattooists, they may also be a magistrate or a CEO and, no matter what, people are going to judge them based on their names, for instance if they apply for a job, they're more likely to get an interview if an employer (who is usually an older, and therefore more traditional) person sees 'Nicole Smith' on a resume rather than 'Shaneikwa-la'Jaede Smith'.
We chose Emily Paige for DD1, no particular reason other than that we liked the sound of it, it goes well with our surname, and it suits a toddler, a primary-school student, a university student, and an elderly woman. It's traditional, pretty, feminine, and rolls off the tongue.
We've chosen Hayley Nicole for DD2 (who is yet to be born), for the same reasons - conventional, feminine, suits a girl of all ages from a baby to a married woman to an elderly person.
We just think it'll be easier for them in the long run to not have to constantly correct the spelling of their names (although you would not believe the amount of illiterates out there who have to ask me whether my name is spelled with 'one 'n' or two?'), repeat the name several times for strangers who have never heard it before, it doesn't require an explanation of whether it's a cultural or familially-significant name, and when they are doing things like applying for jobs or speaking with clients, or sending out letters etc to clients, people won't be judging them based on their names, only on their performance etc.
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