The Name Game

[oldE]

How did you decide on your child's name?
When my son was born, I knew what his name would be. There was no question. I had known it for years.
I heard this story this morning from a friend. Her friends had delivered their son and didn't have a name picked out. They felt they were ready to go home after a couple of days, but hospital administration needed a name before they would release the infant. The husband excused himself, drove to their home and stood on the back doorstep trying out possible names by calling out across the fields. He eventually chose the one that felt right, returned to the hospital and completed the paperwork.

How was it for you? Spur of the moment? Battle royal over who's parents would be honored?

[Baz]

Australian connection for my 2 Australian Cattle Dog/Blue Heeler girls.

"Winkipop", a popular surf spot in Oz and "Billabong" - the popular Oz surfwear company.

[A930Rocket]

I came up with the name for our son and daughter. That said, we call our son by his middle name and I wish I had used that for his first name. They both have a mix of great grandfather on my mom’s side.

[Dixie]

I think you should name your children after where they were conceived. Think about it, your first child could be named Cancun, and your second Sofa.

[oldE]

That would explain little 2014 Subaru!

[crustychief]

Looked at a calendar July, Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov lol

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by Dixie

I think you should name your children after where they were conceived. Think about it, your first child could be named Cancun, and your second Sofa.

LOL! Sounds like a great method. I mean, better than the one my parents used.

My parents were so indifferent to having children that they let an Irish couple who were friends of theirs name my brother and me. So, while our family is of Alsatian descent, my name is Patrick and my brother was named Michael. We have found absolutely no one in our genealogy with either of those names, nor our middle names.

[Por_sha911]

My wife and I had an agreement: if it was a girl she picked the first name and I chose the middle name - if it was a boy I got the 1st name and she picked the middle.
My wife picked our daughter's first name...

[dw1]

Originally Posted by Dixie

I think you should name your children after where they were conceived. Think about it, your first child could be named Cancun, and your second Sofa.

Famous actor & director Ron Howard did that:

"All four of Ron Howard's children have middle names associated with the location where the child was conceived—Bryce Dallas (the city, obviously), twins Paige and Jocelyn share Carlyle (as in the Carlyle Hotel in NYC) and Reed Cross (the street where the family lived in London)."

[dw1]

My older brother was named after our grandfather, my younger sister after our grandmother. Being a middle child & second boy (when, as I was told later, they really wanted a girl) my first name was, I guess, picked out of a hat. My first name has no connection to any prior family member that I can find.

My wife and I decided on names before our children were born.

For the first one if it was a boy he would be named for my dad (with a middle name my grandpa's first name), if it was a girl then for my wife's mom (middle name for my wife's grandma).

Since our first was a girl, for the second we decided if it was a boy, he would be named for my father & grandfather, if another girl we would use a feminine derivative of my dad's name with my mom's name for the middle name. Well, we had a second girl and stopped there because I did not want to inflict "middle kid syndrome" on someone.

I have an old friend from a large Irish-American family in which the oldest boy always has the same name as his dad (and his grandfather, and great-grandfather and so on). A great tradition, but it could get confusing at times.

[KNS]

Originally Posted by Dixie

I think you should name your children after where they were conceived. Think about it, your first child could be named Cancun, and your second Sofa.

When I was growing up I had a next door neighbor named Diego (this was Southern California). He said when his mom was pregnant and had to go to the hospital for tests and Prenatal care, to get to the facility they had to get on either the Sand Diego Freeway or the Santa Monica Freeway. While sitting traffic, his parents decided that if they had a boy he would be named Diego and if a girl, she would be named Monica.

[Dixie]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

... while our family is of Alsatian descent...

And today I learned about the Alsace region of France, thanks.

[onZedge]

We grew up in the 60s watching B&W TV sitcoms.
Maltese/Poodle mix is Lucy
Shih-Tzu/Bichon mix is Ricky

[deckard]

I named my stepson Seyler. That way when he get's older - he's 16 now - the girls can say, "Hey Sailor..." and he'll know that they're talking to him.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Dixie

I think you should name your children after where they were conceived. Think about it, your first child could be named Cancun, and your second Sofa.

I would have be named Denver if my followed that advice.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I would have be named Denver if my followed that advice.

Fukuoka.

Serious.