Hi all, Seeking help on baby name. I know it shouldn't matter what family and friends think - but it has gotten to us.
We are having another boy and like Brady A LOT ... only thing is, we are from Boston, and everyone thinks we are naming him after Tom Brady, while we LOVE football, he's NOT the reason behind the name, we just LOVE it. but we are SICK of everyone talking about Tom Brady. My hubby at first didn't care, but it's gotten to the point where we want to change the name to Cameron, but that name came out of no where!
We like both, but need un-biased opinions please! :)
I love the name Cameron. Of course I'm a hockey girl and Cam Neely is my favorite player so I will say that has something to do with it. I like Cameron James (and I love the nickname CJ) if you went that route but either sounds nice. I think enough people name their son Brady that he wouldn't definitely be tagged to Tom, but this is new England so you never know! I like the flow of Cameron James better.
@MommaMac Cameron was my top pick for ds2! Until I saw that the meaning of Cameron was "crooked nose." I couldn't get over that so we ended up with Caleb. If it doesn't bother you then go for it, it's a good name! I also really like the name Brady, but it just depends how much you'll be bothered by the questions if it's bc of Tom Brady. I have friend with a DD named Adelle and gets asked alllll the time if it's after the singer (it's not). It aggravates her but she loves the name and doesn't regret naming her that!
@MommaMac If you like the name Brady then go with it. Right now yes it seems annoying with the whole Tom Brady thing, but how many years does he have left before he retires? It could be a question in the future when your son grows up and Tom Brady has retired, it might not be. You and your hubby can always wait till he's born and decide then. Sometimes you have the perfect name, you see your child, and the name doesn't fit. Good luck, picking names is never easy.
@MommaMac we're in a similar boat, my husband would really like to use Sidney after his grandfather, but living in Pittsburgh, people are huge Sidney Crosby fans and will name their baby after him, and assume we did too. I say go with Brady, it will be annoying occasionally but eventually people will stop making the connection.
@MommaMac I'm from the Boston area too and loved the name Brady, but our last name starts with a B and the double B was too much for us. But I say go for it if you can! Yea people around here will associate it with TB12 butt who cares! At least it's a good association. #TeamBrady lol I'm a big Pats fan and also love the name
I like both names and Tom Brady be damned. But if you are worried about names reminding other people of famous people, I read Cameron James and immediately thought of James Cameron.
I'm sure that's not what you were looking for but I felt like I should probably throw that possibility out there.
Yes! Go for Brady! I'm from Boston and a huge patriots fan so I wouldn't be mad if people assumed it was after Tom but you can always just say no we just love the name! And by the time he is school aged, Brady won't be playing anymore so no one will make the connection. I love it so much I would use it but my sister called dibs so I'm letting her take it.
Hey everybody :-) I haven't commented much because I'm a FTM and don't have a lot of advice to give. I am looking for some input. I believe that mothers should give their daughters their last names, and fathers should give their sons their last names. It doesn't seem fair, otherwise. If my daughter grows up a bit and finds that she feels more comfortable as a male, he can decide to take his father's last name if he wishes. The problem is that I don't know the name of my first female ancestor. All the names that have been passed down have come from men. I want to give my daughter a last name that reflects part of her mitochondrial heritage, so I have decided on Serena, from Spain, from where our foremothers' mitochondria came. I like also like Serena because it means 'peaceful,' and I am a pacifist. Her full name will be Olivia Persephone Serena - Olivia being the first name of one of my favorite authors, and Persephone being the name of a character I love from a different author's books. I wish that I could change my name to match my daughter's, but I think it's going to be too much trouble. If she finds herself lonely in her name later on, I will change mine for her - but I think it would be a little selfish for me to decide to be the first matriarch with the name. So: there are my reasons. Tell me your thoughts. For instance, is it a problem that when said together, her first and last name have the same 'a' ending?
@Shima42 I've never heard of this before. Personally I think a last name should reflect the father of the child. It doesn't have anything to do with gender. I have a niece that doesn't have the same last name as the rest of her family, and she hates it. She's waiting on the day that my sister and her husband change her name to match, because it's different from everybody else in her family as she has no connection to her biological father. But if my sister had known that she would have given her our last name. (Maiden name that is.) My older brother also had his name changed because of similar reasons with my mom and after she married my dad. He felt left out, and like he wasn't part of the family. That being said, if that's what you want, it's your child, and I'm not here to judge. Just giving my 2 cents.
@Shima42 It sounds like you are saying you don't want to use your last name or the fathers last name but some different name altogether , the name of your first femal ancestor? This seems confusing to me. I think if you want to use your or the fathers last name it would make sense, but anything else would just cause more questions than anything else, and since there is no record of a name like you are looking for being passed down I wouldn't go that route. But it's your decision. You have to do what you feel is best.
@Shima42 you can't dictate how others react to your posts. Stop trying to tell people what to do. On top of that, you asked for thoughts on your naming agenda. You can't ask for advice and not expect at least a little negative feedback(especially on a topic liked the one you brought up). Your idea of passing down a female matriarch's name to your daughter is extreme to say the least and you shouldn't expect everyone to be on your side about it. In fact, most people are going to think you're crazy and that you're talking your(clearly feminist) views to a point of essentially neglecting your child's father. Some very good points were brought up and instead of listening to them or answering questions that were asked about your idea you have only comes back with "don't be rude" nonsense. Everyone is pointing out to you the obvious.
#1 giving a child(male or female) a completely different last name than either parent WILL cause confusion, hurt feelings and probably some legal issues for the child and your family. It's just not a smart idea. I get wanting to pass down your heritage but maybe start small like giving the child a first or middle name that reflects their heritage and if you are that against giving your daughter her father's last name then give her yours(I'm assuming you didn't take his name when you married or that you aren't married?) When DH and I started TTC we were not married yet and we had a discussion about what baby's last name would be when the time came. Maybe you should communicate with your husband about this idea and see how he feels instead of trying to dictate to a bunch of internet strangers that they need to be nice to you about your extremist views.
#2 as another pp pointed out, at best you are picking a random name from a region your have no documented lineage to connect to. You are basing this decision off of "mitochondrial dna" which doesn't actually give you any definitive bloodlines. So in a sense you are wanting to give your child a name that may or may not even be a name of one of your ancestors. Without a documented bloodline to take your back thru your family tree you are at best picking a name that represents the country and culture you may come from but does not actually have any standing as far as your true heritage. If you really want to start this tradition, I feel like you are reaching way to far. Pick a name you can trace back to do that you can show your child "this is where your name came from" it will add value to your choice and your child will be less likely to resent her name when she is older. Even still with that, giving your child a different last name than yours or the father's will more than likely cause more issues for you rather than proving your extreme feminist viewpoint. It's just not smart. Please stick with a first and/or middle name picked from your traceable family tree.
#3 if you are so dead set on not taking anyone's advice and still giving your daughter a last name that isn't yours or the father's, please at least give the child a REAL last name. Giving the child a last name that is traditionally a first or middle name will only add more confusion to an already confusing situation. Giving your child the name Olivia Persephone Serena is going to leave you CONSTANTLY having to explain to everyone where her name came from. No one is going to want to talk about anything but why her name is so out of place and why she doesn't have a real last name. You will get criticized, mocked, and laughed at more than you will be told that your idea was amazing. That's the world we live in. Giving your child your last name instead of her father's at least has a connection and you can still explain to people that you wanted her to have a representation of her mother's family without being seen as a fanatic and an extremist. It makes your point without making things stressful for you or your daughter. If you stick to your idea of this completely random last name. She will spend her life having to tell people why she doesn't share your family name and will more than likely hate it and resent you for giving it to her. Telling you that is not anyone being rude. It's reality. She will get teased, interrogated and ultimately feel like an outsider. Is that what you want for your child?
Sometimes it's better to say nothing then debate this ridiculous topic! Sounds so extreme almost like she's waiting to get people banned... Maybe a troll maybe not...
Sometimes it's better to say nothing then debate this ridiculous topic! Sounds so extreme almost like she's waiting to get people banned... Maybe a troll maybe not...
Actually, we're not even supposed to be talking about it. I posted it here first and no one gave me any advice, so I posted it over in Baby Names and everyone went crazy being super rude to me. The topic was closed.
Sometimes it's better to say nothing then debate this ridiculous topic! Sounds so extreme almost like she's waiting to get people banned... Maybe a troll maybe not...
Actually, we're not even supposed to be talking about it. I posted it here first and no one gave me any advice, so I posted it over in Baby Names and everyone went crazy being super rude to me. The topic was closed.
Actually the only person over there that was rude was you. You continuously called people names and told them to stop being rude when all they were doing was giving you their opinions(which you asked for). Someone giving you a well thought out, legitimate response that you happen to disagree with isn't rude and anyone that reads that thread will see that you are clearly not open to anyone's input if it doesn't line up with your ideology. The thread got shut down because despite being given a multitude of helpful advice and honest opinions, you continued to resort to name calling and childishness. Any "rudeness" aimed at you was nothing more than you reading tone into statements and getting offended that they weren't jumping up and down with excitement at your idea.
Sometimes it's better to say nothing then debate this ridiculous topic! Sounds so extreme almost like she's waiting to get people banned... Maybe a troll maybe not...
Actually, we're not even supposed to be talking about it. I posted it here first and no one gave me any advice, so I posted it over in Baby Names and everyone went crazy being super rude to me. The topic was closed.
ACTUALLY, the rule is that there can't be any new threads made about this, not that people have to "stop talking about it now" since this is still an active thread where your situation is not the main topic of discussion.
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Dear sweet baby... asking people to be polite in giving their opinions is not disagreeing with opinions, it is disagreeing with tone. I am allowed to ask to be treated with politeness. If anyone called my baby name choice 'nonsense' to my face IRL, I would ask them to stop being rude. Imagine how you would feel if your MIL said that to you. I never called anyone names except to say that they were trolling. Commenting in a rude way when someone asks for advice is trolling. Yeah, it's the Internet, where you can be rude and have no IRL consequences - but that doesn't take away my right to ask for politeness, and it doesn't mean that I'm just being butt hurt because you don't agree with me. Now, if you can't be civil, please stop hijacking the thread.
Dear sweet baby... asking people to be polite in giving their opinions is not disagreeing with opinions, it is disagreeing with tone. I am allowed to ask to be treated with politeness. If anyone called my baby name choice 'nonsense' to my face IRL, I would ask them to stop being rude. Imagine how you would feel if your MIL said that to you. I never called anyone names except to say that they were trolling. Commenting in a rude way when someone asks for advice is trolling. Yeah, it's the Internet, where you can be rude and have no IRL consequences - but that doesn't take away my right to ask for politeness, and it doesn't mean that I'm just being butt hurt because you don't agree with me. Now, if you can't be civil, please stop hijacking the thread.
First of all, your condescending tone is more rude that the logical thought out responses that you just didn't agree with. Second, if I had an idea as extreme as yours I would expect to get eyerolls and rude comments. If you wanted to have a bunch of people shower praise on you for your idea, you picked the wrong place. A public internet forum full of random strangers isn't going to agree with your abstract, wild ideas.
I dont' think you fully understand the meaning of the word "rude". It doesn't mean "someone doesn't agree with me". You have been the most inconsiderate and rude person in the whole conversation by trying to dictate how others respond to you. I KNOW you don't understand what a troll is. Here, let me help you: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=troll
If anyone here is a troll it's you. You posted about a controversial topic on a public board. You have constantly combatted anyone's responses that don't agree with your idea. People have given you HONEST and LEGITIMATE responses and have received absolutely nothing back from you other than name calling and attempts to dictate their responses. You have not legitimately responded to anyone's questions about your original topic but instead ave complained about how "rude" they are being even though they were trying to get a better grasp on what you were thinking.
If you aren't trolling and trying to stir up drama(which I seriously doubt) then I suggest that you re-read the responses that you got about your idea and actually have a conversation with the people who were generous enough to reply instead of reading unnecessary tone into their responses and getting all butthurt about the fact that most people aren't going to agree with you. Ultimately, no matter how ridiculous and far fetched your idea is, no one told you you can't do it. They just told you it's not a smart idea. Do whatever you want.
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What are everyone's thoughts on Lily Clarice? I've posted a few other names on here a few posts back, but this is a new one. Last name is a super long 14 letter one so we're trying to keep the first name as simple as possible. Also Clarice is after DH's Grandmother.
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I've been struggling so much with our name lately. It's been my baby girl name since forever:
Elena (Eh-leh-na)
I love it! I think it's so beautiful. However...
Sticky point #1: pronunciation. I don't want her to go through life correcting folks who call her Elaina. DH feels the same. We've mostly come to terms with it. (Side note: I have a cousin Lorena, same situation. Even on her wedding day, the priest kept saying Lor-ai-na. We're Latino, so might only be annoying to us!)
Sticky point #2: I feel so silly about it—Elena is a new Disney princess. When we'd agreed on the name, I googled out of curiosity.. and there she was! This gets me more than pronunciation thing, and I hate that it bothers me so much, haha. DH has the same feelings. Silver lining: she's just a TV princess—for now. What if they make a movie and she blows up, and there are tons of Elenas?! What if she becomes the new Elsa?!?
Anyway, just wanted to vent. Super on the fence about Elena even though it's always been my name.
Name #2 is Eva (Eh-vah). Back to the pronunciation thing again!
I've been struggling so much with our name lately. It's been my baby girl name since forever:
Elena (Eh-leh-na)
I love it! I think it's so beautiful. However...
Sticky point #1: pronunciation. I don't want her to go through life correcting folks who call her Elaina. DH feels the same. We've mostly come to terms with it. (Side note: I have a cousin Lorena, same situation. Even on her wedding day, the priest kept saying Lor-ai-na. We're Latino, so might only be annoying to us!)
Sticky point #2: I feel so silly about it—Elena is a new Disney princess. When we'd agreed on the name, I googled out of curiosity.. and there she was! This gets me more than pronunciation thing, and I hate that it bothers me so much, haha. DH has the same feelings. Silver lining: she's just a TV princess—for now. What if they make a movie and she blows up, and there are tons of Elenas?! What if she becomes the new Elsa?!?
Anyway, just wanted to vent. Super on the fence about Elena even though it's always been my name.
Name #2 is Eva (Eh-vah). Back to the pronunciation thing again!
Anyone have connections at Disney?
I love Elena and it was high on my list as well. I don't totally understand the difference in pronunciation though?? So that wouldn't bug me as much as the Disney princess thing. That's unfortunate timing.
I think everyone is going to initially mispronounce Eva as (Ee-vah) would you consider Ava instead?
Looks like we both have a thing for E names. We decided on Everly after battling it out vs Emilia.
I've been struggling so much with our name lately. It's been my baby girl name since forever:
Elena (Eh-leh-na)
I love it! I think it's so beautiful. However...
Sticky point #1: pronunciation. I don't want her to go through life correcting folks who call her Elaina. DH feels the same. We've mostly come to terms with it. (Side note: I have a cousin Lorena, same situation. Even on her wedding day, the priest kept saying Lor-ai-na. We're Latino, so might only be annoying to us!)
Sticky point #2: I feel so silly about it—Elena is a new Disney princess. When we'd agreed on the name, I googled out of curiosity.. and there she was! This gets me more than pronunciation thing, and I hate that it bothers me so much, haha. DH has the same feelings. Silver lining: she's just a TV princess—for now. What if they make a movie and she blows up, and there are tons of Elenas?! What if she becomes the new Elsa?!?
Anyway, just wanted to vent. Super on the fence about Elena even though it's always been my name.
Name #2 is Eva (Eh-vah). Back to the pronunciation thing again!
Anyone have connections at Disney?
As a teacher, Elena is pretty common and rarely mispronounced if that's any reassurance. It's also a lovely name, which is probably why it's the new Disney princess- but who cares? She won't have been around long enough for the assumption that she's named after her!
Had we had a girl we were leaning towards Eva, so obviously I'm a fan - our first is Emilia and in the very beginning a few folks said, "Emily-a" and after one correction were good to go.
Can I switch the thread to boy names? We've been going back and forth with names for our DS and my DH keeps coming back to Henry, which I've always loved but is very popular right now. Three people I work with have named their sons Henry in the past year. Am I crazy to be letting that affect my ability to be comfortable with Henry?
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I know it shouldn't matter what family and friends think - but it has gotten to us.
We are having another boy and like Brady A LOT ... only thing is, we are from Boston, and everyone thinks we are naming him after Tom Brady, while we LOVE football, he's NOT the reason behind the name, we just LOVE it. but we are SICK of everyone talking about Tom Brady. My hubby at first didn't care, but it's gotten to the point where we want to change the name to Cameron, but that name came out of no where!
We like both, but need un-biased opinions please!
Brady Cameron orrrr
Cameron James
(We do not like Cameron Brady)
But I say go for it if you can! Yea people around here will associate it with TB12 butt who cares! At least it's a good association.
#TeamBrady
lol I'm a big Pats fan and also love the name
I'm sure that's not what you were looking for but I felt like I should probably throw that possibility out there.
Annabel (my top pick)
Adelyn (DH's top pick)
Middle name will likely be Elise or Joy.
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That being said, if that's what you want, it's your child, and I'm not here to judge. Just giving my 2 cents.
#1 giving a child(male or female) a completely different last name than either parent WILL cause confusion, hurt feelings and probably some legal issues for the child and your family. It's just not a smart idea. I get wanting to pass down your heritage but maybe start small like giving the child a first or middle name that reflects their heritage and if you are that against giving your daughter her father's last name then give her yours(I'm assuming you didn't take his name when you married or that you aren't married?) When DH and I started TTC we were not married yet and we had a discussion about what baby's last name would be when the time came. Maybe you should communicate with your husband about this idea and see how he feels instead of trying to dictate to a bunch of internet strangers that they need to be nice to you about your extremist views.
#2 as another pp pointed out, at best you are picking a random name from a region your have no documented lineage to connect to. You are basing this decision off of "mitochondrial dna" which doesn't actually give you any definitive bloodlines. So in a sense you are wanting to give your child a name that may or may not even be a name of one of your ancestors. Without a documented bloodline to take your back thru your family tree you are at best picking a name that represents the country and culture you may come from but does not actually have any standing as far as your true heritage. If you really want to start this tradition, I feel like you are reaching way to far. Pick a name you can trace back to do that you can show your child "this is where your name came from" it will add value to your choice and your child will be less likely to resent her name when she is older. Even still with that, giving your child a different last name than yours or the father's will more than likely cause more issues for you rather than proving your extreme feminist viewpoint. It's just not smart. Please stick with a first and/or middle name picked from your traceable family tree.
#3 if you are so dead set on not taking anyone's advice and still giving your daughter a last name that isn't yours or the father's, please at least give the child a REAL last name. Giving the child a last name that is traditionally a first or middle name will only add more confusion to an already confusing situation. Giving your child the name Olivia Persephone Serena is going to leave you CONSTANTLY having to explain to everyone where her name came from. No one is going to want to talk about anything but why her name is so out of place and why she doesn't have a real last name. You will get criticized, mocked, and laughed at more than you will be told that your idea was amazing. That's the world we live in. Giving your child your last name instead of her father's at least has a connection and you can still explain to people that you wanted her to have a representation of her mother's family without being seen as a fanatic and an extremist. It makes your point without making things stressful for you or your daughter. If you stick to your idea of this completely random last name. She will spend her life having to tell people why she doesn't share your family name and will more than likely hate it and resent you for giving it to her. Telling you that is not anyone being rude. It's reality. She will get teased, interrogated and ultimately feel like an outsider. Is that what you want for your child?
Actually the only person over there that was rude was you. You continuously called people names and told them to stop being rude when all they were doing was giving you their opinions(which you asked for). Someone giving you a well thought out, legitimate response that you happen to disagree with isn't rude and anyone that reads that thread will see that you are clearly not open to anyone's input if it doesn't line up with your ideology. The thread got shut down because despite being given a multitude of helpful advice and honest opinions, you continued to resort to name calling and childishness. Any "rudeness" aimed at you was nothing more than you reading tone into statements and getting offended that they weren't jumping up and down with excitement at your idea.
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First of all, your condescending tone is more rude that the logical thought out responses that you just didn't agree with. Second, if I had an idea as extreme as yours I would expect to get eyerolls and rude comments. If you wanted to have a bunch of people shower praise on you for your idea, you picked the wrong place. A public internet forum full of random strangers isn't going to agree with your abstract, wild ideas.
I dont' think you fully understand the meaning of the word "rude". It doesn't mean "someone doesn't agree with me". You have been the most inconsiderate and rude person in the whole conversation by trying to dictate how others respond to you. I KNOW you don't understand what a troll is. Here, let me help you:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=troll
If anyone here is a troll it's you. You posted about a controversial topic on a public board. You have constantly combatted anyone's responses that don't agree with your idea. People have given you HONEST and LEGITIMATE responses and have received absolutely nothing back from you other than name calling and attempts to dictate their responses. You have not legitimately responded to anyone's questions about your original topic but instead ave complained about how "rude" they are being even though they were trying to get a better grasp on what you were thinking.
If you aren't trolling and trying to stir up drama(which I seriously doubt) then I suggest that you re-read the responses that you got about your idea and actually have a conversation with the people who were generous enough to reply instead of reading unnecessary tone into their responses and getting all butthurt about the fact that most people aren't going to agree with you. Ultimately, no matter how ridiculous and far fetched your idea is, no one told you you can't do it. They just told you it's not a smart idea. Do whatever you want.
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Elena (Eh-leh-na)
I love it! I think it's so beautiful. However...
Sticky point #1: pronunciation. I don't want her to go through life correcting folks who call her Elaina. DH feels the same. We've mostly come to terms with it. (Side note: I have a cousin Lorena, same situation. Even on her wedding day, the priest kept saying Lor-ai-na. We're Latino, so might only be annoying to us!)
Sticky point #2: I feel so silly about it—Elena is a new Disney princess. When we'd agreed on the name, I googled out of curiosity.. and there she was!
Anyway, just wanted to vent. Super on the fence about Elena even though it's always been my name.
Name #2 is Eva (Eh-vah). Back to the pronunciation thing again!
Anyone have connections at Disney?
I think everyone is going to initially mispronounce Eva as (Ee-vah) would you consider Ava instead?
Looks like we both have a thing for E names. We decided on Everly after battling it out vs Emilia.
Filippa Louise
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Had we had a girl we were leaning towards Eva, so obviously I'm a fan - our first is Emilia and in the very beginning a few folks said, "Emily-a" and after one correction were good to go.
They're both lovely names!
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