poll: your maiden name

tct1219

or any other surname in your family that isn't jones/ smith/ etc.

i'm looking for boy mn options (hate first names as middle names) and my mother's maiden name is shannon and our last name starts with S so i don't want to use that.

any names would be appreciated, thanks!

note: i've looked back through almost all the names in my family since i was 10 years old, so i'm just looking for some other options.

LMS05

My grandma's maiden name is Ross. It's Irish and I've always liked it. All of her extended family (which is huge) is in Oklahoma City.

Edit: Here are a few more last names in my family...Anderson, Carlson, Timm, Williams, Bryrd, Hill, Phillips, Blair,?Magnuson, Heller, Siering, Hottinger, Mejer, Harter, Ormond

Becky262

We're using MIL's maiden name for our little boy ~ Owen

My maiden name is Darnell.  I've heard it used as a first name before (also on My Name is Earl  lol), but it's NMS.  My mother's maiden is Cox - def not to be used as a first name!  lol

Sus77

My maiden name is Clark and we'll probably use it as a middle name if our baby is a boy

MrsDuncan

Campbell. I've thought about using it for either a boy or girl.

SoleilMoon

What about Cruz?

maltwin1

My maiden name is Lee. I don't know if we'll use it for anything, but it is a perfectly acceptable name.

Smores730

my maiden name is so not doable, but others that could work:

Miller, Madden, Davis, Baron.. err Google it!

Lyssapee

My maiden name is Graves...  Not so great for a middle or first name. 

smismar

If we ever have a boy, we might use my maiden name as a mn.  It's Wills and I think it works well as a given name (not Willis!!).

Other family options I have are Jacobe (jah-coe-bee) and Nelson.

My grandmother's maiden name was Lewandowski, so I've also considered Lewis or a variant thereof.

DarcyLongfellow

Can you go further up your family tree to find good last names to use?

I think it's a bit odd to just use a random last name for your child's middle name.

tct1219

DarcyLongfellow:

Can you go further up your family tree to find good last names to use?

I think it's a bit odd to just use a random last name for your child's middle name.

my mom is actually getting some of hers together, she has it all the way back to 1803 or something. i'm just wondering because i have read countless surname lists and looked in so many books. i guess i just don't see the difference in having a 'random' middle vs. first name.

another issue is so many in my family end in S and that won't work with our last name. williamson and crawford are the only two we have agreed upon so far. we planned on using mcconnell, MILs maiden name for a girl, but we're thinking of using thomas (her father's fn) for a girl's mn so i don't want it to be all about her side of the family, either.

teamla2000

DarcyLongfellow:

Can you go further up your family tree to find good last names to use?

I think it's a bit odd to just use a random last name for your child's middle name.

 This.  What are your grandmothers' maiden names?  Etc.

JustSadie

I'm so jealous of everyone with such normal maiden names!

My maiden name is Spoelstra. You can use that if you want.   My mom, MIL, and grandma all have very ethnic, weird maiden names, too. 

Some random names I think sound like surnames:

Cooper, Sawyer, Tucker, Gilmore (hehe - I'm watching Gilmore Girls), Harrison. Ok, I'm out. GL!

 

CourtneyRDH

I'll name them all.

Young, Key, Fipps, Moseley, Robinson, Willis, Largent, Culver, Blankenchip, Lounsbery, Lunt, Bloom.

naflmj

JustSadie:

I'm so jealous of everyone with such normal maiden names!

My maiden name is Spoelstra. You can use that if you want.   My mom, MIL, and grandma all have very ethnic, weird maiden names, too. 

Some random names I think sound like surnames:

Cooper, Sawyer, Tucker, Gilmore (hehe - I'm watching Gilmore Girls), Harrison. Ok, I'm out. GL!

 

Me too...mine was Frechette, I can't get away with that. The only useable one in my family is Roy.

EmmieB

Why don't you look back over your own family tree? I bet there are at least a dozen worthy contenders there.

EXL311

naflmj:

JustSadie:

I'm so jealous of everyone with such normal maiden names!

My maiden name is Spoelstra. You can use that if you want.   My mom, MIL, and grandma all have very ethnic, weird maiden names, too. 

Some random names I think sound like surnames:

Cooper, Sawyer, Tucker, Gilmore (hehe - I'm watching Gilmore Girls), Harrison. Ok, I'm out. GL!

 

Me too...mine was Frechette, I can't get away with that. The only useable one in my family is Roy.

My maiden name is Hsin (pronounced Shin) and we actually used a different spelling of it for DS's middle name (Xin).  I wouldn't use it as a first name though.

mZoe

My maiden name was Brooks. DH has always liked it and wanted to use it as a possible middle name if we had a boy. I like it as well and hope to use it someday too

rocknrollmommy

Mine is Casey. It could actually work for first, middle, OR last

tct1219

mZoe:

My maiden name was Brooks. DH has always liked it and wanted to use it as a possible middle name if we had a boy. I like it as well and hope to use it someday too

i've always liked brooks as a boy's fn! i am hoping my friend will use it, it won't go with our last name.

jolis_petits_bijoux

My maiden name isn't one that would make a great first name, but here are a few of my family names that I like for a first or middle name:

Harper

Allen

Parker

ara4488

tct1219:

DarcyLongfellow:

Can you go further up your family tree to find good last names to use?

I think it's a bit odd to just use a random last name for your child's middle name.

my mom is actually getting some of hers together, she has it all the way back to 1803 or something. i'm just wondering because i have read countless surname lists and looked in so many books. i guess i just don't see the difference in having a 'random' middle vs. first name.

another issue is so many in my family end in S and that won't work with our last name. williamson and crawford are the only two we have agreed upon so far. we planned on using mcconnell, MILs maiden name for a girl, but we're thinking of using thomas (her father's fn) for a girl's mn so i don't want it to be all about her side of the family, either.

Sorry--still trying to understand--so, due to a lack of inspiration amongst your own family names, you've decided instead to use someone else's (albeit sounding as though it ought to be your own)...?

Not trying to be snarky, just curious really.

dsoltys

SIL's maiden name is Barret.  They thought about using it, but never had a boy.  A friend of our named their first boy Nolan, which was her maiden name.  Mine doesn't work.  It means "hamster" in Czech.

jebuell

I could never do this, either.  I have quite the list of winners in my family tree.  Hicks, Slorvy, Olofsson, Volger, etc.  I'm SO happy I married an Irish boy with a pretty Irish last name!

tct1219

ara4488:

tct1219:

DarcyLongfellow:

Can you go further up your family tree to find good last names to use?

I think it's a bit odd to just use a random last name for your child's middle name.

my mom is actually getting some of hers together, she has it all the way back to 1803 or something. i'm just wondering because i have read countless surname lists and looked in so many books. i guess i just don't see the difference in having a 'random' middle vs. first name.

another issue is so many in my family end in S and that won't work with our last name. williamson and crawford are the only two we have agreed upon so far. we planned on using mcconnell, MILs maiden name for a girl, but we're thinking of using thomas (her father's fn) for a girl's mn so i don't want it to be all about her side of the family, either.

Sorry--still trying to understand--so, due to a lack of inspiration amongst your own family names, you've decided instead to use someone else's (albeit sounding as though it ought to be your own)...?

Not trying to be snarky, just curious really.

no i'm really just trying to get ideas. to me, it's like people asking for names that begin with a certain letter or something for a first name- does every name have to have a family connection? i don't like 'first name' sounding names and i just don't really think it matters where i find a name as long as it's a good one and it sounds good.

for example, i like the name davis, it's not a name in my family but i still plan on using it for my child. i do have several surnames from my and dh's families that i plan to use but am looking for a few more to consider. i don't plan on pretending it is a name in my family if it isn't, didn't mean to make it sound like that.

jessawakawaii

My family has quite a few. Clark is mine, plus there's Carter, Hoss, Owens.

thatgirlang

Brady. We're using it for DS2's middle name.

liz37

If you get the Baby Name Wizard book, it has a whole section filled with surnames that can be used as names.

GL!