Presidential names

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I went to a baby shower this weekend and met a woman who has named her 3 sons Harrison, Pierce and Jackson.  The next one will either be Grant or Carter for a boy or McKinley for a girl.  On their own they're fine names but to do that purposely?

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My great-grandmother named two of her boys:

Calvin Coolidge and Coolidge Calvin.  They were born about a year apart.  

Sidenote:  she had 16 babies so I assumed she was running out of names. 

amelianguy

I think it's kind of cute. I don't think a lot of people would make that connection.

ubermoose

I think it's a little lame. It's like they are trying to collect them all.

m_squared

I saw a little boy at work with the first name Bill-Clinton last week. It was hard to call his name with a straight face!

juniper19

What is also strange is that with the exception of Jackson, all were mediocre to terrible presidents.  (And even Jackson is controversial).  It seems like if you are going to jump on a presidential theme, why pick bad presidents?

queenbone

I collect presidential memorabilia so I actually think this idea is pretty cute.  DS's name is Theodore, but I did NOT name him for TR even though a lot of people ask me that.

sharmurph18

I have friends that are brothers named Calvin and Dwight after the Presidents...I always thought it was pretty neat.

SissyKate21

Interesting, I wouldn't have thought to do that intentionally. But it's probably no stranger than people who name all their children by the same letter of the alphabet.

 

Who wants to be the first person to name their kid "Bush"?(Heh heh...)

Serious question: I wonder if the name "Barack" is making a surge...

MrsJWeaver

SissyKate21:

Serious question: I wonder if the name "Barack" is making a surge...

Its become one of the most popular names in the last several years.  I understand that people are using Obama too.

caeliesmom

McKinley for a girl is awful.

renafaith

We used to name all our pets after presidents or political figures. We even had a guinea pig named Martha (Washington). Maybe she should pick a presidential wife for a girl?

Ciconrad

caeliesmom:

McKinley for a girl is awful.

 I actually like it.  I don't really get the theme - but I do like her names!

sunnyday016

I know a family that has a presidential theme going too. They had Carter, Madison, and Taylor.

jiffy-pop

I don't see the big deal with it. I like all of those names. There's a couple I never realized were president's names.

ldcoffel

I saw two sisters Kennedy and Monroe. I really liked Monroe until they said it was Marilyn Monroe and JFK.  I thought that was a stretch.

MoFree

McKinley for a girl, yuck.

Kasi80

My husband has a presidential name.  His first name is very common but put with his last name it turns into one of the presidents names. 

AmandaJane08

My son is Carter, and if he had been a girl his name would have been Kennedy...and I never once thought of the presedents, DH and I just really liked the names.

mybobble

A friend of mine named her ds Harrison and Carter. She picked the names because she liked them. It wasn't until after Carter was born and someone asked her what her thing w/ presidents was.

debbadebbadoo711

I personally dislike little girl names that are actually last names or names of dead presidents.  I have never understood this trend.  What happenned to pretty and feminine?   I guess it's just NMS.

lilygirl

I don't see why McKinley for a girl is any different than Mackenzie. They're both terrible, IMO.

I have a friend who's daughters are Kennedy and Madison. So NMS.

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I "know" a friend of a friend who has 3 girls, McKinley, Reagan, and Madison, purposely named after presidents.

62406

I know a family who named all their children after Presidents.  Their father is a HS History teacher, so it makes sense.  They have Madison, McKinley (girl), Carter, and Harrison.  I think all those names are adorable.

kac831

My favorite boys names happen to be Grant, Carter and Jackson... but if I had three boys would I name them all those?? I don't know its probably too much!

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