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My names...anything I am missing? Help me pick them apart

We are team green...our names are:

Audrey Elise - do you care that people will call her Aud or Auddie and does it bother you that that sounds like "odd" ... as is why are people calling my child strange.  Would you care that Audrey is the name of my Aunt's husband's mother (not my blood relative).  I shouldn't care, right?

Graham Joseph - My mom wants to be called Gram.  Do you think this is confusing? Even though Graham is Gray-EM

Samuel Everett - both are family names, I can't see anything wrong with them, but Everett is sort of a grimy town near us.  Which some people might have an issue with.

Re: My names...anything I am missing? Help me pick them apart

  • I like Audrey Elise! I have never heard of Aud as a nn...

    Samuel Everett is cute :)

  • Audrey Elise is a good name. :) My sister has a very good friend since childhood names Audrey, and sometimes they call her Aud, but it's not what she goes by. It's the same way that people close to me call me "Em" every once in a while, and since they are close friends, it's nice.

    I like both of your boy names. If Everett is a family name, that trumps the town with the same name, IMO. Also, if you LOVE Graham and think it will be confusing with your mom, maybe ask her if she would be choose a different name (assuming this is the first grandchild.) 

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  • imagebabyrusty:

    We are team green Awesome!...our names are:

    Audrey Elise - Beautiful. do you care that people will call her Aud or Auddie I think only very close family members would call her Aud, and only every once in a while.  I've never heard of the nn Auddie. It's the same amount of effort to say Audrey, so I guess I can't picture anyone going out of their way just to leave the R out.  and does it bother you that that sounds like "odd" ... as is why are people calling my child strange. Not if it's only every so often. But if you request that people call her Aud all the time, it would start to sound more like "odd". Would you care that Audrey is the name of my Aunt's husband's mother (not my blood relative). No, I wouldn't care. I shouldn't care, right? Right.

    Graham Joseph - I love Joseph! My mom wants to be called Gram.  Do you think this is confusing? Yes! Even though Graham is Gray-EM. You don't have the syllable emphasis written correctly. It's supposed to be GRAY-em. Which sounds a LOT more like Gram. And actually, GRAM is another correct pronunciation of the name. So, many people will end up calling him GRAM.

    Samuel Everett - I love Samuel! both are family names, I can't see anything wrong with them, but Everett is sort of a grimy town near us.  Which some people might have an issue with. I personally like Everett, but I don't live anywhere near a "grimy" town that shares the name. So I don't know if it's bad enough to scrap or not.

    Taking everything under consideration from your boy names, my pick would be Samuel Joseph. I love everything about it.

  • Sorry...I meant to say that my mom wants to be called Gram for Grandmother...so either way if people call Graham "Gram" or "GRAY-em" will it be confusing if my mom is Gram, as in Gram and Grampy.
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    Sorry Estwd...I meant to say that my mom wants to be called Gram for Grandmother...so either way if people call Graham "Gram" or "GRAY-em" will it be confusing if my mom is Gram, as in Gram and Grampy.
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    Sorry...I meant to say that my mom wants to be called Gram for Grandmother...so either way if people call Graham "Gram" or "Gray-EM" will it be confusing if my mom is Gram, as in Gram and Grampy.

    Not that it really matters...but you LO may call them something different all on their own. My mom wanted to be Grama...DD INSISTS on calling her Mema. Drives my mom crazy. 

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    Sorry...I meant to say that my mom wants to be called Gram for Grandmother...so either way if people call Graham "Gram" or "Gray-EM" will it be confusing if my mom is Gram, as in Gram and Grampy.

    Not that it really matters...but you LO may call them something different all on their own. My mom wanted to be Grama...DD INSISTS on calling her Mema. Drives my mom crazy. 

    I know, I am really conflicted on this one...b/c my Grandmother was Gram, as was DH's and we were both VERY close with our Grams.  MIL has already proclaimed that there is only one "Gram" (her mother) and wants to be called something else.  My mom, has taken it as a badge of honor and wants to be the same has her mom, but I think I really have an issue with it.  My parents aren't Gram and Grampy to me...that was my grandparents and they are very different people.  So I was thinking that I wanted to suggest she pick something different...but I think she'll be sad.  But I am just having a hard time getting over her replacing my "Gram" ... not loving it. 

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    Sorry...I meant to say that my mom wants to be called Gram for Grandmother...so either way if people call Graham "Gram" or "GRAY-em" will it be confusing if my mom is Gram, as in Gram and Grampy.
    Yes, it will be confusing.

    If I wanted to use this name for my son, I would definitely ask my mom ahead of time if she would be willing to pick something else out for herself.

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    My mom, has taken it as a badge of honor and wants to be the same has her mom, but I think I really have an issue with it.  My parents aren't Gram and Grampy to me...that was my grandparents and they are very different people.
    I'm going through something very similar with my mom! Tongue Tied
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    We are team green...our names are:

    Audrey Elise - do you care that people will call her Aud or Auddie and does it bother you that that sounds like "odd" ... as is why are people calling my child strange.  Would you care that Audrey is the name of my Aunt's husband's mother (not my blood relative).  I shouldn't care, right?

    Graham Joseph - My mom wants to be called Gram.  Do you think this is confusing? Even though Graham is Gray-EM

    Samuel Everett - both are family names, I can't see anything wrong with them, but Everett is sort of a grimy town near us.  Which some people might have an issue with.

    We had a discussion on Graham's pronunciation a while back. Graham can be legitimately pronounced "Gram" - in fact, it's the only way I've heard it pronounced (its a family name for us).

    I think Audrey is a beautiful name that does not remind me of "Odd" at all, and I every Audrey I've known has simply gone by their full name (never had the urge to shorten it?). 

     

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    Sorry...I meant to say that my mom wants to be called Gram for Grandmother...so either way if people call Graham "Gram" or "GRAY-em" will it be confusing if my mom is Gram, as in Gram and Grampy.

    Hmm. Again this is a family name for us and it never occured to me that a nn for Grandma could sound the same? What about Grammy? Would your mom be willing to change it up a little?

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    My mom, has taken it as a badge of honor and wants to be the same has her mom, but I think I really have an issue with it.  My parents aren't Gram and Grampy to me...that was my grandparents and they are very different people.  So I was thinking that I wanted to suggest she pick something different...but I think she'll be sad.  But I am just having a hard time getting over her replacing my "Gram" ... not loving it. 
    I hear you on this, but I would suggest try to look at it not as "replacing" your gram, because your mom won't be Gram to YOU, only to your son.  Your gram will still be YOUR gram. 

    Also, you're using family names, aren't you?  How is this really ANY different? 

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    Also, you're using family names, aren't you?  How is this really ANY different? 

     

    I guess b/c now our child will be saying Gram all the time for a person who isn't Gram (to me).  And because of how close I was with my Gram.  My mom is not her. 

    "Sam" is actually Salvatore who went by "Sam" and Everett, my Grampy, went by "Ebb"....but I see your point. 

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    Audrey Elise is beautiful. Doesn't matter at all that your Aunt's husband's mother is also named Audrey.

    I always thought Graham was pronounced Gram, so no, that is not confusing. I've never heard it pronounced Gray-em. I prefer Gram.

    Love Samuel Everett.

    I completely agree.

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  • I love Graham. In fact, it's my maiden name. We pronounce it closer to Gray-em (kind of a syllable and a half). Regardless, I think you should name your son what you want and not worry about your mom. She might change her mind about what she wants to be called, your LO may opt to call her something totally different whether she likes it or not, and you won't always be with your mom 24/7. Plus, your LO will likely outlive her. Your DS will have this name long after any confusion that may exist.
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  • No one will call Audrey "Aud" or "Auddie." Why in the hell would they? The only situation I can think of where "Auddie" might possibly be used is if her friends/siblings have a speech impediment or struggle to pronounce her name when they are very young.

    I don't pronounce Graham the way you do. I pronounce it "gram." Stressing two syllables on it seems like a lot of work. I love this name, but it sounds like you'll be correcting a lot of people if you think it should be pronounced "Gray-EM," and I do think it's confusing with your mom's chosen grandma name.

     Samuel Everett is nice. I would change Everett if it has a negative local association that outweights the family one for you.

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  • I've never posted here before... just lurk occasionally for inspiration. I just wanted to tell you that I think Audrey is beautiful. (And both of your boy names are very strong, as well.) And fwiw, Audrey is my mom's name and if it's ever shortened by her family members, they always just call her something that sounds like "Audge."
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  • I love all your names.

    I went to high school with an Audrey and the only people who shortened it were VERY close friends and family members, and then it was only like, "hey, Auds, come here." Kind of like my name, Meredith. Only very close friends and family call me "Mere," acquaintances and coworkers call me by my full name. I don't see it as an issue.

    As for the Gram thing, I'd be honest. "Mom, that might be confusing and here's why." Unless you're waiting to surprise them with the name. But even then, he won't be calling your parents anything for about a year, so you have time to bring it up.

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  • I'd never call an Audrey "Aud", but if I did, it's not pronounced like "odd" - it's more like "awed."  "Odd" has a totally different sound (at least in Cleveland Stick out tongue).

    I'd never pronounced "Graham" as "Gray-em" - so you may have to correct people on that.

    I like all your choices!

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    No one will call Audrey "Aud" or "Auddie." Why in the hell would they?

     

    Do you watch Rules of Engagement? Not that that is why we picked Audrey, but Jeff calls her Aud all the time.  But it is more like pp said, Awed. 

    I am not asking people to say Graham GRAYem, but if that helped to make the distinction between DS and my Mom, than that might be an idea...but the difference is so sublte no one would really every notice.

  • FWIW...I have never known an Audrey who was called "Aud"

    Both the boy names are great.  Although your mom may be more likely to be called gram-a.

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  • Love Audrey Elise!  I wouldn't worry about the nn Aud.  I've known many Audreys and have never heard this.  I also wouldn't worry about it being the same name as a very distant relative.

    Your boy names are nice but NMS.  I do love Joseph as a mn though! 

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  • I love both boy names you picked, but I myself, would go for Samuel. And I'm also in love with Audrey Elise. 

    I don't think it matters with Graham and Gram/Grandma or whatever she happens to be called. My cousin named his son Graham and his nickname is Gray.

    My parents wanted to be called Oma and Pop-Pop (true Germans), but Taylor ended up calling my mom Nala (after her favorite Lion King character) and my dad Yampy. So we'd always say it was time to go to Yampy and Nala's. Kids are going to call their grandparents whatever they want....especially when you get Disney characters involved :p

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  • I think all of the names you mentioned are fine and you are way over-analyzing them at this point.

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  • I like Audrey Elise and Samuel Everett.
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