S/O names

becasmeca

Why are names *such* a big deal....

Go!

tartertots9725

DS's first name wasn't a huge deal. DH comes frmo a family of literally all boys so we had to find one that no one else had. His middle name meant a lot to me. My dad is a Jr. and he wanted to have a son to be the III. He never had one and has never had anyone named after him. We agreed we would name DS after him. It caused so much crap with my in laws. FIL was so jealous(even though he named one of his sons after himself, and even has one of his nephews named after him). They tried to convince us to use FIL's name for DS's first name and my Dad's ffor the middle. It was so annoying.
My dad didn't even know we were naming DS after him, he didn't expect it at all. It meant a lot to him once he found out

T&HLove

One reason, out of many: they are one of people's first impressions of us. And it's also one of the things people remember. 

Most people could think of  a name that makes us think "ew" or "ugh" because we knew someone awful with the name. 

It's the first thing an employer reads on your r?sum?  

GVSU-04

THLove:

One reason, out of many: they are one of people's first impressions of us. And it's also one of the things people remember.nbsp;Most people could think of nbsp;a name that makes us think "ew" or "ugh" because we knew someone awful with the name.nbsp;It's the first thing an employer reads on your rsum nbsp;

all of this. I guess I don't want to screw my kid over in the future by being too unique with his name.

JKGymnast

jakstr0808:

They are important in Judaism because you are supposed to name your children after deceased loved ones. We were lucky enough to come up with two perfect names that incorporated all four of our deceased grandfathers.

Really?!? That awesome. What were their names... If you don't mind sharing.... In trying to see how Emily and Abigail fit in with the names of grandfathers....

manda26

I hats how people get so offended with choosing a name of someone on the other side! It doesn't mean you're not loved too! Os mn is Peter, my dad brother and one BIL all have this name. If we have a second boy mn will be Paul, the only grandparent alive between H and I, Os great grampy who happens to be the sweetest man ever.

My mom was raised Jewish so my sisters first name is "after" my moms dad, both start with an R. I don't think it has to be an exact name to be in memory of someone, an initial is fine too!

memali26

T&HLove:

One reason, out of many: they are one of people's first impressions of us. And it's also one of the things people remember. 

Most people could think of  a name that makes us think "ew" or "ugh" because we knew someone awful with the name. 

It's the first thing an employer reads on your r?sum?  

I agree with all of this. I wanted my kids to have names that sounded nice and looked nice, and would not look or seem terribly unprofessional when they were adults.

I also wanted names we loved because we are going to be saying them a billion times a day for the next however many years, so I want to like how they sound. And the first and middle names better have a nice ring because that's how my kids know they are in trouble  

Yasiris1105

 T&HLove:

One reason, out of many: they are one of people's first impressions of us. And it's also one of the things people remember. 

Most people could think of  a name that makes us think "ew" or "ugh" because we knew someone awful with the name. 

It's the first thing an employer reads on your r?sum?  

This. 

I believe that the ones that ONLY have a say in a kid's name are the parents. When we were pregnant with Matt everybody wanted to name him like his dad, Luis. I said no and , thank God, H said no too. We wanted something simple but with a meaning. Then I though that a biblical name would be nice. I love the meaning of Mateo (Matthew) it means "Gift from God" but since we didn't like it in spanish we decided the english version because... Well because we liked it. Most of my family and my ILs protested that why in english and whatever. With the exception of my Mom that didn't said anything and my Grandpa (my Mom's dad) who said that it was a strong name, a very good name. He was raised in New York so that didn't surprise me and my Mom was born over there too so at least in that part of my family (that was raised or born in the US) didn't said much. I don't care... I loved and still do of course, Matthew and we don't regret it. 

SusieBW

I agree with everyone else - your name is so representative of you to other people, and it's something that will be with you for the rest of your life.  So I think it's important.  I love names that stand out and set a person apart and are memorable for that reason, but not names that are so unique that a person will have to be correcting people or spelling it for people for their whole life.

The meaning of a name is not as important to me - We didn't think to look up what Tatum "means" until about a week after she was born, and off the top of my head right now, i can't remember what it means, just that it has origins as a British name.  Similarly, I wouldn't name a child something just because I like the meaning, if I didn't love the name.  (I just looked it up, and Tatum means "Cheerful bringer of joy," which I conveniently love and thing suits her quite well )