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November 2011 Moms
xoTanyaMarie
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Be HONEST about my boy name...
xoTanyaMarie
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We believe we now have our boy name. Just looking for your thoughts 
Jonathan Wayne Lambert
How do you all feel about this?!
p.s. Wayne is my fathers name who I was very close with, he passed away after a tough battle with cancer in 2006. I was 18. I want to honor him by using that as my baby boys middle name.
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Re: Be HONEST about my boy name...
I LOVE John Wayne. And I love your name.
FWIW, I have a friend who has an aunt "Barbara Busch" (even though it's spelled differently, no one knows when she just says it) and an uncle "David Letterman." I also had a manager named "John Holmes" one time...true story. I think the "famous" names are kind of cool...even the porn star with the large, um, "instrument."
I think it's wonderful that you are honoring your father by using his middle name-we will be doing the same thing one day when/if we have a boy. As far as the cowboy stuff-yes, it makes me think of John Wayne a bit but I grew up on westerns and listening to country music so to me, it's no big deal. Use it!
This!
I love it. We're doing Jonathan Patrick, with the middle name coming from my dad for the same reason.
What's important is that YOU love it..:o)
This. Also, his classmates will probably be too young to even know who John Wayne is. I am okay on the name, but I love that it honors your dad and I also love that your dad was a John Wayne fan... to me it makes it even more special.
I watch too many forensic shows because I immediatly thought of John Wayne Gacy
I do like the name. They are all classic names. I don't think people will make correlations to westerns or serial killers. How often do you introduce yourself with your whole name or talk about your middle name. I like honoring family members with the middle name. We are doing it with both kids.
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I have a friend named Jonathan (Jon) Wayne and he loves it. He even named his dog Duke because of his name. I think it's a great name!
as PP said, the first thing that came to mind was John Wayne.. And everytime i think of John Wayne i think of all the things ive heard about him being a racists
so.. that's something to consider.
however i like that you want to add your dad's name. i love, love, love family names.
ETA- i hope this didn't sound bad.. not my intentions. but i have heard that a lot about him.
Great name! It's always good when you're able to honor a family member, too.
I didn't think of John Wayne until I saw PPs pointing it out. But I used to know a Jonathan Smith. He went by "Jon", so he got the "John Smith" thing here and there, but it was no big deal.
I knew a Jonathan Smith too, and he went by 'Jon' as well
I like each of the names quite a bit. I will say, honestly, I DID roll my eyes about the John Wayne thing when I first read it. THen I saw your follow up about your dad loving westerns and now I think it gives it even more meaning.
Like other people have said, how often are people really going to see first and middle name together? And if the hate it when they do, do you really care since the name has so much meaning?
I'd use it if I were you.