Just want someone's advice...

jeanm14 · March 2014

FTM here and thinking of names. I live in an area where there is several close by small towns with great boy names!! (Logan, Hayden, Tyler, Bryson, etc). Is it acceptable to use one of them for a middle name because I just like it for a name or is that not okay?

chickpea912 · March 2014

I don't see why not - I don't know if I would, but then again, I don't have any name-worthy towns nearby.

lest12 · March 2014

Why not? Those are legit names (though I'm not sure about Bryson). I wouldn't think anything of them being nearby towns.

Ashes92813 · March 2014

Seems just fine to me! Go for it.

curlylocks3 · March 2014

I would for a middle name.

jeanm14 · March 2014

I'm worried people will think it's odd maybe since we have lived where we do forever, however we don't live in the towns just 15 or 20 mins away from some of them. (hormones)!!

owlcup · March 2014

Those are all legit names, so go for it. Neither DD or DS have any "special" meaning to their names. We just chose what we liked.

EmbracingChange · March 2014

Cooper and Jackson are both counties in Missouri near me, but I didn't know that until we chose his name. So, I say name your son what you want.

flerlgirl · March 2014

Your kid; you can name him Toaster Oven if you want.

But please don't.

jeanm14 · March 2014

Thanks, I have been worried 'he' will think it's odd when he gets older having the middle name of a town next door to us. My husband thinks I am over thinking it! I really appreciate your honesty, it helps!

temursgirl · March 2014

It's not a big deal, especially as a MN. Unless there's something wrong with any of those towns, like one's claim to fame is being the area's waste dump or it's the butt of local jokes. Then maybe go with one of the others.

ElTrain5 · March 2014

flerlgirl said:
Your kid; you can name him Toaster Oven if you want.

But please don't.

But you CANT name him Toaster Strudel. I called that.

rainbowdashh · March 2014

I have the same name as the street my mom and I grew up on. It's not weird.

ElTrain5 · March 2014

Rachel5130 said:
@jeanm14 - My mom named my brother Austin and they are about 2 towns from Austin, Tx. And my cousin named her son Dallas, and they live about 2 towns from Dallas, Tx. I don't think either get picked on, at all.

Now Toaster Oven? That's flame worthy for kids. For sure.

sarahlynnc317 · March 2014

Paisley is a town about 90 minutes from here and we are using it as our first name.

sparklenshine_89 · March 2014

I say go for it if you like it

hazeldublin · March 2014

They are real boys names I wouldn't worry about it, I'd even call him one as a first name and it wouldn't bother me in the slightest.

kimmyberly26 · March 2014

I don't see why not. They are all cute.

Kinipela7 · March 2014

Your overthinking - name the kid what you want to name him!

babygabe614 · March 2014

lyracelesti said:

Agreed with PP, they're all names, go for it if you want.

Although I live in Brooklyn and i could never name a kid that, but only because so many other people have done it and they don't live here and it just seems weird. Although I know another New Yorker who wants to name her future baby Hudson like the river and that sounds cool.

I think i'm rambling. long story short, go for it.

@lyracelesti Hudson was on our boy name list! I grew up in upstate NY so I loved it for that reason.

izzetoot · March 2014

Ha! Ha! You must live in TX (so do I) bc I recognize those towns and love all of them for baby first or middle names. The towns were probably named after people to begin with! If you are concerned about it, look up the towns and see where/who the names came from. The stories you find might also help you pick out the one you like best for the little guy. Have fun!

jeanm14 · March 2014

thanks for the advice

cMichelle0423 · March 2014

We named DS1 Bryson!

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