finaledition
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Post by finaledition on Nov 27, 2019 4:15:30 GMT
I’m Julie and my mom was a Julie Andrews fan. I come from a family with names that aren’t that appealing (think Errol, Floyd, Arlene etc...)😂. Even last names, I’m somewhat jealous of people who have cool family last names that can be used as a first name.
My third (last) kid did get a family name as a middle name. It’s Harrison. However, I have found since then that he wasn’t the most beloved family member. But he had the best name to choose from.
I’ve since done a lot of genealogy research and wish I would have had some of that info when I was picking names-who knew I needed to go back 200 years to get some good family names.
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SuPeaNatural
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Jun 27, 2014 8:49:11 GMT
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Post by SuPeaNatural on Nov 27, 2019 4:50:13 GMT
Mum was going to name me Patrice after an opera singer she liked, that changed to Susannah after her grandmother, but she didn't use either of those. My aunty D (Mum's sister) came up with my name. Mum named my cousin (her other sister's daughter). Aunty H was going with Kathleen, but Mum said she looked like Christine - so that was it.
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Post by ilikepink on Nov 27, 2019 5:00:28 GMT
My mom wanted to name me after my maternal and paternal grandmothers, but they insisted no. Lavinia and Augustine. I ended up with a somewhat common name. My middle name is my mothers maiden name, but is part of a common holiday greeting which was embarrassing as a child.
My first husband was named for his dad, and was very common in the extended family. He wanted his first son named for his dad, even though it’s his name too. I agreed, but only if we used a nickname; cuz that would have been three with the same name.
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paigepea
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Jun 26, 2014 4:28:55 GMT
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Post by paigepea on Nov 27, 2019 5:01:44 GMT
I was named after my mom’s grandmother, my great grandmother, Pearl. My mom really wanted to name me Pearl but our last name is so similar she didn’t want to do that. My sister is named after my mom’s mother. She passed away before my great grandmother and in our culture we name after relatives who have passed away and had qualities we want seen in the new baby we’re naming.
We name after someone by using the first letter or the entire name.
In our culture it is unlucky to name after someone living.
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Post by chlerbie on Nov 27, 2019 5:02:57 GMT
I'm named after my mother's stepfather, Stanley and her uncle Reino. If I'd been a boy, I'd have been Stanley Ray. But when she had a girl, she named me Stephanie Renee, which was the closest she could get. My paternal grandfather is Steven, but I wasn't actually named after him, though my father liked to think so and tried calling me little Stevie for a month or two--but it didn't stick.
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Post by AussieMeg on Nov 27, 2019 5:16:45 GMT
My middle name is after my dad's favourite aunt, who died when mum was pregnant with me.
My first name isn't after anyone, mum just liked the name. When she told her grandmother my name after I was born, the old biddy exclaimed "Outlandish name!"
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Post by PNWMom on Nov 27, 2019 5:20:33 GMT
I'm named after my parents' best friends at the time (cobbled together name using letters from their names). Middle name is the same as the middle name of the female friend (and is the most common middle name for white american women my age). My siblings have similarly cobbled together names.
I swore I'd never name my kids after anyone, and wanted to give my kids unique names, too. But...my eldest daughter is Alyce after her great-great-paternal aunt who was close to my husband. Her middle name is a unique respelling of a popular boy's name we've always liked.
My younger daughter has a unique first name, but her middle name is my sister's middle name (Ann...we added an 'E' on the end for our daughter), since she donated the egg we used to make the embryo. It also happens to be my husband's grandmother's name.
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Post by scrappintoee on Nov 27, 2019 5:30:34 GMT
Interesting thread! Yes, all of us were named after relatives on my Dad's side of the family. Verrry long-lost relatives, as in---from 200 years ago. The result is that we have unusual middle names, which many people have asked about. My sister's (York) and my middle name (Kempton) have interesting background stories that go back to England in the 1800's, so it was lots of fun to do research when I made a heritage scrapbook 15 years ago. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- On a related note, I've been meaning to google to find out if multi-generational men's names are still as common as they were when my Dad and brother were born. For example: Our grandfather was John Doe ( aka "John Doe the first") My dad is John Doe, Junior My brother is John Doe, III My brother's first-born son was going to carry on the name, but for some weird reason, they decided not to. With his name being "John Doe the third", my brother's been teased his whole life that his name sounded affluent, pretentious, etc. Kind of like that man from the silly show "Gilligan's Island" ---Thurston Howell the third. (or, more accurately....said with the faux accent: "Thuuuuston Howel the thuuuuuud" ). Annnd, our entire lives, people LOVE to say our names with faux English accents.
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Post by scrappintoee on Nov 27, 2019 5:37:37 GMT
I just remembered something from our childhoods that ALWAYS bugged my older siblings and me. The three of us had very formal names (but we also had casual, easier to say nicnames). Then when they had their fourth, for some reason, they wanted to forgo the formal, ancestral names. When my Mom told us he would be "Amy" if a girl, or "Douglas" if a boy, we were upset that he or she got to have a "normal", SHORT " name.
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Post by bothmykidsrbrats on Nov 27, 2019 5:41:53 GMT
I'm Cindy, named after Cinderella. My dad was not having Cinderella so they settled on Cynthia, just never called me by it. Neither of them thought Cindy was a grown up name and wanted me to have a name I could use as an adult. Instead I've spent my entire adult life (and childhood) asking people to please call me Cindy. My maternal grandpa never understood naming me Cynthia just to call me Cindy, so he, and only he, called me and spelled my name Cyndia.
Both of my kids first names are just names DH and I liked. DS has 2 middle names; DH youngest brothers middle name, and my fathers first name. DD middle name is my youngest sisters middle name.
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Post by jlynnbarth on Nov 27, 2019 9:03:12 GMT
I was going to be named Christina Marie as so many other babies were in the late 60’s and my Grandad told my Mom “there are 3 other Christina Marie’s in the nursery, Chose something else”. So they asked him to pick a name. He said “Name her after your Great Aunt Jenny” and they loved it, so I’m Jenny (not Jennifer) lol.
My Fil is the III, my dh is the IV and my son is the V. Not sure if my ds will continue the tradition if he has a son.
My dd is named after my Great Grandma on my Moms side and Great Granddfather on my Dad’s side. Jessie (not Jessica).
My Mother, Glenda Jean was named after her Father Glen Eugene.
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hannahruth
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Aug 29, 2014 18:57:20 GMT
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Post by hannahruth on Nov 27, 2019 11:15:05 GMT
My sister's invisible friend. No joke. Our DS had an invisible friend - lucky we didn't use this name for DD's as it was Eleven! edited: I was named after my paternal uncle who was my father's only brother (female form).
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2019 12:26:36 GMT
My oldest son has a family name, Austin. He shares his name with several ancestors and two cousins who go by their middle name. My daughter’s middle name is after my husband’s grandmother. My youngest son was named by my oldest. He wanted his brother to have the name of a city so that can be alike. His name is Trent. My parents went back and forth between Valerie and Margo for me. Mom won.
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Nanner
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Post by Nanner on Nov 27, 2019 16:47:29 GMT
Just my middle name. Someone in every generation has had the name for, at least as far back as I've gone on that side, 8 generations. My niece is a few months older than my daughter, so she got it in that generation.
DD's first name - I first heard it when I was about 15 and loved it. I said then that I'd name my future daughter that. DD was born 16 years later, and I gave her that name. Her middle name is after a great-grandmother on her father's side. My son's first name is just because I liked it, but his middle name is after my brother.
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Post by stampinbetsy on Nov 27, 2019 17:29:23 GMT
I’m just happy that none of us got the family female name that so many of our older relatives on Mom’s side sport. Muriel. My grandmother is Muriel and she named her first daughter Murial. Thankfully Mom’s sister became the final Murial. Dad’s traditional female name was even worse. Olga. They Were originally from the Ukraine and Olga was the popular name. My Dad’s sister got stuck with it and that was the last of the family saddled with that name. My mom had an uncle Murriel - pronounced like Merle. No idea where that came from. He was baby #9, so maybe they were getting creative. I'm not named after anyone. My sister has my mom's first name as a middle name and my brother has my dad's middle name as a middle name. My kids weren't really named after anyone except my son's middle name is my dad's first name.
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Post by stampinbetsy on Nov 27, 2019 18:47:43 GMT
My mom wanted to name me after my maternal and paternal grandmothers, but they insisted no. Lavinia and Augustine. I ended up with a somewhat common name. My middle name is my mothers maiden name, but is part of a common holiday greeting which was embarrassing as a child. My first husband was named for his dad, and was very common in the extended family. He wanted his first son named for his dad, even though it’s his name too. I agreed, but only if we used a nickname; cuz that would have been three with the same name. My geandmothers wanted to name my sister using their middle names. She would have been Ida Belle. She hated her given name as a child (she actually got named Charlotte), but I'm sure she would have hated that more. I've told her she isn't allowed to complain about her name anymore since Charlotte is making a comeback.
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Post by malibou on Nov 27, 2019 19:22:50 GMT
I am a combo of my parents name like many girls from the 60s. My parents were all kinds of fucked up when it came to naming us. My oldest sister has the only "normal" name.
I didn't intend to name my kid after anyone. I had always known that if I had a son he would be Henry. When I found out I was having a son I was stoked, as his name was set. Then dh thought maybe he needed a middle name, not that he had any ideas. We ended up going with dh middle name for ds which is also mil maiden name. Turns out mil grandfather was a Henry, so I totally ended up using dh great grandfather's name for ds first and middle.
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Post by snoopy on Nov 27, 2019 20:59:12 GMT
My parents listened to a lot of Linda Ronstadt while my mom was pregnant, and they liked her version of the song Allison. My middle name is from the Sally Field movie Norma Rae.
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