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jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:15 PM
Kayla was a girl in my preschool...yes, MY preschool...like when I was 3. I actually did not like her very much as she was a bit of a bully, but I always loved her name.
I mentioned it to DH a long time ago, and he always loved it too. For Valentine's Day, when I was pregnant, he had a charm created for her on my family charm bracelet (that was my grandmother's), and had "Kayla" engraved. So, I basically had no other choice after that...it was engraved in gold!
How did you choose?
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
mudder17
05-20-2005, 11:23 PM
First off, Kayla was on our short list of names. :)
We knew we wanted her middle name to be Challis in honor of my MIL who died the day she found out we were pg. So the first name had to go with Challis.
We actually had a baby book and I pored through it and wrote down names that I liked and the meaning/origin of the names. Then I would show the list to DH and he would eliminate the ones he did not like. I did this until we had a list of around 10 names that we both liked. We brought the list and the book to the hospital with us. After Kaya was born, we looked at her for the next 24 hours and I kept asking her, "Are you Maya Challis? Are you Kaya Challis? Are you Kayla Challis?" etc. We kept going back to the meanings of the names and finally decided on Kaya because it had an Asian meaning (Japanese it means resting place--although I'm Taiwanese, my dad has a fondness for everything Japanese as he was in Taiwan during the Japanese occupation and after when China took over) and a Native American meaning (Hopi: Wise Child) and although DH's parents are not Native American, they live in northern NM and buy, collect, and sell Native American jewelry and art. His mom, in particular, had many friends who were also artists on the various reservations. So it was a perfect melding of cultures and our two families and it just seemed to fit her.
Note, as a joke, I did suggest Crystal Challis as her name. :P
Eileen
Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
http://www.mothering.com/discussions/images/smilies/candle.gif
http://www.gynosaur.com/assets/ribbons/ribbon_gold_12m.gif , 14 months & counting
Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Saartje
05-20-2005, 11:25 PM
I've always adored the name Isaac. I'm not sure, but I think it may have been sparked in my imagination when I was quite young because the biblical Sarah was the mother of Isaac. At any rate, I love strong, classical names, and I'd never known anyone named Isaac (not too common is another criterion for me — I grew up with too many Sarahs, though my poor parents had only ever known one person with that name when I was born).
His middle name, Solomon, was an inspired moment by my husband, I think. :)
But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
jd11365
05-20-2005, 11:35 PM
>But the real question is, Jamie, did you ever think you'd have
>a daughter who was called "Bean"? ;)
Ha! Actually, I promised my Grandma Betty, before she died, that I would name my first daughter after her. So, my options in the Jewish religion were to go with the actual name or the initial. Well, Kayla Betty didn't quite "sound" right, and honestly, there aren't many B names for girls. It became a big issue...we ended up agreeing on Elizabeth, which is the long form of Betty. Not quite what I was supposed to do, but I ended up giving birth 11 days early on Grandma Betty's birthday...so I think I made up for it. ;)
After all of that, I keep saying I should've just officially named the kid Kayla Bean. That's what we call her, and I would have had my bases covered on the naming front!
Oh well...I guess it avoids the counseling she would have to get if her real middle name was Bean...
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
Corie
05-20-2005, 11:39 PM
One of our favorite movies is Dead Poet's Society. There is
a character in the movie named Knox. We have always liked that name.
Now, here is the weird part. When my grandpa was still alive,
he traced his family tree all the way back to President
James K. Polk. I knew all of this since I was given a copy
of the family documents. Never really thought much of it.
(I was still single and in college. I'm sure I just shoved the paperwork in a drawer and forgot about it.)
Then, just recently, my SIL asked me if I knew that Knox was
the middle name of President James K. Polk and is that why we
chose the name? She had been looking through my brother's copy
of the family tree and noticed the name.
I thought that was pretty neat! :)
Corie
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
jubilee
05-21-2005, 12:45 AM
I found out that I was pregnant in 1991 and shortly thereafter I miscarried. But I kept having sore breasts and such. My doc did another pregnancy test and I was pregnant! What apparently happened is that I was pregnant with fraternal twins and one had miscarried. In the Biblical story of Esau and Jacob (twin brothers), Jacob ends up stealing the title of firstborn from Esau. That story seemed rather appropriate given my situation, so I named my son Jacob.
With Logan, I just heard the name and loved it. I decided on his name probably 4 years before I had him!
And, Jamie- I love the story about the charm! How sweet of your DH!
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
psophia17
05-21-2005, 01:24 AM
DH's father's side of the family has a tradition where the male first born gets his father's name flip-flopped...FIL is Walter William, DH is William Walter, DS would've been Walter William...so I was stuck with that, right? Well, although at first I though DS was a boy, then it got stuck in my head that it was a girl, so I didn't worry about it, and DH and I picked out a gorgeous name for a girl (Eliana)...and then we found out it was, in fact, a boy.
So first I had to battle with DH to ask his Dad if we could let that cruddy tradition lapse - which DH wouldn't do, because it was too insulting to tell FIL that DW thougth his name sucked...and then (thank goodness!) with only a month to go, FIL told MIL to tell us both that he wanted the tradition to end - but we had no alternate name lined up (I was going to suck it up and go with Walter if I had to). We read books, we surfed the net, we did all sorts of naming research, but DH's taste is too good and every name he really liked was in the top 10 for the past 5 years, and I was to out there for DH...and then our 4 year old nephew told his Mom to ask his Uncle how baby Nathan was, just a couple of weeks before DS was born. Nathan had managed to be on our short (very short) list of possibilities, and we decided that since it was already being used, it was a sign...
So that's how we came to Nathan...
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
ellies mom
05-21-2005, 02:15 AM
Well, DH hated every name that I liked. I really didn't like his first two choices, Zadie and Layla, so the first name he suggested that I liked, I jumped on. Ellie isn't short for anything in our case, but it is a derivative of a couple of names that have meaning for us. We both admire Eleanor Roosevelt and in a long about way it is a deriviative of Helen which was my Grandmother's name.
We did the same thing for a boys name. He hated all of my choices, and I jumped on Desmond when he suggested it. The middle name would have been Daniel after my favorite uncle. We kind of thought Desi-D would make a great nickname.
I have so many "rules" for names, that even my english major friends are pretty amazed. My biggie is that the first name can only be two syllables because three is too long to say all the time. A name ending in a vowel cannot touch a name starting in a vowel. Oh, the list goes on.
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
MelissaTC
05-21-2005, 06:31 AM
Matthew was a big compromise. DH wanted to name him Patrick Jr.. DH is Patrick and DH's middle name is his grandfather's name. FIL's name is Patrick too and his middle name is his grandfather's name. Well, that means my little guy would have been Patrick Patrick and that wasn't going to happen! I loved the name Aidan (still do!) and really liked Aidan Christopher. But by the time Christmas rolled around, we were talking more and more about Matthew. And it was then that we decided if we had a boy, we were going to name him Matthew Patrick.
The name Matthew holds some significance for us. DH proposed to me outside of St. Matthew's church, the same church where his parents and grandparents were married. It was also the year that they celebrated their 25th and 50th wedding anniversaries. We are Catholic and the Gospel for 2002 was the book of Matthew. MIL teaches at St. Matthew's school (soon to be closed. :( ). And I had an awesome friend in college named Matt. He was just the best and while I didn't name my DS after him, I can't help but think of my very cool friend once in awhile when I say Matthew outloud.
We both love the name Maggie. While I would love to name her Madeline or Mackenna, DH just loves the name Maggie to pieces and since I love it too, we decided on that. It was actually pretty easy. Margaret is a solid, classic name and will sound A-OK if she is ever a CEO. :) But I do love Maggie. My Mom taught triplets back when she was teaching the youngins and one of them was named Maggie. She was cute and spunky and full of life. So that is what I think of when I think of the name Maggie. :)
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
KrisM
05-21-2005, 06:53 AM
Well, we're a little geeky. We had an Excel program that ranked all the names we entered. Yes, it's true. A computer helped us. It had rankings for how much each of us liked the name, where it ranked in the SS index for the past 5 years, whether it was the name of a relative, a friend, or a famous person. It also had things like does it sound like a stripper, give bad initials, and lots of other categories. We each went through and filled it out and Andrew was on the top. We decided to go with it!
Obviously, we didn't put 100% faith in the program, but it was a lot of fun. The highest weighted categories were whether DH or I liked it, so it was biased for personal preferences. Andrew was on both of our like lists and near the top for each of us. But, we sure weren't getting anywhere picking a name that way!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
DH and I spent lots of time looking in books and on-line sites (like babynames.com). We each wrote lists down, then pared 'em down to a list of 4 names we both liked. This is going to sound silly, but we each ranked the four names-- two names tied. Payton and Eli. I told DH we'd take both names to the hospital and decide what our little guy looked most like when he was born. Took me a full two weeks to figure out I like the names of the Manning brothers (Peyton & Eli!).
When Payton was born, I was very, very out of it. Apparently I must have liked Payton as a name better than Eli, because as soon as DH showed DS to me I said his name was Payton. DH went along with me because he knew better than to disagree at that point :)
Payton's middle name is my dad's middle name, and DH's uncle's first name. We had lined up 4 family names to use as a middle name, and Payton Thomas just flowed the best.
When/If I have a girl either her first or middle name will be Alisande. That's what my dad wanted to name me-- it's out of a Mark Twain book he was reading while my mom was pregnant with me. I've always felt cheated that I didn't get that name... DH knew agreeing to the name was a condition before he ever married me!
lmintzer
05-21-2005, 08:31 AM
In Judaism, it is traditional to name a child for a deceased relative (so we don't do any duplicate names of living family members). Often, people pick any English name that they like and then give the child a Hebrew name that is the same as or similar to that of a loved one who has passed away. Sometimes the English name matches as well, but it does not have to.
DS#1, Jack Ari, is named for 3 great-grandparents. His English name and Hebrew name (Ya'akov Ariyeh) honor three great-grandfathers. My maternal grandfather was Jacob with the same Hebrew name. DH's maternal grandfather was Jacob, and my paternal grandfather Aaron was "Ariyeh" in Hebrew. Interestingly enough, "Ariyeh" means "Lion". That is apropos for Jack's big personality!
DS#2, Joshua David, is named for his great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother. The derivation of a name for him is a little more complicated. She was "Fay" in English but "Chana Fayga" in Hebrew and Yiddush. SO, for Joshua, we gave him a Hebrew name that was a male equivalent of her Hebrew name, "Yochanan Orev". The "Yochanana" is a male equivalent of "Chana" and the "Orev" is a Hebrew world that has the same meaning as the Yiddush name "Fayga" (I believe it translates "bird" or "wren").
Does that make any sense? We literally had to go to a rabbi for help. We had no idea how to name a boy after a woman and make that work. And we couldn't come up with an easy solution (i.e., find an English boy's name that we liked that starts with an "F").
If Joshua had been a girl, we might have given her the middle name of "Fay". But, alas, girls don't seem to be in the stars for our family.
Sorry for the novel! Just thought it might be an interesting story, because naming Jewish babies is its own little world.
lmintzer
05-21-2005, 08:31 AM
In Judaism, it is traditional to name a child for a deceased relative (so we don't do any duplicate names of living family members). Often, people pick any English name that they like and then give the child a Hebrew name that is the same as or similar to that of a loved one who has passed away. Sometimes the English name matches as well, but it does not have to.
DS#1, Jack Ari, is named for 3 great-grandparents. His English name and Hebrew name (Ya'akov Ariyeh) honor three great-grandfathers. My maternal grandfather was Jacob with the same Hebrew name. DH's maternal grandfather was Jacob, and my paternal grandfather Aaron was "Ariyeh" in Hebrew. Interestingly enough, "Ariyeh" means "Lion". That is apropos for Jack's big personality!
DS#2, Joshua David, is named for his great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother. The derivation of a name for him is a little more complicated. She was "Fay" in English but "Chana Fayga" in Hebrew and Yiddush. SO, for Joshua, we gave him a Hebrew name that was a male equivalent of her Hebrew name, "Yochanan Orev". The "Yochanana" is a male equivalent of "Chana" and the "Orev" is a Hebrew world that has the same meaning as the Yiddush name "Fayga" (I believe it translates "bird" or "wren").
Does that make any sense? We literally had to go to a rabbi for help. We had no idea how to name a boy after a woman and make that work. And we couldn't come up with an easy solution (i.e., find an English boy's name that we liked that starts with an "F").
If Joshua had been a girl, we might have given her the middle name of "Fay". But, alas, girls don't seem to be in the stars for our family.
Sorry for the novel! Just thought it might be an interesting story, because naming Jewish babies is its own little world.
lmintzer
05-21-2005, 08:31 AM
In Judaism, it is traditional to name a child for a deceased relative (so we don't do any duplicate names of living family members). Often, people pick any English name that they like and then give the child a Hebrew name that is the same as or similar to that of a loved one who has passed away. Sometimes the English name matches as well, but it does not have to.
DS#1, Jack Ari, is named for 3 great-grandparents. His English name and Hebrew name (Ya'akov Ariyeh) honor three great-grandfathers. My maternal grandfather was Jacob with the same Hebrew name. DH's maternal grandfather was Jacob, and my paternal grandfather Aaron was "Ariyeh" in Hebrew. Interestingly enough, "Ariyeh" means "Lion". That is apropos for Jack's big personality!
DS#2, Joshua David, is named for his great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother. The derivation of a name for him is a little more complicated. She was "Fay" in English but "Chana Fayga" in Hebrew and Yiddush. SO, for Joshua, we gave him a Hebrew name that was a male equivalent of her Hebrew name, "Yochanan Orev". The "Yochanana" is a male equivalent of "Chana" and the "Orev" is a Hebrew world that has the same meaning as the Yiddush name "Fayga" (I believe it translates "bird" or "wren").
Does that make any sense? We literally had to go to a rabbi for help. We had no idea how to name a boy after a woman and make that work. And we couldn't come up with an easy solution (i.e., find an English boy's name that we liked that starts with an "F").
If Joshua had been a girl, we might have given her the middle name of "Fay". But, alas, girls don't seem to be in the stars for our family.
Sorry for the novel! Just thought it might be an interesting story, because naming Jewish babies is its own little world.
lmintzer
05-21-2005, 08:31 AM
In Judaism, it is traditional to name a child for a deceased relative (so we don't do any duplicate names of living family members). Often, people pick any English name that they like and then give the child a Hebrew name that is the same as or similar to that of a loved one who has passed away. Sometimes the English name matches as well, but it does not have to.
DS#1, Jack Ari, is named for 3 great-grandparents. His English name and Hebrew name (Ya'akov Ariyeh) honor three great-grandfathers. My maternal grandfather was Jacob with the same Hebrew name. DH's maternal grandfather was Jacob, and my paternal grandfather Aaron was "Ariyeh" in Hebrew. Interestingly enough, "Ariyeh" means "Lion". That is apropos for Jack's big personality!
DS#2, Joshua David, is named for his great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother. The derivation of a name for him is a little more complicated. She was "Fay" in English but "Chana Fayga" in Hebrew and Yiddush. SO, for Joshua, we gave him a Hebrew name that was a male equivalent of her Hebrew name, "Yochanan Orev". The "Yochanana" is a male equivalent of "Chana" and the "Orev" is a Hebrew world that has the same meaning as the Yiddush name "Fayga" (I believe it translates "bird" or "wren").
Does that make any sense? We literally had to go to a rabbi for help. We had no idea how to name a boy after a woman and make that work. And we couldn't come up with an easy solution (i.e., find an English boy's name that we liked that starts with an "F").
If Joshua had been a girl, we might have given her the middle name of "Fay". But, alas, girls don't seem to be in the stars for our family.
Sorry for the novel! Just thought it might be an interesting story, because naming Jewish babies is its own little world.
lmintzer
05-21-2005, 08:31 AM
In Judaism, it is traditional to name a child for a deceased relative (so we don't do any duplicate names of living family members). Often, people pick any English name that they like and then give the child a Hebrew name that is the same as or similar to that of a loved one who has passed away. Sometimes the English name matches as well, but it does not have to.
DS#1, Jack Ari, is named for 3 great-grandparents. His English name and Hebrew name (Ya'akov Ariyeh) honor three great-grandfathers. My maternal grandfather was Jacob with the same Hebrew name. DH's maternal grandfather was Jacob, and my paternal grandfather Aaron was "Ariyeh" in Hebrew. Interestingly enough, "Ariyeh" means "Lion". That is apropos for Jack's big personality!
DS#2, Joshua David, is named for his great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother. The derivation of a name for him is a little more complicated. She was "Fay" in English but "Chana Fayga" in Hebrew and Yiddush. SO, for Joshua, we gave him a Hebrew name that was a male equivalent of her Hebrew name, "Yochanan Orev". The "Yochanana" is a male equivalent of "Chana" and the "Orev" is a Hebrew world that has the same meaning as the Yiddush name "Fayga" (I believe it translates "bird" or "wren").
Does that make any sense? We literally had to go to a rabbi for help. We had no idea how to name a boy after a woman and make that work. And we couldn't come up with an easy solution (i.e., find an English boy's name that we liked that starts with an "F").
If Joshua had been a girl, we might have given her the middle name of "Fay". But, alas, girls don't seem to be in the stars for our family.
Sorry for the novel! Just thought it might be an interesting story, because naming Jewish babies is its own little world.
lmintzer
05-21-2005, 08:31 AM
In Judaism, it is traditional to name a child for a deceased relative (so we don't do any duplicate names of living family members). Often, people pick any English name that they like and then give the child a Hebrew name that is the same as or similar to that of a loved one who has passed away. Sometimes the English name matches as well, but it does not have to.
DS#1, Jack Ari, is named for 3 great-grandparents. His English name and Hebrew name (Ya'akov Ariyeh) honor three great-grandfathers. My maternal grandfather was Jacob with the same Hebrew name. DH's maternal grandfather was Jacob, and my paternal grandfather Aaron was "Ariyeh" in Hebrew. Interestingly enough, "Ariyeh" means "Lion". That is apropos for Jack's big personality!
DS#2, Joshua David, is named for his great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother. The derivation of a name for him is a little more complicated. She was "Fay" in English but "Chana Fayga" in Hebrew and Yiddush. SO, for Joshua, we gave him a Hebrew name that was a male equivalent of her Hebrew name, "Yochanan Orev". The "Yochanana" is a male equivalent of "Chana" and the "Orev" is a Hebrew world that has the same meaning as the Yiddush name "Fayga" (I believe it translates "bird" or "wren").
Does that make any sense? We literally had to go to a rabbi for help. We had no idea how to name a boy after a woman and make that work. And we couldn't come up with an easy solution (i.e., find an English boy's name that we liked that starts with an "F").
If Joshua had been a girl, we might have given her the middle name of "Fay". But, alas, girls don't seem to be in the stars for our family.
Sorry for the novel! Just thought it might be an interesting story, because naming Jewish babies is its own little world.
lmintzer
05-21-2005, 08:31 AM
In Judaism, it is traditional to name a child for a deceased relative (so we don't do any duplicate names of living family members). Often, people pick any English name that they like and then give the child a Hebrew name that is the same as or similar to that of a loved one who has passed away. Sometimes the English name matches as well, but it does not have to.
DS#1, Jack Ari, is named for 3 great-grandparents. His English name and Hebrew name (Ya'akov Ariyeh) honor three great-grandfathers. My maternal grandfather was Jacob with the same Hebrew name. DH's maternal grandfather was Jacob, and my paternal grandfather Aaron was "Ariyeh" in Hebrew. Interestingly enough, "Ariyeh" means "Lion". That is apropos for Jack's big personality!
DS#2, Joshua David, is named for his great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother. The derivation of a name for him is a little more complicated. She was "Fay" in English but "Chana Fayga" in Hebrew and Yiddush. SO, for Joshua, we gave him a Hebrew name that was a male equivalent of her Hebrew name, "Yochanan Orev". The "Yochanana" is a male equivalent of "Chana" and the "Orev" is a Hebrew world that has the same meaning as the Yiddush name "Fayga" (I believe it translates "bird" or "wren").
Does that make any sense? We literally had to go to a rabbi for help. We had no idea how to name a boy after a woman and make that work. And we couldn't come up with an easy solution (i.e., find an English boy's name that we liked that starts with an "F").
If Joshua had been a girl, we might have given her the middle name of "Fay". But, alas, girls don't seem to be in the stars for our family.
Sorry for the novel! Just thought it might be an interesting story, because naming Jewish babies is its own little world.
lmintzer
05-21-2005, 08:31 AM
In Judaism, it is traditional to name a child for a deceased relative (so we don't do any duplicate names of living family members). Often, people pick any English name that they like and then give the child a Hebrew name that is the same as or similar to that of a loved one who has passed away. Sometimes the English name matches as well, but it does not have to.
DS#1, Jack Ari, is named for 3 great-grandparents. His English name and Hebrew name (Ya'akov Ariyeh) honor three great-grandfathers. My maternal grandfather was Jacob with the same Hebrew name. DH's maternal grandfather was Jacob, and my paternal grandfather Aaron was "Ariyeh" in Hebrew. Interestingly enough, "Ariyeh" means "Lion". That is apropos for Jack's big personality!
DS#2, Joshua David, is named for his great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother. The derivation of a name for him is a little more complicated. She was "Fay" in English but "Chana Fayga" in Hebrew and Yiddush. SO, for Joshua, we gave him a Hebrew name that was a male equivalent of her Hebrew name, "Yochanan Orev". The "Yochanana" is a male equivalent of "Chana" and the "Orev" is a Hebrew world that has the same meaning as the Yiddush name "Fayga" (I believe it translates "bird" or "wren").
Does that make any sense? We literally had to go to a rabbi for help. We had no idea how to name a boy after a woman and make that work. And we couldn't come up with an easy solution (i.e., find an English boy's name that we liked that starts with an "F").
If Joshua had been a girl, we might have given her the middle name of "Fay". But, alas, girls don't seem to be in the stars for our family.
Sorry for the novel! Just thought it might be an interesting story, because naming Jewish babies is its own little world.
lmintzer
05-21-2005, 08:31 AM
In Judaism, it is traditional to name a child for a deceased relative (so we don't do any duplicate names of living family members). Often, people pick any English name that they like and then give the child a Hebrew name that is the same as or similar to that of a loved one who has passed away. Sometimes the English name matches as well, but it does not have to.
DS#1, Jack Ari, is named for 3 great-grandparents. His English name and Hebrew name (Ya'akov Ariyeh) honor three great-grandfathers. My maternal grandfather was Jacob with the same Hebrew name. DH's maternal grandfather was Jacob, and my paternal grandfather Aaron was "Ariyeh" in Hebrew. Interestingly enough, "Ariyeh" means "Lion". That is apropos for Jack's big personality!
DS#2, Joshua David, is named for his great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother. The derivation of a name for him is a little more complicated. She was "Fay" in English but "Chana Fayga" in Hebrew and Yiddush. SO, for Joshua, we gave him a Hebrew name that was a male equivalent of her Hebrew name, "Yochanan Orev". The "Yochanana" is a male equivalent of "Chana" and the "Orev" is a Hebrew world that has the same meaning as the Yiddush name "Fayga" (I believe it translates "bird" or "wren").
Does that make any sense? We literally had to go to a rabbi for help. We had no idea how to name a boy after a woman and make that work. And we couldn't come up with an easy solution (i.e., find an English boy's name that we liked that starts with an "F").
If Joshua had been a girl, we might have given her the middle name of "Fay". But, alas, girls don't seem to be in the stars for our family.
Sorry for the novel! Just thought it might be an interesting story, because naming Jewish babies is its own little world.
lmintzer
05-21-2005, 08:31 AM
In Judaism, it is traditional to name a child for a deceased relative (so we don't do any duplicate names of living family members). Often, people pick any English name that they like and then give the child a Hebrew name that is the same as or similar to that of a loved one who has passed away. Sometimes the English name matches as well, but it does not have to.
DS#1, Jack Ari, is named for 3 great-grandparents. His English name and Hebrew name (Ya'akov Ariyeh) honor three great-grandfathers. My maternal grandfather was Jacob with the same Hebrew name. DH's maternal grandfather was Jacob, and my paternal grandfather Aaron was "Ariyeh" in Hebrew. Interestingly enough, "Ariyeh" means "Lion". That is apropos for Jack's big personality!
DS#2, Joshua David, is named for his great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother. The derivation of a name for him is a little more complicated. She was "Fay" in English but "Chana Fayga" in Hebrew and Yiddush. SO, for Joshua, we gave him a Hebrew name that was a male equivalent of her Hebrew name, "Yochanan Orev". The "Yochanana" is a male equivalent of "Chana" and the "Orev" is a Hebrew world that has the same meaning as the Yiddush name "Fayga" (I believe it translates "bird" or "wren").
Does that make any sense? We literally had to go to a rabbi for help. We had no idea how to name a boy after a woman and make that work. And we couldn't come up with an easy solution (i.e., find an English boy's name that we liked that starts with an "F").
If Joshua had been a girl, we might have given her the middle name of "Fay". But, alas, girls don't seem to be in the stars for our family.
Sorry for the novel! Just thought it might be an interesting story, because naming Jewish babies is its own little world.
lmintzer
05-21-2005, 08:31 AM
In Judaism, it is traditional to name a child for a deceased relative (so we don't do any duplicate names of living family members). Often, people pick any English name that they like and then give the child a Hebrew name that is the same as or similar to that of a loved one who has passed away. Sometimes the English name matches as well, but it does not have to.
DS#1, Jack Ari, is named for 3 great-grandparents. His English name and Hebrew name (Ya'akov Ariyeh) honor three great-grandfathers. My maternal grandfather was Jacob with the same Hebrew name. DH's maternal grandfather was Jacob, and my paternal grandfather Aaron was "Ariyeh" in Hebrew. Interestingly enough, "Ariyeh" means "Lion". That is apropos for Jack's big personality!
DS#2, Joshua David, is named for his great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother. The derivation of a name for him is a little more complicated. She was "Fay" in English but "Chana Fayga" in Hebrew and Yiddush. SO, for Joshua, we gave him a Hebrew name that was a male equivalent of her Hebrew name, "Yochanan Orev". The "Yochanana" is a male equivalent of "Chana" and the "Orev" is a Hebrew world that has the same meaning as the Yiddush name "Fayga" (I believe it translates "bird" or "wren").
Does that make any sense? We literally had to go to a rabbi for help. We had no idea how to name a boy after a woman and make that work. And we couldn't come up with an easy solution (i.e., find an English boy's name that we liked that starts with an "F").
If Joshua had been a girl, we might have given her the middle name of "Fay". But, alas, girls don't seem to be in the stars for our family.
Sorry for the novel! Just thought it might be an interesting story, because naming Jewish babies is its own little world.
lmintzer
05-21-2005, 08:31 AM
In Judaism, it is traditional to name a child for a deceased relative (so we don't do any duplicate names of living family members). Often, people pick any English name that they like and then give the child a Hebrew name that is the same as or similar to that of a loved one who has passed away. Sometimes the English name matches as well, but it does not have to.
DS#1, Jack Ari, is named for 3 great-grandparents. His English name and Hebrew name (Ya'akov Ariyeh) honor three great-grandfathers. My maternal grandfather was Jacob with the same Hebrew name. DH's maternal grandfather was Jacob, and my paternal grandfather Aaron was "Ariyeh" in Hebrew. Interestingly enough, "Ariyeh" means "Lion". That is apropos for Jack's big personality!
DS#2, Joshua David, is named for his great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother. The derivation of a name for him is a little more complicated. She was "Fay" in English but "Chana Fayga" in Hebrew and Yiddush. SO, for Joshua, we gave him a Hebrew name that was a male equivalent of her Hebrew name, "Yochanan Orev". The "Yochanana" is a male equivalent of "Chana" and the "Orev" is a Hebrew world that has the same meaning as the Yiddush name "Fayga" (I believe it translates "bird" or "wren").
Does that make any sense? We literally had to go to a rabbi for help. We had no idea how to name a boy after a woman and make that work. And we couldn't come up with an easy solution (i.e., find an English boy's name that we liked that starts with an "F").
If Joshua had been a girl, we might have given her the middle name of "Fay". But, alas, girls don't seem to be in the stars for our family.
Sorry for the novel! Just thought it might be an interesting story, because naming Jewish babies is its own little world.
lmintzer
05-21-2005, 08:31 AM
In Judaism, it is traditional to name a child for a deceased relative (so we don't do any duplicate names of living family members). Often, people pick any English name that they like and then give the child a Hebrew name that is the same as or similar to that of a loved one who has passed away. Sometimes the English name matches as well, but it does not have to.
DS#1, Jack Ari, is named for 3 great-grandparents. His English name and Hebrew name (Ya'akov Ariyeh) honor three great-grandfathers. My maternal grandfather was Jacob with the same Hebrew name. DH's maternal grandfather was Jacob, and my paternal grandfather Aaron was "Ariyeh" in Hebrew. Interestingly enough, "Ariyeh" means "Lion". That is apropos for Jack's big personality!
DS#2, Joshua David, is named for his great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother. The derivation of a name for him is a little more complicated. She was "Fay" in English but "Chana Fayga" in Hebrew and Yiddush. SO, for Joshua, we gave him a Hebrew name that was a male equivalent of her Hebrew name, "Yochanan Orev". The "Yochanana" is a male equivalent of "Chana" and the "Orev" is a Hebrew world that has the same meaning as the Yiddush name "Fayga" (I believe it translates "bird" or "wren").
Does that make any sense? We literally had to go to a rabbi for help. We had no idea how to name a boy after a woman and make that work. And we couldn't come up with an easy solution (i.e., find an English boy's name that we liked that starts with an "F").
If Joshua had been a girl, we might have given her the middle name of "Fay". But, alas, girls don't seem to be in the stars for our family.
Sorry for the novel! Just thought it might be an interesting story, because naming Jewish babies is its own little world.
lmintzer
05-21-2005, 08:31 AM
In Judaism, it is traditional to name a child for a deceased relative (so we don't do any duplicate names of living family members). Often, people pick any English name that they like and then give the child a Hebrew name that is the same as or similar to that of a loved one who has passed away. Sometimes the English name matches as well, but it does not have to.
DS#1, Jack Ari, is named for 3 great-grandparents. His English name and Hebrew name (Ya'akov Ariyeh) honor three great-grandfathers. My maternal grandfather was Jacob with the same Hebrew name. DH's maternal grandfather was Jacob, and my paternal grandfather Aaron was "Ariyeh" in Hebrew. Interestingly enough, "Ariyeh" means "Lion". That is apropos for Jack's big personality!
DS#2, Joshua David, is named for his great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother. The derivation of a name for him is a little more complicated. She was "Fay" in English but "Chana Fayga" in Hebrew and Yiddush. SO, for Joshua, we gave him a Hebrew name that was a male equivalent of her Hebrew name, "Yochanan Orev". The "Yochanana" is a male equivalent of "Chana" and the "Orev" is a Hebrew world that has the same meaning as the Yiddush name "Fayga" (I believe it translates "bird" or "wren").
Does that make any sense? We literally had to go to a rabbi for help. We had no idea how to name a boy after a woman and make that work. And we couldn't come up with an easy solution (i.e., find an English boy's name that we liked that starts with an "F").
If Joshua had been a girl, we might have given her the middle name of "Fay". But, alas, girls don't seem to be in the stars for our family.
Sorry for the novel! Just thought it might be an interesting story, because naming Jewish babies is its own little world.
lmintzer
05-21-2005, 08:31 AM
In Judaism, it is traditional to name a child for a deceased relative (so we don't do any duplicate names of living family members). Often, people pick any English name that they like and then give the child a Hebrew name that is the same as or similar to that of a loved one who has passed away. Sometimes the English name matches as well, but it does not have to.
DS#1, Jack Ari, is named for 3 great-grandparents. His English name and Hebrew name (Ya'akov Ariyeh) honor three great-grandfathers. My maternal grandfather was Jacob with the same Hebrew name. DH's maternal grandfather was Jacob, and my paternal grandfather Aaron was "Ariyeh" in Hebrew. Interestingly enough, "Ariyeh" means "Lion". That is apropos for Jack's big personality!
DS#2, Joshua David, is named for his great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother. The derivation of a name for him is a little more complicated. She was "Fay" in English but "Chana Fayga" in Hebrew and Yiddush. SO, for Joshua, we gave him a Hebrew name that was a male equivalent of her Hebrew name, "Yochanan Orev". The "Yochanana" is a male equivalent of "Chana" and the "Orev" is a Hebrew world that has the same meaning as the Yiddush name "Fayga" (I believe it translates "bird" or "wren").
Does that make any sense? We literally had to go to a rabbi for help. We had no idea how to name a boy after a woman and make that work. And we couldn't come up with an easy solution (i.e., find an English boy's name that we liked that starts with an "F").
If Joshua had been a girl, we might have given her the middle name of "Fay". But, alas, girls don't seem to be in the stars for our family.
Sorry for the novel! Just thought it might be an interesting story, because naming Jewish babies is its own little world.
lmintzer
05-21-2005, 08:31 AM
In Judaism, it is traditional to name a child for a deceased relative (so we don't do any duplicate names of living family members). Often, people pick any English name that they like and then give the child a Hebrew name that is the same as or similar to that of a loved one who has passed away. Sometimes the English name matches as well, but it does not have to.
DS#1, Jack Ari, is named for 3 great-grandparents. His English name and Hebrew name (Ya'akov Ariyeh) honor three great-grandfathers. My maternal grandfather was Jacob with the same Hebrew name. DH's maternal grandfather was Jacob, and my paternal grandfather Aaron was "Ariyeh" in Hebrew. Interestingly enough, "Ariyeh" means "Lion". That is apropos for Jack's big personality!
DS#2, Joshua David, is named for his great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother. The derivation of a name for him is a little more complicated. She was "Fay" in English but "Chana Fayga" in Hebrew and Yiddush. SO, for Joshua, we gave him a Hebrew name that was a male equivalent of her Hebrew name, "Yochanan Orev". The "Yochanana" is a male equivalent of "Chana" and the "Orev" is a Hebrew world that has the same meaning as the Yiddush name "Fayga" (I believe it translates "bird" or "wren").
Does that make any sense? We literally had to go to a rabbi for help. We had no idea how to name a boy after a woman and make that work. And we couldn't come up with an easy solution (i.e., find an English boy's name that we liked that starts with an "F").
If Joshua had been a girl, we might have given her the middle name of "Fay". But, alas, girls don't seem to be in the stars for our family.
Sorry for the novel! Just thought it might be an interesting story, because naming Jewish babies is its own little world.
lmintzer
05-21-2005, 08:31 AM
In Judaism, it is traditional to name a child for a deceased relative (so we don't do any duplicate names of living family members). Often, people pick any English name that they like and then give the child a Hebrew name that is the same as or similar to that of a loved one who has passed away. Sometimes the English name matches as well, but it does not have to.
DS#1, Jack Ari, is named for 3 great-grandparents. His English name and Hebrew name (Ya'akov Ariyeh) honor three great-grandfathers. My maternal grandfather was Jacob with the same Hebrew name. DH's maternal grandfather was Jacob, and my paternal grandfather Aaron was "Ariyeh" in Hebrew. Interestingly enough, "Ariyeh" means "Lion". That is apropos for Jack's big personality!
DS#2, Joshua David, is named for his great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother. The derivation of a name for him is a little more complicated. She was "Fay" in English but "Chana Fayga" in Hebrew and Yiddush. SO, for Joshua, we gave him a Hebrew name that was a male equivalent of her Hebrew name, "Yochanan Orev". The "Yochanana" is a male equivalent of "Chana" and the "Orev" is a Hebrew world that has the same meaning as the Yiddush name "Fayga" (I believe it translates "bird" or "wren").
Does that make any sense? We literally had to go to a rabbi for help. We had no idea how to name a boy after a woman and make that work. And we couldn't come up with an easy solution (i.e., find an English boy's name that we liked that starts with an "F").
If Joshua had been a girl, we might have given her the middle name of "Fay". But, alas, girls don't seem to be in the stars for our family.
Sorry for the novel! Just thought it might be an interesting story, because naming Jewish babies is its own little world.
lmintzer
05-21-2005, 08:31 AM
In Judaism, it is traditional to name a child for a deceased relative (so we don't do any duplicate names of living family members). Often, people pick any English name that they like and then give the child a Hebrew name that is the same as or similar to that of a loved one who has passed away. Sometimes the English name matches as well, but it does not have to.
DS#1, Jack Ari, is named for 3 great-grandparents. His English name and Hebrew name (Ya'akov Ariyeh) honor three great-grandfathers. My maternal grandfather was Jacob with the same Hebrew name. DH's maternal grandfather was Jacob, and my paternal grandfather Aaron was "Ariyeh" in Hebrew. Interestingly enough, "Ariyeh" means "Lion". That is apropos for Jack's big personality!
DS#2, Joshua David, is named for his great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother. The derivation of a name for him is a little more complicated. She was "Fay" in English but "Chana Fayga" in Hebrew and Yiddush. SO, for Joshua, we gave him a Hebrew name that was a male equivalent of her Hebrew name, "Yochanan Orev". The "Yochanana" is a male equivalent of "Chana" and the "Orev" is a Hebrew world that has the same meaning as the Yiddush name "Fayga" (I believe it translates "bird" or "wren").
Does that make any sense? We literally had to go to a rabbi for help. We had no idea how to name a boy after a woman and make that work. And we couldn't come up with an easy solution (i.e., find an English boy's name that we liked that starts with an "F").
If Joshua had been a girl, we might have given her the middle name of "Fay". But, alas, girls don't seem to be in the stars for our family.
Sorry for the novel! Just thought it might be an interesting story, because naming Jewish babies is its own little world.
lmintzer
05-21-2005, 08:31 AM
In Judaism, it is traditional to name a child for a deceased relative (so we don't do any duplicate names of living family members). Often, people pick any English name that they like and then give the child a Hebrew name that is the same as or similar to that of a loved one who has passed away. Sometimes the English name matches as well, but it does not have to.
DS#1, Jack Ari, is named for 3 great-grandparents. His English name and Hebrew name (Ya'akov Ariyeh) honor three great-grandfathers. My maternal grandfather was Jacob with the same Hebrew name. DH's maternal grandfather was Jacob, and my paternal grandfather Aaron was "Ariyeh" in Hebrew. Interestingly enough, "Ariyeh" means "Lion". That is apropos for Jack's big personality!
DS#2, Joshua David, is named for his great-grandmother, my maternal grandmother. The derivation of a name for him is a little more complicated. She was "Fay" in English but "Chana Fayga" in Hebrew and Yiddush. SO, for Joshua, we gave him a Hebrew name that was a male equivalent of her Hebrew name, "Yochanan Orev". The "Yochanana" is a male equivalent of "Chana" and the "Orev" is a Hebrew world that has the same meaning as the Yiddush name "Fayga" (I believe it translates "bird" or "wren").
Does that make any sense? We literally had to go to a rabbi for help. We had no idea how to name a boy after a woman and make that work. And we couldn't come up with an easy solution (i.e., find an English boy's name that we liked that starts with an "F").
If Joshua had been a girl, we might have given her the middle name of "Fay". But, alas, girls don't seem to be in the stars for our family.
Sorry for the novel! Just thought it might be an interesting story, because naming Jewish babies is its own little world.
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