The Founders of Alpha Xi Delta:

Cora Bollinger Block
Alice Bartlett Bruner
Almira Lowry Cheney
Frances Elisabeth Cheney
Bertha Cook Evans
Eliza Drake Curtis Everton
Juila Maude Foster
Lucy W. Gilmer
Harriet Luella McCollum
Lewie Strong Taylor

"The first child born of an Alpha Xi Delta Founder was Born to Harriet and her husband on July 1, 1898. She named her daughter Marion Alpha Gossow, in honnor of Alpha Xi Delta." - Alpha Xi Delta - A 100 Year History

So naming a child after our sorority has happened. I don't know if i could name my child Alpha but Lowry wouldn't be to much of a strech b/c it is a family name for me (but spelled differently). I love the names Elisabeth and Maude. The only thing with Maude is that you would have to be very strong little girl to put up that name. But if I have a little girl, I already have her named picked out - Melissia Theresa. There is no danger of my first daughter being named after my sorority but the second girl . . .

Actually it's a Biblical name.

Still, I wouldn't want to name anyone that.

Re: Re: "Sorority" names
 

Beary=Barry Boys names

Quillin-boy or girl-I got it from the name Quinn-which can be both for a boy or girl.

Just for the record-I didn't like it either. Just posted it as an option!:)

Hey GeekyPenguin do you know what the "E" in Frances E. Haven's name stands for. I've looked all over the internet, but every one uses her middle initial. I'm wondering if if stands for Elizabeth. I'm naming my daughter Mary Elizabeth. Mary is very common on my husbands side and Elizabeth has been used at least once every generation in my family since the 1600's (I've traced it back that far). So, if Frances middle name is Elizabeth, my daughter would also be named after two of the founder. Frances E. Haven and Mary Alice Bingham.

no dorcus jones, huh?

I have absolutely no idea. Maybe it's something as bad as the E in E. Adeline.

I should have named my daughter after Chi Omega somehow. I attended my first Convention as an advisor in 1998, when I was 6 months' pregnant with Paige. Up until that time I was convinced I was having a boy....I think it was a defense mechanism because I wanted a girl so badly. When I was sitting there in our first official business meeting, I felt the baby kicking for the first time, and I looked around me at all the other women, many mothers and daughters and sisters, and I thought "I'm here at convention with MY daughter....my legacy!" Three days after I got home I had my ultrasound that confirmed I was having a baby girl!!!! And let me tell you, she THINKS she's already a Chi Omega!!!

There was a girl on our campus who was a Chi O leg. Her mother gave her the middle name CHI in honor of the chapter that meant so much to her. And "Jane Chi Doe" went Alpha Phi. Go figure. :rolleyes:

I've already decided that if I have an adorable AOII legacy (which absolutely MUST happen) I would like to name her Stella Janae, Stella after our founder and also because I got the award ;) and Janae because it's a middle name that runs in the family.

no sig kaps chimed in so here it goes. i remember our founders by using the "FILME"
francis mann hall
ida fuller pierce
louise helen coburn
mary caffrey low
elizabeth gorham hoag

i reall liked helen, mary, and especially elizabeth, but i wouldnt put my daughter through the tormant of being called IDA cuz theres a lot of jokes that can spawn off that. i gave one of my sister a beta fish and she called it Siggy.....which was cute

Well, our former president named her dog Colby after our Colby Gentleman. The Sig Kap ladies know who I'm referring to and so do any men who have had the honor of being a Colby gentleman.

when i first pledged, there was a cat that came around our house and we called her "epi" (pronounced "eppie").....aww, i miss epi!!! :(

i was named after the sun as well. :D

our founders are:
Clara Bradley Burdette
Hattie Florence Chidester Lukens
Martha Emily Foote Crow
Ida Arabella Gilbert DeLamanter Houghton
Jane Sara Higham
Kate Elizabeth Hogoboom Gilbert
Elizabeth Grace Hubbell Shults
Rena A. Michaels Atchison
Louise Viola Shepard Hancock
Clara Sittser Williams

i've never really tried to think of a name from my glo, but there are some names that someone might think i got from a.phi. and now i'll probably try to incorporate a.phi into my children's names
i've always loved the name elizabeth grace. i also like rena and clara.
and i may name a child lillie (short for lillian).

The Founders of Alpha Phi

• Clara Bradley Wheeler Baker Burdette
• Hattie Florence Chidester Lukens
• Martha Emily Foote Crow
• Ida Arabella Gilbert DeLamanter Houghton
• Jane Sara Higham
• Kate Elizabeth Hogoboom Gilbert
• Elizabeth Grace Hubbell Shults
• Rena A. Michaels Atchison
• Louise Viola Shepard Hancock
• Clara Sittser Williams

My family has a thing for naming their children names that begin with an 'A'. I want to follow that tradition, so the only name I would consider after the Founders would be Arabella, which I really like.

Suggestion...
 

"Pinky" :)

Hey!
 

My cat is named "Colby"...now I have learned that he has a Panhellenic name...>^..^<

Well...
 

I wasn't blessed with any girls, but with 3 boys there is no way to weave Alpha Gam into their name...especially with our beloved squirrel mascot. They all do act "squirrely' however.

I agree I know people naming their animals after mascots like their fish or pets or naming them after founders. I dont know anyone calling their kids alpha or delta or anything. Delta Burke lol...

Im not so sure I could call any future children I may have Pi or something lol... Though Violet is a beautiful name. I would be scared maybe theyd think I was pushing them too much to go greek and adpi later on so i dont know......