I like old-fashioned, classic, family names as well. My sister used Emma for their daughter--it was our grandma and BIL's grandma's name.
I don't think I'll be naming any kids after my maiden name, either. I was glad enough to be rid of it after I marred--it's 10 letters long and very German. Once people learned how to pronounce it, though, that's almost all I was known by in college.
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It's gonna be a hootenanny.
Or maybe a jamboree.
Or possibly even a shindig or lollapalooza.
Perhaps it'll be a hootshinpaloozaree. I don't know.
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