Name your daughter and son

[nittanygirl]

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I love Justin for a girl but I feel like it only works to name a girl a really boyish name if she ends up being girly! bc if she's a huge tom boy it could cause problems

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by nittanygirl

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I love Justin for a girl but I feel like it only works to name a girl a really boyish name if she ends up being girly! bc if she's a huge tom boy it could cause problems

I knew a girl named Justin in high school...she was really athletic and I'd say not very girly, but she was also really really pretty and wore feminine clothing, so it balanced out. Kind of the perfect name for her: tomboyish but cute. It can work for tomboys too!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

An ex and I had talked marriage and he was a IV...I remember saying I was not down with a V. I'm willing to bet I would have had to fight that battle tooth and nail because it's too hard to stop once it's been started.

Not necessarily. My brother is a IV, and while he doesn't mind it at all, he had no intention of having a V. He has two sons, and each has one of his names (one as a first name, one as a middle name just like in my brother's name), but both go by names other than the ones they share with my brother.

Meanwhile, co-sign on family names. We didn't consider any that weren't family names.

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Not necessarily. My brother is a IV, and while he doesn't mind it at all, he had no intention of having a V. He has two sons, and each has one of his names (one as a first name, one as a middle name just like in my brother's name), but both go by names other than the ones they share with my brother.

Meanwhile, co-sign on family names. We didn't consider any that weren't family names.

This kid's family is pretty intense...I'm willing to bet he'll have to. But yeah, I'm sure it depends on the family. I like family names because there's that sense of tradition and heritage, but I'll probably do it the same way my parents did which is to give us kids one name from each side of the family. (My first name is from my mother's side and middle from my father's, and the same is true of my siblings.)

Which means all of those first and middle name combinations I picked won't work, but oh well.

I'm also going to use my kids' first names as the names they're called...as in they won't be called by their middle name.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

I like family names because there's that sense of tradition and heritage, but I'll probably do it the same way my parents did which is to give us kids one name from each side of the family. (My first name is from my mother's side and middle from my father's, and the same is true of my siblings.)

I agree. Our son actually goes by a surname found on both sides of the family -- my grandmother's maiden name and my wife's great-grandmother's maiden name. (Yes, he's one of those Southern boys whose given name is a family surname. And the name he goes by is his middle name.)

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I agree. Our son actually goes by a surname found on both sides of the family -- my grandmother's maiden name and my wife's great-grandmother's maiden name. (Yes, he's one of those Southern boys whose given name is a family surname. And the name he goes by is his middle name.)

I've got a lot of last names on my list of boys' names...I can't help it. Some of them just make really good names. I just wish I could use my own. I can't, as it's ridiculous.

[Gusteau]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I agree. Our son actually goes by a surname found on both sides of the family -- my grandmother's maiden name and my wife's great-grandmother's maiden name. (Yes, he's one of those Southern boys whose given name is a family surname. And the name he goes by is his middle name.)

I'm so jealous of people who can use surnames as given names - it just doesn't work with Italian surnames. Even so, I can't get rid of the deep seated Italian (or Catholic?) belief that you must sohelpyouGod name your child after a saint. My mom is serious about that.

As for keeping names in the family, many Italians will name their first son after his paternal grandfather, their first daughter after her paternal grandmother, their second son after his maternal grandfather, and their second daughter after her maternal grandmother. My mom is one of four - two boys, two girls - who follow this tradition. It's also the reason my father has a brother and four fist cousins who all have the same first and last name.

One of my many nerdy hobbies is name meanings and origins, so I love this thread!

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

I'm so jealous of people who can use surnames as given names - it just doesn't work with Italian surnames. Even so, I can't get rid of the deep seated Italian (or Catholic?) belief that you must sohelpyouGod name your child after a saint. My mom is serious about that.

As for keeping names in the family, many Italians will name their first son after his paternal grandfather, their first daughter after her paternal grandmother, their second son after his maternal grandfather, and their second daughter after her maternal grandmother. My mom is one of four - two boys, two girls - who follow this tradition. It's also the reason my father has a brother and four fist cousins who all have the same first and last name.

One of my many nerdy hobbies is name meanings and origins, so I love this thread!

Interesting, we broke that rule entirely. Our first names are all unique to the family and our middle names are all 'for' people. Mine for my maternal grandfather, my sister's for our paternal grandmother, my brother for our paternal grandfather and my other brother for my dad.

Actually that probably says a lot about my mom's relationship with my Nonna more than anything

[ASUADPi]

What a fun thread....

Girl names: I do know that I want my grandma's name, Beatrice, in my daughters (when I hopefully have one, as I have no kids yet) name somehow.

Gracelyn
Kimber
Liesel (homage to my German ancestry)
Tallulah
Taryn
Blakeney
Esme (homage to Twilight)
Tanith
Emmalyn
Randall (heard it on an SVU episode for a female, thought it was cool. Plus my dad's name is Randy)
Sabine

Boys:

Noah
Tristan
Wyatt
Jacob
Hamilton
Hank
Jonah Reese (I've loved this name since I was 15)
Caleb