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re: How much input did you have on your child's first name?
Posted on 8/19/19 at 10:58 am to TigerDeacon
Posted on 8/19/19 at 10:58 am to TigerDeacon
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For the first name, I printed off the top names from social security records. We each marked off the names we didn't like. We had about 10 remaining names that matched. We decided from there.
I applaud your autism.
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Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:02 am to TheAstroTiger
I wouldn't marry someone who likes "unique" names, much less have a child with that person.
Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:05 am to TheAstroTiger
My son's name is my middle name, so I'd say a lot.
Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:05 am to TheAstroTiger
I actually suggest both of my daughter's names and my wife liked them.
I should note that my wife has a white trash name herself. As an interesting anecdote, my wife's brother is her dad, Jr., so a classic name. Both of his sons have trashy travel ball names with weird spellings.
One could form a hypothesis from this information that if one knows what its like to have a white trash name, they ware less likely to pass that on to their children. However, if one grows up with a classic name, they may not see the danger in naming their son something that could be a strippers name.
I should note that my wife has a white trash name herself. As an interesting anecdote, my wife's brother is her dad, Jr., so a classic name. Both of his sons have trashy travel ball names with weird spellings.
One could form a hypothesis from this information that if one knows what its like to have a white trash name, they ware less likely to pass that on to their children. However, if one grows up with a classic name, they may not see the danger in naming their son something that could be a strippers name.
This post was edited on 8/19/19 at 11:09 am
Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:05 am to TheAstroTiger
Two of my spawns were easy to name, as we used family names.
Our third was a bit harder. We just couldn't find a name that we both agreed on. Now, I know this part will sound trashy. About a month before the baby was born, the wife (no pics) and I were watching a sitcom and we hear a character's name that just clicked with both of us.
And yes, it is a normal name, not something "unique" but it was just a name that never occurred to us.
Yes, one of my children is named after a minor character from a sitcom. Very trashy, but you just never know where the inspiration will come from.
Our third was a bit harder. We just couldn't find a name that we both agreed on. Now, I know this part will sound trashy. About a month before the baby was born, the wife (no pics) and I were watching a sitcom and we hear a character's name that just clicked with both of us.
And yes, it is a normal name, not something "unique" but it was just a name that never occurred to us.
Yes, one of my children is named after a minor character from a sitcom. Very trashy, but you just never know where the inspiration will come from.
This post was edited on 8/19/19 at 11:07 am
Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:13 am to TheAstroTiger
It was a mutual decision both times. She did let me pick daughter's middle name between the final 2. Son is named after 2 of his great-grandfathers, and his was easy. We struggled with the daughter though for a few months.
Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:13 am to TheAstroTiger
We agreed on both of my childrens' names. My daughter was the hardest; we went through at least 100 names before we found one we agreed on.
Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:14 am to TheAstroTiger
Pretty much full input on my two boys names. I let her name my daughter.
Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:18 am to TheAstroTiger
All the veto power on first name, none on the middle...poor kid got stuck with my last
Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:20 am to TheAstroTiger
You sound like a little boy who shouldn't be having kids yet.
Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:20 am to chryso
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Howard or Ralph
If they go to school with Koreans or Chinese, chances are they will go to school with a Howard.
Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:21 am to TheAstroTiger
I wanted to name my son Willem. After much ridicule I relented.
His name is Willem in my phone...so HA.
His name is Willem in my phone...so HA.
This post was edited on 8/19/19 at 11:23 am
Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:25 am to chryso
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You want unique? How about Howard or Ralph. I bet there won't be any others in his class.
How about Adolph? It's a classic that hasn't been commonly used in the last 80 years or so...can't get much more unique than that.
Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:26 am to madmaxvol
I met a guy a few years ago named Adolf. I started to ask him, "uh..." and he said, "yeah my dad was a neo-nazi." Can't believe the guy still owned it.
Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:28 am to TheAstroTiger
I came up with the name it grew on her
Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:31 am to TheAstroTiger
First son has the same first name as me and my dad but all 3 of us have different middle names, second son and I have the same middle name.
Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:32 am to TheAstroTiger
Quite a bit. The first group of names by wife presented were unique. Not in the travel ball/future hair dresser sense, but in an "old southern style" sense. I immediately shot down her first two choices (with probably a bit too much ridicule)...which led to crying. Eventually we settled on a family name (her mother's name) that while not used that often today, is still very much a traditional name. The second child was named after my grandmother and is both traditional and very common.
Naming your kid is one of the most important things you can do for THEM, not you! Your child has no say in the matter, but will have to live with that name for the rest of his/her life. Try to think about you child as a 40, 50, 60 year old adult with that name...(because they will be one eventually), not satisfying your selfish need to have some stupid "unique" name that will seem even dumber 20, 30 years down the road.
If there is ever a time to be selfless, it's when you are choosing your child's name.
Naming your kid is one of the most important things you can do for THEM, not you! Your child has no say in the matter, but will have to live with that name for the rest of his/her life. Try to think about you child as a 40, 50, 60 year old adult with that name...(because they will be one eventually), not satisfying your selfish need to have some stupid "unique" name that will seem even dumber 20, 30 years down the road.
If there is ever a time to be selfless, it's when you are choosing your child's name.
Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:33 am to Alt26
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but in an "old southern style" sense
Virgil? Winston? Archibald?
Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:33 am to TheAstroTiger
I’m big into travel ball so I had all the input in Braxon’s name.
Posted on 8/19/19 at 11:35 am to madmaxvol
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How about Adolph?
I had an uncle Adolph. He went by "Dolphie" since childhood, so it didn't come up all that often.
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