Comments on: Does your baby need a better name story?

By: Cara

Cara — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 03:17:32 +0000

@Ghani I started reading your comment and thought “Wait, I know that story”;)

By: Liz

Liz — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 03:14:47 +0000

All three of my kids’ middle names begin with J, in memory of my sister who died before they were born. My daughter’s first name is the same letter as my husband’s uncle who died many, many years ago. My middle son’s name we just loved and has no meaning, and my baby’s first name begins with the same letter as my paternal grandfather who also died way before I was born. The names themselves don’t mean anything but the letters are all special.

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:19:46 +0000

Those names sound perfectly meaningful.

By: Ghanimatrix

Ghanimatrix — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:50:25 +0000

Son #1 was given the first name of my half-brother who passed away about 10 years ago. His middle name is the same as mine, a family name that goes back to our native Californian ancestors.
Son #2 was given a first name that we liked – it ends with an N, which I found myself favoring. His middle name starts with an A like my husband, but again we just chose a name we liked.

By: Wesley Hall Parker

Wesley Hall Parker — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:49:31 +0000

We gave our daughter a string of 4 family names, in keeping with the family tradition of cherry-picking names from the family tree. So our story is all about the people she is named after and the gift of family – and also to a degree, the virtues those people embody: her great grandmother (Ella) – who was graceful, strong, and elegant – and her grandmother (Jane), who is also strong – but a tomboy who can ride, fish, garden and make art (a nice counterpoint, we want the girl to have identity options!). Then the middle- middle name, Ashton – which has been given to every firstborn child on her father’s side for 5 generations (and then we get to tell her stories about the brave pioneer Ashton brothers). Sometimes I think it’s kind of a heavy burden to lay on a kid – all these ancestor people to live up to! But…I think it can also be grounding to have a sense of family history. It’s nice to know where you come from. Of course – we ALSO chose her names because we liked how they sounded

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:44:25 +0000

UMMM, this name story puts all y’alls to shame! http://www.thedaddycomplex.com/post/441812435/david-i-was-wondering-about-how-you-chose-your-sons I’m gonna write one of these.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:26:10 +0000

My first son’s first name was the one we liked best of all after strongly considering similar names (Nolan and Colin I think).

For Milo, I introduced drama and rules: http://www.rookiemoms.com/why-naming-my-baby-was-so-hard/

For naming Sawyer, I introduced more drama trying to continue those rules: http://www.rookiemoms.com/would-you-steal-a-friends-baby-name/

And all my little guys have family names for middle names.

By: Cara

Cara — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:58:45 +0000

Landis actually has a story for all 3 of his names. Brooklyn only does for her middle name — Brooklyn is just because we liked it. We picked it as our “girl name” year before she was born, but just because we liked it. People constantly ask “Are you from Brooklyn?” Nope, just liked the name — and I feel like if I WERE from Brooklyn I probably wouldn’t name my kid that…

By: Whitney

Whitney — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:19:24 +0000

My kids first names are similar to yours – we just liked them best. Their middle names are family names, so if it’s important for them to learn that names come from some place special, I think we get a C+. Scarlett Lake knows that she’s “named after” Grandma Lake, while Julian Moss knows that a lot of boys, including his dad, have their mom’s last names as their middle names.