How Did/Will You Name Your Kids?

[mhacdebhandia]

My full name is "Christopher" followed by my father's first name and middle name. I fully intend to continue this pattern if I have a son, so he'll have three middle names.

The hardest part is figuring out how to incorporate my girlfriend's awesome surname.

 

[glass]

I've always liked Kayleigh and Melissa for girls. I like Naimh too, but my half-brother just named his daughter that, so it's knida already taken. For some reason, I've never given as much thought to boys' names as I have to girls'.

Although, since I am very much single ATM, it's unlikely to matter any time soon.


glass.

 

[TheGM]

My kids are all adopted, and my son was my wife's naturally, so I didn't name him.

My daughters we adopted from Russia, and wanting to keep their first names, we changed their middle names. We used the names of our grandmothers - Nicole and Elisabeth for their middle names. Better than Safyanova if you're living in the states.

Thinking about going back to Russia - the girls were old enough to remember (4 and 9 then, 12 and 16 now), and we think it would be good for them. It wasn't a good life, but it was their home. We can't decide if we want to go back to Russia or take them to see the castles in Scotland, which is what my wife wanted for our 10th anniversary... I'm done threadjacking now.

 

[Psion]

How did you pick the names for your kids/what are your kids names?

How: names that appeal to us that don't correspond to anyone in my or my children's generation of my family out to the cousin level. This latter nit drives my wife nuts.

My daughters are Jasmine, Stefanie, and Kristen.

 

[UniversalMonster]

My two boys are Noah Jordan (the Jordan is after the greatest Green Lantern Hal Jordan. Of course.) and Quinn Elliott.

With Noah we agreed on it together, and Jordan was my pick. With Quinn we had just a list of names that were ok with. When the time came, she was all knocked out and I got to fill out the paperwork.

A couple of hours later I was kicking myself because I probably could have gotten away with anything. I could have named him something cool like Bam-bam or Thundarr. I totally could have gotten away with it.