How Did/Will You Name Your Kids?

[Aust Diamondew]

If I had a kid and it were a boy I'd name him after me as did my father and his father before him (I have a legacy to maintain ). If I had a girl I still might name her after me

 

[Gnome]

My first son's name (Nick) was chosen to honor his maternal grandfather. Hid middle name (Charles) was chosen to honor my grandfather. Both grandfathers died before he was born.

My younger son's name (Justin Patrick) was chosen just because we liked the name. We actually had a few names picked-out, and we decided to wait and see which one we thought he looked more like after he was born. Suprizingly, we both agreed on which name he looked most like!

 

[Old One]

We went with Alexander Joseph for our son and Lillian Grace for our daughter. We actually agreed on them very quickly, with little fuss or muss. We call them Alex and Lilly for short...but they are good "trouble" names...as in "Alexander Joseph...stop hitting your sister on her soft spot!" !

The week after our son was born, one of my Army buddies said..."Ahhh...going for the whole 'Alexander the Great' thing, right?"

I responded with a blank stare and then it dawned on me that AtG's father was named Phillip (my name). Hadn't even occurred to during the whole child name picking process...I am embarrassed to refer to myself as a history buff now.

~ OO

 

[Dougal DeKree]

We decided to name our son Wolf. It is an old name in germany and not too common. Apart from that we liked the "peter and the wolf" theme (my name is Peter) plus we are both werewolf fans...

Dougal

 

[Desdichado]

The week after our son was born, one of my Army buddies said..."Ahhh...going for the whole 'Alexander the Great' thing, right?"

I responded with a blank stare and then it dawned on me that AtG's father was named Phillip (my name). Hadn't even occurred to during the whole child name picking process...I am embarrassed to refer to myself as a history buff now.

Hope you don't get the same treatment from your son that your namesake in Macedonia did.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

I also knew an Elisabeth in college that used the nickname 'Bitsy'.

Ben

Was she small? Seems to me that someone that goes by Bitsy either needs to be very tiny or very not tiny...

My grandpa called me Little-Bit (sounds sort of like Elizabeth) for most of my childhood, but then I hit 8th grade and shot up to 5' 10" in what seems like overnight... couldn't call me that anymore.

 

[billd91]

British != Welsh.

The British national stats were specifically on English and Welsh census data. And after so many centuries of integration, yes, I'd say the Welsh are definitely British. They may not be English, but British through and through.

 

[Old One]

Hehe...

Hope you don't get the same treatment from your son that your namesake in Macedonia did.

Lies! All Lies! AtG was framed...he loved his father...really he did !

~ OO

 

[Desdichado]

Lies! All Lies! AtG was framed...he loved his father...really he did !

Yes, but it was tough love.

 

[fuindordm]

Was she small? Seems to me that someone that goes by Bitsy either needs to be very tiny or very not tiny...

My grandpa called me Little-Bit (sounds sort of like Elizabeth) for most of my childhood, but then I hit 8th grade and shot up to 5' 10" in what seems like overnight... couldn't call me that anymore.

It does sound like that, but she was of normal height. Maybe even a bit taller than average.

Ben