How Did/Will You Name Your Kids?

[DaveStebbins]

I tried to float the name Ebon if we had a boy, but for some reason my wife shot it down...

-Dave

 

[Arbiter of Wyrms]

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

I
had a professor in college whose name is Elzbieta. She goes by Ela.

I encountered an old friend the other day who in turn has a pregnant friend who intends to name her unborn son Broderick Danger Jones. Actually, not Jones, I'm sure. I just don't know the woman's last name. The point is that while this child will grow up being called "Brody," he'll have the priveledge of telling people, truthfully, that his middle name is "Danger."

My friend, Dusty, who related the story, strikes a macho pose and says, "Danger's my middle name. . ." "He'll get SO MANY CHICKS!"

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

My friend, Dusty, who related the story, strikes a macho pose and says, "Danger's my middle name. . ." "He'll get SO MANY CHICKS!"

*blank stare* I am so amazed by what guys think it takes to 'get chicks' and what 'chicks' know it takes to be gotten.

 

[Crothian]

*blank stare* I am so amazed by what guys think it takes to 'get chicks' and what 'chicks' know it takes to be gotten.

Ya, it takes gaming.....

 

[Xath]

My friend, Dusty, who related the story, strikes a macho pose and says, "Danger's my middle name. . ." "He'll get SO MANY CHICKS!"

Heh. My 4 year old cousin stands up in his Superman costume and shouts "Dangerous my middle name!" We think it's too cute to correct him.

 

[Rel]

Ya, it takes gaming.....

And Dippin' Dots apparently.

[Crochety Old Man Voice]You kids these days with your 'Attacks of Opportunity' and new fangled, candy-coated ice cream! I tell you that back in MY day, we didn't have no "Dippin' Dots" or d20! We had to get our women the old fashioned way: THACO and raw sexual prowess!

AND WE LIKED IT!
[/Crochety Old Man Voice]

 

[Varianor Abroad]

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.

That's cute. My daughter Justine at the age of 3 called her new cousin Lucy Elizabeth "Lucy Alittlebit". Neat to realize that it arises spontaneously from the structure of English!

On topic now. My wife wanted the name Margot if our first was a girl. I vetoed that due to a former college roommate's girlfriend of the same name whose behavior left afterburns on the retina. (Well not really, but I didn't want the association.) She blithely returned the favor by nixing William (my name) as any sort of a choice for a boy.

We found the name "Justine" on a tombstone during a quiet visit to some relatives. It looked neat. No one we knew had it. Sold.

Then when our son came along, I managed to talk her into Liam (an Irish derivative of William) if it was a boy. We expected a girl. Surprise!

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

And Dippin' Dots apparently.

[Crochety Old Man Voice]You kids these days with your 'Attacks of Opportunity' and new fangled, candy-coated ice cream! I tell you that back in MY day, we didn't have no "Dippin' Dots" or d20! We had to get our women the old fashioned way: THACO and raw sexual prowess!

AND WE LIKED IT!
[/Crochety Old Man Voice]

*inserts quote into sig* Thanks, Rel!

 

[Chaldfont]

My daughter's middle name is Coraline, named after the girl in the Neil Gaiman book. My wife and I read it when she was pregnant and we liked the name. We were thinking of Aeryn (from Farscape) but we drew the line. Our geekiness goes only so far.

I've never understood why my wife was so dead-set against Captain America Dyal. We could have called him Cap for short. I thought it was great!

You laugh, but one of my great-great-grandfathers was named Captain in honor of his mother's maiden name. We've considered it for a middle name for a boy.

 

[Quickbeam]

Our oldest is Jacob Ben. Jacob because it's traditional and can be shortened into something strong and masculine in Jake. Ben because it rolled off the tongue nicely and happens to be a great, great grandfather's name.

Our youngest is named Griffin Patrick. My wife loves Irish names (good thing since my name is Kevin and my father's side of the family is part Irish), and enjoyed perusing the "Irish Rogue" section in a baby name book we were given as a gift. I like names with some meaningful attachment or clear point of reference. Griffin fit the bill for both of us, being Irish in derivation and dovetailing nicely into my fondness for D&D and mythology. Patrick is after my father who died not long before Griffin was conceived.

I'd like to have one more child (maybe a girl this time), but we'll have to see what the future holds.