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And it's not entirely fictional--apparently George Lucas actually had a favorite dog named Indiana that he's named after. Big ole Alaskan Malamute or something like that.reveal said:
How Did/Will You Name Your Kids?
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JimAde
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As long as you don't name your kids like these people.
Blue_Kryptonite
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I was almost Adam. My mom named me after the son of the best friend on the Donna Reed show. (Ref above: Last names safe on internet, commonality of unusual names) My name is Scott Smith. I was born in 1966. Look up the frequency.
I should have been Robert Sherman John. I am not.
My father was Sherman Robert John. His father's "White" name (fullblood Seneca) was Robert Sherman John. My Grandfather's "White" name was Sherman Robert John... 
I owe my mom that much.
It was very important to us to give our children no real hooks into out families. We're the "White sheep" of our families, Kryptowife being an only and my three brothers all being like me (strong code of honor and sense of right and wrong, not to mention IQs above "sheep" level).
I do like the family tradition on both sides of having two middle names.
We were going to name our oldest Aaron Michael Peter, but my gene donors decried it as "Too black", "too Irish" (Part of the family is Scottish), and "too Jewish". You wonder why we wanted unrelated names like my own? Thanks, Mom, even though you were the one who made us change it by threatening to cut off all contact and assistance (We were penniless at the time, young college students planning a wedding. Surprise! 8 months pregnant. Thanks, irregular cycles.) We changed it to Allen Michael Peter. He is Allen, never Al. He will simply not deign to notice you if you call him Al.
The younger is Christopher David Sean. No changes. He's "Chris". Both boys were the result of assembling meanings from baby name books and comparing them with tonal flow. If we had ended up with a girl, she was going to be Alissa Sharon Marie.
My younger brother, Stephen Cristopher David named his kids Carolyn Dawn Marie "Carrie" and.... Steven Christopher David. Sigh. The kid is still under 13 and they already get each other's mail. I warned him about the problem. My brother was turned down for a loan because he had no credit history. Of course, they pulled his son's.
My youngest brother Dennis Ryan Peter named his kids Spencer (which was supposed to be his original name), Gideon, Sebastian ( I don't remember their pairs of middle names, my wife does), and his daughter Moira Kathryn Dahling after "Hook". Another sigh, but, hey, whatever.
Initially, my sons were supposed to be Clark Kent Kal-El Smith and Bruce Wayne Batman Smith, but there were threats of great violence, even after I offered to drop the second middle names.
--BK, who also disenfranchised of a vote in changing our names legally when we got married.
I should have been Robert Sherman John. I am not.
My father was Sherman Robert John. His father's "White" name (fullblood Seneca) was Robert Sherman John. My Grandfather's "White" name was Sherman Robert John... I owe my mom that much.It was very important to us to give our children no real hooks into out families. We're the "White sheep" of our families, Kryptowife being an only and my three brothers all being like me (strong code of honor and sense of right and wrong, not to mention IQs above "sheep" level).
I do like the family tradition on both sides of having two middle names.
We were going to name our oldest Aaron Michael Peter, but my gene donors decried it as "Too black", "too Irish" (Part of the family is Scottish), and "too Jewish". You wonder why we wanted unrelated names like my own? Thanks, Mom, even though you were the one who made us change it by threatening to cut off all contact and assistance (We were penniless at the time, young college students planning a wedding. Surprise! 8 months pregnant. Thanks, irregular cycles.) We changed it to Allen Michael Peter. He is Allen, never Al. He will simply not deign to notice you if you call him Al.
The younger is Christopher David Sean. No changes. He's "Chris". Both boys were the result of assembling meanings from baby name books and comparing them with tonal flow. If we had ended up with a girl, she was going to be Alissa Sharon Marie.
My younger brother, Stephen Cristopher David named his kids Carolyn Dawn Marie "Carrie" and.... Steven Christopher David. Sigh. The kid is still under 13 and they already get each other's mail. I warned him about the problem. My brother was turned down for a loan because he had no credit history.
Of course, they pulled his son's.My youngest brother Dennis Ryan Peter named his kids Spencer (which was supposed to be his original name), Gideon, Sebastian ( I don't remember their pairs of middle names, my wife does), and his daughter Moira Kathryn Dahling after "Hook". Another sigh, but, hey, whatever.
Initially, my sons were supposed to be Clark Kent Kal-El Smith and Bruce Wayne Batman Smith, but there were threats of great violence, even after I offered to drop the second middle names.
--BK, who also disenfranchised of a vote in changing our names legally when we got married.
My son has two first names, one middle name, one last name. His last name is my last name; his middle name is his mom's last name. His first names are "John Caius". That's Caius pronounced KEYS. It comes from Gonville & Caius College at Cambridge University, UK, where his parents first met. John is a common name in his mom's family -- her brother, father, and grandfather all have it. We call him Jack or (endearingly) Jackers now, but as he grows up (he's not yet 3) it'll be Jack.
We didn't settle on a name till 3 days after he was born, when the hospital made us name him before taking him home. John was in the running all along, though Emmet was the favorite (we also considered Edward and Henry). We didn't want plain John. Finally I suggested John Caius -- Caius is Latin for "Rejoice" -- and it clicked. I'd had that idea in my back pocket for years. Indeed, for years I'd joked that our dog Milo's middle name was Gonville.
So in a sense Jack was named, not *after* the dog per se, but *after the manner in which* the dog was named.
We are expecting a daughter in a few weeks! As with Jack, we won't name her till we are ready to take her home. But the favorites are Louise (my wife's grandmother's name) and Esme (just something unusual that we stumbled across and like). If we go with Louise we will call her Lucy, even though that's not a traditional nickname for Louise, but it's close enough. My guess is she'll be Esme Louise, though whether we'd call her Esme or Ezzie or Lucy I have no idea. John Caius and Esme Louise, I kind of like the symmetry there.
If she'd been a boy she'd have been Henry, and we'd have called her Harry or maybe Huck.
We didn't settle on a name till 3 days after he was born, when the hospital made us name him before taking him home. John was in the running all along, though Emmet was the favorite (we also considered Edward and Henry). We didn't want plain John. Finally I suggested John Caius -- Caius is Latin for "Rejoice" -- and it clicked. I'd had that idea in my back pocket for years. Indeed, for years I'd joked that our dog Milo's middle name was Gonville.
So in a sense Jack was named, not *after* the dog per se, but *after the manner in which* the dog was named.
We are expecting a daughter in a few weeks! As with Jack, we won't name her till we are ready to take her home. But the favorites are Louise (my wife's grandmother's name) and Esme (just something unusual that we stumbled across and like). If we go with Louise we will call her Lucy, even though that's not a traditional nickname for Louise, but it's close enough. My guess is she'll be Esme Louise, though whether we'd call her Esme or Ezzie or Lucy I have no idea. John Caius and Esme Louise, I kind of like the symmetry there.
If she'd been a boy she'd have been Henry, and we'd have called her Harry or maybe Huck.
Tinner
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My parents had some very specific naming protocols for their kids.
First, none of us were to be named after my father. He had enough teasing as Lester all his life, and felt it should end with him.
They wanted all their children to have a Biblical first name.
Middle names were fair game, but had to fit with the first name.
So we have Deborah Lynn, Mark Alanr. Steven Andrew (me) and Kenneth Scott.
Deborah the prophetess/judge, Mark the Apostle, Steven the martyr, and Kenneth, named after the town Kennath.
My mother is named after Gone With the Wind actress Vivian Leigh, but spelled Vivien Lee
My sister and younger brother both tried the "same letter" method for their kids. My sister's brood consists of Alissabeth Kathryn, Anthony Patrick (the third), and Aidan (I forget).
My brother has Kaleb, and Kaden. Their newest - born last month was supposed to be either Konner, Konrad or Konstantin, but when his mom took her first look at him, she pronounced him Seth William, and he's been Seffers ever since.
My wife and I have already decided on some names for our hypothetical children.
For a girl we chose Winter Rose. Winter for the sound, and her VERY likely coloration (we are both pale-faces) Rose for my maternal grandmother's maiden name.
For a boy were are considering Dilandau James aka DJ. Dilandau from the anime series Escaflowne, and James from my best friend.
Kenneth Mark is a possibility, after my two brothers, as is Steven James, combining my name with my best friend's.
This may well change when we actually have a child!
First, none of us were to be named after my father. He had enough teasing as Lester all his life, and felt it should end with him.
They wanted all their children to have a Biblical first name.
Middle names were fair game, but had to fit with the first name.
So we have Deborah Lynn, Mark Alanr. Steven Andrew (me) and Kenneth Scott.
Deborah the prophetess/judge, Mark the Apostle, Steven the martyr, and Kenneth, named after the town Kennath.
My mother is named after Gone With the Wind actress Vivian Leigh, but spelled Vivien Lee
My sister and younger brother both tried the "same letter" method for their kids. My sister's brood consists of Alissabeth Kathryn, Anthony Patrick (the third), and Aidan (I forget).
My brother has Kaleb, and Kaden. Their newest - born last month was supposed to be either Konner, Konrad or Konstantin, but when his mom took her first look at him, she pronounced him Seth William, and he's been Seffers ever since.
My wife and I have already decided on some names for our hypothetical children.
For a girl we chose Winter Rose. Winter for the sound, and her VERY likely coloration (we are both pale-faces) Rose for my maternal grandmother's maiden name.
For a boy were are considering Dilandau James aka DJ. Dilandau from the anime series Escaflowne, and James from my best friend.
Kenneth Mark is a possibility, after my two brothers, as is Steven James, combining my name with my best friend's.
This may well change when we actually have a child!
warlord
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Ok kid names I'll start with potential names for my future son(s)
Cain 'cause I just like it. Although I get alot of wierd looks from my religion teacher about it being a twin.
Xander 'cause its cool and also there's a mild Buffy influence
Damien after the kiid from the Omen
And my personal favorite Sid Vicious.
As for girls names Fate or Faith.
Cain 'cause I just like it. Although I get alot of wierd looks from my religion teacher about it being a twin.
Xander 'cause its cool and also there's a mild Buffy influence
Damien after the kiid from the Omen
And my personal favorite Sid Vicious.
As for girls names Fate or Faith.
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I always thought so too. That's what I call my second son--his name is Alexander, but we specifically agreed to that so my wife could call him Alex and I could call him Zander.warlord said:
I have two daughter and a step-son. while I obviously had nothing to do with the naming of the little guy, I played a small roll in my daughters names.
I liked the names Reagan and Meagan, but I knew two girls with those names, and didn't want people thinking we named her after either of them. So I just started putting variations of names like those together, and came up with Teagan.
My newest edition is nine weeks old and we named her Téa (pronounced Tay-a). a name my wife has loved since she was a child.
I liked the names Reagan and Meagan, but I knew two girls with those names, and didn't want people thinking we named her after either of them. So I just started putting variations of names like those together, and came up with Teagan.
My newest edition is nine weeks old and we named her Téa (pronounced Tay-a). a name my wife has loved since she was a child.
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