Comments on: What do you think about…

By: Laura Gallagher

Laura Gallagher — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 01:55:29 +0000

We had the same concern you did, and were also going through the SSA webpages to make sure we had no disasters that way! Nice to see another parent doing that.

By: Angie

Angie — Mon, 04 Oct 2004 18:14:34 +0000

I had my daughter in 84 and led off the Ashely wave:) She is now a mom herself with 2, a girl Wynter Gwenivere and a boy Phoenix Cobain, if there is another with the same name in their class when they go to school it will be a miracle!

By: Lennon's Dad

Lennon's Dad — Mon, 24 May 2004 18:23:55 +0000

Obviously, my son’s name is Lennon and we went through the complexities of deciding “how” unusual we wanted to get. Odd as it sounds, we accepted Lennon because even though it is not a traditional name, it “sounds” like a traditional name … if that makes any sense. We kept the name a secret, frankly in part to avoid people trying to talk us out of it. I was pleasantly surprised at all the positive reactions (even behind my back .. i hear the stories~), particularly from my parents.

We also had the entire “nickname, no nickname, force no nickname” debate (I do NOT want anyone to call him “Lenny”, but if he’s old enough and decide he likes that better, than it’s his call), and I hope Trixie will learn to appreciate the effort and uniqueness, just as i pray Lennon will. Keep in mind that those first few years of school, every teacher will call out roll call with her as Beatrix tho~

By: Bill Brown

Bill Brown — Sun, 23 May 2004 19:12:10 +0000

We went with more traditional names for our two daughters: Annie and Kimberly. If we had a boy, I wanted to go with Henry or Scuben (a smashup of Ruben and Scott: my wife thinks it’s nuts and the kid’s nickname—Scoobie—would probably get him teased mercilessly).

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Thu, 20 May 2004 04:06:24 +0000

We also kept our baby’s name a secret, even though we had decided on it a month before she was born. We actually had a Beatrice/Pia debacle (yes, that is what it is now called) when we mentioned some names we were thinking about to our families and they, well, disagreed with our tendencies. So we determined that we weren’t going to tell anyone what the name was until the baby was born and the paperwork was done. Too bad for them. It worked out great.

It is much easier to criticize a hypothetical name than your actual grandchild’s name. We should have used this strategy from the beginning.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 19 May 2004 21:03:41 +0000

my wife and i are expecting our first child. we know what the first names boy or girl will be and for the middle names we are very, very close to agreement. while we intend to find out the sex of the baby and tell everyone, i strongly do not want to tell anyone the names in advance of the birth. my wife thought that was weird but has given in on this point.

did anyone else not feel strongly about keeping the sex of the baby secret, but at the same time thought that saving the “identity” of the child for a birthtime announcement would be very special? i know i look forward to greeting the family in the hospital and saying “you have a grandchild and her/his name is “xxxxx”.

thoughts??

By: Brooklyn Mama

Brooklyn Mama — Wed, 19 May 2004 00:51:05 +0000

“Beatrix, call her Trixie” was on the short list for our little girl. It’s such a great name! We ended up going with Hazel. That’s a love it or hate it kind of name – generally my mother’s generation and older hates it and our generation loves it . . . or at least pretends to love it.

By: Iowa Dave

Iowa Dave — Tue, 18 May 2004 19:29:57 +0000

Wow, Hannah. We’re expecting, and have been considering Sophie (in fact, my wife’s dead set on it). Now, if I know her, I won’t be able to change her mind. I can only try. Gently, now…gently…

Actually, I remember kind of liking it that there were lots of Davids in my class in the 70s. As I recall, the other Davids were popular so maybe I felt I could argue that I was too.

By: hannah

hannah — Tue, 18 May 2004 19:18:32 +0000

Yeah for Trixie! The only thing I don’t love about her name is the guilt it inspires in me for naming our daughter “Sophie.” I mean, I love her name, but so do too many others. Every time I hear someone else on the playground calling “Sophie” and it’s not MY Sophie, I cringe. How dare my unique and one-of-a-kind girl be forced to share her name w/so many others. Trixie will not have this problem. We shoulda gone w/Luna or Mira or one of our other made up names . . . Unfortunately, next baby will have to make up in name strangeness what Sophie lacks. Welcome Jeronimo Flaxseed Feierman . . .
Hannah

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 18 May 2004 18:45:24 +0000

I am another Jennifer Lynn, product of the 70s. I will never forget how in 4th grade there were 4 Jennifers in my class. There were 3 variations of Jennifer available (Jennifer, Jenny, and Jen) and the fourth Jennifer (me) had to go by a nickname not of her own choosing, “Pinky.”

My husband has an unusual name so he came from the opposite side of the issue, he wanted something that wasn’t too different. We decided on Katrina, it’s a family name and we can call our daughter Katie as a child and Katrina as a very acceptable grown up name.