Honest opinion on Ruby?
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Honest opinion on Ruby?
| Sun, 07-09-2006 - 2:19pm |
My paternal grandmother's name was Ruby. She was truly one of the greatest women I have ever known. She died during my junior year in high school, so she never got to see me graduate from H.S. or college or see me get married. She obviously won't be here to meet this baby, and I can't think of a better way to memorialize a wonderful woman than to use her name (Ruby.) I absolutely love it, but I'm curious what other people's first reactions are. It's obviously a very OLD fashioned name. We are considering these middle names:
Ruby Lynne (both of our mother's middle names are Lynne)
Ruby Christine (DH's sister's middle name)
What do you all think?

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I just voted to say it was ok. But now that I see all the family connections, I think it would be a very nice name for you. (I was going to ask if they were family names when I saw this post.)
Karen
I don't think that the middle name matters too much. I've always chosen on the basis of family/friendships and not what necessarily 'sounds' the best. I believe it is more the honour and sentiments when a middle name is used in someone's memory.
to me it's very old, outdated
not a classic that has come back
sorry, it's probably my least favorite of the color/gem/ etc. names - for some reason I just visualize a frumpy old lady - probably knew someone like that with that name at one time or something
Marla
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