Names?

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Registered: 12-09-2005
Names?
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Tue, 09-12-2006 - 4:57pm

Just out of interest, how did you pick the names of your kids? Any stories or meanings behind the name, or was it just something you like?

For some reason I have a huge obsession with names... :)

-Nikki


                             

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Registered: 03-18-2003
In reply to: nat_c_123
Tue, 09-12-2006 - 11:28pm

My first son, who died as an infant, was named Benjamin James Peter. We named him Benjamin because we liked the name. James and Peter are the names of dh's and my father.


Linda
mom to
Alex (16), Rachel (14), Matthew (12)


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Registered: 01-06-2006
In reply to: nat_c_123
Tue, 09-12-2006 - 11:35pm

My tween (Evan Mariano)'s name came about this way... I wanted an easy but somewhat unique first name and his middle name is my husband's grandfather's first name. He was a justice on the Supreme Court in the Phillipines.

My dd's name (Megan Elaine) came about like this. I didn't want a name that ended in a long e sound because I think they sound too cutesy and I didn't want it to end in an 'uh' sound because our last name does and I didn't want it to be too rhymey. I also wanted an 'M' name for some reason. Her middle name is the same as my grandmother's.

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Registered: 08-17-2005
In reply to: nat_c_123
Wed, 09-13-2006 - 8:40am

Hannah was named after my Great grandmother and her middle name is my Mom's name, Louise.

Nathan...hmmm no idea. It was at least 3 hours after he was born before we could think of a name. I guess we had it in the back of our minds but couldn't really decide. HIm middle name is my husband's name, Michael.

We always had lots of girls names picked out, no boys names!!!!!!!!!

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Registered: 03-02-2006
In reply to: nat_c_123
Wed, 09-13-2006 - 9:54am

For my kids it goes like this:


Phillip Michael: His first name was my paternal grandfathers middle name. I chose that as a remembrance because he died 2 months before I was born and my mom almost lost me and couldn't go to the funeral. Michael was a brother of mine that was preemie and died hours after birth. Phillip was born before I met my DH so I named him all by myself.


Sarah Renee': I've always wanted to name at least one of my girls Sarah Mary my paternal grandmothers name but Dh didn't like it so I brought it to him another way DH's initials are SRF so I talked him into naming her with those initials and came up with that combination. Also Renee' is one of my sisters middle names.


Mary Elise: As I mentioned above I always wanted Mary and to get it I convinced my DH to name her Mary and when he asked about a middle name I asked him what his maternal grandmothers name was & it was Lena Elise. I really liked

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