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| Wed, 12-29-2004 - 11:44am |
My husband's first name is Kevin, he doesn't have a middle name. We are toying with calling our baby boy on the way Kevin Kyle... Does anyone have any suggestions, anything to point out about this combination that may be helpful, or any thoughts? Since we would have 2 Kevin's in the house we would most likely call him Kyle so we have to make sure that the middle name is easy to say and something that we really like...

I strenuously disapprove of calling your son by his middle name. It's confusing for the child. Imagine his first day of kindergarten (and first, second, third grade, ad nauseum). His teacher is calling the roll, and she reaches his name. "Kevin Jones, is Kevin Jones here?" (I'm using Jones, because I don't know your last name). He responds, "I'm here, but I go by Kyle." This is repeated every time someone reads his name for the rest of his life. Try to count up the number of hours he will spend throughout his life correcting people--that's a lot of wasted time. Save him the trouble and just make Kevin his middle name.
As for Kyle--I don't like it. I think it's dated, and it's boring. Since his middle name (or first name, if you insist upon it) will be the same as his father's, try to give him a strong, individual first name. I don't mean it has to be a weird name; my personal taste is fairly classic and a little old-fashioned. I just mean that you should give him a name that has more personality than Kyle.