Is this name corny?
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Is this name corny?
| Fri, 09-23-2005 - 7:33pm |
My husband and i are expecting our first child. We found out that we are having a boy and i always wanted to name our first born after both of us. My name is jayme and his name is steven. He has a hyphenated first name and wants all of our children to have the same. I wanted something really unique and cute so we came up with Jayven-Keoni. Jayven of course for our names, and Keoni, hawaiian name meaning "God is gracious". I just want to get some input from other people.

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First, I want to say that if you love the name, then it shouldn't matter what anyone thinks. And I do think that the name you've chosen has a nice flow to it.
However, the name is not really my style. I understand your DH's desire to hyphenate his children's names since his is hyphenated, but he goes by Steven. I tend to think that if you're going to give your child an unusual name, then there should be some way to shorten it to a more traditional name. It just gives him that choice.
So, in your case, I guess you could name him Jayven-Keoni and have him go by Jay if he wanted to. You could also use the hyphenated name as his middle name and give him a more traditional fn, for example Matthew Jayven-Keoni.
Another name that I think might work as a combo of Jayme and Steven is Jason. Or maybe Jamison/Jamisen? One other idea for you... what if you used a version of your name for this baby (like James) and saved a feminine version of your DH's name for a girl (Stephanie/Stefania)?
Like I said before, if you truly love the name, then nothing should stop you from using it, but I thought I'd give you a couple other ideas, too.
Congrats on the baby boy! And good luck making a final decision!
Fairly strange, although each to their own. Hasn't your husband encountered a lot of hassle with a hypenated first name? Its such a personal decision but your child is already half or you and your husband, and always will be, its dosen't make you closer to also share your name.
Good luck with deciding, its never easy.
I would say that unless you're living in
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Hi!
I LOVE Jayven Keoni - Jayven doesn't sound made up at all. I am from Hawaii and most kids here do not have traditional names (ie: most of them mentioned in the response to you).
I do agree on the hyphenated first name. You can do it, but I think people would automatically assume it's his mn anyways.
Congrats on picking an awesome name with so much meaning in it.
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