Naming a girl after yourself...
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Naming a girl after yourself...
| Tue, 11-09-2004 - 12:01pm |
Yay or Nay? It is common practice for boys to be named after their fathers. Anyone have the urge to name their daughter after themselves? Know of someone else who has? I'm not talking about a Jr., but maybe the same first name with a different nickname.
Comments? (DH won't even allow me to name our child after living immediate family so this is not an option, but I quite like the idea - narcissistic me :)
Carry

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There are lots of historical records that point out it used to be more common to name children of both sexes after the parents but for some reason it faded for girls but stayed for boys longer. I see the favoritism for juniors fading with the current generation, the trend to give children of both sexes a "unique" name is damping the use of juniors overall.
christie
#1 EDD 6/29/05
Luckily, I have found this compromise: DH and I really like the name Anneliese and it is funny because I recently found out that not only do Anneliese and Elizabeth have the same meaning, Anneliese is practically the same as my full name, Elizabeth Ann. Ann of course is the same as Anne and Liese is a pet name for Elizabeth. I think it's neat.
So that's the name we're most likely naming our daughter, should we ever be blessed with one. Her MN would be Blanche, which is my FIL's FN. I hope he will feel honored that we would name our child after him.
~ Liz, mom to Christopher and Nicholas
It's actually a tradition in my family that the first daughter receives the mothers first name as her middle name.
For example: my grandmother was Doreen Maud, my mother is Joy Doreen, and I am Kerry Joy.
I don't like the idea of giving a child the same exact name (first and middle) as a parent. Too confusing and not very original. But it seems like a nice gesture to give the baby the parent's fn as a mn or use a variation of the parents name.
My SIL used her first name, Nicole, for her dd's middle name. The baby's name is Makenna Nicole. I'm pregnant and if this is a girl, I'm thinking of using Genevieve as a middle name as a tribute to my name, Jen.
Jen
*Ali
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