Need another CJ name?

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Need another CJ name?
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Fri, 03-30-2007 - 9:10pm

Ok, my 2 year old's name is Collin James, and my 1 year old is Caiden Jon. Both middle names are after important people in our lives. The problem is that we are expecting baby #3, and it it's a boy we have run out of CJ names that we love. We are however in love with the name Finn, so what do you think...do we need another CJ name? Will this baby feel left out if he does not have the same initials as his brothers?

maybe it'll be a girl, and this fret will be over nothing! =)

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Registered: 01-15-2007
Fri, 03-30-2007 - 9:35pm

Do you regularly call your sons by their first plus middle names, or use their initials? Some people do, and if you do, then I would almost definitely use another CJ name. But if not, then I would say that another CJ name is not essential (unless you and your husband are also CJs!); and if you really love a different name, such as Finn, I think you should use it, preferably with a family middle name. If your son ever asks why he doesn't have a CJ name, you can explain to him how you loved Finn so much, you knew it had to be his name.

If I were going to give a CJ name to a boy, I would probably use Calvin or Conrad for the C and a family name, such as Joseph, for the J.

Good luck!

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Registered: 09-29-2005
Fri, 03-30-2007 - 10:18pm

Quite the opposite! ;) I'd strongly encourage you NOT to use another C name (or CJ, for that matter). I'm sure to most they're simply Collin and Caiden, and with only two that really just comes across as a coincidence -- especially if and when you add Finn (or some other non-C name) to the mix.

Speaking of whom, it really would be a shame not to use the name you both love for him -- if he is, in fact, a him -- just because you feel the need to follow some pattern, KWIM? You must have loved Collin and Caiden to use those names, so I think he'd feel much more "left out" knowing you settled for a name you didn't like as much just because it happened to start with a C. You mentioned both their mns being in honor of people important to you. Giving this child a similarly meaningful mn will give him that same connection. You don't need the same exact initials for that.

Also, if you want all three to have some sort of link, you're on the right track with Finn. Especially if you also use a mn to honor someone, all three would have mns with special meaning and fns with an Irish feel. Perfect. ;)

On a sidenote, I noticed you used 6-letter spellings for both of your other sons' names, so you could also go with something like Finley, Fingal, Fingus, Fintan, Fionan/Finnen or Finian, nn Finn, to give all three a non-C connection. To take that even further, the last few also end in N like the Collin and Caiden. ;) Just some ideas.

HTH


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Registered: 08-26-2006
Fri, 03-30-2007 - 11:56pm

don't fret - go with the name you love! My brother and I share the same intials, B.E. and then my little sister's are completely different, D.R. She has never felt left out - no one has EVER commented on it. Finn is too good to pass up :)

Brooke

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Registered: 04-29-2005
Sun, 04-01-2007 - 7:17pm
I think your son will love the name because it's different and you loved it! No need to go with CJ names if there isn't one you love just because you want those initials.