New here and need some honest feedback

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New here and need some honest feedback
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Sun, 12-19-2004 - 12:11pm
Hi Everyone,
I am getting a little desperate here. I am being induced in four weekas and I thought that we had decided on a name for our daughter which is Naomi Renee. But my mom has opposed it so much that I am starting to wonder if everyone that I have told the name to is just being nice when they say they like it. So I am here for your honest opinions. My mom says that everyone she has told it to not only doesn't like it but HATES it. She says they think it is a hick name. Now personally if it is just my mom who dislikes it I could live with that, but I don't want the poor child to go through her life being made fun of because of her name. We have one daughter who is four named Makayla Ashley and I love her name however Makayla became a little more popular than I would have liked after we named her. I was a Jennifer growing up in the eighties, so you can imagine how I feel about common names. My question is
1. Do you like the name
2. Do you think it goes well with our last name Blackford
3. Do you think it is a hick name?
4. Do you think that it is common right now?

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Registered: 08-01-2003
Mon, 12-20-2004 - 1:09pm

I definitely don't think of it as a hick name, it's not common right now, and it flows very well with your last name, sounds very good together.

as far as liking it, I've never personally been crazy for it, then then I'm not a classics/traditional, old-fashioned name fan.

as far as what to do about your mother not liking it, I honestly don't know what to say. on one hand, it's not her place to pick or veto names, but now that she has, it'd be kind of hard not to factor that in I guess.

I think she'd get used to it.

good luck

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Registered: 05-16-2003
Mon, 12-20-2004 - 2:02pm

Hey Jennifer,

Don't panic! There is nothing wrong with that name! I haven't read everyone else's opinions, but here are mine.

1. Do I like the name? Yes. Do I love it? No, but it's not my baby, so I don't have to! (Honestly, I like Naomi a lot more than Renee, but that's just me.) I wonder if your mother is getting such negative opinions because she clearly doesn't like the name and making it obvious to the people she's asking, so they are just agreeing with her. It sounds like she might have a very strong personality herself, since she doesn't have any trepidation about telling you how much she dislikes the name (unlike your friends, who are at least tactful enough to say they like the name, even if they don't.) Perhaps her friends are being tactful to her (not to you, obviously) and finding it easier to just agree with her.

2. Sounds great with your last name.

3. A hick name? Huh? Well, one of the Judd sisters name is Naomi. I don't know where they are really from, but they sing country music, right? Or is Naomi the drop-dead gorgeous actress? I can't really remember but it's not exactly a negative name association!

4. I live in Massachusetts, and I don't know of any little girls named Naomi.

Good luck! Hope this helps.

Cara

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 12-20-2004 - 2:57pm
I think it's a beautiful name. It's not hick-ish at all imo. I also think it sounds great with your last name. It was actually one of my top picks for a girl, but since this is boy #3, I haven't been able to use any girl names! My sister didn't like the name either, but I don't really take my family's opinions into account when choosing names. They will get over it. And no, I don't think it's a name that will get made fun of. It sounds very classy and elegant to me. I'd stick with it. Just don't tell your mom that your using it, till you have the baby, then what can she say!
Tara mommy to Kaden 9/24/01 Jamison 4/26/03 & Baby Boy 2/1/05
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Registered: 10-01-2004
Mon, 12-20-2004 - 11:22pm

!. Love the name,k different but still classy
2. Naomi Blackford...sounds good to me
3. I don't know what exactly is a HICK name....when i think hick name i think billy bob not Naomi, deff. not a "HICK" name
4. deff. not COMMON...I don't know any personally and I don't know of any either so i would say no

if you love the name...use it...I use some different names and i have got some positive and negative remarks about them and all that matters is that you are happy with the name and the kids grow up happy...i know im preaching so ill shut up now!

HTH
CJ
mommy to Brennan, Braidyn, and soon Riorden or Kallyn

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Registered: 09-09-2003
Mon, 12-20-2004 - 11:35pm
Hi! I don't like the name. I think Naomi is soo Hebrew. It doesn't feel like Jennifer or Makayla at all. I don't think it is hick at all either though. Renee is so over used back in my generation for a middle name. I have a mom who doesn't like just about everything and I know exactly how you feel. Best wishes. Jules
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Registered: 09-09-2003
Mon, 12-20-2004 - 11:46pm
I just read through all the other posts after putting in mine. I completely agree that it is really odd with Makayla. It seems as though you should be using something like Cassidy or Makenzie. Good luck! Jules
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Registered: 11-25-2004
Wed, 12-22-2004 - 4:54pm
GREAT NAME! Sounds great with your last name (I know a Naomi with a similar last name actually!!). Not hick at all. Not terribly common either. Good luck and ignmore your mom, your instincts are right!
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Thu, 12-23-2004 - 4:18pm
Naomi was on our short list this time around!
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Registered: 04-03-2003
Thu, 12-23-2004 - 6:49pm

I love Naomi! And there is no way it is a "hick" name. Maybe she is thinking of Naomi Judd. In any case, it is a very old name, with a great meaning ("pleasant"), and a great biblical connection!

Naomi Blackford is very nice.

Carrie

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