Naming Your Child

While I would listen to suggestions from family members, I would definately have the final say as to what I named my child. If my family wanted me to give my child a certain name that I absolutely hated, I wouldn't do it just to please family members. We named our youngest son, Luke. My family members thought Lucas sounded better, but it was our choice, so Luke is his name!

The name Mae has been passed down for generations for the oldest child of the family. My oldest dausther, mine and my mothers middle name is Mae. My Grandmoter, great grandmother and more had the first name of Mae. I hated the name but still named my oldest daughter that terrible name. However, when my daughter gave birth to the first granddaughter she refused to use the name Mae.

It is not up to the family to tell a couple what to name their child, it is up to the couple. Something similar happened to my husband when his son was born while he was in Viet Nam. I'll send this discussion to him, and let him explain it.

My ex husband is called Mark Philip and the Philip was his father's name. His mother was called Claire and his brother and sister in law called their daughter Claire. Her older brother was named John after his father my ex husband's brother. When we had our baby son my ex husband wanted to call him Fox, Raven or Rex. Luckily we decided on the name Ryan. I would choose to call my baby a name that me and his or her father liked. I would not choose to call a baby after a family member. I would politely say no to any such request hopefully not offending anyone. My sister's husband's name is Simon and they have a son called Seth and a daughter called Sabrina. My sister's name is Julie Anne and they have a second son called Jude. So we have three S and 2 J names so that could be confusing. I know this because I have a friend called Tracey and she has a sister called Tiffany. Two T names and they open one another's mail by accident. In Africa Jesus is a popular name but calling a baby boy that in the UK would be mean. Imagine calling a baby boy Adolf! People might joke it is Hitler. Yes, avoiding the name of a dictator is a good idea. My aunt is called Iris May and at school people joked Iris may or she may not.

well it would depend to some extent on what the name was I might use it as a second name if it was not too awful or if it was really dreadful I would very sweetly say. I am sorry but we promised my husbands mother to name our child Robbie after my husband's brother who was killed in World War two as a tribute and because we are of Scottish descent. Knowing my family so well I know that they would not have been upset with me and if I had opted to use the name that they wanted as a second name they would have gone along with it. After all any family who named their daughter Patsie sure were not too fussy about names.

My mother inlaw had all boys. She had told her son if she had a girl her name would have been Tina Marie. So when I got pregnant with a girl she thought I should give her this name. My husband and I argued about this until the day I gave birth. I told him I'm the one going through the pain and I will give her the name I had picked. That and I had a cousin named Tina Marie. It wasn't going to happen. I guess he should have married his first love, she named her daughter Tina Marie.....LOL(not my husbands kid)

I name dmy child how I wanted to name her. I didn't really want to name her after any of my family members. My sister had the first boy and she named him after my dad. I had a girl but I chose a different name altogether other than what my moms name was because my sister already had moms name.

In both my Dad's family and my Mom's family, children have at least one of another family member's name. Except me. And I always felt left out! lol My Mom was a fan of Roy Rogers, and she named me Cheryl after his daughter. lol Believe it or not, I have found another Cheryl who got the name the same way! When my daughter was born, I did give her a middle name after one of my relatives...an aunt. She was my favorite aunt and she really appreciated that I used her name. My daughter loves it, too, so I guess I did ok! If there was a name I wasn't fond of, though, I wouldn't use it. Not even to please my family.

I really wanted to name my son after my dad or my brother. But I decided against it because the father usually names their first son after them so I didn't want to upset my brother in any way because in my eyes rightfully his first born son will more than likely be named this. My brother is the 3rd in the naming generation so his first born will be the 4th if he decides to pass his name down. Than I thought about naming him after his own father. But decided against because of the way his father who I refer to now as "the donor" was acting. We broke up as soon as I became pregnant. Turns out I had done the right thing because he not involved in my son life in any way (which is by his own choice) so when I named my son I ended up going biblical Anthony Patrick after saint Anthony and Saint Patrick. But no we do not have any cultural traditions.Everyone gave their opinions but in the end it was my decision as to what to name him.

I names my son after both his grandfathers Roy James and Joseph LeeRoy my sons name is Roy Joseph even thou his fathers name is Roy also I did not name him after him ,But both of my sons grandfathers. For his father never wanted any thing to do with him and still dont and my son is 18 now