How Did You Choose Your Children's Names?

We picked a name for our son that we both didn't know anyone named that,
He didn't want him a Jr...so his middle name is dh's
Daughter...worked with a gal..that was "really with it"...and said if I ever had a daughter, she'd be named that..and it just so happened..to be very close to my dh's
Middle name is mine..sorta biblical.
 

First daughter was named after a high school friend`s sister because I loved the name.

Second daughter was supposed to be named after the foreign exchange student who lived with my family in high school,but when she was born,the name just didn`t fit her. Hubby started asking the nurses their first names,trying to come up with one,but they were all older so he got Dorothy and Mildred and Gladys. So we settled on Linda,since we both had sisters named Linda. We used the exchange student`s name as a middle name.

Third daughter was named after a former Arizona Diamondbacks player`s sister (although he wasn`t even born for a couple years after my daughter) We had been friends with their parents since we were first married. Their daughter is Erin Shea and we loved the name Shea. Since we thought she would be our last,we gave her hubby`s first name as a middle name. She loves it.

Of course,a year and a half later,our son arrived. And he HAD to be a Junior (although I really didn`t want that) but,hubby had waited so long for a son. Then the girls started naming their son`s middle names after their dad and it got crazy. And our son gave his son the name as well. We have now put a ban on the name lol.
 
In some ways it doesn't really matter, as you can change your name if you want. I've known several people who have changed their christian and /or surnames. I often regret not changing my christian name. It's a perfectly ordinary name, and that's the trouble - I'd have preferred something more unusual.

I certainly don't believe in naming children after other people. They're people in their own right, though they will almost certainly share their names with someone.
 

Capt Lightning said:
In some ways it doesn't really matter, as you can change your name if you want. I've known several people who have changed their christian and /or surnames. I often regret not changing my christian name. It's a perfectly ordinary name, and that's the trouble - I'd have preferred something more unusual.

I certainly don't believe in naming children after other people. They're people in their own right, though they will almost certainly share their names with someone.
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As they say, imitation is highest form of flattery. My friend was touched that I gave my daughter her name, even though it was the middle name.
 
An amusing true tale I heard... A certain man was a football fanatic, and when his daughter was born, he wanted to name her after his football club. His wife totally refused, but when he suggested "Lanesra" as a nice girl's name, she agreed. It was only after they had registered the birth that she realised the name was "Arsenal" backwards :love:

(for non Brits, Arsenal is one of the Premier league football clubs based in Islington, London)
 
Capt Lightning said:
In some ways it doesn't really matter, as you can change your name if you want. I've known several people who have changed their christian and /or surnames. I often regret not changing my christian name. It's a perfectly ordinary name, and that's the trouble - I'd have preferred something more unusual.

I certainly don't believe in naming children after other people. They're people in their own right, though they will almost certainly share their names with someone.
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My son changed his name to an Islamic name before I changed mine. Even though his initials have (legally) changed, he still uses the ones from his given name as part of his deejay name.
 

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