Since I’m an old school blogger and I’m all for old school blogging making a comeback too, I figured I’d play along with Steph and Nell and do this meme. I miss memes. I always was a sucker for a good meme.
It’s about our children’s names.
1. Do you have any cultural or religious naming traditions?
Nope.
2. Did you or your partner come to the marriage with pre-selected names?
Nope. Okay, so far this meme is a snooze.
3. Did you consider the sound of the first and middle and last names together? Did this make any sad eliminations?
Oh yeah. I analyzed the sounds of the names to death. I’m sure that’s no surprise to those who know me well. I analyze EVERYTHING to death.
4. Did you have veto powers?
I pretty much had all the power, lol. My husband could nix any name he didn’t like, but I pretty much came up with them all.
5. Did the baby naming cause arguments?
Not really, but we didn’t decide on my 3rd child’s middle name until I was in the delivery room. My husband still doesn’t really like it, but how can you say no to your wife when she’s in labor?
6. Do you think it is easier to name boys or girls?
Neither. I had a pretty easy time with all three. Except the whole middle name thing with my 3rd.
7. Did you eliminate names because of people from your past or present who you don’t like or because a certain image comes to mind.
Um, hello? I was a teacher. That eliminates half the names in the naming books, right there.
8. Did you / would you survey your children to get their thoughts on the name?
Nah. Although we did run it by them just for fun. It was cute to hear them try to pronounce the names we were considering.
9. Did you tell people the name or possible names before the baby was born or were they “in the vault”?
Have I ever had an unspoken thought? No, I have not. We talked names constantly, and since we found out the babies’ sexes in utero (how do you spell that? couldn’t find it on google), we would call them by name while I was still preggo.
10. Did you use baby name books?
Nope!
Drumroll please…What did you name your kids?
Unfortunately I keep my kids’ names private, although I’m dying to reveal them just this once. Isn’t it a bummer that there are so many sickos in the world that some of us feel we can’t share our kids’ names online? Of course, you all probably know the first letters of their names – DCR.
We call my son by his middle name, which is also my husband’s middle name and my dad’s first name. My son’s first name is my husband’s dad’s first name. Got all that?
My girls weren’t named for anyone. I just chose names I liked.
Because my name is so unusual, I was determined to name my kids ordinary names that they wouldn’t have to spell their whole lives. I pretty much achieved that, although both of my girls have names that can be spelled 2 ways, so I still end up spelling them from time to time.
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I named my kids names that I liked. One is named after my college roomie, the other is named after a famous movie star…ironically, she’s got a whole lotta drama in her.
Great idea! I’m feeling lazy-I-mean-memey too! I considered myself tagged and did this on my blog. Thanks!
I am probably the only one on the planet who did not know that DCR in DCR design is your kids names!
Girls names have not been a problem for us – although lots of people have lots of opinions about A’s name. We gave her my grandmother’s name as her middle name. I think if we have a boy, though, it’s going to be World War III in our house. Tom is a 4th and I don’t want that to go any further!
I’m not sure if I know or remember what your kids’ middle names are.
My son was named after his dad who is a Jr, so that makes him the III. I don’t know that I’d do that again. My daughter’s first name is a name that I liked, and her middle name came from her aunt. I also had to make sure the first and middle names worked together.
The first fight I had with my husband when we were dating was what to name the children. Granted, at the time we hadn’t actually been on a date because he didn’t ask me out until after he had moved away for college, the fight was on AIM, and we were many years away from getting married, much less having children. It’s even funnier now because both the names that we were insisting on for our first born son have been changed. Our compromise was to name the first son the name he picked out and the second son the name I picked out. Of course, all we have is a daughter.
Those are beautiful names. I particularly like Laken.
I loved Kate and Jane but with my last name, they just didn’t go.
OH and I should have mentioned in FULL disclosure LOL – Laken was a name I first heard on Santa Barbara way back in the 80s AND Colby was a girls name on All My Children – sooo you can see where I head them first !!
LOL – I love the bit about you being a teacher,…um, yeah, I’d say you had some bad association with names, lol. Have a beautiful day my friend!
I think boys names are harder but maybe that’s because I had four of them to name! My last born was two days old before he had a name and we’d known for 4 1/2 months he was a boy!
I’m dying for you to reveal them too . . . not because I’m some weirdo but because I’m expecting a baby in six weeks and have no clue what the name will be (girl). Any suggestions?
We name the first name by going with a name we like and has a good meaning and the middle name is a family name.
My daughter has my MIL’s maiden name and my grandmother’s name for the middle, and my son has my Dad’s first name and my husband’s name for the middle. I love that they have a connection to people that are no longer with us. And I don’t share my kids names either. Maybe one day, but I’m not ready for that yet.
We couldn’t decide on a name for my son until several days AFTER he was born!!! They made us choose a name before we were allowed to leave the hospital!
Is that horrible?? I just felt soooo much pressure get it right and it is too hard to name someone I had no clue about. I didn’t know his personality at all but felt like I was being forced to slap a label on him!
Very sweet. I’m a sucker for a good meme too. Can’t do this one though–my answers would be much too boring.
Awww, yay! Old skool bloggin’.
I seem to feel a pull toward names that begin with a J but I hate the way I make my cursive J’s so I always try to talk myself out of it! LOL
I need to start writing down names. I always think of a beautiful name and then forget it. I also seem to think of girls’ names easier.
My husband has given me some funny looks though when I mention possible names for our future kids. This’ll be interesting!
Oh and another thing… I’m constantly worried about how kids may turn my child’s name into a mean nicknames. I was teased heavily as a child and so I’m quite aware of it.
Plus I want all 3 names to have a beautiful flow, just as you were concerned about, AND I want decent initials, ya know?
My son was named after a family friend and his father. I have a nephew that is named after both his grandfathers. My cousin creatively named her daughter by taking the first two letters of her best friend’s name and her mother’s name and added the three letters of our grandmother’s nickname. It’s beautiful and special.
How fun! I totally considered myself tagged and did it on the ole blog.
http://momsmems.blogspot.com/2009/10/childrens-name-meme.html
I like this one! I have always loved naming things. My dolls all had a string of names…like 3 or 4 middle names. I grew up on a farm, and named every rabbit, chicken, and goat we ever had. That ruled out some of my favorite names when my kids were born. After all, how can your name your child a name that has already belonged to a goat or a chicken? I was also a teacher, which ruled out a bunch of names, too.
Consider me tagged. I had to do this one because I am a baby name addict. Loved reading your naming stories.
The boys have my husbands name for their middle names. Boy #1 has the same middle name has Hubs. Boy #2 has Hubs’ first name as his middle name. That way it makes it a family name and the grandparents couldn’t say a word!!!
Oh how fun,I wanna play so consider me tagged, probably tomorrow if I can come out of my decongestant medication haze.
I love the story of your kids names and I know what you mean about not putting the names out there. This is going to be really hard to do without saying theirs.
Great idea! I needed a little light fun to blog about, so consider me tagged.
I love reading about how others came up with names. Although it is way more fun when we know the names
http://blackbeltoma.blogspot.com/2009/10/name-meme.html
I don’t think mine’s very exciting, but heeryago!