What's in a name?

[Aggie_Ama]

Awful they may be but that's old timey Texas (or the South)

Somebody has to have a kid and name him President.

Yes I have run into other Pansies when I worked in Bryan (lots of rural customers). I think the worst parts are 1. my mom was born in the mid-50's and it already had a negative connotation. 2. My great-grandma hate the name and went by Ellen but passed it on!

Of course when anyone calls me wimpy I just reply "Sorry, I come from a long line of pansies; I just can't help it!" All of the women named Pansy though are (were) incredibly strong so it is ironic.

[sgtiger]

Wow, the things people name their children! It's all too funny.

I went to school with a Forest Green and a Dill Pickles. Though Dill went by another name when I met him. I didn't find out his given name until he was going through the process of legally changing his name when he turned 18. Also I had a friend whose last name was Tope. Her parents were going to name her Isa, but thankfully didn't go though with it.

My ex-neighbor's daughter is named Treasure (Tessa for short). The mother had wanted to name her Precious, but her husband was having none of it. So they compromised on Treasure.

And how about Rosemary for a guy. Their family tradition was to name someone that each generation after a many times great grandmother. When it became apparent that there wasn't to be any girls born to them, he got stuck with it. I always wondered why he didn't change it because he seemed to be very embarrassed about his name.

[GLC1968]

I went to high school with a 'Candi Lamb'. Poor girl.

I also knew a family with the last name of Wohl. They named their first son Steel.

And I heard a rumor of a girl in the next town when I was growing up whose name was Crystal Leer....her middle name was Chandal. I still doubt that one is for real though...

Oh, and my mom wanted to name me whatever the Sanskrit term for 'moon beam' is (yes, I'm a child of the 60's). Luckily my fathers foriegn sounding last name stopped her, so I was blessed with a beautiful (and traditional) first name instead. Phew!

[TexanCzexican]

Some names from this year's enrollment:

Carma
Gage
Kazire
Akyia
Cedasia
Jakeia
D'Myija
Keyonia
NeVaeh (heaven spelled backward) - we had two of these last year!

And a couple years ago we had:

Turnipseed (really!)

I won't even lie, I LOVE the name Gage.

My family is all P's so my kids will more than likely end up with different names.

I LOVE Paxton, Peyton, Perdita, and Patience.....I also loved Porter so much that I named one of my pups that

[abvnx]

my husband works with a guy named Thomas Sawyer. he makes sure people call him Thomas, instead of Tom.

[mimitabby]

I won't even lie, I LOVE the name Gage.

My family is all P's so my kids will more than likely end up with different names.

I LOVE Paxton, Peyton, Perdita, and Patience.....I also loved Porter so much that I named one of my pups that

There is a big part of me that is a literalist; therefore; I always want to know why a person would name a kid Porter? it means someone who carries stuff for a living. Or Perdita; which means lost. Or Colin; semi colon? colon that comes after large intestine?

now Patience, I have always been fascinated with the (old) trend of giving children names like Patience, Charity, Hope, etc. Does it make them more of whatever that virtue is? or less?

[Eden]

When I was a kid I knew a family that all had the same initials LAA
Lawrence, Lance, Leah, Lee, etc....... I suppose it saves on the monogramed sweaters, luggage and hankies?

[TexanCzexican]

There is a big part of me that is a literalist; therefore; I always want to know why a person would name a kid Porter? it means someone who carries stuff for a living. Or Perdita; which means lost. Or Colin; semi colon? colon that comes after large intestine?

now Patience, I have always been fascinated with the (old) trend of giving children names like Patience, Charity, Hope, etc. Does it make them more of whatever that virtue is? or less?

Actually, Porter means 'gatekeeper' and I liked the protective spirit of the name.

My brother's name is Pierce and people always teased him about piercing things; yet in translation it means "Rock" even though my parents chose it because it's another form of Peter (my mom HATES Peter, thought people would call him Petey ie the dog from Little Rascals

EDEN--we are all PAT's which is ironic since my dad's name is Pat

[missymaya]

When I was in middle school I swam with a brother and sister, ping and pong and when I was in college I rowed with two sisters, one was summer and the other was spring. I thought that was pretty cool.
I know that if my twin and I came out boys, my mother would've named us Bert and Ernie (blah!!! I'm soooo Glad I'm a Girl!!)

[chickwhorips]

Ironically as I was reading this thread a co-worker came up and said "check out this name: Charles Prince aka Prince, Charles"
I have a friend named Quinnie.
At the wedding I was just at I was introduced, and everyone remembered my name because one of the people introduced me like this: "This is Amber, with the amber colored hair". At least I wasn't called something bad.

[eclectic]

I love this thread about names

a young (very young) couple here just named their baby Heaven Leigh
Neaveah is very popular here also.

Re ethnic names. I live in a predominatly Scandinavian settled community so names like Dagny, Berit, Hanne, Thor, Lars, Kristine, Kirsten, Bjorn, Marit are pretty common for all generations and they seem normal here. Last names are Knudson, Tjelveit, Thingstad, Larson etc, etc, etc

My niece is a Hanne (pronounced Hawnna - sort of - just more nasal -not Haaanah) - she will correct you if you say it wrong.

I went to school w/ Beppie (Dutch)
Zillah (biblical)

My best friend from high school named her daughter Ceildgh (sp) pronounced Kaylee. Her son was Aran

I had a female student named Aaron

and who ever referred to Erin Schmidt - I taught her too - a cute little American/Norwegian/German blondie.

I taught a WhiteCloud. We have a strong Native population in the vicinity so this would seem natural but nope she is caucasian.

The one that always throws me is Andrea. I have had 3 or 4 Andreas in one term and they all spelled it the same but pronounced it differently and they would let you know if you said it incorrectly.

Oh well at least they are interesting - a friend's DIL made the comment to her
" all the guys you know have 3 letter names, Pat, Ron, Don, Bob, Cal, Jim, Jon"
That's the 40's and 50's for you!

And to top it off I work w/ a gentleman in his late fifties and yes his name is
D*ck Butts AND he works in a grade 11 and 12 high school. His name is Richard so why oh why didn't his parents shorten it to Rick or Rich ? ? ? Or why didn't he reinvent himself when he left home? ? ?

[Zen]

I taught a WhiteCloud. We have a strong Native population in the vicinity so this would seem natural but nope she is caucasian.

Named after toilet paper?

[Mr. Bloom]

My surname is pronounced "knobs" and I come froma family of military men. My father was Major "Knobs" and my brother was "Private Knobs". My uncle was not military but was named Richard and went by D!ck...

Wahine! You absolutely made my night

I am rolling on the floor right now!

My last name has a "plural" sound to it (with body part overtones). Silver's maiden name is the same word (spelled differently) but in "singular".

To protect our identity, I will not put the actual name...but Silver's name would be akin to Jone-Jones (if she hadn't dropped the maiden - fearing that it would sound like she was stuttering!).

[Zen]

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To protect our identity, I will not put the actual name...but Silver's name would be akin to Jone-Jones (if she hadn't dropped the maiden - fearing that it would sound like she was stuttering!).

Or incestuous

[Starfish]

Where have I been? This thread is hilarious!

I had a girl in a class this year named Chardonnay.

I knew an Evan Evans.

I went to school with Shady Lane, and knew a Misty Dawn.

I met a man named Mr. Sansregret (I loved that one!).

One branch of my family was descended from William of Orange, and one matriarch gave each of her many children the middle name of "Orange."

I knew a guy named Falcon. I kind of like some of those names.

I like the names I can actually spell and pronounce, at least for the most part, at first glance.

I CANNOT believe the Abcde's. I mean?????