What's in a name?

[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.