What's in a name?

[silver]

Aggie Ama, I like Axel. I also like Cadence. Heck, I even like Madone.

I wanted to name our girl, Karlynn. But people said that it would be associated with the rude comic George Carlen, who (or is it whom) I'd never heard of previously. Then I wanted to name her Anna Lise. Not so common back in '90 when she was born but pretty common now. We named her the traditional Allison and I can't imagine any other name.

Our son is named first name after his grandfather and middle name after his father. Mr. had suggested his middle name after my father but I think that's a really old fashioned name. I wasn't happy with the choice, so I was going to try to come up with something new about 3 weeks before he was due. Mr. was out of town and I went and bought a baby book, thinking that I'd have several choices to present when he got back. Well, I ended up going into labor that night, calling Mr. home and having William the next day. His grandfather is called Bill and we always thought that William would be Will, but it never stuck, and he's still William and it's a perfect fit.

Turns out William ended up being really popular, think it was Lady Diana naming her son that? When he was in 2 year old church preschool in a class for 12 kids, there were 3 Williams. They had to call them each by full first and last names.

Oh, made me think of something that happened in DD's preschool one year. There were two Taylors. One boy , one girl. the kids ended up calling them "Taylor the girl" and "Taylor the boy"

So somehow we ended up with some pretty traditional names.

[BikeMomma]

My last name is Nutt. Oh man, it was hard naming our kids. We liked the name Jordan...but Jordan Nutt was too much like jordan almonds. I also like the name Tanner....but Tanner Nutt??? lol

I thought I did well with my first son when I signed the birth certificate. We named him Juwan (pronounced with a long u sound). Got the name from Juwan Howard, the pro basketball player that's been in the NBA for many years now. Great name, right? We were SO proud of ourselves for successfully giving our firstborn a carefully-chosen name, so that no kids would make fun, etc.

Until my best friend pointed out that, combined with his middle name initial, it was doom in waiting: Juwan A. Nutt. She was quick to notice and joke that it sounds like you're asking the question "You wanna nut?" in a slightly Hispanic-sounding accent. Good thing we're raising him with a great sense of humor (he's ten now).

We did much better with our other two -- Kaleb Avery and Gillienne Stefanee....a bit original, but not outlandish (or er..pardon me....nutt-y!).

~BikeMomma