DS has a family name. On my H's side, the men alternated between two names. So H's grandpa was Joe Schmoe, H's dad was Jim Schmoe, H is Joe Schmoe, DS is Jim Schmoe. Obvs not their real names.
I knew when we were dating that this was how it went. About a year before I got pregnant, H's dad died suddenly from a heart attack. DS's name holds a lot more meaning now than it just being a family tradition.
Post by mrsbabe614 on May 12, 2015 11:49:39 GMT -5
FN is Irish for warrior. It means nothing, we just liked it. Her middle name is the color green. Which also means nothing, it just sounded pretty with her first name. Every first born in H's family is a "jo/joe" variation and we decided not to keep that. H wasn't too keen on it anyway.
We somewhat randomly decided that our first daughter would be named Evelyn at some point in our first year dating. There's no special meaning behind it short of us picking it out almost 10 years before she was even born. Her middle name is my maiden name.
I've seen several meanings to her name but the ones I like best are "life" and "little bird". Her middle name apparently means "noble" so my favorite overall meaning to her name (though technically it's out of order) is "noble life".
His middle name. My husband's name is a family tradition. First and middle. No jr, sr, etc. just the exact same name. He didn't love having the exact same name as his dad growing up and it was confusing for credit cards and things. Again because no suffix to clarify.
With Jack, we gave him the two names as middle names. So Jack had two middle names. Then when everything happened and we lost Jack and FIL, we wanted to pay honor to the tradition but couldn't give Cooper the same thing exactly. We don't want him to ever feel that his life is "different" because his brother is gone. So he just has MH and FIL's first name as his middle name. It's similar but different. The best we could do...
We somewhat randomly decided that our first daughter would be named Evelyn at some point in our first year dating. There's no special meaning behind it short of us picking it out almost 10 years before she was even born. Her middle name is my maiden name.
I've seen several meanings to her name but the ones I like best are "life" and "little bird". Her middle name apparently means "noble" so my favorite overall meaning to her name (though technically it's out of order) is "noble life".
We loved Evelyn and it was actually our first choice. Funny story is we had decided on it while dating as well. And we used my maiden name as a middle name. But when dd was born we both felt like she just wasn't an Evelyn. It's such a beautiful name!
Post by americanninjamommy on May 12, 2015 12:38:11 GMT -5
ANB's first name means "to tame" or "tamer" (haha and everyone says it means evil or devil.)
His middle name means "son of the south" or "son of the right hand" or "son of my old age". The last one is the most appropriate considering my age
He is named after his Daddy (first name) but carries his grandfather's name as his middle name. My husband loved his grandfather, so it seemed like the right move. I tried to get his middle name as his first name, but DH was stubborn. I was lucky he gave up on making ANB a Junior.
We somewhat randomly decided that our first daughter would be named Evelyn at some point in our first year dating. There's no special meaning behind it short of us picking it out almost 10 years before she was even born. Her middle name is my maiden name.
I've seen several meanings to her name but the ones I like best are "life" and "little bird". Her middle name apparently means "noble" so my favorite overall meaning to her name (though technically it's out of order) is "noble life".
We loved Evelyn and it was actually our first choice. Funny story is we had decided on it while dating as well. And we used my maiden name as a middle name. But when dd was born we both felt like she just wasn't an Evelyn. It's such a beautiful name!
Haha, we have an odd amount of things in common jellykat2. Your DD's name is beautiful too BTW!
We loved Evelyn and it was actually our first choice. Funny story is we had decided on it while dating as well. And we used my maiden name as a middle name. But when dd was born we both felt like she just wasn't an Evelyn. It's such a beautiful name!
Haha, we have an odd amount of things in common jellykat2. Your DD's name is beautiful too BTW!
DS's name is an Irish surname derived from a saint, and has been said to mean friend and merciful. We picked it because DH was looking up "famous Irish scientists" and reading them off and we both heard it and really liked it. We took a long time to actually pick that as THE name, though. DS was 4 hours old! It's a somewhat common surname, but very rare for a first name, which is why I've never shared it. His middle name is DH's first name, which is the tradition in DH's family. Middle name means "man, strong, warrior."
Post by purplehippo on May 12, 2015 13:20:33 GMT -5
DD1's first name means "Farmer" and middle is "Rose" so it doesn't have a meaning, other than the flower.
DD2's first name means "A bird that built its own pyre and then was reborn from the ashes" (basically "reborn") and middle is "Dahlia" which means "From the valley" or simply the flower, like Rose.
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Our baby's first name is just a name we liked. I don't know what it means . His middle name is one of three names his birth mom told us she likes. We told her we would use one as a middle name. His first and middle initials are TJ and we don't call him that but if he wanted to go by that when older he has the option
Post by windwithfingers on May 12, 2015 13:53:53 GMT -5
When DH and I found out we were having a boy, we really wanted the name to be Irish, since we're both half-Irish and did a lot of traditionally Irish things at our wedding. We liked Cillian and Shea, but settled tentatively on Quinn. It was once a common surname. Different sites say it means different things, but I just tell people it means warrior. DS's middle name is Patrick, which is my FIL's name, my brother's name, and also DH's middle name. We hadn't totally settled on the name, but when DH passed away, I knew I couldn't name him anything else.
A's first name is the only name H and I could agree on. Her middle name is the same as mine and my grandmas. We also have the same initials. If A would have been a boy it would have been Max a name we've both liked for a long time.
Post by geetargirl05 on May 12, 2015 15:05:51 GMT -5
Harrison means son of Harris which is NOT his dad's name LOL. We just loved it.
His middle name is the name DH's mom wanted to give DH but his dad refused. DH's mom passed away in 2006, so it's definitely a meaningful thing. It also has a religious significance in its definition which we enjoyed since his first name is a wash lol.
We chose DD's name for the meaning. It comes from the word for "truth" in Latin. It also means "faith" in Russian, which we thought made for an interesting combination. H's field is philosophy of science so it seemed to fit.
Her middle name is H's grandmother's name. She has been very important in both our lives and we love her dearly. She started asking us "when are you having your baby girl?" immediately after we got married, so when we found out DD was a girl we knew her name had to be in there. It means "favor or grace."
ETA: we've joked that we'll have to have two more girls and give them names that mean "goodness" and "beauty."
Post by crawford411 on May 12, 2015 19:37:52 GMT -5
Sunny's name translates to Wisdom and Grace. I hope those are two qualities she comes to possess. I always wanted to name my child Grace but H didn't like it. We ultimately decided to name her middle name after his grandmother, Ann, and we came to find out that the meaning is grace.
Plus Sunny turned out to be a great nickname for her name and personality! We got lucky there too!
Aram means high or exalted- it is a traditional Armenian name and he was named after my husbands grandfather. My husbands father has nicknamed Aram "little pop" because we had all called his father "pop" and I still get choked up a little when he does it. Robert is his middle name, after my mother Roberta, she means the world to me and this was just one way I could show it. Plus, I thought Aram Robert sounded really great.
DH picked the first name before I was even pregnant..we never even discussed other girl names. Her middle name is after my MIL who passed away 5 years ago. All of Emma's girl cousins also have the same middle name (one was born prior to her passing away).
My family has a middle name tradition for the first born girl going back several generations..however we wanted to honor my MIL more than continuing a tradition.
Edit to add I've never found the meaning of Emma that I've liked so I don't really remember the meanings.
We didn't choose M's name based on the name "definition" but his first name (Mason) was picked by DH from a list we narrowed down together and his middle name (James) is after DH.
Post by TheMooseIsLoose on May 12, 2015 22:50:53 GMT -5
6yr old's first name has no meaning at all. We just comprised. It did not suit her at all; she really had to grow into it. Her middle name is H's grandma's name. She was a beautiful, loving woman and DD was born on her birthday, so it was perfect. Sadly, 6yr old will never know her because his grandma passed away from cancer just before DD's first birthday and grandma's 75th.
Both of our boys just have first names that we liked and felt suited them. They are both named after H with their middle names though; 4yr old has H's first name, and LO shares H's middle name.
John William is my husband's name reversed (William John).
There's been a William in every generation on H's paternal side(not direct). We didn't agree on Jr. vs II , so with some bargaining H was most comfortable with his name reversed if we weren't continuing the Wm tradition. John also represents my cousin, John, who passed from cystic fibrosis 10yrs ago.
Had LO been a girl, the name would've been Johnna.
ETA: if we have more kids, I'm leaning with William as the middle name for any boys. For girls, we didn't have another name chosen, but MIL passed away from cancer 1mo after LO was born, so I think we would try to honor her in some way.
Andrew means, "man" or "of a man". His middle name James means "supplant" or "replace". His middle name is in honor of my late uncle who passed 7 yrs ago. DH & I were very close to him & decided immediately upon his passing that if we had a boy we would honor him this way.
Alexandria is feminine for Alexander meaning "defender of mankind". Her middle name is Marie which is my grandmothers middle name & also mine. I wasn't sure of the meaning of Marie so I looked it up & it's origin is Mary (Latin) meaning "bitter". So I'm going with family name because I don't agree, ha!
Post by supplycloset on May 13, 2015 9:08:36 GMT -5
We chose DD first name before we were married. It is Irish for warrior. I am half Irish on both sides so It seemed fitting. Her middle name is Louise, which is my Mom's middle name. My mom is the greatest person on the planet and my best friend. Just looked up the meaning of Louise- famous warrior. That's so weird that both of her names mean warrior! Her personality seems to fit with warrior- wish me luck when she's a teenager!
I love reading these! DD was named after DH's grandmother. Her name means "of the forest". We actually named her the "nickname" version of the name because that's what we planned on calling her.
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