Naming after someone else

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>Can I just ask those of you who named there kids after a family

>member etc. why?

>

>Don't mean to be rude at all just curious, I always said I would

>never name any of my children after someone as they were a whole new

>person and I didn't want then think they were named for or because

>of someone? I've picked names because I like them - silly I don't

>know? just how I feel - what are you thoughts?

>

>Jo

Originally DH had stated that our children would not be named after

anyone still living (and that's true for first names) I think for us

we just needed a hook to help us commit! names we liked were family

names - and I suppose if you have family naming as the rationale the

issue of going off the name is less likely. But I know what you mean

- I don't really feel right about deciding on a baby's name before

birth or even very soon after, unless it is very obvious, but it

works for some people. (Oh I dunno, I did happen to say something

about how if Mr/Ms 20-odd week gestation turned out to be a boy (and

frankly, I believe I am a mother of boys) and we called him

(which was the alternative to for DS1) we'd have Bill and Ted,

and then DH said his grandfather was a (as is his uncle in

fact though not known as that) and somehow I did carry that thought...

BTW DS1 was going to be Phoebe Rose at 8 weeks gestation. I had a

sudden vision. (So you know you can safely ignore any of my visions)

(I thought DS1 was a definite Albert though - DH was having none of it!)

Why do we bother anyway - I call my two Chubber and Hootie (and have

only just stopped myself referring to them in real life as DS1 and

DS2!)

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jennifer@...

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Ruthie said: When I was pregnant DH spent a long time looking in the books of

the

Bible and the Prophets for names of good people who lived a long and

virtuous life, those are the names we called our children.

Ow that sounds like a lovely idea.

Jo

SAHM to Ethan

HB 29.06.00

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> When I was pregnant DH spent a long time looking in the

books of the

> Bible and the Prophets for names of good people who lived a

long and

> virtuous life, those are the names we called our children.

Which is why we have a and a ph!

I don't have to look them up (although I am quite capable of

doing do) as my MIL is a walking Bible dictionary - she could give

the life story of every name in the bible and whether they are

good or bad ones! We have a few more names to choose from -

due to having the New Testament to peruse as well - but a lot of

those names are pretty standard (, , etc) -

much prefer the Old Testement Jewish names!

Caroline

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> Why do we bother anyway - I call my two Chubber and Hootie

(and have

> only just stopped myself referring to them in real life as DS1

and

> DS2!)

i know - We have a Chooch (DS1) and RabMon (short for Rabbit

Monster) - they always answer to these names and DS1 didn't

even know his real name was Sam when it was time to go to

playgroup so we had to do a bit of coachng!

Caroline

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I don't have to look them up (although I am quite capable of

> doing do) as my MIL is a walking Bible dictionary - she could give

> the life story of every name in the bible and whether they are

> good or bad ones! We have a few more names to choose from -

> due to having the New Testament to peruse as well - but a lot of

> those names are pretty standard (, , etc) -

> much prefer the Old Testement Jewish names!

> Caroline

Well of course the standard ones he knows, but we were talking about

the more unusual biblical names; does your MIL know the life story

of, for example Tamar, Abigail, Azariah, Isiah, (Yeshaya, my youngest,

named after my dear father)? Tavya is actually not Hebrew at all but

Aramaic. The hebrew text in the OT is translated into Aramaic in our

bibles, as that was the spoken language in biblical times. When

looking for a name for the girl baby, we found Tzivia (or Tzvi for a

boy) meaning a deer or gazelle, but it sounded too similar to my mum's

name of Sylvia, so DH looked in the aramaic translation and lo and

behold, Tzivia became Tavya.

OUr 5th girl is called Zehava which is a modern Hebrew name meaning

Golden. And she is indeed our golden girl. There were other reasons

for calling her that to do with the numerical value of each letter in

Hebrew which my husband painstakingly worked out...

Z in hebrew is the 7th letter of the alphabet and she was our 7th

child

H is the 5th letter and she was our 5th daughter

and the rest of it means " blessed of God " . NB there are no vowel

letters in Hebrew, vowels are noted by means of dots added to the

consenants.

Ruthie

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joandphilip wrote:

> Can I just ask those of you who named there kids after a family member etc.

why?

We gave Kitty my grandmother's name as a middle name as she was a truly amazing

woman who survived an abusive marriage with dignity, who was given 4 months to

live at age 55 and then lived until she was 65 but still died way to young. She

is someone I still miss and think of every day, and regret that she never lived

to meet either of her grandchildren. I like to think that her memory will live

on more strongly because I will tell Kitty why she was named Ellen.

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caroline@... wrote:

>

> > When I was pregnant DH spent a long time looking in the

> books of the

> > Bible and the Prophets for names of good people who lived a

> long and

> > virtuous life, those are the names we called our children.

> Which is why we have a and a ph!

certainly makes enough noise to make the walls of Jericoh fall down...

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>Don't mean to be rude at all just curious, I always said I would

>never name any of my children after someone as they were a whole new

>person and I didn't want then think they were named for or because

>of someone? I've picked names because I like them - silly I don't

>know? just how I feel - what are you thoughts?

>Jo

Interesting linguistic point, e.g. implying that Kings II, III

& IV were somehow reincarnations of

I (or G3 of G2, etc......) and that King III, as he

will be (D.V.), is somehow more related to I or II than any

royal in between.

Barbara

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>Don't mean to be rude at all just curious, I always said I would

>never name any of my children after someone as they were a whole new

>person and I didn't want then think they were named for or because

>of someone? I've picked names because I like them - silly I don't

>know? just how I feel - what are you thoughts?

>Jo

Interesting linguistic point, e.g. implying that Kings II, III

& IV were somehow reincarnations of

I (or G3 of G2, etc......) and that King III, as he

will be (D.V.), is somehow more related to I or II than any

royal in between.

Barbara

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King III, as he

> will be (

Hasn't he said that he will be called something different? Can't remember

what though.

Lynda

SAHM to (8), (5), Fraser (3), Callum (15/5/00)

Newsletter editor, Mid-Northumberland Branch

Area Rep, Region 7

www.familygarland.co.uk

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I pondered over calling DD1 Eleanor May (she is Eleanor Jane) - cos

she was my 'Darling Bud of May' and I was pg when the programme was

first shown...

21 May 1991, 4 weeks early.......labour started with the dawn chorus

10 yrs ago tomorrow.. :-))))

sigh..

Barbara

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>Well of course the standard ones he knows, but we were talking about

>the more unusual biblical names; does your MIL know the life story

>of, for example Tamar,

I knew I girl called Tamar, who lived (lives) in Plymouth. I always assumed

she was named after the river that divides Plymouth from Cornwall, until I

took it upon myself to read the Old Testament! I believe her famly were

Plymouth Brethren, so undoutedly she was named from the Bible.

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[Guest guest]

>Well of course the standard ones he knows, but we were talking about

>the more unusual biblical names; does your MIL know the life story

>of, for example Tamar,

I knew I girl called Tamar, who lived (lives) in Plymouth. I always assumed

she was named after the river that divides Plymouth from Cornwall, until I

took it upon myself to read the Old Testament! I believe her famly were

Plymouth Brethren, so undoutedly she was named from the Bible.

Newsletter Editor, Leighton Buzzard & District NCT

SAHM to 19/9/97 and Caitlin 12/1/00.

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[Guest guest]

>Well of course the standard ones he knows, but we were talking about

>the more unusual biblical names; does your MIL know the life story

>of, for example Tamar,

I knew I girl called Tamar, who lived (lives) in Plymouth. I always assumed

she was named after the river that divides Plymouth from Cornwall, until I

took it upon myself to read the Old Testament! I believe her famly were

Plymouth Brethren, so undoutedly she was named from the Bible.

Newsletter Editor, Leighton Buzzard & District NCT

SAHM to 19/9/97 and Caitlin 12/1/00.

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A friend of mine who is of Chinese origin told me that they believe that if

you name a person after someone they become like the person they are named

after. So if they do name after someone it is considered a enormous

compliment (as you must like them LOL).. Made me rather pleased when I

heard that as I love/loved the people my daughters are named after ;o)

Lonnie Mama to Phoebe and Eloisa

The answer probably lies some place

between chocolate and conversation.

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I knew I girl called Tamar, who lived (lives) in Plymouth. I always

assumed

> she was named after the river that divides Plymouth from Cornwall,

until I

> took it upon myself to read the Old Testament! I believe her famly

were

> Plymouth Brethren, so undoutedly she was named from the Bible.

>

>

Yes, our Tamar (DD2, aged 29 now!) is called Tammy; she loves the

name.

Ruthie

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I knew I girl called Tamar, who lived (lives) in Plymouth. I always

assumed

> she was named after the river that divides Plymouth from Cornwall,

until I

> took it upon myself to read the Old Testament! I believe her famly

were

> Plymouth Brethren, so undoutedly she was named from the Bible.

>

>

Yes, our Tamar (DD2, aged 29 now!) is called Tammy; she loves the

name.

Ruthie

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>Yes, our Tamar (DD2, aged 29 now!) is called Tammy; she loves the

>name.

I think Tamar is a lovely name too.

The Tamar we know down in Plymouth, was my SIL's bridesmaid. I was doing

the place names for the wedding reception, and my FIL kidded me that the

poor girl's surname was Bridge. I believed him, and if someone hadn't have

put me straight, she would have had Tamar Bridge printed on her place name

on the top table!

D'oh!

[Guest guest]

A friend of mine has an Eleanor May - spooky

Cerys

Re: Naming after someone else

I pondered over calling DD1 Eleanor May (she is Eleanor Jane)

[Guest guest]

A friend of mine has an Eleanor May - spooky

Cerys

Re: Naming after someone else

I pondered over calling DD1 Eleanor May (she is Eleanor Jane)

[Guest guest]

We knew a Lamorna which is somewhere in Cornwall isn't it? Parents

were Cornish. I thought it was a beautiful name but Lamorna Lesley

just didn't sound right. We discarded Lucy for the same reason.

Lesley,

Antenatal teacher, trainee breasteeding counsellor.

Demented mother of 3. Worthing.

" We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse " .

Re: Re: Naming after someone else

> >Yes, our Tamar (DD2, aged 29 now!) is called Tammy; she loves the

> >name.

>

> I think Tamar is a lovely name too.

>

> The Tamar we know down in Plymouth, was my SIL's bridesmaid. I was

doing

> the place names for the wedding reception, and my FIL kidded me that

the

> poor girl's surname was Bridge. I believed him, and if someone

hadn't have

> put me straight, she would have had Tamar Bridge printed on her

place name

> on the top table!

>

> D'oh!

>

>

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>Can I just ask those of you who named there kids after a

>family member etc. why?

Calvin’s middle name is because we liked it and

because DH’s great aunt was le. She was his mom’s

favorite aunt and helped raise DH as well. Unfortunately,

she died of lung cancer last year (was young and lively at

the age of 69), so Ruthie’s bit about not using names that

have had tragic ends worries me a bit...

We saw the willy on the scan, but before that, I was

thinking of Helen or Isabelle for a girl. Helen for my

great-grandmother, Isabelle because I like it (though now I

know 4 Isabel/Isobel born in the last 2 years, so I’m not

so likely to use it).

Phyllis

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> and that King III, as he will be (D.V.), is

somehow more related to I or II

>than any royal in between.

>Barbara

>Hasn't he said that he will be called something different?

>Can't remember

>what though.

>Lynda

maybe? Seems that’s what I heard. IIRC, the last

was really an Albert, but decided to be King .

Phyllis (non-royal watcher)

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Yes it is . Silly really, much prefer .

Lesley,

Antenatal teacher, trainee breasteeding counsellor.

Demented mother of 3. Worthing.

" We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse " .

Re: Naming after someone else

> > and that King III, as he will be (D.V.), is

> somehow more related to I or II

> >than any royal in between.

> >Barbara

>

> >Hasn't he said that he will be called something different?

>

> >Can't remember

> >what though.

> >Lynda

>

> maybe? Seems that's what I heard. IIRC, the last

> was really an Albert, but decided to be King .

>

> Phyllis (non-royal watcher)

>

>

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Yes it is . Silly really, much prefer .

Lesley,

Antenatal teacher, trainee breasteeding counsellor.

Demented mother of 3. Worthing.

" We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse " .

Re: Naming after someone else

> > and that King III, as he will be (D.V.), is

> somehow more related to I or II

> >than any royal in between.

> >Barbara

>

> >Hasn't he said that he will be called something different?

>

> >Can't remember

> >what though.

> >Lynda

>

> maybe? Seems that's what I heard. IIRC, the last

> was really an Albert, but decided to be King .

>

> Phyllis (non-royal watcher)

>

>

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