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Are there any names on your list that you are just using for the sake of honoring, significant other loves, or has some other special meaning..
Ordinarily you would not have chosen the name at all, but it's on your list anyway.
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Lillie is my mother's name. As far as the name goes, it is just so-so to me. I wouldn't have listed it or any of the Lily names, if it weren't for her.
Willow is another...I only have it on my list because of my Father in Law (Wilbert) I like it well enough to use it but I would have looked right over it
My son's name, Drewell (Drew 99% of the time) is 100% honoring. My husband loved his Grandfather so much that he said his first son HAD to be named after him. I didn't mind it, and I actually love the Drew part, but again, I wouldn't have used it/ noticed it.
Our middle names are going to be family names, none of which I'm really a fan. Its a tradition on DH's side to use two middle names, both family names. I would much rather just have one random middle name that I think flows well and I like... mostly so I can use more names I like But oh well. We'll tackle that when the times comes... to see what we'll do.
I wouldn't use a name unless I absolutely LOVE it. I have no pull or need to frivolously use a name to appease certain family members. There are names that I LOVE that do honor family members but I would not use them simply to please them. If they wanted someone named after them they should have thought about that when THEY had children. Know what I mean?
I don't have any family names on my list that I wouldn't use.
I only want to use a few boy names that are family. But I really love those names. I wouldn't use any name if I didn't really love it, family name or not.
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I wouldnt use a name just to honor someone, I have to at least LIKE it. Im not a huge fan of Hunter as a first name but I used it as a middle name for Greyson because my maiden name is Hunt and it flows nicely.
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Well my dd's middle names are Kathryn Grace .. Cathy (Catherine) is my mom and Jeremy's mom's middle name is Grace.. but I really do love those names, so.. we didn't use them just because they are family names.
But with Noah.. his middle names are David Gregory. My dad is Dave and his dad is Greg. I really like David but Im not a fan of Gregory, so we only used it to honor his dad.
I think it depends on the family member for us to be honest.
My dads name is Christopher & although Im not keen on any boy or girl 'Chris' names Id use them to honour him.
We do have a rule that we both have to atleast like the name before were use it though, whether its a family name or not - though that rule only came in after Logans birth! Lol.
One of Logans middle names is Gerald & I havent even met this person who he's named after, its DF's uncle, although the middle name was meant to be Joseph DF's family kicked up such fuss the day he was born we used it as I wasnt in a position to argue, we never use it though.
Samantha - its not really after a family member, but my DH loves this name, he had a good friend, whose since past on, by this name, i dont like the name at all, but it will still be our first daughters middle name, as it would mean so much to DH
Thanks for all the responses. Very intersting responses so far...
No I wouldn't use any name I HATE. I really really dislike Wilbert as a name, so therefore Willow was the only variation I like well enough to consider. And dhs mother's name is Fanny...there is no way I would use that as is...Francesca is the name I would use for her.
Ill admit I am not keen on Robert...its not a bad name but its just not my style as its a bit plainer then my usual name choices but we are using it for the middle name of our first son as its DH's adopted brother. Its a long story but he was a neighborhood kid that they took in and has been with them like a brother for many more years before that even. He was DH's best man at our wedding and he is essentially his brother but just like asking him to best man I think DH wants to make sure he sees that he is part of our lives and that we love him like family so giving our son his name is just another way to express that.
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Grace. It's my mom's name and will most likely be this baby's MN if she's a girl. It's just FAR too popular for me, but it goes well with the first name(s) we've picked and my mom has been such a tremendous help for us that I really want to honour her.
I'm not amazingly fond of DH's name preferences, and he's not amazingly fond of mine. Alexandria is on our final list because DH really likes it; same with Nicole for a MN. I don't hate the names, but they aren't really my style, and they aren't names I would pick if I was a single mom or something. I told DH he can have one or the other, but not both. So she won't be Alexandria Nicole, but she could be Ariadne Nicole or Alexandria Michaela.
I'm not super in love with the name Michaela, but it's more DH's style, and I have a very important person in my life named Michael. DH's best friend is named Michael, and my best friend's middle name is Michael (as is his dad's middle name), AND DH's little brother's middle name is Michael. So the name works for us from lots of different angles.
I wouldn't use a name I hated (otherwise Luke's middle name would be Donald), but I'll consider names that DH loves, even though they may not be my top choice. It's his kid too, after all.
DH hardly ever agree on any names. He would really like to use his mom's name Virginia if we had a girl. I thought maybe as a second middle name, I really dislike the name, but it really means a lot to him especially since she isn't with us anymore. Other than that my family doesn't really put pressure on us.
DH's family is really big on family/legacy names.... his mothers maiden name is Morgan which he is determined to use, and I absolutly cannot stand but will have to handle as a middle name
also, my dad passed away when I was a teen, and would love to honor him as well, but his name was Michael Howard C.... and both names are nmsAA! Ill have to be creative there somehow...Michaela somewhere maybe?
But oh well. We'll tackle that when the times comes... to see what we'll do.
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