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Helpmy cousin's twins
My cousin and her husband are expecting twin boys. They had settled upon the names Christian and Dylan when her father in-law suddenly passed away. Now her husband and his family insist upon naming what was suppost to be Dylan to Calvin to honor his father. While my cousin doesn't mind using Calvin as a middle name she really doesn't want to name one of her sons Calvin because she think it sounds "like and old man" - her words not mine. I just wanted to get your opinions on the name Calvin. What do you think?
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I like Calvin a lot, and it doesn't sound like an "old man" name to me. In fact, with the nn Cal, I think it sounds really brisk and young.
I prefer Calvin to either Dylan or Christian, both of which are just. so. darn. tired.
I prefer Calvin to either Dylan or Christian, both of which are just. so. darn. tired.
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Go with Calvin, and maybe instead of Dylan use Christian. Then they will actually go nicely.
I think it's important to honor one's family, so I personally side with the husband's family. "Like and old man?" She can always call him Cal, like Julian Casablancas of the Strokes just named her son.
Although I suppose Christian Calvin sounds okay...
You should tell your cousin to ask if she can make some sort of compromise, like she chooses one name and her husband can choose Calvin.
I think it's important to honor one's family, so I personally side with the husband's family. "Like and old man?" She can always call him Cal, like Julian Casablancas of the Strokes just named her son.
Although I suppose Christian Calvin sounds okay...
You should tell your cousin to ask if she can make some sort of compromise, like she chooses one name and her husband can choose Calvin.
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I don't see it as an old man's name, but i'm biased because i have a 3 year old nephew called Calvin, he goes by Cal alot of the time and although i wasn't sure when they first named him, now i think it's really well suited to him, and works fine on children.
If she really doesn't like it though then surely using it as middle name is a nice compromise, though i'm not sure it would work as middle name for either Christian or Dylan
If she really doesn't like it though then surely using it as middle name is a nice compromise, though i'm not sure it would work as middle name for either Christian or Dylan
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It could always be a future child's mn. They have names planned already, so they shouldn't be pressured into changing one of them just because someone in the family died.
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True--I'd hate to be told what to name my child if I was already set on something. I'd probably cry a lot if I didn't like the name, go ahead and change it, and then be irritated with my husband's family for a really long time.
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I have an attitude issue, haha. So I wouldn't have changed it and I'd have just told them to kiss my ass. That would go for my husband too. He should know better than to try to force her to change it. They can use it later. And if not, does it really really matter? You don't HAVE to name a baby after the grandpa.
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I agree with her!
They should go with Dylan Calvin and Christian, whatever the middle name was going to be.
She shouldn't be forced to name her son anything she doesn't want to. Naming a baby is a mutual decision between the mother and the father, not the mother, father, and the whole damn family. If I was her, I would have told them to kiss my ass.
They should go with Dylan Calvin and Christian, whatever the middle name was going to be.
She shouldn't be forced to name her son anything she doesn't want to. Naming a baby is a mutual decision between the mother and the father, not the mother, father, and the whole damn family. If I was her, I would have told them to kiss my ass.
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