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HelpRe: Kimberly on a boy
in reply to a message by Chelsea
I can see Kim on a boy, but Kimberly I think would cause too much trouble for a boy these days. However, I just looked at that article and it sounds like he means to give his son Kimberly as a middle name, not a first name. So that seems perfectly fine to me. It could cause occasional trouble when he's a kid, I suppose, but I wouldn't want to break their family's tradition.
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Yes, it is as a middle name. From his comments I doubt this would even be a question if it was first name, i.e. no. I suppose middle names offer more opportunities to be creative and honoring, although I still imagine it raises an eyebrow when the name is more clearly identified with one gender than the other. I wonder why they don't go with something like Kimber, or Kim as opposed to Kimberly. I actually know through work an older male Kim (of course I don't know if he shortens that).
A lot of kids I guess never even know their classmates middle names, except maybe friends.
A lot of kids I guess never even know their classmates middle names, except maybe friends.
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I've heard a lot of people say that kids don't know other kids' middle names but I knew most of my classmates. I don't think it was just because I was a name nerd at a young age, I assume they were on some list or read out by the teachers at some stage. I remember a couple of boys with the middle name Lindsay and Nelson who got a bit of teasing from the rest of the class (for all of about five minutes). I suppose they may have voluntarily shared that info and that's how it got round but I think our full names were mentioned at some point.
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I only ever knew my classmates names if I asked them. Which I did frequently because I always wanted to know! But it always bothered me when they would refuse to tell you their middle name because it embarrassed them. That meant it was something interesting and not the usual!
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