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HelpRe: I have a question for those of you who have children, What was the process like for naming your child?
in reply to a message by Francisinfp5w4
I don't have children but I do know the process of how my parents picked me and my siblings names. With the eldest my older sister was named my father's favorite girl name: Christine, after his motorcycle who in turn was named for the car, Christine. My dad convinced my mom that if she let him pick the firstborn's name then he would let her pick the second born's name. Me. But my dad is a dishonorable man and when my mom was pregnant with me she said she wanted to pick her favorite name this child: Grace, he was adamant he should pick this child's name as well. My mom was very upset by this and went to his older sisters and then the church elders to make him keep his word. Only then did he "let" my mom pick her favorite name. He wanted to name me Jacqueline "Jackie" after an ex girlfriend 馃檮 my younger sister was an unplanned pregnancy a few years thereafter. Anna was picked simply because it was a deeply rooted family name on both sides and i suspect since she was unplanned they weren't too invested in the naming process. She has a 2 part first name and the second name was a female variant of a male family members.
for the middles: my elder sister's was an honoring middle name after my mom's best friend. For the younger, the middle name was picked after that best friend's daughter that tragically passed away prior to the younger sister's birth, and I'm the only one with a middle not after a family friend as mine is Diana after the princess of whales. Grace after princess grace and diana after princess diana.
*worth noting that mother hasn't been friends with that best friend since the early 2000s (she moved away after her daughter's death and lost contact with my mom) and as such I would be anxious to name a child after a friend as a result on the chance I stopped being friends with them. I would find it weird having the middle name after a woman (or man) I had no connection to in the present.
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for the middles: my elder sister's was an honoring middle name after my mom's best friend. For the younger, the middle name was picked after that best friend's daughter that tragically passed away prior to the younger sister's birth, and I'm the only one with a middle not after a family friend as mine is Diana after the princess of whales. Grace after princess grace and diana after princess diana.
*worth noting that mother hasn't been friends with that best friend since the early 2000s (she moved away after her daughter's death and lost contact with my mom) and as such I would be anxious to name a child after a friend as a result on the chance I stopped being friends with them. I would find it weird having the middle name after a woman (or man) I had no connection to in the present.
Please rate my "Names I would Use" list & "Backup Favorites" list. Feel free to rate some of my other lists too if you have the time.
https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/223226/138473
This message was edited 3/2/2024, 7:59 AM
