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HelpRe: Parents: How did you choose a name for your kid?
in reply to a message by KK
I'm not a parent, but here's how I was named: my mother chose "Grace" because she had always liked it and wanted to use it for her daughter since she was about High school-aged. She named me after Princess Grace for my first name and Princess Diana for my middle name, inspired by their charity work, beauty, and elegance. I assume she hoped I'd be princess-like in nature. (Jokes on her I guess!)
My father named my older sister after Christine, the car from his favorite Stephen King movie he saw in college鈥攖he one that ran over and killed people. He saw that horribly scary movie and walked out of the theater thinking to himself "yes, I would like to name a child after that demented car someday 馃槃" (men.... 馃珷).
When my younger sister was born, they didn鈥檛 expect to have a third child. She was an "oops" baby due to preoccupying themselves during a power outage in the midst of a massive storm (thanks for keeping track of your three and five-year-olds so closely during a bad storm, Mom and Dad!). She was named "Anna," fairly arbitrarily because it has family history on both sides. It's funny because Anna actually means grace, though they didn鈥檛 know this at the time. (She has a double-barrel first name, but I usually don鈥檛 mention the second part because together it makes her fairly easily identifiable online.)
If I ever have a daughter, I would want to name her Evangeline Violet, which I've planned for a long, long time. "Evangeline" means "good news," reflecting that she would be the best news I ever received. "Violet" was chosen because violets symbolize eternal love that transcends a lifetime, meaning that my love for her would be unchanging and not circumstantial. After a very difficult early life in which my love from my parents and later step parent was very much circumstantial in nature, that would mean a lot to me and my journey in her naming as a resolve to not repeat generational trauma. I admit I'm biased, but I think it's a beautiful name and hope and pray I get to use it someday on a baby girl.
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
My father named my older sister after Christine, the car from his favorite Stephen King movie he saw in college鈥攖he one that ran over and killed people. He saw that horribly scary movie and walked out of the theater thinking to himself "yes, I would like to name a child after that demented car someday 馃槃" (men.... 馃珷).
When my younger sister was born, they didn鈥檛 expect to have a third child. She was an "oops" baby due to preoccupying themselves during a power outage in the midst of a massive storm (thanks for keeping track of your three and five-year-olds so closely during a bad storm, Mom and Dad!). She was named "Anna," fairly arbitrarily because it has family history on both sides. It's funny because Anna actually means grace, though they didn鈥檛 know this at the time. (She has a double-barrel first name, but I usually don鈥檛 mention the second part because together it makes her fairly easily identifiable online.)
If I ever have a daughter, I would want to name her Evangeline Violet, which I've planned for a long, long time. "Evangeline" means "good news," reflecting that she would be the best news I ever received. "Violet" was chosen because violets symbolize eternal love that transcends a lifetime, meaning that my love for her would be unchanging and not circumstantial. After a very difficult early life in which my love from my parents and later step parent was very much circumstantial in nature, that would mean a lot to me and my journey in her naming as a resolve to not repeat generational trauma. I admit I'm biased, but I think it's a beautiful name and hope and pray I get to use it someday on a baby girl.
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 8/4/2024, 2:13 PM
