family names

[boysxkissingx.livejournal.com]

Just talking about names...

Grandmother: Katherine Augusta
Grandfather: Douglas ___?___
Mom: Victory Augusta (I love that)
Dad: Hieu Quang
Sister: Candace Augusta
Sister: Shauna Linh
Me: Heather Thi
Sister: Nga Tuyet (gnaw tweet)
Sister: Nhi Tuyet (knee tweet)
Sister: Trish My


I love my mom's name, but she hates it, and I want to honor her by recycling it, but she insists that it's an awful name.  Thoughts?

Comments

[boysxkissingx.livejournal.com]

ps-my middle name is pronounced Tee

[christhiane.livejournal.com]

Vietnamese? Thi is a really nice name, I love it with Thi-Ha. I knew a girl who had that name and it's stuck with me ever since.

Vicotry Augusta is really cool, too.

[boysxkissingx.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

[rainsinger.livejournal.com]

Perhaps if your mother dislikes her name you can recycle it in a softer version: Victoria or August.

[boysxkissingx.livejournal.com]

I dislike Victoria...it doesn't mean the same thing as Victory. To me it's not as strong or meaningful, nor does it have the roots that Victory does. August is pretty, but when it's not Augusta, it's just another one of those month names.

[so-there.livejournal.com]

how come half your sisters have 'american' names and half don't? just curious...

[boysxkissingx.livejournal.com]

Nga and Nhi, are my stepsisters, but I've known them since I was probably 7 or 8, so I just call them my sisters. Trish (we call her Utbi -oopie, means "the last one; baby"), is my half sister.

[rrradiocuresss.livejournal.com]

Augusta is so regal and I think blending that with something vietnamese (im guessing) would be amazing.

[boysxkissingx.livejournal.com]

That is a good idea. I was originally thinking about putting it on the end of Katharine Monroe, so Katharine Monroe Augusta, but it's a big mouthful.

[the-xarlster.livejournal.com]

Victoria Augusta is nice, I agree.
Or, as rrradiocuresss said, something like Shauna Augusta?