Family names that I despise.
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babynamesSo, recently one of my cousins on my dad's side has given birth to twins. Kaylie and Hannah. She has another two daughers named Hope and Anna. Thoughts?
That's not the point.
Their middle names, though I'm not sure what they are ALL come from that side of the family.
It's a shocking trend on that side! Even I have a family-honoring middle name, despite the fact that my father is actually the "step-son" to the grandfather who's family it is- although, he was the only grandfather I ever knew. So even though I despise most of these names, I'm probably going to get stuck naming my kid with one of them.
Here are some of the awful, awful ones. Which ones do you like best?
I don't think I necessarily have to name from that SIDE of the family, but all of the options are horrendous in my opinion, even from my mother's. I just DON'T like them, you know? I was just bored and wanted to see what ya'll thought.
Girls:
Teen, Brenda, Martha, Sabina, Honorata, Terri, Peggy, Jo, Agnes, Judi, Joyce, Barbara, Lois, Minnie (honest-to-god first name, although she was born in 1918 so it probably wasn't that weird.)
Boys:
Neil (who's actual first name was Junior, but they were from the south so they go by their middles)
Lloyd (He goes by Jabbo!),
Clyde (who was my Papa, but thank god his real name was Thomas),
Tracy Gerard,
Estelle,
Denver,
Harvey - which is actually the one I'm named for, though it's spelled "Harvi" I don't mind it, but I would never never never repeat it.
Lorne,
Doyle,
David (Dick! I don't mind David but everytime it would be associated with my Uncle Dick.)
Robert (Meh.)
My brother's names are Garin and Drew which I'm not 100% fond of.
Names I don't mind?
Lila, Rose, Lena, Eleanor, Lenore, Marybeth.
Michael, Thomas, Henry, Edward
Blah!
That's not the point.
Their middle names, though I'm not sure what they are ALL come from that side of the family.
It's a shocking trend on that side! Even I have a family-honoring middle name, despite the fact that my father is actually the "step-son" to the grandfather who's family it is- although, he was the only grandfather I ever knew. So even though I despise most of these names, I'm probably going to get stuck naming my kid with one of them.
Here are some of the awful, awful ones. Which ones do you like best?
I don't think I necessarily have to name from that SIDE of the family, but all of the options are horrendous in my opinion, even from my mother's. I just DON'T like them, you know? I was just bored and wanted to see what ya'll thought.
Girls:
Teen, Brenda, Martha, Sabina, Honorata, Terri, Peggy, Jo, Agnes, Judi, Joyce, Barbara, Lois, Minnie (honest-to-god first name, although she was born in 1918 so it probably wasn't that weird.)
Boys:
Neil (who's actual first name was Junior, but they were from the south so they go by their middles)
Lloyd (He goes by Jabbo!),
Clyde (who was my Papa, but thank god his real name was Thomas),
Tracy Gerard,
Estelle,
Denver,
Harvey - which is actually the one I'm named for, though it's spelled "Harvi" I don't mind it, but I would never never never repeat it.
Lorne,
Doyle,
David (Dick! I don't mind David but everytime it would be associated with my Uncle Dick.)
Robert (Meh.)
My brother's names are Garin and Drew which I'm not 100% fond of.
Names I don't mind?
Lila, Rose, Lena, Eleanor, Lenore, Marybeth.
Michael, Thomas, Henry, Edward
Blah!
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Date: 2007-05-13 12:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-13 01:13 pm (UTC)And I hate Joyce- but like I said I don't think I'd hate these names so much if they didn't have connotations with geriatric women on dialysis, etc.
Aunt Joyce is a 98 lb. chain smoker and you can't leave her house without seeing 502497249762407640276 pictures and her son's coin collection.