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[pageless.livejournal.com]

What do you guys think of Wolverine for a boy? :) We both like X-Men, that's our excuse. Hopefully our someday-son will like it too. :D

Also, is it too weird to name a child after a dead pet? My cat was Rosalyn, which is a beautiful name... but she wasn't a relative or anything. :(

Comments

[cinderlily.livejournal.com]

Couldn't you just go with Logan and then um... nickname him Wolverine? Cause no offense but that would be the cruelest thing to inflict on a kid. I mean, imagine if he was not a big kid and then everyone mocked him for being skinny and named Wolverine. Or if he was big and people made fun of him for looking LIKE Wolverine.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I never watched the X-man, but I don't like Wolverine, sorry.
Rosalyn is pretty indeed. I say you can just use it. Just don't call it 'naming a kid after a dead pet.' Call it...giving a kid the same name your pet once had. Which you use again because you loved it (the name and the pet). Sounds a lot better, don't you think? ;)

[unbakedbrownie.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[bohemianvegan.livejournal.com]

Wolverine is too harsh. It reminds me of a popular German name for a boy-"Wolfgang".
Rosalyn is nice. I have a cat named Violet. She's 1 year old and a Siamese. I had a pair of birds once that were named Crystal and Noel. Those could all be names for people.

[jesus--suburbia.livejournal.com]

Noel like Christmas, or like "Nole"? Because I LOVE the name Noel pronounced Nole. It's a friend of mine's name, and I love it.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

i like the name Noel prn. Nole, too!
though, i know someone who says it like No-elle... if i were to want that pronunciation, i would spell it Noelle, not Noel.

[jesus--suburbia.livejournal.com]

exactly. I love Noel for a boy.

[unbakedbrownie.livejournal.com]

My middle name is Noel pronounced as No-elle. I just ADORE the winter holiday season. >:(

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

You can't possibly be serious. It would be a funny joke, if you didn't seem so serious.

[rebl1969.livejournal.com]

While I was pregnant we told everyone that we were naming our daughter Snakeley, after Snake Plissken. The reactions we got were outstanding! We actually named her Sophia. I hope you are doing something similar.

I made the mistake of using the name Delia on a pet that was killed. Now my husband won't let me consider it as a child's name. My SIL made the same mistake with Fiona....she said if she'd known she was ever going to have kids she'd never named the goat that, because my brother said he'd always tell the kid it was named after a dead goat. I don't think it's weird, but you might want to make your parents or siblings or whomever promise not to tease the child about being named after the cat.

[jesus--suburbia.livejournal.com]

I would just go with Logan. Actually, that is one of the reasons Logan is on my list.
I read a book a really long time ago, I have no idea what it was called, and the main character was pissed because they found out they were named after a pet (but the pet apparently had saved the mother's life). I wouldn't want to be named after a cat, but I hate cats, so I'm biased.

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

Holy! I just felt like looking at your profile and I noticed you live in Tallahassee, and I was like hmm, wouldn't that be weird if she knew my grandparents, even though they don't live anywhere near Tallahassee. Then I looked further in your profile and saw you are from Satellite Beach, which is where my grandparents live! I just thought that was pretty strange but cool...

[jesus--suburbia.livejournal.com]

I probably know them, its such a small town!

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

Wolverine is absolutely horrible. PLEASE do not do that to your child.

I have thought about using the name from some of my pets. I love all of my animals names (Willow "Willie", Lillias "Lilli", Fiona and Lucy) but I don't think I love them enough (the names, not the pets ;-) ) to actually use them on my children. My little sister doesn't plan on having children but she says if she does she'd name her daughter Lilia. I kinda like the idea of naming my son William and calling him Willie because I think the nickname is Willie is simply adorable, but there is that whole penis association thing attached to it, so I wouldn't actually do it, plus William is just TOO popular.

[aafetzer.livejournal.com]

Wolverine is awful!
It's your call, but that is a really bad name.
Imagine when he is a grown up and is trying to get a job, or pass himself off as a professional.......
it will be really hard for him to be taken seriously.

I don't think there is anything wrong with naming a child after a pet.
Rosalyn is a beautiful name.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Imagine at school... "Wolverine Jenkins, please come to the principal's office... Wolverine Jenkins..."

[searlait.livejournal.com]

Hahaha..

[politicking.livejournal.com]

i like X-men, as well... but not enough to put my kid through that. especially if the day comes & he hated X-men. eek. Logan, sure. but Wolverine?! nooo.

Rosalyn is nice, dead cat or not, honestly.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Wolverine is awful. That sounds like the kind of name a kid might give HIMSELF. I'm sorry, but...seriously?

[djador.livejournal.com]

That reminds me of on Big Daddy when Adam Sandler lets the kid pick him own name and he picks Frankenstein. lol

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

LOL that's what I was thinking, too!

[brunhildevalkyr.livejournal.com]

I'd suggest naming him Logan and using Wolverine as a nickname. My youngest(1.5) is named RJ but has the nickname Wolfpup or Wolfie because he likes to growl and act like a puppy at times.

[ugottafriend.livejournal.com]

Rosalyn is a super name, go for it. Wolverine is just ridiculous. Can you honestly imagine giving birth to baby Wolverine? I mean, really. Ugh.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

Like totally awesome middle name suggestions!

Wolverine Grenadine
Wolverine Tangerine
Wolverine Wolverhampton
Wolverine Revolverine
Wolverine Pulverdream
Wolverine Weaseline


Can't imagine anything finer than bestowing this dignified name onto a baby!

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

I'm quite partial to Wolverine Revolverine!

But, seriously, to the OP - don't do it! Use Logan, it's much nicer!

& I LOVE Rosalyn.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

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