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babynamesI thought I'd post because I'm having sort of an ongoing dilemma. I'm not pregnant, nor will I be for a while, but this is sort of preparing for the day I do have another.
(My only kid is named Trey. Not that it's relevant to the story, but it's a baby name community, so I thought I'd throw it out there).
Anyways, on to the point. It's a tradition in my family to have at least one kid "namesake"'d after someone. The other ones, doesn't matter, free game, but one kid has always been named after someone else in the family.
For the last while, there's only been 2 slots open. My mother, and my grandmother. My sister went in and had a child before me, and she stole my mothers, Susan. Easy to put as a middle name and match with something. So she's off the hook.
That only leaves the grandmother. There's a REASON why she was chosen last of the namesakes. (Well for now, until our babies have babies and our names go up for grabs). Her name?
Erma.
How do you fit that into a name AT ALL?
Is there a way you can add it INTO a name and still have a pretty nice name?
I'm at a loss. I'm sitting here with nightmares of "Ermaline", or "Ermalique"!
I don't want to just forego the tradition, or go with her middle name, May, which would be SO much easier, because that's basically letting my grandma know that I don't like her name. I don't want to hurt her feelings, but I also don't want a kid named Ermalique.
Any suggestions on how to incorporate it? (Can be a first name, or middle name)
(My only kid is named Trey. Not that it's relevant to the story, but it's a baby name community, so I thought I'd throw it out there).
Anyways, on to the point. It's a tradition in my family to have at least one kid "namesake"'d after someone. The other ones, doesn't matter, free game, but one kid has always been named after someone else in the family.
For the last while, there's only been 2 slots open. My mother, and my grandmother. My sister went in and had a child before me, and she stole my mothers, Susan. Easy to put as a middle name and match with something. So she's off the hook.
That only leaves the grandmother. There's a REASON why she was chosen last of the namesakes. (Well for now, until our babies have babies and our names go up for grabs). Her name?
Erma.
How do you fit that into a name AT ALL?
Is there a way you can add it INTO a name and still have a pretty nice name?
I'm at a loss. I'm sitting here with nightmares of "Ermaline", or "Ermalique"!
I don't want to just forego the tradition, or go with her middle name, May, which would be SO much easier, because that's basically letting my grandma know that I don't like her name. I don't want to hurt her feelings, but I also don't want a kid named Ermalique.
Any suggestions on how to incorporate it? (Can be a first name, or middle name)
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Date: 2005-12-07 12:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-07 01:01 pm (UTC)The name itself is eRma. Can't change it into Emma sadly enough, though that'd be decent. "eRma" has to be in there somewhere.
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Date: 2005-12-07 01:03 pm (UTC)Maybe Erma as the mn, no one will know or care.
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Date: 2005-12-07 01:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-07 01:00 pm (UTC)Erma is better then Ursula.. any day, that's one of my grandmothers names. :)
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Date: 2005-12-07 01:01 pm (UTC)Good suggestion because...
Date: 2005-12-07 04:13 pm (UTC)One thing you could do is use Erma as her first name, but address her by her middle name. I think you can use some combinations to make Erma sound pretty.
Erma Juliette
Erma Dominique
Erma Elizabeth
Erma Danielle
Do you know yet if you plan to use it as a first or a middle name?
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Date: 2005-12-08 05:23 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-12-07 01:22 pm (UTC)Just use the middle name:) cause my grandma's middle name is mae and im using that!
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Date: 2005-12-15 05:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-15 05:15 pm (UTC)though in my head, bertha is way worse than doris:) and i cant use her middle name "mae", cause my last name means phone, so "someone" may call? no way!
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Date: 2005-12-07 01:38 pm (UTC)My grandmothers were Bertha and Vivian, so I feel your pain.
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Date: 2005-12-11 01:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-07 03:00 pm (UTC)You could use it as a second mn, for example Sarah Jane Erma Smith. When on earth do people actually use second mns? You could put in on the birth announcement, grandma is happy, you've paid your respects to your ancestors, and then for the rest of little Sarah's life, Erma would probably rarely if ever come up. She could be Sarah Jane Smith if she wants, or continue to use the second mn if she appreciates the meaning of it.
Otherwise I'd just suck it up and use Erma as the mn. I think namesakes are namesakes, and twisting the name into some other form is (or should be) a bit insulting.
And who knows, with Emma, Ella, and Ava so common, maybe Erma, Elsa, Ima, and Uma will be the next new trendy names!
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Date: 2005-12-07 03:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-07 03:38 pm (UTC)I take it Erma doesn't stem from any recognisable name and you can't rearrange the letters to have, for example, Mera (Mee-ra)?
I looked Erma up and it means "universal, whole" which is quite nice.
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Date: 2005-12-07 03:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-07 03:38 pm (UTC)Rema (ree-ma)
Mera (meh-ra or may-ra)
Mare' (you could pronounce it like Marie or Mary, or even ma-ray)
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Date: 2005-12-07 10:02 pm (UTC)Like someone else said, Hermione is a nice name, even if everyone will think you got it from Harry Potter.
I had a look in this really old baby name book I've got, I came up with Erna and Erminia. Not much better but it's something. There's also Esma which is similar and Hermia, though that kind of sounds like a disease. There's also Hermine.
Maybe just invent a name like Eramina. (Not the greatest name I know but you gave me Erma to work with).
This is probably stretching it but could you maybe use the initials of Erma for different names? Emily Rose Michelle Amelia still = Erma even though the new problem is a rediculously long name. Just thinking out loud here.
Or just like someone else said, just make it a second middle name then never use it.
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Date: 2005-12-08 04:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-08 05:10 am (UTC)i agree with the second middle name post!
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Date: 2005-12-08 05:27 pm (UTC)You do have a gorgeous name though, apart from the doreen!
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Date: 2005-12-08 05:32 pm (UTC)hmm... might work
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