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[cube1of6.livejournal.com]

i think i've **finally** come to a decision on a name. i'm almost afraid to post it for fear of being berated and then doubting myself. i want to know what you think in terms of the two middle names thing. no one in my family has two middle names, but i'm torn about it and i want to use two middle names--but i think it might be too long.

so for better or worse..here are my names, parenthesis on the middle name that would be second if i chose to have a second name.

Boy:
Landry Mark (Otis)

Girl:
Ainsley Margaret (True)

edit: I should note that I'm due Nov 27th. And hopefully I'll find out here within the next month what I'm having.

Comments

[ashleyyynoel.livejournal.com]

i'm sorry but i really dislike otis. it reminds me of the town drunk on the andy griffith show. and i had a dog named otis...
i've never heard ainsley, but i like it.

[jordiss.livejournal.com]

I don't like the two middle names; what is the significance of doing that? I am not a fan of either of your choices, but they aren't terrible by any means - just not for me. But just so you know, I read "Laundry" at first and had to do a double-take.

[cube1of6.livejournal.com]

otis was my great grandfather's name.

[cube1of6.livejournal.com]

Landry. i'm from Texas. i have a Texas tattoo for crying out loud. i was really looking for a Texas themed name...and i came across Landry (Tom Landry, legendary coach of the Dallas Cowboys) and i just kinda love it because its unique and very Texan.

[arch-side.livejournal.com]

I love Otis a lot lot lot. It's my second favorite male name of all time. Ever ever.


But Landry = Laundry to my eyes.

[mistressfishie.livejournal.com]

Not crazy about the two middle names.

Landry is kind of cute. How is Ainsley pronounced?

[cube1of6.livejournal.com]

Ain (like aim)-sley (slee)

[perfectcherry.livejournal.com]

If you were really confident about your name choices, being berated wouldn't make a difference in how you feel about your name choices.

I generally don't like two middle names, but I don't mind when a mother's maiden name is used as a second middle name; second middle names are rarely, if ever, used and only make signing official documents take longer (passport, multiple copies of mortgage papers, credit cards, et cetera). Honestly, though, I don't think middle names are necessary at all.

I like your names for the most part. However, I would prefer Mark Landry to Landry Mark and I like Mark Otis even more; Landry is a pretty common last name in my area, as well as the name of a popular seafood restaurant, so I just don't care for it.

I LOVE Margaret, but I dislike Ainsley and I strongly dislike True. Ainsley has a nasal, whiny sound to it that I dislike and I also think it sounds like a boy's name. True just sounds as silly as the middle name Candles, which was recently given to a co-worker's manager's young daughter.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Ainsley Margaret!!! Very nice choice :)
I'd spare the True, though. It's kinda awkward.

I stand by my previous post saying Landry = Laundry, to me.
Mark is nice, though!!

[cube1of6.livejournal.com]

baby will DEFINITELY not be called mark. EVER. its my dad's name and its more of an honoring name than one meant to ever be used publicly.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I love love love Ainsley and Margaret, and I think they sound great together:) Not a huge fan of True, but as a second middle name . . . whatever.

I'm not a huge fan of Landry, but I don't think there's really a problem with it. Landry Mark sounds cool, and it's definitely a hell of a lot better than the billions of Jaydens/Kaydens/Aydens in the world. The only thing I'd say is that it's awfully close to Laundry, but that's definitely not a deal breaker -- and I shouldn't talk, since I love Asa, which is just one letter away from Ass;)

Also, I love Otis. I think I'd prefer Otis to Landry, but as I said, I don't think Landry's that bad, just close to Laundry.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

(Tom Landry, legendary coach of the Dallas Cowboys)
Hahahaha, well, in that case I doubt it'll be a problem. Especially if you still live in Texas.

[cube1of6.livejournal.com]

yep. still in texas and don't plan on leaving anytime soon. also plan on instilling the same sense of texas pride in my kids..so i think they'll understand.

[blue-suspenders.livejournal.com]

Ainsley is cute.
I read Laundry at first too though.

[cube1of6.livejournal.com]

do you like the name Landon? that's also where i kinda came from---i like the name Landon, but I knew one in HS that was kinda jocky/jerky...so I wanted to remove that association for myself.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I *hate* the name Landon. Despite being close to Laundry, I think Landry is much much much better. Landon is just so trendy and overused and blah. Ugh.

[ashleyyynoel.livejournal.com]

off-topic but i'm due nov 23rd. :)

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I have to say, it drives me up the wall when people always say that they read Landry as Laundry. Maybe it's just because that I've never seen it like that. But I just wanted to let you know not everybody sees it like that. And some people (moi), actually like it!

I don't like the Mark or the Otis though. Ainsley Margaret, Ainsley True, Ainsley Margaret True, all sound really pretty to me.

[cube1of6.livejournal.com]

ohh. you should join our due date community if you haven't already!

november08

[aweesan.livejournal.com]

For what it's worth, I like both names, especially Landry. You know what? This is your child, and if you like the names, it shouldn't matter what anyone else thinks. Those are both strong, good names.

[willsjoy.livejournal.com]

The only Landry I know is a girl, which is why I associate it with a girl. My BIL's puppy is also Landry. It's apparently German and means something cool in German, like "light" or something, I can't remember exactly what.

[cube1of6.livejournal.com]

thank you.

i most likely will use just the one middle name, because the more and more i think about it, i just feel like its too drawn out. For both the girl's and boy's middle name I'm using my mothers and father's name (or a derivative of it, since my mother's name is Margo). That's why those names aren't really up for debate. My brother and I both have our grandmother and grandfather's name as our middle names, respectively. (Joanne and Franklin)

[ashleyyynoel.livejournal.com]

oooh, a due date community... thanks! :)

[perfectcherry.livejournal.com]

If he ever buys a house, he won't be able to get away with just writing down part of his name. Even if his name was twelve names long, he'd have to write the whole thing out, usually in triplicate.

[eleanorgrace.livejournal.com]

I'm like 99.9% sure that Landry doesn't mean anything in German. And definitely not "light" (which would be das Licht or die Leuchte).