Lynn-Site-Same?

[trivher.livejournal.com]

Three things and to make it easy I'll put them in one post.



1.) I'll very likely never do it, but lately I have been thinking of the middle name Lynn for a boy. Yes I know Lynn is horrible common for a middle (or least was) and it's ushually/almost always associated with girls. Some reason I have liked for boys too. Plus it's different which is always a plus for me. However I know (sadly) a boy will be teased to death if Lynn was his first name, so I thought as a middle and I am assuming boys rarely share their middle names he won't really be teased. Lynn is also my middle name, it comes from my mother's maiden name, so it wasn't used for the filler reason :-) So Lynn for a boy middle yes or no?

2.) I am looking for a site that has been mentioned a few times here, in fact I tried to find a post with the information and clearly failled. It's the one where you enter the parent's names and it gives suggestions for names. Does anyone know the address? Pretty please and thank you in advance.

3.) This one is inspired by a question I asked my husband, we have two friends who are going to try next summer, so I asked him what how'd handle the following scenerio: Let's say you have a friend/family memeber/etc who is having a baby and for some reason you have never shared your favorite names with them (so it's not a case of "stealing" the name) and they tell you a top choice they are considering is a favorite name of yours. What do you say? Gentle suggest some other name they are thinking? Laugh about how maybe one day your kids will have the same name? Say that's nice and cross it off your list? Demand they don't use it? Something else? (btw my hubby's answer was a shrug and I can't tell what they can and can't name their kid).

Comments

[fangirlism]

1. Nahhhhhh, Lynn is a little too girly IMO. But if I were to use it on a guy, I'd use it as a middle name.

2. I don't know that one, sorry.

3. I'd probably laugh about our kids maybe having the same names, but cross them off the list in private. (Granted, the second part only pertains to my potential boy names. My girl names I'm pretty dead set on.)

[twitchywoman.livejournal.com]

I went to school with a guy whose middle name was Lynn. I never knew it until senior year when it showed up in the yearbook. So I guess that goes to show that you can use whatever middle name you want for a kid and most people wouldn't find out.

[justuschickens.livejournal.com]

My husband's middle name is Linn. He is (thankfully) not set on giving any future sons that as a middle name.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i knew a guy with the first name lyn.

[sevensevenfour.livejournal.com]

I don't think Lynn is an odd name for a boy at all. My friend dated a guy named Lynn a while back. Actually, according to the SSA website, Lynn was in the most popular boy names until 1986. It's a legitimate male name that is just slightly more popular on girls. I would definitely use it, especially if it's only going to be a middle name.

[jyl-mac.livejournal.com]

I despise Lynn as a middle name for a girl (me 2nd most after ...you guessed it, Marie) so to put it on a boy, well I'm not a big fan.

[emtotherescuee.livejournal.com]

May I ask what the name was for situation #3?

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Lynn was originally a boy's name. As a middle, I think it's fine, but I agree that as a first name, he'd probably get picked on. I saw it on a birth announcement recently for a boy, so I think you're safe.

I don't know the website.

As for the sharing of the names, I'd probably laugh and joke about how they might have the same name someday. I don't think it's really a big deal, to tell you the truth. As long as both sets of parents aren't all pissed off about it, it's fine, and if you establish ahead of time that it's your favorite name, it's not like either of you can accuse the other of "stealing."

What's the name, btw?

[seksimaggie.livejournal.com]

1.) I would still say no. I'm all for passing on a part of your name, why can't girls do that too? But pass it on to a daughter.

2.) I remember that site, but I can't remember what it was either. I'll try and think of it and comment again if I do.

3.) I'd say (I feel like that situation would suck, I'm not being unsympathetic, I'm just telling you what I really think would be proper etiquette,) if you've never discussed names with them before so they're perfectly unaware that they stole your favorite name, but they get pregnant before you do and plan to use it, it's really theirs. You could talk to them if it was a huge deal to you and explain, but if they don't want to pick a different name, I'd say that it was fair for them to use it. That said, maybe you could still use it, if it's a name that could inspire several nicknames and each kid went by a different one or something. But my sister, Abigail Rose, was born two months before our cousin, Jennifer Rose, and they didn't have any family reason to use that middle name, and they were completely aware of my sister's name, and we've always felt it just makes them look really uncreative.

[whenimdead.livejournal.com]

I would spell it Linn

[erikalyn.livejournal.com]

Baby Names Advisor (http://www.babynamescountry.com/babynamesadvisor.html)

[aqualectra.livejournal.com]

my dads name is lionel, and his whole family called him Lynn as a nickname. even up till his 50's, in fact i think his brother still does. lol. He's a big hairy biker looking guy and it makes me giggle. haha.

3. it has never occurred to me to try and hold a name. if im not pregnant and not sure when/if i will be it seems silly to try and hold a name.