Personal Name Taste

[aballard23.livejournal.com]

So.. I find my personal name taste seems to change drastically.

I find myself thinking that even if I have names set in stone, when I finally HAVE children they will most likely change because I doubt my kids will look anything like I picture the children of the names I like looking like.

It seems more than likely that despite picking names ahead of time, that quite a few people probably are stumped when they're handed a baby that looks nothing like little Jacob Xavier Thomas Cruise, or whatever.

That aside, right now my name taste is..

For boys, I'm still really stuck on Sirius Arthur. Possibly other variations that include either Sirius and/or Arthur, but I would really love to honor my grandfather and my father with Arthur as a middle name. I couldn't use it as a first name, it's a little too old-fashioned for my first-name tastes.

For a girl I really have no idea. I honestly love Remi Christine, but I think that, being as my girlfriend is blonde and will most likely be the biological parent (So far I'm carrying the baby, she's providing the egg. She's blonde and brown eyed, so baby will either be blonde, or if dad is not blonde.. whatever dad is?), I don't see Remi as a little blonde girl.

Comments

[aballard23.livejournal.com]

Exactly. XD

'I'M SERIOUS!'

'We know, we named you!'

We both have that sort of cruel sense of humor, though. I mean, not cruel enough to name my kid something HORRENDOUS, but cruel enough to name a boy Sirius, which sounds exactly like serious. Hah.

[mrandmrschippy.livejournal.com]

With all due respect, I think you should be sensitive to the unconventional scenario you are intending to bring a child into, and giving them a 'cruel enough' name in addition to this isn't exactly fair unless you are sure in advance that they share your sense of humour. Which is obviously impossible to know.

[aballard23.livejournal.com]

Um, please explain how my situation is 'unconventional'.. Because I don't see it as unconventional or not.

And as for the name thing? It's a joke. We both liked the name, and hey, what do you know, it happens to have something amusing that comes along with it.

Most children at least before they learn what their own sense of humor is, share their parents sense of humor. They laugh when you laugh, etc.

Regardless of how politically correct you were trying to be, you went about it in a bad way. I'm gay, not unconventional. I still want a wedding with a dress and my father walking me down an aisle. I just don't happen to be physically stimulated by men, or bound by the standards society has set forth of who we are allowed to love. That doesn't make my 'situation' unconventional. Sorry.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Good for you. My aunt is a lesbian, and she is married to a wonderful woman, and has been for years now, and they have an awesome little boy (named Cameron Alexander, which I love, haha), who is smart, funny, and very, very well-adjusted. I think he has a more stable and 'conventional' family life than many children of straight parents. Just because you happen to be gay or lesbian, doesn't mean your child will have some kind of wacky, confusing upbringing. I wish more people could see that.

ANYWAY. XD

As for the name itself, Sirius is not bad, although (and I know you've heard this over and over again), most people will immediately think of Harry Potter. He also might get a bit of grief over the Sirius/Serious thing, but I'm not sure it would be that crazy. My name is Alison, and every once in a while I would get people saying, "Alison Wonderland, lolol" but it never really bothered me. Maybe Sirius as the middle name would be more convenient for him, though.

I love Arthur, too.

[aballard23.livejournal.com]

Seeeeriously. It really irks me that because I choose to not have penis in vagina sex, I'm somehow being 'unconventional'. Wtf. Seriously. Get the fuck over your backwards thinking, people. Homosexuals raise some of the most well-adjusted, and OPEN MINDED children ever.

Sirius is actually a fairly common name over in European countries. I guess that makes sense, seeing as JK is.. like.. brittish or whatever the fuck.

My mother's name is Allison. My name is Alicia. I used to get teased about my last name.

I definitely wouldn't trade it in for a middle name. It's very important to me that Arthur be my little boy's middle name, what for my grandfather and all. I mean, most people want to name their kids after their family, and use it as a first name. But I don't really like Arthur as a first name. However, I do believe it flows wonderfully with Sirius. And my girlfriend has to have SOME say in the name stuff. ;)

[mrandmrschippy.livejournal.com]

Srsly, I don’t give a fuck whether you like penis or vagina, having three parents - two or more of whom are homosexual - isn’t conventional. Kids know this, and kids can be cruel.

My comment was simply suggesting that you might consider choosing a less ‘cruel’ name, one that isn’t an obvious pun and haha joke, to decrease the existing potential for bullying. That’s it.

It was not, as you seem to have interpreted it, a critique of your sexuality, your adherence to nuptial tradition, or of the child-rearing skills of homosexuals, etc.

[aballard23.livejournal.com]

Whether you choose to agree with it or not, it's not unconventional. Children have many different home lifestyles and it is no different than being jewish or muslim and adhering to those policies created by those religions.

Sirius is a common name in europe, it is not strange or cruel in any manner and wasn't picked to be such. However we see it for the possible laughs it will have when our child is old enough to appreciate a sense of humor. It will be frustrating but then again a parent's job is to frustrate their child. Part of life is dealing with that feeling, and personally I'd rather teach it to my children rather than have them go through life without knowing it.

Our child also won't have three parents. I do not intend to have a man present in our relationship. Therefore your point on unconventional environments is moot.

[justuschickens.livejournal.com]

I want to name a girl Jinx. I feel your pain, sister.

[aballard23.livejournal.com]

Lol. Not really my style for kids, but I'd definitely name a pet that. xD