need your help

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

My husband and I having a running list of "future baby names" and he'd like to name a child after his aunt (who I love and would love to name a baby after), but we're coming up with nothing.

Her name is Theresa, she goes by Terri. We're not too keen on actually using Terri and cannot use Theresa (complicated family history with the name). He can't remember her middle name, I'm going to ask her to see if that will be a possibility, but in the meantime thats all we have to work with.

So, any suggestions? Boy or girl. Spin-offs of the name are welcome.

AND:

We like the names Ruth and Joseph for middle names (and only middle names), its the firt names for these that we're not so set on.

What first names do you like with those middle names? They are both biblical names so a biblical first name is okay as long as its not too "much" (we're Christians but don't want a "omg look at the crazy religious nuts" kind of name!), we like them because they are family names. We like less kre8ive names, although we do like unusual names as well as classics.

Comments

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

Risa or Reese?

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

I didn't even think about Reese! I love that name! Risa i'm not too fond of

[http://users.livejournal.com/---surfacing/]

yeah, but Reese Ruth?

i like the variant of Reese though for Theresa. cute.

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

I was actually thinking Reese for a boy...

[vegassunshine.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what I was going to suggest...Resa or Reese. I LOVE the name Reese and I'm considering that for a middle name. :o)

[k-t-bug.livejournal.com]

I like Tessa as a variant of Teresa. Tessa Ruth?

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

Hummm. I'll add that to the list and see what my husband thinks, i'm not sure...I like it but I don't know :)

[in-the-starlite.livejournal.com]

I like Tessa! And I was going to suggest what the first person did, Risa (girl) or Reese (boy).

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

You could look for names that have a similar meaning to Theresa.
Sometimes that is what Jewish people do when they are naming their child after a deceased grandparent with a more archaic name. For example, the name "Frieda" means "joy" but so does "Aliza" or "Thalia".

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

yeah I did that...it means Harvester and I wasn't really too happy with any of the other names (at least the ones that site pulled up, i'm going to check elsewhere)

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

according to behindthename.com:
From the Spanish and Portuguese name Teresa. The meaning is uncertain, but it could be derived from Greek θερος (theros) "summer", from Greek θεριζω (therizo) "to harvest", or from the name of the Greek island of Thera (the main island of Santorini). A famous bearer was Maria Theresa, an Austrian Habsburg queen of the 18th century. She inherited the domains of her father, Charles VI, the Holy Roman Emperor, which began the War of the Austrian Succession.

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I'm not too fond of Ruth but its growing on me. It is the middle name of both of our mothers and we will definately name a girl after his mother since she has passed and my mom would love to be honored like that. Joseph is both of our dad's names and we will definately name a child (not necessarily a boy as we may use Jo for a girl's middle name) after my dad and his dad would love it as well. :) We lucked out on the "name after our parents" thing

[museofmyself.livejournal.com]

Or you could just use a name that starts with the letter T. There are lots of good ones out there! :)

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

true...good point!

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

My grandmother's name was also Theresa and she was primarily called Tess. The middle name given to me was Tess. I love it as a variation of Theresa.

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

I am unsure how I feel about Tess/Tessa (as suggested above) but I'm adding them to the list to see what my husband thinks :)

[cathkitten.livejournal.com]

How about Tess/Tessa?

[mrseff.livejournal.com]

Or Therese (French) - pronounced Ter-ez? Personally I think it's very pretty, but I live in England so perhaps she might face pronunciation problems if you live in the US? (And I'm not bashing American pronunciation as I am American myself!)

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

I think thats a bit too much like Theresa for us.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Tara instead of Terri? I know it's an unrelated name but it has the same T_R_ ? :P

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

i like that!

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i know in judaism, its tradition to name a child after the first letter of another family members name, (my so's sister is named hailey, which is H after her grandfather harold. her son is jacob, after J for grandmother jenny)
so if you wanted to use something along those lines, you could use anything starting with T. in theory.