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babynamesIs anyone else annoyed when a personal name is used as middle name filler again and again? For example...
My grandmother (whom I adore) is named Marie. She named herself, actually. She was 7 or 8 and was called "Baby" until that point because, well, she was the baby. Her mother finally decided to give her a proper name, but my grandmother hated her mother's choice. Her mother said, "Fine, choose your own name."
..and she chose Marie. She's in her 90s, so this was quite a while ago.
I've seen *so* many people pair Marie with a cutesy first name because it fits well, and it never fails to irk me. Don't get me wrong, I don't expect to be the only one on the planet to use it (especially since it was popular when my grandmother chose it) but, I don't know...it means something to me. And I hate that because I'll choose to give my future daughter the middle name Marie, it'll seem like it's just a filler. Like Elizabeth. Or Michelle. Or Renee.
Anyone else feel this way? No flames, please...I'm absolutely aware that I'm being irrational.
My grandmother (whom I adore) is named Marie. She named herself, actually. She was 7 or 8 and was called "Baby" until that point because, well, she was the baby. Her mother finally decided to give her a proper name, but my grandmother hated her mother's choice. Her mother said, "Fine, choose your own name."
..and she chose Marie. She's in her 90s, so this was quite a while ago.
I've seen *so* many people pair Marie with a cutesy first name because it fits well, and it never fails to irk me. Don't get me wrong, I don't expect to be the only one on the planet to use it (especially since it was popular when my grandmother chose it) but, I don't know...it means something to me. And I hate that because I'll choose to give my future daughter the middle name Marie, it'll seem like it's just a filler. Like Elizabeth. Or Michelle. Or Renee.
Anyone else feel this way? No flames, please...I'm absolutely aware that I'm being irrational.
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Date: 2006-09-20 06:35 pm (UTC)I am not really worrying over this yet, since i haven't had a first daughter, but if we have a second daughter, she will be Paige (after my middle name). I like Paige Elisabeth, but what if I have a third daughter??? I'd want to use Elisabeth! so, hopefully this one is a boy, and we never make it far enough to three girls. In fact, I shudder at the thought of three girls, eeee!!