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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 08:08 pm (UTC)Mary Elizabeth is my grandmother. My mother's middle name is Marie. My aunt, whom I am very close to, has the middle name Elizabeth. My other grandmother's middle name was Anne, as are two of my aunts and my sister in law. All of these seem fillerish at first glance, but all have very significant meaning to me and I could completely care less if they seem like filler.