MEANINGFUL 1/2

[-------1997.livejournal.com]

My heart is set on Michael Scott for a boy. Common, I know. But my step-dad's name is Michael and he had such an impact on my life that I think it would be fantastic to use his name. Scott comes from my fiance's family--he had an uncle that died in his teens who's name was Scott.

As for a girl, I love the names Emily & Nicole. However, neither have any meaning, which sort of irks me. At any rate, my fiance's mother is Carla, maybe Carla Nicole and she could go by Nicole?

I still feel like if I have two kids and one has such a meaningful name to me, the other should as well. WDYT?

Comments

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I love the names Michael and Scott and I love the meanings.


Emily is my least favorite name ever and Nicole is far down there. Carla, eh.

I personally see no point in naming someone something and planning to call them something else (even their middle name) from the get-go.

[mysticamor.livejournal.com]

I agree with sarahrose. Why name her Carla Nicole when she's just going to go by Nicole. I don't get when people do that. My father in law does that. It's retarded to me. I don't really like the name Carla either. But nicole is a great name. Why don't you use the names Nicole and Emily together as a first and middle name?

[sleepherealone.livejournal.com]

I still feel like if I have two kids and one has such a meaningful name to me, the other should as well. WDYT?

I feel the same way. That's part of the reason why I'm trying to avoid using family names, unless I liked the name anyway without it being connected to family.

[tiffrobyn.livejournal.com]

I'm actually having sort of the same issue. My son is Scott Raymond (named after an uncle and my father) but I can't find any other family names I like enough to use on future children.

I'm not a fan of calling a child by his/her middle name. I would suggest Nicole as the first name and a family name as the middle name.

[oh-so-sweet2me.livejournal.com]

Whoa weird!

Thats what I'm naming my son (coming in March)

Michael-after his father
and Scott is my fathers name..

ahh thats so weird lol.

[so-there.livejournal.com]

I would have suggested Nicole Carla, but it doesn't flow as well as Carla Nicole. so in this case I would say go ahead and use the family name first, then call the kid by the middle name.

[fluffyyduck.livejournal.com]

I think it's okay to give your child a name just because you like it, even if your other child's name has a background.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

I think it would be worse to force meaning into a name and therefore be settling for something you don't really like as much.

[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

What about Carla Emily?

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

Michael Scott was my brother's name. :) And Nicole is my middle name.

I don't think all of your names have to be honoring someone. I know none of my names will be honoring anyone since my family all have sucky names, lol. Pick names you really like. And anyway, the whole name honoring thing can get confusing when you're calling your daughter and her grandmother answers instead.

[queen-mab.livejournal.com]

I forgot to say that my brother, Michael Scott, was the only kid in my family who got a good name. Mainly because my mom wasn't the one who named him... T_T