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babynamesHi. I've posted once before, but this is my first wtf? name post.
I was standing in line at Toys R Us today and the woman in line behind me kept singing to her little girl of maybe 6 or 7 "Bella, Bella, Bella Desirella". The tune sounded familiar, but I was assuming she'd changed the words to her daughter's name.
*so*-- Bella Desirella -- Thoughts? I'm hoping against hope the middle name is Desiree or even perhaps Desirella is the last name, as my brother suggested it might be.
*edit* I have a question and didn't want to post a whole new post. How would any of you feel if a close family member used a name similar to your child's, if your child was deceased? My husband's sister is getting married soon and we were talking baby names. She said Roseline was one of the names they were thinking of. I told her, truthfully, that we liked that name too, but wouldn't/couldn't use it as it was part of our daughter's name-- Brenna Rose (2 name first name, Rose is not her middle name). I don't know if she got the hint. What do you think? Disrespectful? A nice way to honor her memory? I just know it would be hard for me to call her by name or if I heard my MIL use the same nickname as my mother had for my daughter. Sorry if this is the wrong place for this. And I'm a tired.. my posts get odder when I'm tired.
I was standing in line at Toys R Us today and the woman in line behind me kept singing to her little girl of maybe 6 or 7 "Bella, Bella, Bella Desirella". The tune sounded familiar, but I was assuming she'd changed the words to her daughter's name.
*so*-- Bella Desirella -- Thoughts? I'm hoping against hope the middle name is Desiree or even perhaps Desirella is the last name, as my brother suggested it might be.
*edit* I have a question and didn't want to post a whole new post. How would any of you feel if a close family member used a name similar to your child's, if your child was deceased? My husband's sister is getting married soon and we were talking baby names. She said Roseline was one of the names they were thinking of. I told her, truthfully, that we liked that name too, but wouldn't/couldn't use it as it was part of our daughter's name-- Brenna Rose (2 name first name, Rose is not her middle name). I don't know if she got the hint. What do you think? Disrespectful? A nice way to honor her memory? I just know it would be hard for me to call her by name or if I heard my MIL use the same nickname as my mother had for my daughter. Sorry if this is the wrong place for this. And I'm a tired.. my posts get odder when I'm tired.
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Date: 2007-01-30 06:32 pm (UTC)I am on the fence regarding family names. I think they should usually be names of people perhaps a few generations removed, if you're going to do it at all. We are thinking of using my deceased uncle's name, but the only person who would have a problem with it-- my mom-- loves the idea. I guess it seems somewhat different when it's your child that died, as opposed to an older relative. I think re-using a similar name within the same generation is just too much.
It actually turns out Rose is the name of my husband's maternal great-great grandmother, but I don't think his sister knows that.
My husband is a III, but that will probably die with him. I think he is getting more attached to the name, though, because his father is very ill.