tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post456868079626869085..comments2024-01-07T23:09:14.370-08:00Comments on Band of Brothers: what's in a name?bandofbrothershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00611181345258921571noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-61977746422135051422012-09-28T00:56:37.275-07:002012-09-28T00:56:37.275-07:00I love to hear how people chose their kids' na...I love to hear how people chose their kids' names. I'm in New Zealand, & my partner is Maori so we wanted our kids to have Maori names. Our daughter is Kowhai Wananga. Kowhai (the 'wh' is pronounced 'f') is a native tree that has pretty yellow flowers that the birds love. It also means yellow. We chose it because we liked it, no special significance. One of her nicknames is Koko. Wananga was the name of my partner's mother who died when he was 19. <br /><br />If Kowhai had been a boy she would have been Hikairo Paul, after my partner's grandfather & my Dad. We'll use that if we have a boy next. I'll probably call him Kai for short.<br /><br />If we have another girl I like Aniwaniwa (Ani) which means rainbow.Gem Wilderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571295343098760200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-61196702459145605302012-09-27T22:22:53.400-07:002012-09-27T22:22:53.400-07:00peepee and doodies. awesome. funniest thing i ever...peepee and doodies. awesome. funniest thing i ever heard.<br /><br />so penelope lane and olive dot. i don't think i could come up with better names. well done. one of my dear friend's wants penelope so it was always off the list for me, but i love it. and lane is brilliant.<br /><br />olive is one of my top names too and how i love my ollie! i also have an aunt dorothy that we call dot. such a coincidence!bandofbrothershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00611181345258921571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-8262876505834191982012-09-26T22:28:30.406-07:002012-09-26T22:28:30.406-07:00My husband and I were EXTREMELY picky when choosin...My husband and I were EXTREMELY picky when choosing names for our daughters. I like unique, old-fashioned names and I wanted something that can be shortened. Being a Rebecca, I always appreciated being able to switch my name up through the years (growing up, I was known as Becky. When I started college, I always introduced myself as Rebecca, knowing that people will always just call me what they feel comfortable with... some kept calling me Rebecca, while others automatically shortened it to Becky, Becca and even Reba.)<br />My husband just wanted something unique. Neither of us wanted a name that had other associations for us. <br />My husband kept coming up with the CRAZIEST names: Swirl and Line (he's a graphic designer), Xena (he's obsessed), Elemeno (pronounced "L","M","N","O"... and our last name is Primm. Seriously.), Deuteronomy (no, not because we're religious, but so that his nick name would be DUDE), and Jedidah (so that her nick name would be Jedi).<br /><br />I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried.<br /><br />Names on my list: Camille (Mila, for short), Gwendolyn (Gwen), Lenore (Nora), and, the only name I have ever truly loved for a boy of my own: Giddeon (Indy)<br /><br />We rejected each others' lists because we both thought that each others' lists were ridiculous. OY.<br /><br />Our first child was a girl. Out of the blue, my husband suggested Penelope. I had thought of it before, but dismissed it because I didn't think that I was cool enough to name my daughter something has unique as Penelope... but after he suggested it, I instantly fell in love. My husband really pushed for me to give her the middle name "Swirl", but since "Penelope Swirl" sounded too much like an ice cream flavor, I asked if we could compromise and take his earlier suggestion of the name "Line" and use "Lane" (Lane is a type of Line and would also make her name nick name Penny Lane... appropriate because we're both Beatles fans.)<br /><br />What made the name Penelope Lane even more appropriate... the girl was born 10 days early on Freddie Mercury's birthday. <br />Freddie Mercury = the lead singer of Queen = my favorite band of all time = Bohemian Rhapsody = Wayne's World = Directed by PENELOPE Spheeris<br /><br />Bam.<br /><br />We just had our 2nd daughter two months ago. As much as I thought I would want a boy (I really, really want a little Gideon some day!), I really wanted another girl. Sisters. My husband and Penelope both really wanted a girl too - so she is much loved. <br /><br />From the get-go, we started plotting names. Somehow Olive ended up at the top of both of our lists. As hard as I tried not to settle on a name right away, as soon as we saw her on the ultrasound, Olive trumped all of the other names. We sometimes refer to her has "Ollie" or "Liv".<br /><br />We chose the middle name "Dot" after my late, great Aunt Dorothy. Her and I were really close when I was little - she died when I was 13. I didn't care for the sound of "Olive Dorothy", but fell in love with my Aunt's nick name, so she became Olive Dot. "Dot" also ties in with using "Lane" as Penelope's middle name, both being a type of mark. <br /><br />My family has come up with interesting nick names for them. My 10 year old niece quickly figured out that Penelope's initials are P.P. ... haha, Pee Pee! Now, my brother was quick to point out that my great Aunt Dorothy's other nick name was Doodie. <br /><br />Pee Pee and Doodie. Yep.<br /><br /><br /><br /> Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06876537313805712315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-22807978514089479732012-09-24T20:04:15.521-07:002012-09-24T20:04:15.521-07:00I'm late commenting on this but I named my boy...I'm late commenting on this but I named my boys Jonah Davin (Jonah because I love the Biblical story-we can't run away from God, He is merciful, etc) but unfortunately Jonah means "dove" which little brother LOVES to tease him about. Davin is a name I discovered in a baby name book (we pronounce it like Gavin but with a D, obvi) and it means "brilliant Finn" in honor of my dad. He was born in Finland and he and his family moved to the US when he was a toddler. My parents had three girls but no boys to pass on our very Finnish last name. (And long story short, my dad's only brother changed his last name to a more "American" sounding name and DID have a son, but he's got the changed name, too. Sad face.) Now I wish I would have used Finn as a middle name, but, oh well. :) My youngest is Nathan Matthew, Nathan because it meant "gift of God" and Matthew because it is my husband's middle name. I'm Sunny Dawn, which I laugh about because it sounds like such a hippy name! People always think my name is a nickname. :)Sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09517008925307826255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-15937997371379399842012-09-24T10:28:11.492-07:002012-09-24T10:28:11.492-07:00And I ALSO love your boys' names. Oliver is on...And I ALSO love your boys' names. Oliver is one of my favs! <br />Kara Haushalterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532670559139223920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-4816192660395152152012-09-24T10:27:33.822-07:002012-09-24T10:27:33.822-07:00haha. this whole post and it's comments made m...haha. this whole post and it's comments made me laugh. Kara Haushalterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532670559139223920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-71046773786408763032012-09-23T21:31:37.696-07:002012-09-23T21:31:37.696-07:00that is SO funny! hahaha!
that is SO funny! hahaha!<br />bandofbrothershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00611181345258921571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-31494732121183623852012-09-23T19:04:11.112-07:002012-09-23T19:04:11.112-07:00My name is Cassandra.
The top four meanings of it ...My name is Cassandra.<br />The top four meanings of it are:<br />1. Prophetess of Doom<br />2. Entangler of Men<br />3. Bringer of Death<br />4. Queen of Intercourse.<br /><br />I really hope I don't match my name. Lol.Cassie Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01592687719409858543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-43620286889796357112012-09-21T18:55:08.285-07:002012-09-21T18:55:08.285-07:00HOW DID I MISS THIS POST!? Gahhhhh. I absolutely l...HOW DID I MISS THIS POST!? Gahhhhh. I absolutely love your boys names, I've commented on it before but the two names we're wavering back and forth between are Finn and Oliver. We will most likely end up with Oliver because my 3 year old daughter chose that name and has been adamant since I was about 16 weeks, calling my belly by that name. :) You have such amazing taste and I love reading the story behind how you chose them all!<br /><br />Also-- Calvin means bald?! REALLY?!?!?!Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12750345064555772193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-60445293424760294602012-09-21T08:09:10.379-07:002012-09-21T08:09:10.379-07:00first of all. do you know my cousin ashley? she is...first of all. do you know my cousin ashley? she is obsessed with names, y'all would get along fab visit here houseoflovelock.com...<br /><br />love love love the names for your darling boys.<br />i have a names list. at the top for a few years were jonas and cullen for boys, and hazel and claire for girls. then the silly j brothers and twilight came along...and the names were pushed down the list a bit:) my sister just named her baby hazel day. love it.<br />i love names for the sound and meaning. <br />elijah means "my god is the lord". that seemed to fit our hope of adopting him. he was proof that god is the lord. of everything. grey means "pleasant"(and also the color, obviously). that was the state of our hearts. we grieved not having biological children, but we were thrilled with seeking adoption. so yeah. we love our little elijah grey! and we love the sound AND the meanings :)<br /><br />love this post, your new look, and YOU in general. happy friday! xogrey rose (they/them)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14276803823247907626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-61730085096760201682012-09-20T22:07:46.265-07:002012-09-20T22:07:46.265-07:00Great post! (I found your blog awhile ago and have...Great post! (I found your blog awhile ago and have been reading). I am really into the meaning of names, so we named our daughter Amelia which means "hardworking" and middle name Jean after my husband's grandma's middle name. Our son's name is Benjamin which means "son of my right hand" and his middle name is Owen-same as my husband's middle name. Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675634716835461105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-75746703393798830302012-09-20T18:06:01.440-07:002012-09-20T18:06:01.440-07:00This was a fun post! Christopher would have been K...This was a fun post! Christopher would have been Kateri Therese if a girl (Kit for short). Andrew would have been Olivia Rose (maybe a good thing I had a boy since Olivia got wayyyy to popular). Evangeline was going to be Evangeline Mae, but a family member used Mae like a week before she was born. The boys have J middle names as a little theme :) <br /><br />Love Harper! I also heard the name Hazel and loved that too, but not brave enough ;)Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17321079714068819379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-12048219413628501762012-09-19T19:43:31.508-07:002012-09-19T19:43:31.508-07:00I've always LOVED your family names. It was s...I've always LOVED your family names. It was so fun to read about them. :) If my son had been a girl...I would have named her Calla. Like the lily. :) <br /><br />Jaymehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11267816300487528862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-78915706864972735802012-09-18T21:41:18.453-07:002012-09-18T21:41:18.453-07:00i enjoyed reading each and every one of your comme...i enjoyed reading each and every one of your comments...some longer than others, hahaha! thanks for being so amusing and entertaining. ya'll have some great name picks.<br /><br />and thanks for all your kind words on boys' names and new blog design. why are you guys so cute and sweet, hmmmm?bandofbrothershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00611181345258921571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-61055336427354353422012-09-18T21:38:17.819-07:002012-09-18T21:38:17.819-07:00Barbie, that was totally hilarious. A-dash-a? omyw...Barbie, that was totally hilarious. A-dash-a? omyword! i shall use it for my next child. toooo much.<br />bandofbrothershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00611181345258921571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-37812175708277976352012-09-18T19:56:40.224-07:002012-09-18T19:56:40.224-07:00LOL Barbie! When Stephen was doing music more seri...LOL Barbie! When Stephen was doing music more seriously, his band landed this series of Christian winter camps and the director had some name stories to tell. There was this set of twins named Orangejello and Yellowjello! My grandpa was quite a jokester too. My dad's initials are (purposely) a bad word that starts with 'a' and his sister's maiden initials were PMS. Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17914975978817623567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-49823977294218098372012-09-18T13:28:01.675-07:002012-09-18T13:28:01.675-07:00what a great post. I always always enjoy reading t...what a great post. I always always enjoy reading the fun stories you tell. And let me tell you, I meant to comment on your unicorn post. I have a spray painted unicorn shirt I HAD to get when we were at the beach when I was a kid. It has a rainbow by the unicorn because I NEEDED it to look like Rainbow Brite. We stood outside the gift shop for an hour before it opened so I could get the gem of a shirt. The only yellow shirts (had to have yellow) they had were in a size XL. so waht did my mom do? She sewed a piece of eleastic in the middle and made it fit. I say all of this because I'm tempted to look in my parents addic for this sirt, take the elastic out and rock it now. It also has my name spray painted on it in bright purple. <br /><br />We are pretty picky about our names. They need to have meaning. They need to be unique. My husband is an identical twin whose brother died when he was 3 weeks old. His name was Daniel. So, we are partial to that name. But for me, girls names are easier to come up with. I think that's why I love your boys names soooo much.. because I have such a hard time with boys!! We really like Camper, River and Harpeth for boys too. <br /><br />Also, I love your new design!!! Meghan Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623665180511835798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-9262171471053032092012-09-18T13:22:42.494-07:002012-09-18T13:22:42.494-07:00*Blog post* not block post lol*Blog post* not block post lolBarbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17510893859802951483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-86287048684283765892012-09-18T13:22:01.921-07:002012-09-18T13:22:01.921-07:00At the start of every school year, I am tempted to...At the start of every school year, I am tempted to do a block post about names. I always worry that some random parent will stumble upon my blog and sue me for confidentiality issues, so I don't. LOL.I am obsessed with names. I love the way they sound and how they make me feel. None of that meaning business ;). Elise has always been a top contender for girl names for me, and my cousin JUST named her new baby girl Matilda and they call her Tilly (adorable!). I really want to read all these comments when I have more time because, like I said, I'm can't get enough of this name business. My MIL and I were recently discussing odd names so I'll leave you with one of my students and one of the kids in her program's names: I have a student with the middle name Kickenfoot this year (no joke--I'm thinking he was active in utero lol) and my MIL has someone in her program named "A-a" (pronounced Adasha) LOL. Also, my very first year teaching I had a student named "Mister" in my class. So see, Twain Orion is perfectly normal. :)Barbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17510893859802951483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-73378126927377658492012-09-18T12:35:28.220-07:002012-09-18T12:35:28.220-07:00You better not change his name to Ryan. Orion is w...You better not change his name to Ryan. Orion is way cuter! <br /><br />Love your post! If only I could write like you! Well, I guess at least I inspired this post! :) <br />Love you dear friend, <br />JenJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03844797843854374945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-69494892186233035732012-09-18T10:12:05.471-07:002012-09-18T10:12:05.471-07:00I like names based on how they sound or make me fe...I like names based on how they sound or make me feel, my husband is all about the meanings. It causes much conflict. We were also very conscious about finding "normal" names since our kids already get a clunker of a last name. <br /><br />So for our first I wanted Aubrey Danielle or Kaziah Grace. I picked those names way back in high school. My husband thought Kaziah sounded "too ethnic" (even though it's Biblical, one of the daughter's names at the end of the Book of Job) and he wasn't super hot on the meaning of Aubrey ("Elf Ruler" though some say it means "noble ruler" and he was pretty much against any name that meant "ruler" or the like, though I got him to cave on that one with our last and he now regrets it seeing as Mr. H's personality is very much of a ruler!). I liked Aubrey ever since my dad told me that was what he wanted to name me, but got vetoed by my mom (my dad wanted to name us girls after all his favorite girl name songs and my mom thought that was cheesey, haha). I just thought Danielle ("God is my judge") went very well with Aubrey, but later a friend of mine died and her name was Danielle.<br /><br />He wanted a name that meant something like "grace" or "second chance" or "with God all things are possible" seeing as how we felt like it was so special that we were able to have a baby after being told it wasn't a possiblity. We searched a few names with meanings like that and even considered Grace for a time, but nothing really stuck. I don't remember how we decided on the names. Our daughter's names, Jillian Nicole, mean "youthful" and "victory of the people". <br /><br />I can't remember all the boy names we came up with, but we somewhat ended up with Ethan "solid, enduring" Michael "who is like God?". Then, our very good friends that were due withing days of us announced the same name. It was kind of funny, but I also felt super nervous about it even though we had both decided indpendently. My sister is married to a Matthew "gift of God" and I was telling her our woes about the name situation and she said somewhat jokingly that we should change it to Ethan Matthew and we totally loved it and went with that. Matt said he felt super honored by this.<br /><br />There are also some name traditions on my husband's side of the family to contend with. For a few generations now, the son takes the first name of his father as a middle name. We loved the name Ethan so much and Stephen just did not go with it. It sounded too much like "even Steven". <br /><br />When our third came along we decided to be surprised on gender. We debated names a lot and then my husband kept coming up with ridiculous stuff like "Fire," "Brat" (like the sausage), "Back" and other plays on our last name. It was super annoying to me. Haha. I finally convinced him on the Aubrey Danielle for a girl name and then our boy names were boiling down to Henry "home ruler", Alexander "defending men", and Benjamin "son of my right hand". We kept playing around with these names for firsts and middles. My husband really wanted the Alexander and Benjamin, but I just loved the name Henry so very much. Even though we did wind up announcing and agreeing on Henry Alexander, I seriously thought that he would change his mind at the last minute and I almost didn't believe him when he said "Henry Alexander" to the midwife.<br /><br />We were once again slightly nervous about throwing off the boy name tradition in our family and then we found out from Stephen's grandparents that his grandpa's grandpa, so Henry's great great great grandpa was Henry Alexander Wuertz! Not only that, but they had this awesome antique shaving cup from when guys would go down to the barber to get a shave for holding their shaving cream that has H. A. Wuertz in pretty gold leaf.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17914975978817623567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-69451834722926511042012-09-18T08:36:03.332-07:002012-09-18T08:36:03.332-07:00I love playing the name game! I am a super name sn...I love playing the name game! I am a super name snob too! I ADORE my kids' names - Lacie and Colby. Lacie was a case of "we love how it sounds" and Colby is actually my great grandmother's maiden name. We found out after my son was born that they are both types of cheese! lol<br />I love coming up with baby names just for the fun of it. There are so many I like right now. It's actually kind of ridiculous! At the tippity top of my faves list are: Henley or Camden - for boy or girl, Kyrie (keer-E-ay)- for a girl, and Grayson for a boy<br />SO FUN! ;)K80girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06757059969208644877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-5752418935072215162012-09-18T08:16:21.287-07:002012-09-18T08:16:21.287-07:00Sorry "sons" of Asher was more... 1 Chro...Sorry "sons" of Asher was more... 1 Chronicles 7:40<br />40 All these were descendants of Asher--heads of families, choice men, brave warriors and outstanding leaders. The number of men ready for battle, as listed in their genealogy, was 26,000. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02910141906727370808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-63124657457970902312012-09-18T08:11:05.789-07:002012-09-18T08:11:05.789-07:00Ohh, this is a fun one!! My hubs named our first ...Ohh, this is a fun one!! My hubs named our first three babies before they were even conceived {crazy, right?} Our first son would be David because his name is Jesse and his Grandmother was named Ruth {just like king David in the Bible}. While I was pregnant with DJ {David Joseph, because I thought David was too serious of a name for a baby} Jesse decided our next son would be named Asher meaning fortunate or blessed but also in the Bible as having 10,000 Sons who were warriors for God. Then our first girl he wanted to name Izabella and call Izzy B, that name just so happens to mean devoted to God. Our 4th I insisted on naming and since we didn't find out the gender I had to pick names for both, I went into the hospital with Olive and Eden as my top two girl names and Titus and Judah for boys, we had a boy and I ended up naming him Micah {go figure}. I love finding biblical names for my children, there is something that calls to my soul knowing my children carry the names of ancient ancestors that where in one way or another chosen by God. Thanks for a fun post friend! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02910141906727370808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2604493001487428914.post-21809243944647475662012-09-18T06:44:08.853-07:002012-09-18T06:44:08.853-07:00what is it about names...i love thinking of them a...what is it about names...i love thinking of them and we're no where near having another! And LOVE LOVE LOVE the blog design.Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09486556902687283508noreply@blogger.com