GP Moms
Dear Community,

Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.

If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.

Thank you.

Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.

S/O Baby Names

sgautschisgautschi member
2500 Comments 500 Love Its Third Anniversary First Answer
edited September 2014 in GP Moms
WWYD for a middle name? Go with an exact family name, go with a name with the same initial but not an exact name of a family member or go with a completely new/non-family name that you just like?

Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker


Pregnancy Ticker

S/O Baby Names 34 votes

Exact family member name
41% 14 votes
Use the same initial but not exact name
2% 1 vote
Completely new name you just like
44% 15 votes
SS/Explain
11% 4 votes

Re: S/O Baby Names

  • I wanted to use Douglas, as a tribute to my dad (he died 16 years ago), but DH did not want to use any family names at all. 

    It depends on the family name.  If it's old timey, and doesn't fit with the modern feel of baby's chosen name.  Make sense?
    image

    <3<3 "You know my name, not my story.
    You've heard what I've done, not what I've been through.
    If you were in my shoes, you'd fall the first step." <3<3


  • We just used names we liked. As far as using family names, I would use an exact name if it was intended to honor someone you or your H wanted to honor.

    I personally think it's weird to be so stuck on using a family name, that you're searching back through your family trees trying to find a name you like and have no personal knowledge or connection to that person just for the sake of using a family name. I also would not want to be pressured into using a family name by someone else.

    .image

     

  • Our family tradition (on both my side and DHs side) is to chose a family name as a middle name.  DS1's middle name is FIL first name (which I love and would use for a first name), and DS2's middle name will likely be Jamieson (a name a love, and a tribute to DH without being his exact first name). 

    I love using family names for middle names and if I don't love the exact name, using a variation but not just an initial. Ex, my middle name is Ann, my mothers middle name is Ann and my grandmothers middle name Antoinette.  If I were to have a girl, I would probably go with Ana or something like that as a tribute with a twist because I'm not a huge fan of my middle name.

    image
    First date July 31, 1999    Married January 28, 2009 
    TTC#1 July 2010 PCOS dx April 2011 
    DS born: February 21, 2012

    TTC#2 June 2013 MMC Sept 2013 (partial molar), CP 02/2014 DS2 born: December 5, 2014
  • Thanks for your thoughts! It definitely helps narrow things down a bit. :)

    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker


    Pregnancy Ticker
  • I agree with Bobcee mostly. I wouldn't search back just to include a name that belonged to family member unless it's relevant to you based on a relative you were close to.

    But I'm kind of against using a random name I don't care about and just like. That's just my personal belief. I feel like that's a large portion of even having that unnecessary third name at all - to honor your roots.
    Lilypie First Birthday tickers
Sign In or Register to comment.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards