Baby Name Poll

maryandkirk0909 · February 2011

So my nephew is going to be a third, as in first middle last III.

They want to call him Tre. As in three/ the third.

[Poll]

Mrs. Mo · February 2011

I'm voting "cute". Yes

There are plenty of people called "Junior" so why not some veriation of 3rd ?!?!?

D74LeadinLady · February 2011

I said it didn't really bother me (or whatever the 3rd option is), haha

I think it's kind of lame - but I don't hate it.

law67 · February 2011

I voted that I think it's fine, but I do think it's kind of lame. My guess is that it will be his nickname until he goes to school and then he will end up being called by his regular first name or a nickname of that. At that point, Tre will probably become more of a family nickname if it even holds up.

steeser03 · February 2011

dumbest thing ever. call him some variation of his other names. third=tre is totally lost on me.

maryandkirk0909 · February 2011

Maybe it is just me who thinks this is completely stupid because FIL and BIL both go by their middle name, so no one uses the first name. And it is a normal first name (Russell) that has lots of nicknames they could use.

Riss91 · February 2011

I wouldn't do it myself, but if someone else decided to, I wouldn't be bothered by it. It is weird that the 1st and 2nd don't go by the first names....so there's almost no need to create a special nickname. Oh well, hopefully their son will not be upset with the nickname later on.

kass09 · February 2011

Not the stupidest thing I ever heard....but pretty stupid.

I feel like Tre, in reference to him being the third, sounds more like something his friends in high school or college would come up with as a nickname. Also reminds me of H's friend Jeb, which I always thought was his name, but they are his initials. Everyone calls him Jeb though. I think John, his real name, is much better. In that case, I'm not sure if the family came up with and started calling him Jeb, or if it was his friends.

Also, as someone who was always called Katie, and has lobbied to be Kathryn since middle school, I can tell you that it is really hard to get rid of nicknames. If they are calling him Tre, he will forever be Tre.

And yeah, if no one else actively uses Russell, then why do they even need the nickname?

Diamond_Doll · February 2011

A coworker did this with her son, and I always thought it was fine. I'm not a big fan of juniors or passing down full names, but if it's a family tradition I'm ok with that. I do not like Lincoln Jr aka LJ (we've been watching Prison Break, if you can't tell). I just don't like initial names. Ick!

YouandMe912 · February 2011

I like it but I'm semi partial. The people I used to nanny for had 3 kids and they named the third boy Trey. But that was his legal name, not his nn. Just tell them to add a 'y' though lol

D74LeadinLady · February 2011

Diamond_Doll:
A coworker did this with her son, and I always thought it was fine. I'm not a big fan of juniors or passing down full names, but if it's a family tradition I'm ok with that. I do not like Lincoln Jr aka LJ (we've been watching Prison Break, if you can't tell). I just don't like initial names.

My brother's nickname is PJ for Philip Junior. He hates it. When he made his confirmation he took the name Joseph and pretty much doesn't even acknowledge his given middle name (Bruce). When people ask what PJ stands for he says Philip Joseph.

kelklump · February 2011

My friend did this with her son, however they call him Trey- It works for them and it was the first time I saw this done. Gpa is Tom, dad is TJ and baby is Trey. I dont like the spelling without the y, however, it works for some.

sarges05girl · February 2011

Not knowing the backstory, I think it's okay. I voted for cute. My dad is a Jr. and when I was in the womb, he wanted to pass the name on, so I'd be a third. And this next comment just sticks in my head: My mom looked him dead in the eye and said, "You are NOT naming my son Robert the Turd!"

So I always think of "Robert the Turd" when I hear someone is a third. So I think Tre is alright.

However, now knowing that neither dad nor grandpa go by Russell, why not just call him Russ or Rusty or something?

JamieWillard · February 2011

well since my husband is a jr. he wanted to name our son after him and be the 3rd. i told him no. So insted we are using just H's first name (which only a few family members and a couple of friends call him by) for drakes first name. We however are calling him by drake which is his middle name. i would have much rather used drake as the first and walter as the middle but H wouldn't let me. and gave me the whole "its been in the family for 9 generations and he's the last boy to carry on the name blah blah blah" so i guess i have mixed feelings on this. I know how important it is to my husband so if its really important to the family then i say its not stupid at all. besides, its not your child so you don't have to like it.

maryandkirk0909 · February 2011

JamieWillard:
I know how important it is to my husband so if its really important to the family then i say its not stupid at all. besides, its not your child so you don't have to like it.

It isn't that important to the family. Scott said at Christmas he didn't want to name his son that.

And I never said I had to like it, but I will have to hear it for the rest of my life and I think it is annoying. Even "Trip" makes more sense then Tre (I also detest the spelling). It was an informational poll to see if I was being unreasonable in my distaste and clearly I was not although the verdict is split.

I'm just going to call him Rusty I think.

JamieWillard · February 2011

Mary- I wasn't trying to be a witch, just making a statement. Plus now that I'm having a child I've learned that people will be questioning you as to why your naming your child this or that and that gets annoying. Others don't have to like it, that's the joy of having a child of your own, you can name them what ever you want regardless if others think its annoying. Lots of people didn't like our choice in fact my sister said "my nephew is walter?!" I know she hates it but oh well. My step brother and nephew have decided to call drake wally and I don't really like it but oh well. I guess my point is find a nickname you like that still goes with the name as he grows nicknames will pop up example just about everyone calls me james, even people at work. So maybe his nickname will stick.

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