My grandmother was the only girl out of nine kids and she was the youngest. According to the family story, her mother was very disappointed to have a girl so she let the boys name her. They named her Ima Pearl. I am only partially named after her, but I took the name as my online name. Pearl
frood <Fr...@ibm.net> wrote in message news:387F6E8D.188E6B32@ibm.net... > Here is yet another reason children should not be allowed to name their > siblings! <G> If I had let this happen in our house, DS would be named > Captain Pickard (although I admit I kind of liked the sound of Jonny > Quest for a boy...) and DD#2 would be called Xena!
> Wendy (named by brothers!)
> Marcella Tracy Peek wrote:
> > In article <85lecg0...@enews4.newsguy.com>, "Chris" <cbotto...@mcld.com> wrote:
> > > The "Belle" in Rosie O'Donnell's baby is from the movie.. the Beauty and the > > > Beast. She said that her son loved that movie, and chose that name. Disney > > > definitely has an influence on names. I have a cousin whose name is Aerial > > > from Disney's The Little Mermaid, and I know several other people that have > > > named their girls Aerial as well because of that. CRAZY!
> > > In fact, My son, Matthew sometimes gets called "Maffew" and we tease that > > > it is short for Mafusa... The Daddy lion in the Lion King.
> > > :o)
> > > Chris
> > Robin Williams has a daughter named Zelda. His son picked the name and > > it's after the video game.
A lot of interesting names mentioned so far..... My dad's name was Chester Clay, Mom's was Allien (no middle name!); Dh's dad was Vernon Dale, dh's mom was Patricia Iola; my maternal grandmother was Mamie Capitola; my first name is Cleo. I have always been asked if it was short for something :). I used to dislike the name, but now like it. My sisters are (there are 6 of them!): Dora Gale, Carol Ann, Betty Jean, Linda Sue, Margret Allien, and Ruth Ann; the two brothers are: Chester James and David Arthur. My DS's are: Karl Gregory, Patrick Allen and Curtis Dale. My dad was from a large family, but I won't list any more names .....don't want to cause you eye strain! lol.
On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, sarah curry wrote: > Cate MacLean wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'm fairly new to reading this group. I was born Catherine Ann 35 years > > ago. I was always called Cathy. There was no other Cathy in my public > > school while I went there and only 3 others in my H.S. of 1200 the whole 4 > > years. College - none in my class. DH's brother married a Cathy five > > years after we got married. I was the only Cathy at work. Then suddenly, > > a Kathy MacLean, Kathleen and another Kathy. About 6 years ago, I started > > using Cate because of work. I'm now known as Cate except to my folks who > > just loved the name Cathy.
> > DS#1 is Mitchell Alexander (5) (our mother's maiden names) and DS#2 is > > Bryce John (2) (just liked the name Bryce, John is both of our Dad's > > middle names. > > DH and brothers - Mark (36), Doug (33), Jeff (31) and Jason (29) > > My brothers -William Alfred (Bill) (33) and Christopher Daniel (Dan) (32) > > My Parents - Beverley Jane Elizabeth and Martin John (early 60's) > > DH's folks - Ann Marlene and Merlin John (goes by Mac) (early 60's) > > Nieces and Nephews - Zachary (8), Morgan (5)(girl), Colby (2) and Connor > > (2). > > My grandparents - Will and Lavaione & Nellie and John > > DH's grandparents - Edward and Ethel & Jock and Mabel
> > I love this topic. :)
> > BTW, this is a wonderful group. I'll try to respond more.
> > Cheers, > > Cate
> And welcome, Cate! Of course, you didn't say WHERE you are (I'd be the > nosiets one, the one with the atlas) ... and you didn't mention chawklit > even once ... > Do come on in and set a spell with us -- we have a hoot of a time! > Happy Trails, > Sarah in Las Cruces, NM (whose family includes a cousin (male) named > Shirley, and assorted uncles and aunts and father with names NOBODY > wanted, so they ALL got nicknames ... "Almon Earl" was "Bill"; "Otis > Wilbur" was "O.W."; "Annie Myrtle" was "Tad" (and she married "Golden > Martin"); "Horace Love" was "Punch" (and he married "Iona") ... and my > daddy, "Elbert Lavon", was "Sykes". Perhaps it's telling that all those > folks were descendants of Green Berry Curry (I swear, I'm tellin' the > truth) ...)
This was cool! I tried it with all of us. Most of them were dead on! It wasn't all that accurate with my oldest son, but the rest were pretty close! Vickie in Columbus
>Here is yet another reason children should not be allowed to name their >siblings! <G> If I had let this happen in our house, DS would be named >Captain Pickard (although I admit I kind of liked the sound of Jonny >Quest for a boy...) and DD#2 would be called Xena!
And how about if parents stick a child with going by their *third* name?! My great-aunt Mabel was actually named Sarah Karen Mabel McNeil. I never could understand why they didn't either call her Sarah, or if they wanted to call her Mabel, why not name her Mabel Sarah Karen? Most forms don't even have a space for a second middle name, yet that's what everyone called her! -- Deb http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/4237/ (my quilts) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/4237/ffthome.html Food For Thought Challenge Pix
>This subthread about going by middle names reminded me of my wonderful >aunt, who I knew as Barbara until her 75th birthday. Then I found out Barbara >was her middle name--her first name was Evangeline.
I wish more people would understand about putting the name you want to call a child first! My brother (John Mark) went by his middle name when he was growing up and it caused him no end of problems when he was grown, so now he's John to everyone except family/childhood friends who still call him Mark. Since our father's name is also John, and they live in the same town it causes lots of mix-ups. My mom says if she'd known then what she knows now, she would have given him a different name!
I was the only one in my DH's family who supported my SIL when she named her daughter Nicole Mary. Everyone else said it would sound better to name her Mary Nicole, but how often do you say both names aloud like that?? She wanted her to be called Nicole, while Mary was a middle name to honor her grandmother, so the order seemed perfectly sensible to me! Of course it was no time until Nicole became Nicki. ;-) -- Deb http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/4237/ (my quilts) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/4237/ffthome.html Food For Thought Challenge Pix
>My husband is into the geneology stuff too. His name is Adrian, and his >brothers name was Allison, now I've heard of Adrian for a boy before but >never Allison. And I think all 6 kids go by their middle name, which I >never understand. If the parents liked that name better, why didn't they >make it the first. Someone sees your name on a form and calls you by your >first name, and your always telling, I go by my middle name, uhgggg!
>And so I haven't seen the name Paula mentioned. (You >old timers on the NG remember me?) I hated this >name growing up. It was different and I was always the only >one. I was named after my grandfather, Paul, and an aunt, >Pauline. Once I got to HS there were 2 other Paulas. And, you >know, it still isn't a very common name. DS is a 23 yr old >Benjamin among all the Travis', Jasons, Korys and Matts. DH >and I fought over a girl's name and I didn't like what it >was going to be (Kelly Rae) so I'm glad we have a boy.
> This subthread about going by middle names reminded me of my wonderful > aunt, who I knew as Barbara until her 75th birthday. Then I found out Barbara > was her middle name--her first name was Evangeline.
> I can understand why she went by Barbara.
<gryn> When my grandmother was in the hospital, someone called their house, and I answered. They wanted to know if Leander was there.
I told them they had a wrong number.....
Turns out they were asking for my uncle Pete, who's name I never knew til then.
I had to laugh at this one....my DHs secretary some years ago was telling how when the fifth child was born in her family and was brought home from the hospital....the other four were waiting on the front steps to name the baby as they had been promised they could....they named the baby Danny Thomas...I asked her if her mother minded this and she said no...the kids first choice was Trigger!<G> Nancy a
I'm having a terrible time with my ISP's server, and this just showed up today (six days late!)
>For the 1st time in like 36 years Michael fell off the #1 spot losing to >Jacob and Nicholas. I have a Michael. I wanted a jacob and a Nicholas >but hubby hates those names wahh! As for girls names I am always on the >look out for unique names. I am not one of the people who like for >girls to share names. My daughters name is Kiyah Rhiannon. If I have >another girl I have no clue what I will name her, as it took us clear >until Kiyah was born to find a name for her that was suitable. >Reshae (Mom to Michael Phillip, Zachary Tyler, Dakota Storm and Kiyah >Rhiannon and mystery child)
This is so cool ! How did you pick "Kiyah"?
My father was raised by his aunt and first cousin, his first cousin being at least 30 years older than him. That cousin was named Kiah. I've never yeard that name any other time or place, but I still hear my father talk about Kiah and the old family ranch (which they sold to a family named "Knott," who put a berry farm on it).
Our family's Kiyah was actually nicknamed Kiah; his full name was Hezekiah. How did you pick Kiyah for your daughter? If you don't mind my asking ...
Karen Johnson Woodland Hills, CA int...@pacbell.net
I'm not Reshae :-) but if Kiyah is pronounced the way I think it is pronounced :-) it sounds Kaija (pronounced as written, j = hard) which is a Finnish girls name popular in 1920's (?), I have a great aunt called Kaija from that decade. Helena (in Finland where winter came back and I've had frustrating fun with blocks in inches - I quilt in centimeters and counting fractions of millimeters is not exactly fun)
> My father was raised by his aunt and first cousin, his first cousin > being at least 30 years older than him. That cousin was named Kiah. > I've never yeard that name any other time or place, but I still hear > my father talk about Kiah and the old family ranch (which they sold to > a family named "Knott," who put a berry farm on it).
> Our family's Kiyah was actually nicknamed Kiah; his full name was > Hezekiah. How did you pick Kiyah for your daughter? If you don't > mind my asking ...
> Karen Johnson > Woodland Hills, CA > int...@pacbell.net
Karen Johnson wrote in message <3881f075.64348...@news.pacbell.net>... >I'm having a terrible time with my ISP's server, and this just showed >up today (six days late!)
>Our family's Kiyah was actually nicknamed Kiah; his full name was >Hezekiah. How did you pick Kiyah for your daughter? If you don't >mind my asking ... >Karen Johnson >Woodland Hills, CA >int...@pacbell.net
My husband chose the name Kiyah. We were scouring the name books and he said the name I want is not in here. He said I want the name KIGH Yah. We struggled for weeks on how to spell this name. Found out after Kiyah was born that it wasin the movie Willow. She was Willow's wife's name. The movie spelled it Kaiyah. Yes it is pronounced the same way Hezekiah. We have no idea the meaning or anything but we get many compliments on her name. I must say that hubby has great tastes in names Reshae
> I'm having a terrible time with my ISP's server, and this just showed > up today (six days late!)
> >For the 1st time in like 36 years Michael fell off the #1 spot losing to > >Jacob and Nicholas. I have a Michael. I wanted a jacob and a Nicholas > >but hubby hates those names wahh! As for girls names I am always on the > >look out for unique names. I am not one of the people who like for > >girls to share names. My daughters name is Kiyah Rhiannon. If I have > >another girl I have no clue what I will name her, as it took us clear > >until Kiyah was born to find a name for her that was suitable. > >Reshae (Mom to Michael Phillip, Zachary Tyler, Dakota Storm and Kiyah > >Rhiannon and mystery child)
> This is so cool ! How did you pick "Kiyah"?
> My father was raised by his aunt and first cousin, his first cousin > being at least 30 years older than him. That cousin was named Kiah. > I've never yeard that name any other time or place, but I still hear > my father talk about Kiah and the old family ranch (which they sold to > a family named "Knott," who put a berry farm on it).
> Our family's Kiyah was actually nicknamed Kiah; his full name was > Hezekiah. How did you pick Kiyah for your daughter? If you don't > mind my asking ...
> Karen Johnson > Woodland Hills, CA > int...@pacbell.net
Pat Winters wrote: > Actually, Stacy, Tracy, Casey, Kelly and a few others > (including Beverly!) were originally boys' names that became > very popular for baby girls. Amongst Irish-American families > it was very common to use family surnames (such as those > above) for the boy children.
I'm working on a team that has a Jody. Not a girl Jody. A boy Jody. :) Actually, Jody left the team to take position with another company. He was replaced by.....
Jody. Another boy Jody. Confused the dickens out of one of our coworkers from Raleigh, NC (whose first name differs from his last name by the first letter only--I think he's originally from India or that area), and the new hire (also from India), who keeps calling me Jody, too.
I'm reading a book on the Trumans. I found out that Harry had a brother named Vivian. Never knew that was a boys name. I've also known a couple male Leslies and a Loren.
> Pat Winters wrote: > > Actually, Stacy, Tracy, Casey, Kelly and a few others > > (including Beverly!) were originally boys' names that became > > very popular for baby girls. Amongst Irish-American families > > it was very common to use family surnames (such as those > > above) for the boy children.
DH's dog "Reba" was named by his ex, after the country singer Reba McIntire. So she's Reba Cole. [Reba also happened to be my grandmother's name, but that's another story.] When we took in a starving stray last year (at the end of November), she was younger, skinnier, and had longer hair -- so the kids and I named her Shania (after Shania Twain). Since she loves to run and Shania means "I'm on my way", it was very appropriate. So the newest member of our family is Shania Cole.
I wonder how long it will be before they begin getting credit card offers in the mail? -- Dragonfly (reply address nospammed, sorry... mama_cole -at- hotmail -dot- com)
Susan Barker (or Chris) <noiseyd...@telus.net> wrote in message news:38834CCA.23D7BFA0@telus.net... Not only do my dogs have regular first names but they have appropriate last names... Angel Barker and Mac Barker When Mac barks more than he should, which is quite often we just say, he can't help it hes a Barker! Susan in Beautiful BC where the snow is gone and the temp is +9 - oh how I love the west coast!!
Ginny Ellsworth wrote:
Singer (fmbe...@hsoptammasipla.com) wrote: : My cat was named Marissa Emily Louise by her former owner. Now she is Sarah : Katheryn. : Singer (hey, you already KNOW I'm nuts!)
Singer, You're not nuts, you're interesting!! And my cats are Sinclair ( a long, long, long story), Toby (pre-names), and Kepler (ask my husband!).
The boys should be happy I named them and not their Dad! He was trying to make me laugh in the doctor's office and kept coming up with names like Penicillin, and I.V. for a girl. I think he liked Heplock for a boy. What a loon!
My dad always hated his middle name and never used it (just the initial), and I think it was because his older sister picked out his middle name....."Milton". -- Dragonfly (reply address nospammed, sorry... mama_cole -at- hotmail -dot- com)
frood <Fr...@ibm.net> wrote in message news:387F6E8D.188E6B32@ibm.net... > Here is yet another reason children should not be allowed to name their > siblings! <G> If I had let this happen in our house, DS would be named > Captain Pickard (although I admit I kind of liked the sound of Jonny > Quest for a boy...) and DD#2 would be called Xena!
> Wendy (named by brothers!)
> Marcella Tracy Peek wrote:
> > In article <85lecg0...@enews4.newsguy.com>, "Chris" <cbotto...@mcld.com> wrote:
> > > The "Belle" in Rosie O'Donnell's baby is from the movie.. the Beauty and the > > > Beast. She said that her son loved that movie, and chose that name. Disney > > > definitely has an influence on names. I have a cousin whose name is Aerial > > > from Disney's The Little Mermaid, and I know several other people that have > > > named their girls Aerial as well because of that. CRAZY!
> > > In fact, My son, Matthew sometimes gets called "Maffew" and we tease that > > > it is short for Mafusa... The Daddy lion in the Lion King.
> > > :o)
> > > Chris
> > Robin Williams has a daughter named Zelda. His son picked the name and > > it's after the video game.
> Pat Winters wrote: > > Actually, Stacy, Tracy, Casey, Kelly and a few others > > (including Beverly!) were originally boys' names that became > > very popular for baby girls. Amongst Irish-American families > > it was very common to use family surnames (such as those > > above) for the boy children.
> I'm working on a team that has a Jody. Not a girl Jody. A boy Jody. > :) Actually, Jody left the team to take position with another > company. He was replaced by.....
> Jody. Another boy Jody. Confused the dickens out of one of our > coworkers from Raleigh, NC (whose first name differs from his last > name by the first letter only--I think he's originally from India or > that area), and the new hire (also from India), who keeps calling me > Jody, too.
It's been awhile, but wasn't Avery supposed to be her mom's maiden name or something? Well, actually, the writers could have made it just about anything they wanted, couldn't they? They were probably brainstorming unusual names when someone glanced at a package of file folder labels..... ;-) -- Dragonfly (reply address nospammed, sorry... mama_cole -at- hotmail -dot- com)
> <<<...our society can easily adapt to using a masculine name for girls > but will not use > feminine names for boys....>
> Hi Pat(ricia)
> I agree. However, an instance I can think of off the top of my head > was on "Murphy Brown", when she named her son Avery - after her > mother!
> I think it's just harder for boys to be seen as "sissies" than for > girls to be seen as tomboys...or at least that's what parents are > worried about.
LOL!! I really don't know if Avery was the mother's first or last name. I guess I always thought first because Murphy is unusual and unisex, and I thought it ran in the family. But I wasn't watching the show at that point so can't say for sure. Good thing she didn't have 2 kids, the other could have been "Post-it"
I always thought of the "Berle" Milton, til I met my nephew Milton (he was already borned when I met my DH) and this guy is soooo cooool it almost makes me wish I was 25 years younger..... <sigh> Mickie
<Dragonfly> wrote in message news:eQ8HXO8Y$GA.273@cpmsnbbsa04... > My dad always hated his middle name and never used it (just the initial), > and I think it was because his older sister picked out his middle > name....."Milton". > -- > Dragonfly > (reply address nospammed, sorry... mama_cole -at- hotmail -dot- com)
> frood <Fr...@ibm.net> wrote in message news:387F6E8D.188E6B32@ibm.net... > > Here is yet another reason children should not be allowed to name their > > siblings! <G> If I had let this happen in our house, DS would be named > > Captain Pickard (although I admit I kind of liked the sound of Jonny > > Quest for a boy...) and DD#2 would be called Xena!
> > Wendy (named by brothers!)
> > Marcella Tracy Peek wrote:
> > > In article <85lecg0...@enews4.newsguy.com>, "Chris"
> > > > The "Belle" in Rosie O'Donnell's baby is from the movie.. the Beauty > and the > > > > Beast. She said that her son loved that movie, and chose that name. > Disney > > > > definitely has an influence on names. I have a cousin whose name is > Aerial > > > > from Disney's The Little Mermaid, and I know several other people that > have > > > > named their girls Aerial as well because of that. CRAZY!
> > > > In fact, My son, Matthew sometimes gets called "Maffew" and we > tease that > > > > it is short for Mafusa... The Daddy lion in the Lion King.
> > > > :o)
> > > > Chris
> > > Robin Williams has a daughter named Zelda. His son picked the name and > > > it's after the video game.
