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Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:59 am
by 10sun
Narrock wrote:Zanchief wrote:Narrock wrote:My bro-in-law is Charles. He gets pissed off when people call him Chuck. lol. One of my fave boys names is Landen. It's very masculine, and not very common. My wife loves it too. IF she gets preggers again and we have a boy, we will name him Landen Wilhelm (Wilhelm being my dad's name).
Did your dad scream a lot?
Oh I get it. Since my dad is German and has a very German name, he's a nazi. HA HA HA HA HA HA HQ HA HA HA HA. HA HA HA HA HA-HA HA. HA-HA HA-HA HA! ZOMG you'te soooo clever AND witty!
What?
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:59 am
by Zanchief
10sun wrote:Short list:
Masculine:
William (Liam or Wim)
Cornelis (Case)
Oliver (Ollie)
Feminine:
Inez
Anya
Caro
Simple & unique.
My sons middle name is Cornelius. I pushed hard for it to be his first name, but the wife wouldn't have it. Probably for the best.
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:00 am
by brinstar
Narrock wrote:Zanchief wrote:Narrock wrote:My bro-in-law is Charles. He gets pissed off when people call him Chuck. lol. One of my fave boys names is Landen. It's very masculine, and not very common. My wife loves it too. IF she gets preggers again and we have a boy, we will name him Landen Wilhelm (Wilhelm being my dad's name).
Did your dad scream a lot?
Oh I get it. Since my dad is German and has a very German name, he's a nazi. HA HA HA HA HA HA HQ HA HA HA HA. HA HA HA HA HA-HA HA. HA-HA HA-HA HA! ZOMG you'te soooo clever AND witty!
uhhhhhhhh nope
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:01 am
by Narrock
10sun wrote:Short list:
Masculine:
William (Liam or Wim)
Cornelis (Case)
Oliver (Ollie)
Feminine:
Inez
Anya
Caro
Simple & unique.
Anya sounds very pretty. I also like Savannah.
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:08 am
by Narrock
Talk about an obscure reference, Alex...
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:15 am
by Zanchief
Yea, good one, Alex. I, of course, have no knowledge of that, and was just making fun of Mindia's dad because he (apparently) has a German sounding name.
*High five*
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:19 am
by Narrock
Zanchief wrote:Yea, good one, Alex. I, of course, have no knowledge of that, and was just making fun of Mindia's dad because he (apparently) has a German sounding name.
*High five*
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:28 am
by brinstar
Narrock wrote:Talk about an obscure reference, Alex...
it was a bit obscure lol
i had to stop and think for a second to make sure i was making the right connection
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:46 am
by Narrock
LOL
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 10:49 am
by Narrock
Anyway, it's been a tradition in my family for generations, that your son's middle name is the paternal grandfather's first name. All in the name of honor.
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:26 pm
by vonkaar
worst names of my friend's kids:
Mason
Brayden
Jaxon (from 3 different friends, same spelling)
Ranger (same parent as Brayden), his middle name is West... Ranger West
MacKinzee (sic)
Chayson
Greyson
and my secret favorite...
Brogan
My daughters are Elizabeth and Layla.
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 12:37 pm
by Zanchief
You know three different Jaxon's? HAHA oh god this is crazy. I feel bad for my children who will have to be friends with these kids who clearly have morons as parents.
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:46 pm
by vonkaar
I had to ask my wife for the names of these friends who cursed their kids like this. She said that she has another friend (not on facebook) that named their kid Jaxons. Yes, plural.
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:53 pm
by Zanchief
Kian hahah ugh. Maybe we're the weird ones.
Sadly Jackson isn't that bad. Kind of a last name but I can deal with that, then they got to Mortal Kombat the shit out of it.
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:55 pm
by leah
aughghghhh "unique" spellings drive me CRAZY! and wtf is "chayson"??!
i must confess to liking greyson, though.... but i could never name a kid that because we had a cat named greyson.
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:57 pm
by brinstar
SECOND BEST CAT EVER.
greyson is actually a really old name, sad that it got caught up in all the other -aysons
my BFF's sister named her first son Bravery
yeah
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:28 pm
by leah
i have remarkably few friends with kids. well, close friends. my bestie since kindergarten had a kiddo last week and named him reid, which is perfectly acceptable. another bestie is very early prego right now and if she has a boy she wants to name him mason because it's a family name apparently. she also likes jacob but her husband won't let her use that name because he hates twilight and he's pretty sure that's why she likes the name (which is kind of true). she has no girl names because she does not want a girl.
it's fun to talk about names.
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:47 pm
by Zanchief
Maybe Jacob is a lost name?
Me and my wifes name search was very lengthy for both children. We read a number of baby name books cover to cover.
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:51 pm
by vonkaar
I had a good friend in 2nd grade named Elizabeth and for some reason that name always stuck with me. I always knew that I wanted an Elizabeth if I ever had a girl.
Layla was just a name that we both liked. It's one of the greatest rock songs and we love the poem/story which inspired it... so... yeah.
If we have a 3rd girl we're naming her Larry and she's being raised as a dyke. I need at least one child who will work on cars and play ball with me.
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:55 pm
by leah
welp, "layla" is totes gonna be stuck in my head for the rest of the day. thanks for that. :P
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 2:59 pm
by Zanchief
I already have a set, sucker. Well my son is a bit of a pansy already. He complains when he spills stuff on his lap or gets his hands dirty. I'm not expecting much in the way of athleticism. I think my daughter at 15 months already has him beat in that department.
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:00 pm
by Arlos
Narrock wrote:Anyway, it's been a tradition in my family for generations, that your son's middle name is the paternal grandfather's first name. All in the name of honor.
Similar tradition in my family, at least in one branch. Comes from the Danish side. In Scandinavia back in the day, your last name was based on your father's name. So if the father's name was Sven, his sons all had the last name of Svensen, and daughters were all Svendottir. Anyway, my great-grandfather was Canute-Michael Canutesen the 12th, so going with the name was a rather long-held tradition. Anyway, his firstborn was my grandmother, and he kinda chucked out the whole system when his son was born by naming him Robert. My grandmother kind of brought it back though, without the Canute part, by giving my dad, her firstborn, the middle name of Michael. (first name of Dean). My dad carried it on when I was born, and I got named Kevin Michael. (my younger brother is Eric Christopher) So, whenever I have my first son, if ever, his middle name WILL be Michael. No clue what to do for first name, though.
My brother's 2 kids are Donovan and Zachary.
I've heard some pretty bad ones, too. Guy I knew in college, him and his brothers were all named for dwarves in The Hobbit. His name was Thorin. I knew one lady who named her sons Elric and Elven. I felt sorry for those guys.
The worst name I ever knew wasn't bad in and of itself, but her parents neglected to consider their last name when picking a name for her. Her name was, and I shit you not: Lisa Beaver. (say it out loud and it will make sense.) (don't buy, lease!)
-Arlos
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:38 pm
by Griever
How about Nevaeh? Pronounced Nah-vey-ah. It's heaven spelled backwards...
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:57 pm
by leah
another bad first/last name combo: baby's name is bryson, last name is burson. BAD.
Re: Life updates
Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:35 pm
by Tikker
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