What might you name your children?

[dinkey]

If I had a girl I would like to have called her Sophia after my illegitimate father's mother. I am trying to find her but it is proving very difficult as she seems to have vanished after having my father. Still it would have been nice as a reminder of her. On second thoughts, my Dad might not have appreciated the idea.

Perhaps if I ever get granddaughters the name may be considered.

dinkey

[MrsLizzy]

Sophia is a beautiful name - I much prefer it to Sophie.  But you can bet your children will probably not give their children names that will thrill you.  Some names sound really weird on babies!  I remember being out once and spotting a mother and baby, and grandmother was talking to the baby, repeating his name over and over:  "Greg! Greg!"    It's such a blokey, adult sort of name.  Really strange on something that sucks a dummy and blows bubbles in a vacant sort of way!   

[Kazza]

Hi all,

I have always loved the name Lily,  I would have loved to have called my daughter Lily,  or Rose.  I have always liked the Victorian names,  however her father hated it and so Jessica was the compromise.  I suspect many names are chosen as the compromise.  I hated every name he chose and he hated all mine,  Jessica was the only name we hit upon that neither of us hated.  At the time it was a very unusual name,  now it is very common.

Kazza.

[Darcy]

I have just discovered that my Great Grandfather had a younger sister called Rosetta - I rather like the name - it seems to have been quite popular circa 1871.

Aaron

[MrsLizzy]

I do like Rose - not Rosie, just Rose.  It's beautiful, simple, elegant, and I think it could suit any kind of woman.   My friend Isobel, she of the phantom god-daughter, occasionally has trouble with people calling her Izzy, but no-one does it twice!!

She's often called Bels.

I like names like Rose, as above, and Jane (not Jayne or Janie, just Jane) because of their elegance and simplicity, but I also like names like Catherine because of their versatility.  Imagine, if you call your daughter Catherine, she can adapt it when she grows up, whether she decides to be a lawyer or a lap-dancer!  Kate, Kitty, Kathy, Kath, Kat, or the full Catherine.

[Jacquie]

Hello Ryan,

All my children were born before I started to trace my family tree.

My daughter is name after my grandmother on my mother's side, Sarah Jane.  My grandmother's mother's name was also Sarah Jane and her mother also a Sarah but the middle name was Ann.  I have now discovered Sarah Janes' on all branches of the tree.

My eldest son is David Richard, I liked the name David, Richard is his father's name.

My youngest is Thomas Bryan named after my dad.

Anyway to my surprise after tracing my husband's direct line  I discovered a Thomas who had a son called Thomas and David, unfortunately their sister was called Ann and not Sarah.   My husbands last name is not a common name so it is easier to trace then some of the name in the family.

Regards Jacquie.

[ryan]

Hi Jacquie.
Sarah Jane is very nice; two timeless and elegant names. I too like the names Thomas and David, David especially, as that is my maternal Grandfather's name (David Anthony Hopkins). Thomas is quite big in my family. I have many many Great (etc.) Grandfathers named Thomas, as well as a cousin named Thomas.

[suey]

My hubby has an Aunt Nellie - turns out she's really Ellen Alicia -

Both my girls have their Grandmothers names as second names.

Hubbies G Grandma had girls Lucy, Victoria, Caroline, Ellen, Alice and Mary - all acceptable in my book, then they ran out of steam and named their last daughter ETHEL, can't help feeling sorry for the poor little mite.

Can't say if i'd had a boy that I would have called him Reuban, another common name in the family.

Suey

[Boongie Pam]

All my ancestors seem to have been very considerate to me and used the standard scottish naming pattern.

1st son father's father
2nd son mother's father
3rd son father's grandfather fraternal
4th son mother's grandfather maternal
5th son father's grandfather maternal
6th son mother's grandfather fraternal
...and then onto the great grandfathers.

and

1st daughter mother's mother
2nd daughter father's mother
3rd daughter mothers grandmother maternal
4th daughter father's grandmother fraternal
5th daughter mothers grandmother fraternal
6th daughter father's grandmother maternal
...and then onto the great grandmothers.


Occasionally using..

1st son father's father
2nd son mother's father
3rd son father
4th son father's oldest brother
5th son mother's oldest brother or alternatively father's next oldest brother
...and so on either alternating father mother or using all father's brothers.

And vice versa for the females.

But this all broke down after my oldest uncle was born.  My nan just stopped using it and my Mum didn't either.  But I'll go back to it kind of, if/when I have kids.

Lilian Violet for the girl which is my Nan and Great Grandmother (whom I knew).  I will let the father name the biy (as long as John gets in there for my granddad!).

My mum isn't happy  so I threatened to call them Tuna Chunks and Economy Burger.

Pam