Names, anyone? - Page 8 « Back to Group Discussions

[aHikaru]

Originally Posted by Loogiejane 

So there's another name DH and I could use for a boy and I struggle deciding how much I like it. His grandfather, who he never met, who his older sister was named after, his name was Shia. Not sure of the spelling. It may have been Shaya or Shaia. But it is pronounced "Shy-uh". How would you read it aloud? Would you read Shia like she-uh?

I don't like that I automatically think of Shia Lebouf. Other than Shia Lebouf, when you hear the name Shia what do you think of it? Like.....does it sound Russian or Polish to you? For some reason it sounds Russiany to me, even though I do not think it is. I really think it's a derivative of Yehoshua which is a name he never went by though. He went either by Shia or his nickname, Sy. His business was Sy's Butcher Shop :P

Maybe it is me being particular but I must use a name that I do not feel is very common. Of course DH is the total opposite and doesn't care if a name is unique or not. (Hi...did I mention DH suggested the name Ernie? Let's not even go there). So, when you hear Shia/Shya/Shaya, do you take it as an uncommon name? 

Just looking for outside perspective here. 

Also, no nickname for Shia :( 

I still like Azariah, but DH doesn't love it. 

Ok, responses appreciated!! 

ooo, i like Azariah! mostly because A and Z are my favorite letters.. Shia also reminds me of Shia Lebouf or the name Messiah, Shia sounds kind of Armenian... I personally wouldn't name my child after someone I didnt know...

[Loogiejane]

Originally Posted by aHikaru 

ooo, i like Azariah! mostly because A and Z are my favorite letters.. Shia also reminds me of Shia Lebouf or the name Messiah, Shia sounds kind of Armenian... I personally wouldn't name my child after someone I didnt know...

Oh, I would. I mean....his grandfather was a holocaust survivor and tragically died at the age of 59. He was a great man in his community. His wife, DH's 96 yr old grandmother is still living. She is also a survivor, of Auschwitz. I would name after him. It's sorta like...keeping a name in the family. 

Jews name after deceased family or friends. I feel like if we kept it to just people we knew the pool would be very small. 

[Loogiejane]

If we use Azariah, DH told me he will likely never use the formal name and will only use the nickname, Azi. I almost like Azariah better than Azi. DH just doesn't love the longer version of the name. But yeah, I think it's cool. 

[LisamommyRN]

I know a boy named Shaya, he wears it well. I don't know how he spells it in English. It sounds gentle to me, and quiet, which this young man is.

[pastormama]

Jews name after deceased family or friends. I feel like if we kept it to just people we knew the pool would be very small. 

Not just Jews!  DH and I do this too.  DD named after my deceased mother, DD will be named after his deceased father.

[Loogiejane]

Originally Posted by pastormama 

Not just Jews!  DH and I do this too.  DD named after my deceased mother, DD will be named after his deceased father.

Aw. That's nice. 

Actually...not only do jews name after those no longer with us, we do not name for the living. Major no-no. Not like anyone is asking but, just throwing it out there :P

[eepeepee]

Originally Posted by Loogiejane 

Aw. That's nice. 

Actually...not only do jews name after those no longer with us, we do not name for the living. Major no-no. Not like anyone is asking but, just throwing it out there :P

This is why I wasn't a Sadie (my great-grandma Sadie died about a year after I was born), and why ours may just end up being one!

[porcelina]

Originally Posted by Kate&Joey 

Question:  for those of you who have different last names from your DHs (or DPs), what will the baby's last name be?  I initially just figured it would be DH's last name, but then he mentioned the baby having two last names.  My SIL never changed her name so my niece is First Name - Middle Name - SIL's Last Name - Brother's Last Name.  No hyphens. 

Is that too much?  I'm afraid that if you don't hyphenate Your Name - DH's Name, then your name gets "lost" anyway.  Since my last name and DH's last name are both short, I wouldn't mind the hyphen.  But then this baby would have a different name from all of us.  As of right now, there are three last names in the household already!  DS still has XH's last name...although I really want to change it.

The example you describe is almost exactly the convention in many Spanish speaking countries, and my DH has 4 names for that reason. They do first name, middle name, father's last name, mother's last name. Truth be told, it is not easy, just because the SSA doesn't give you a lot of leeway on the space for your name, and people have a hard time figuring out what to use as the last name (because there the convention is 2 last names, with the first being the one you use every day and the second being mostly for formal documents). So, DH has mostly dropped the use of his second last name in the US. Also for that reason, we are naming our kids first name, father's last name, mom's last name. It works out fun because here they are treated as if they have my last name. If we ever live there, they will be treated as everyone else -- with dad's last name first. 

[Quinalla]

Well, DH mulled it over enough and finally gave the greenlight on Oliver & Alice, hooray! Now we need to decide on middle names, I'm just going to push for using our first names as I would like to pass them on and it will be easy, but we'll see what DH thinks, if we do that it would be Oliver Michael and Alice Kathryn which I think sound nice.

[aHikaru]

Originally Posted by Loogiejane 

If we use Azariah, DH told me he will likely never use the formal name and will only use the nickname, Azi. I almost like Azariah better than Azi. DH just doesn't love the longer version of the name. But yeah, I think it's cool. 

azi reminds me of that comedian that's on the show parks a rec.

[aHikaru]

Originally Posted by Quinalla 

Well, DH mulled it over enough and finally gave the greenlight on Oliver & Alice, hooray! Now we need to decide on middle names, I'm just going to push for using our first names as I would like to pass them on and it will be easy, but we'll see what DH thinks, if we do that it would be Oliver Michael and Alice Kathryn which I think sound nice.

i love the letter A :P so I def agree with Alice... looks like there are gonna be a lot of babes with A names, including ours <3

[Loogiejane]

Originally Posted by aHikaru 

azi reminds me of that comedian that's on the show parks a rec.

Aziz Ansari, hehe, I know, I thought of that too. It's only the spelling though. The sound of it is Ozzy. I just think perhaps the spelling Ozzy is strange from Azariah. But the more and more I think about it, the less certain I am how much I love the nickname. 

[OtherMother]

What do you guys think of Lucille? Honestly.

[Loogiejane]

Originally Posted by OtherMother 

What do you guys think of Lucille? Honestly.

I like Lucy better than Lucille. My friend's girlfriend is Lucia, which is nice too. Lucille is still nice. But I can't help but think of Lucille Ball (even though with Lucy somehow I don't think of I Love Lucy)

[PhilsBabyMama]

I love Lucille (and Lucy as a nick name.) No pun intended.

[alysee]

I like Lucy as a name. It's not that common here but isn't a confusing name. I really like it.

[BabySmurf]

Originally Posted by OtherMother 

What do you guys think of Lucille? Honestly.

I like it! A few variations of that name were on our "list" too.  But we are going to go with Isla Mae instead. 

[Quinalla]

Originally Posted by aHikaru 

Originally Posted by Quinalla 

Well, DH mulled it over enough and finally gave the greenlight on Oliver

i love the letter A :P so I def agree with Alice... looks like there are gonna be a lot of babes with A names, including ours <3

Thanks, yeah looks like quite a few A names floating around I mostly like it because everyone knows how to say/spell it, but it isn't very common.

Originally Posted by OtherMother 

What do you guys think of Lucille? Honestly.

I like it, it has a nice grown up sound to it IMO and you can use Lucy as a nickname which I really like too and seems more fitting for a young kid. I love good nicknames though, I know not everyone does!

[msherman]

My partner and I settled on Charlotte Kay or Fielden Edward. While we don't know the sex, everyone seems to think that we are having a boy!

Love the lists here :)
 

[nstewart]

DH and I still do not have names picked out.

I guess we have 3 or so months to do so but I hate that there isn't anything we love this go 'round and we do have to pick names for both genders since we aren't finding out if baby is a boy or a girl.

I love Ella, but DH has vetoed it since we have a niece named Elle.

There are no boy names we love, but Fraser was added to the list last night and I don't mind it. (It will only remind me of the sitcom until babe is 2 days old, then I will only think of him, if babe is a him)

However, I am thrilled that DH is going to "think about" Juliette.  I really, really like that name but DH had vetoed it last time and earlier this pg because his cousin named her daugther Juliette after DHs grandmother.  I don't understand the issue, they are 2nd cousins who may see each other at most once or twice per year, and I am sure that his grandmother would be thrilled to have 2 great-grandchildren named after her.