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post #1 of 10
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For a boy- William Xander. We will call him Liam.
For a girl, Bronwyn Fenway
Is it cruel to give a little girl Fenway as a middle name? We both are big Red Sox fans and live in Massachusetts. When we first started dating I had a year old baby and actual dating was kind of out of the question. The Sox won the series that year and we watched a lot of baseball. This is the first name DH and I agreed on. When we said it we both immediately were like "We can't do that! Why not? But we liked it." Honest opinions? My mom thinks it's mean. I say if she doesn't like it she can change later.
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post #2 of 10
I think it's adorable!!!
post #3 of 10
I like it too! I don't think it's mean at all. I also love names with some history or meaning.
post #4 of 10
Well, I'm a Yankees fan, so....

Just kidding. I think it's a nice name in itself and I think it's cool that it comes from something you both really love!!!

p.s. I love the name Xander too.
post #5 of 10
I hate the park...LOVE the name
post #6 of 10
Both are nice names. But why not Alexander, instead of just the nickname? Or Fenway even?

One observation about Bronwyn Fenway is that they are pretty similar/ and rhymey...Bron- Fen- and -wyn -way . But I see nothing wrong with Fenway as a mn!
post #7 of 10
Thread Starter 

re:

We didn't want to use Alexander as a middle name because our last name starts with R. Initials would spell WAR.
Apparently neither of our mom's like Bronwyn Fenway. We are in between rebellion and being stuck trying to find something else we like.
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post #8 of 10
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Originally Posted by Hadleychick View Post
We didn't want to use Alexander as a middle name because our last name starts with R. Initials would spell WAR.
Apparently neither of our mom's like Bronwyn Fenway. We are in between rebellion and being stuck trying to find something else we like.
H
Just thought I'd add, my in-laws hated DD1's name (Lexington Elisabeth) and made that very clear. (they haven't bothered to comment since) When DH called right after the birth to announce her arrival, the first thing they asked was if we named her "that."

No matter how much of a fuss people have made before the births, we've always stuck to our guns and once our babies are here and called by their names, it doesn't seem to be an issue any longer. People just get over it and enjoy our precious little babes.

Follow your heart!
post #9 of 10
I like the names a lot!

And yeah, I'm a Red Sox fan, but the girl name appeals just on its aesthetic merits, as well.

I see what Ilaria pointed out, but I find it to be less "rhymey" and more a matter of a pleasing symmetry.

And truth be told, I hear more of the rhyme or similarity between the "-wyn" and "Fen-" syllables, anyway, but there's no double letters that lead to a trip of the tongue when saying the two names in succession. And the "-way" sort of leads out of it with a freshness and lift. (This is my cumbersome analysis after just feeling like it had a nice lilt & pleasing sound....analyzing why.)

I had a little bit of the "do we really want to do this" feeling when naming my first child. It was a family name, but one nobody has heard of (well, almost nobody--very few people have heard the name before we mention it though one congregation at a church we visited did not bat an eye when they heard her name, because I guess one of their stalwart parishioners from years ago---her daughter is an elderly member now---had the same name.) It's easy to say and spell, but just not familiar. And it has a cutesy or spunky sort of sound, and while I was infatuated with the idea of using the name, I just wasn't sure. Were we just infatuated with being "different"? What if she wasn't a free spirit or a strongly individualistic person? What if she was a quiet, thoughtful introvert? What if she couldn't "pull it off" and the name was a burden, or an awkward fit?

We sat on it for awhile before finally filling in the birth certificate and committing to the name. It was the name that sang for us, in spite of the slight misgivings or giddy "are we really doing this?" feelings. She has made the name her own (she's just four) and is her own combination of contemplative observer (reserved) and confident individualist, and the name seems to work.

I encourage you to feel out whether this really is the name you love, and if it is, to commit to it with confidence in spite of what the in-laws think. Consider if their knee-jerk reactions even feel valid to you, or just closed, and consider whether you want that to influence your decision. I think it's okay (and probably a good idea) to second-guess yourselves and feel out whether it's novelty/rebellion or a real draw to the name. All part of the process!
post #10 of 10
I think that it's totally fair to have a bit of fun with the middle name since it doesn't get used much and it's especially cool since it has a story to go with it. Besides I think the two names go together quite nicely.
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