A little name vent

[kofduke]

Luke is not exclusively a nickname for Lucas. No, his name is not "just" Luke. It's Luke. I don't go to St. Lucas the Evangelist church. It's not the Gospel of Lucas. Lucas is a perfectly lovely name, don't get me wrong. We considered it. But it is to my understanding a derivative name from Luke, which is the classic name.

Sorry, I just get this about 10x/day and had to get it off my chest!

[Emmy142]

Wow I would never have assumed that. To me they are two seperate names. How irritating. My father always calls my son Alex "Al" which drives me bonkers. I hate Al. I've repeatedly asked him not to do that.

[elmh23]

Lucas and Luke are derivited (sp?) from the name Lucius, meaning light. Luke is a common nickname for Lucas, but it is more common as a given name. Maybe point that out to folks?

BTW, I love the name Luke!

[IncaMama]

i love both names...and poop on anybody who messes with our little Luke!!

edited to clarify: i'm not actually suggesting that you poop on anybody. LOL

[pfamilygal]

I agree! (See my siggy :D ). I didn't want Lucas because I had a kid in my class in 3rd grade and everyone called him Lucas Mucus. Eww. My sister pointed out that our son could be Luke Puke. But I don't care. Luke is FINE as a stand alone name. It is not just a nickname.

[IncaMama]

LMAO pfamilygal!!! you know what, kids will make up anything if they really wanna make fun of someone. my middle names are Amelia Bailey and i was constantly called Amelia Bedelia (you know, the dipshit main character of the books by the same name). yeah, not nice. i guess they couldn't think of anything mean with my first name and they had to do what they had to do. LOL

[Panthira]

I think Luke is a nice, solid name. I would have considered it if I hadn't already conceded my DH had the naming power this time.

My DH's parents hate our baby's name. They asked why we couldn't have picked a "happier name" other than Greyson. Why is Greyson unhappy? Because it has the color grey in it? They didn't want much to do with him because of his name! How shallow is that? Some people love the name, a lot of people hate it. *shrug*

DH gave him the middle name of Sean after me (my name is Shana, rhymes with Anna. Or if you must, Banana. :p ).

[toddlermama16]

We have a Luke. And we love it!

[xkoliex]

I think Luke is a nice, solid name. I would have considered it if I hadn't already conceded my DH had the naming power this time.

My DH's parents hate our baby's name. They asked why we couldn't have picked a "happier name" other than Greyson. Why is Greyson unhappy? Because it has the color grey in it? They didn't want much to do with him because of his name! How shallow is that? Some people love the name, a lot of people hate it. *shrug*

DH gave him the middle name of Sean after me (my name is Shana, rhymes with Anna. Or if you must, Banana. :p ).


I lalalalalaLOVE the name Greyson! But I was given a girl! =)

[afishwithabike]

We have a family friend whose son is Luke...Just....Luke. Good name.

[MamaHippo]

My DH's parents hate our baby's name. They asked why we couldn't have picked a "happier name" other than Greyson. Why is Greyson unhappy? Because it has the color grey in it? They didn't want much to do with him because of his name!

I totally feel your pain.
My DH's family has a tradition of naming each firstborn son Robert. Dh is a Rob, his dad is Bob, his grandpa was Bob, greatgrandpa was Bob, so on and so forth. When we found out we were having a boy his mom kept saying , "now you ARE going to name him Robert, right?" But after a lot of thinking we decided that this baby didn't feel like a Rob jr, and we didnt want yet another Bob in the family. So we named him Noah Robert. Dh's mom had a hissy fit and said she would not call him Noah, but call him by his middle name. Dh put his foot down and told her she was being silly ( :thumb ), but now she only calls him "Butch" :bang She pays much less attention to him than she would have if he was yet another Bob.
And for the record, my FIl ( the supposed namesake) has no problem at all with us breaking the tradition.

[aisraeltax]

just incredible...

i love the name Noah, and Luke (just Luke....jk!!!).


i warned dh about how popular Ehtan was but he wouldnt listen...until he heard a woman in the store tell her son "look at the pretty baby, Ethan". well, there you go...and at least i got Benjamin as a middle name.

[spiralmg]

The name thing drives me crazy. We told everyone that her name is Kali - rhymes with Molly - and everyone in our family insists on calling her Kay-lee or Callie ( a as in apple). My SIL even had the nerve to say we should"just give it up, everyone is just going to call her Callie anyway." Then with Daniel, we get Dan and Danny. ARGHHH.

[allnaturalmama]

I'm with ya, ladies. DS1 is Hudson. We picked it and were just sure no one would try to shorten it. When he was just a few weeks old, DH's side of the family started calling him "Huddy." UGH.

Our new babe is William. We've tried to make it clear that Will is the shortened name we prefer for him. I'm bracing myself for the first Bill or Billy we get when we go to visit The Nickname Clan this summer.

Kristin, I agree with everyone else. I've never thought Luke was short for Lucas, and I think it's a beautiful, strong, stand-alone name. :love

[rapscallions]

ok, maybe i'm a freak here, but I LOVE nicknames. funny thing is, nobody but us has any for our kids! (well, except my MIL who is a professional clown and has given them clown names.) nobody has ever called our lucca "luke" or asked if he was a lucas... which is strange since you're getting the reverse issue a ton already. but, we call him luke, lucas, lukie, lou, louie-bird, louie-patooie, louboy and loads of other stuff that has nothing to do with lucca.

i in fact love nicknames so much that one of the big reasons i was lobbying for jeremiah allen vs. allen jeremiah (dh's choice) was the higher quotient of jeremiah nicknames. and in fact, ds3 is already jeremy, jay baby, bubbajay, jay-bay, jer, jerry, jeremy the king of baromy, germy, jeremiah the bullfrog, jer-a-mi do-re-mi, and baby paco (cuz he squawks like a parrot)...

all that said, it's mysterious why people would assume luke is really a lucas. if someone asks you if your son's name is luke from lucas, i think you should say, "no." oh and then give them a nice tight smile to let them know they aren't the first to have asked you that. or better yet, tell them it's short for lukronitrovitzson.

[kofduke]

I don't mind nicknames at all - it's just that this particular question has been driving me a bit bonkers. I like your name suggestion Meg!

[SMR]

I know what you're talking about! Our girls name is Gwen... 'just Gwen' haha Not Gwendolyn, Not Guinavere, Not Gweneth... all very nice names, but her name IS GWEN!
Ever notice how people automatically want to shorten long names and lenghten short ones?? haha funny!

Luke is a lovely name by the way!! Even if it is 'just Luke' haha :bouncy

[allnaturalmama]

...or better yet, tell them it's short for lukronitrovitzson.

:laugh:

[StarCat]

My family- esp. DH's don't like Sada. My MIL calls her Sadie. Which we originally told her (before baby was born) was okay but now it seems wierd because her name is Sada. But she just calls her Sadie. Our pediatricians office pronounces it wrong, too. Its supposed to be a like ape- a hard A, not a soft A. DD # 1 is Jocelyn but we knew we wanted her to be a Josie- DH just said that was a nickname not a name and we should give her a proper name, too. :shrug But its okay by me b/c when she's older she can go by what ever she wants to. My name is Rebecca and I can't TELL you the number of people who call me Becky- like I say "my name is Rebecca" and they say "hi Becky!" DUH!!!!!

[gemelos]

I love the name Luke, but dh wouldn't go for it. So we got our Noah! :love When my mom found out we were going to name our girl Jazmin if we had one she freaked out. She told me all the time how much she detested that name and she hoped we didn't have any girls, etc. But ever since Jazmin was born she hasn't said anything. But she rarely calls her Jazmin, just Peanut or Elf.