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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 02:26 PM Original message |
Attn "older" Moms: If you were having kids today what would you name them? |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. I would pick the same names. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Ours have "ordinary" names and my only regret is that I did not get to use the favorites |
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TuxedoKat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Me too |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
43. Same here. |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Both of my sons' names got co-opted by girls... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. There have always been names that are "either" (mostly by sound) |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I worked with a girl named Kevin... |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
29. I worked with a woman named Kevin |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. Pete and Repeat. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Frick & Frack? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Tits and Ass? I'm not sure which would be the worse name to have. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'd pick a shorter name out of a movie/tv instead of history/bible. Give the kid a better chance. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I tried to give mine names that had multiple opportunities for nicknames |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. My kid is kinda like me. Got in trouble so much wants a different name. Tired of being called... |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
34. my initials spell out a word too |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. No kids yet, but will be using family names when the time comes. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I love looking at the old names from my family tree (mother's side) |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Love the names Eleanor and Catherine |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. and Elizabeth too |
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7wo7rees (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. Former Guv of Texas Big Jim Hogg named his daughter "Ima". |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
41. Yeah, I always thought that was a big cruel. But she lived well and was a nature lover... |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. some people call me a mother - I think we would use the same names |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
18. My son's name is old (James) so I'd leave it. My daughter, on the other hand, |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. family names from previous generations. |
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Inspired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. Self delete |
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Lilyhoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. I found my son's name here on DU |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yes, how is little forkboy? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. Not going to name names here, but at a recent family funeral, |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-25-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. I should have hyphenated my daughter's last name |
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solara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
26. At one time I thought that if I had fraternal twins (a boy and a girl) I might |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
27. We named our daughter Azure. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 02:10 AM Response to Original message |
28. Too much effort. Use a saints day calender. |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
30. No kids. And at 56, it's too late to think of baby names! |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
31. I'm a DU Dad, but I would go with one of the classics. |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I'm still single with no kids yet and I would go with the classics as well |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
32. There was a bad run of Caitlin a few years back |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
33. No mom here but I always name the kids! |
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cyberswede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
36. I'm "oldish" but our kids are 8 and 10 |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
37. Not a mom, but If I had four kids, I'd name them... |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
38. Mis-take and Not Now. |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'd use the same names or similar names. We considered how the kids |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-26-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I went to grade school with a Barry Berry |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
42. My family and my husband's used the same small set of female names |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
44. Debt and Deficit nt |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
45. Arabella, Octavia, Horatio, Percy. nt |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-27-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
46. Puritan names, after our ancestors |
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