Struggling to choose a name for son
Discussion
GrizzlyBear said:
Naming a kid is always difficult. I never understood people who name their kid something odd, not only does the child have to go through the trial of teachers getting their name wrong for their entire school life, but the other kids will make fun of them, you may as well call them “Target” as that is what they will be.
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GrizzlyBear said:
Naming a kid is always difficult. I never understood people who name their kid something odd, not only does the child have to go through the trial of teachers getting their name wrong for their entire school life, but the other kids will make fun of them, you may as well call them “Target” as that is what they will be.
Luca - not unless you live in Italy.
Felix - that is a cats name, are you really thinking of naming your son after a cat? Why not just call him tiddles and be done with it!
I tried to think of something that can work in several work environments: David for example, and there is David, our powerfully built director nothing wrong there, if he wants to become a builder, works there too. Now try the same with Archibald, doesn’t quite work (no offence intended to any Archibald out there).
I would avoid anything like William that will get shortened to Willy or initials that spell something, sibling names can be an issue, I know two brothers called Bill and Ted (in their early 60s, and both now avoid the word "excellent").
Avoid weird spellings, he will have to explain/correct it for the rest of his life. So how about one of:
David
Daniel
Christopher
John
Mark
Mathew
Samuel
Thomas
Stick to the usual stuff and they will be OK, or just name the boy after the richest relative without an heir…
Now for the middle name...
I'll bite...Luca - not unless you live in Italy.
Felix - that is a cats name, are you really thinking of naming your son after a cat? Why not just call him tiddles and be done with it!
I tried to think of something that can work in several work environments: David for example, and there is David, our powerfully built director nothing wrong there, if he wants to become a builder, works there too. Now try the same with Archibald, doesn’t quite work (no offence intended to any Archibald out there).
I would avoid anything like William that will get shortened to Willy or initials that spell something, sibling names can be an issue, I know two brothers called Bill and Ted (in their early 60s, and both now avoid the word "excellent").
Avoid weird spellings, he will have to explain/correct it for the rest of his life. So how about one of:
David
Daniel
Christopher
John
Mark
Mathew
Samuel
Thomas
Stick to the usual stuff and they will be OK, or just name the boy after the richest relative without an heir…
Now for the middle name...
Because... names can be powerful and evocative. With a relatively unusual name one can make one's mark. We might as well all be known by our national insurance numbers. You can always give your child a boring middle name to fall back on.
I am glad there was a Woolf Barnato, I am glad I named my 3rd son Felix (and not Tiddles which wouldn't have been quite the same).
I've been called David for a number of years now, my boss is called David, my two brothers-in-law are both called David (100% true). I found out I've been selected to form part of a planning committee this morning, in 11 people on the committee 3 of them are called David.
I might be wrong, but I don't think the OP has commented since post 1. Seems to have gone off for some deep cogitation, I hope he comes back and let's us know what he chose...
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