What inspired your childrens names?

[Dana49]

We named our daughter after a girl who played on my Little league team, and we named our son after a close friend of mine who died in Vietnam.

 

[Billmel]

My grandaughter's middle name is "Marleigh".... It is a combination of my middle name Leigh, and my stepdaughter's middle name Marie.....combined to make "Marleigh" my daughter just loved the combination. She wanted to use both of our names but couldn't choose, so she compromised, and we all love the result..

Another note.... we call her Chloe Belle (which means blooming beauty) my daughter's favorite movie is Beauty and the Beast, sometimes it is shortened to miss Belle especially if she is in trouble.

 

[ElizK]

Both DDs were named for family.

DD12's first name is my mom's first name (though Mom goes by her middle name), and her middle name is DH's mother's name:Crystal Suzanne

DD9 is named for DH and DFIL. Jamie Danielle.

 

[CamColt]

Originally posted by NMAmy

Now Caitlin's a popular name and dd hates it. But at the time, she was the only one and everyone always tries to spell it Katelyn.

LOL! I can sympathize. How old is your Caitlin? Im 32 and Im Caitlin. I hated the name as a kid because it was unheard of. Teachers could never get it right and I remember complaining I wanted a "normal" name But as I get older I like it a lot more...of course now since Ive been going by Katie for so long, no one calls me Caitlin, LOL!

 

[mom2rb]

I did my kids but I thought I would do mine.
Jamie Deniene- Jamie, Dad wanted a boy. Deniene- was my mother's imaginary friend when she was a child. She wanted to make it my first name but my Dad said no way. Thank you Daddy.

 

[missypie]

We have 3 kids and all 6 names (first and middle) came from our family trees. (One goes as far back as my grandfather's grandmother.) We had boy and girl names for each child before they were conceived.

 

[DD2Disney]

DS was named John Thomas for a very good friend of DH who was my DH's father figure. Unfortunately he passed away before either me or DS could meet him.

Tricia

 

[stm61]

mine were all named for family:
DS- Matthew because I liked the name, Genter which was my dad's name
DD-Kaitlin because I'd picked it out yrs before it became popular and Marie which was my maternal grandmother's middle name and paternal grandmother's first name
DD- this was a mistake actually! I was leaning toward Therea Irene, using mine and my mother's middle name and MIL's middle name but was waiting until they (the last 3 are triplets) made their appearance to decide definately. I ended up with an emergency c-section, they were going to NICU, my mother called a priest just in case, and he wanted the name NOW. My mother, who has always claimed to HATE her name, improvised and said Mary Therese which is HER name! She's (DD) been called Terry her entire life.
DS-Lewis for my FIL, Michael because FIL was never my favorite person and I refused to have the child called Little Louie so he became Mike.

 

[Laura]

I don't have any kids, but my dad told me I got my name from the song "Laura" that came from the movie. Great song, great movie.

 

[Nutsy]

Eldest DS is Jadyn & the tiny tot of the year in 1985 was a little boy with the name Jadyn & I thought it was really lovely, so kept it in mind for when I had children of my own & hoped I'd have a boy. I did in 1988 & again in 1989. Second DS is Lachlan & not inspired by anyone.....it's a name we liked that went well with our last name.

 

[cgcw]

My DS9 was going to be Zachary if he was a boy and Cassandra if he was a girl. I thought we had agreed on these names but when I was hospitalized at 30 weeks with complications, DH had time to think about the names. DH told me he didn't like the name -- at all. So, he went back to the drawing board and started looking through the baby name books. He liked Cameron and although I didn't, I still thought I would be able to talk him into Zachary when the baby was born. I must have been in a drug induced state because when he was born, the nurse asked if he had a name and I said, of course he does -- it's Cameron. I think I thought I was going to call him CJ which I never did. I can't picture him as a Zachary today.

When I was pregnant with DS4, DH convinced me he was a girl because of what he thought he saw on an ultrasound. So, I didn't really think we were going to have another boy. But, just in case, I went through the baby name book -- trying to find something fitting for a boy that was not a traditional name. When I came across the name Walker, I knew it was the right choice -- as it is my mother's maiden name.



I will always love the name Timothy and thought I would have my own one day. But when I married my DH whose last name begins with "P", I knew it was no longer an option for me.

 

[aprilgail2]

I heard the name Cassandra in a Waynes World movie and I liked it but not the spelling so I made my daughters Kassandra. I had liked Hailey but a the time everyone was naming their kids Hailey and I didn't want her to have to go to school and be one of 10 Haileys in the school...if she had been a boy she would have been Harley Jake or Zachary Harley simply because they sounded "tough" and I like tough type boys names. I would have liked to name him after my dad but I didn't care for naming a kid "Freddie"...I also dont like giving them the same name as anyone else, I can't stand the whole "junior" "Senior" thing...I think its a bit egocentric to name a child after yourself....that and the fact they always become "little Jimmy"...or "Jim Jim" or some other silly type name like that.

 

[Alice28]

We chose our children's name based on historical figures. My husband was/is very adament that our children names are based on someone who they can read about in history books and who we think had a positive influence on the country. (some of you may disagree with our first choice, but we are 2nd amendment folks). My husband would come up with names, and I would veto or agree. He came up with some doozies (Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt, Betsy Ross, Annie Oakley.......oy)

1st son is Samuel Colt. Samuel Colt invented the modern rifle back in the 1860's I believe. You know, Colt firearms? Yeah, at the time Sam was born, DH was a firearm's training specialist and taught cops and civilians how to shoot correctly and safely. Plus I really liked the name Sam. A solid, good name, and it was also Biblical.

2nd son is Joshua Chamberlain. Joshua Chamberlain was a General in the Civil War for the Union (he went on to be the governor of Maine for 4 terms). He helped command the battle of Gettysburg and turn things back around and eventually helped secure the Union's victory. (Jeff Daniels played him in the movie Gettysburg if ya saw it). I also liked the name Joshua for it's Biblical meaning.

3rd baby will either be:
Nathan Hale- "I regret that I have one life to give for my country." revolutionary war era. And I like the nickname Nate.

Or

I love this

Molly Pitcher- actually her name will be Molly Grace Pitcher (and our last name). I had to argue that one, that I wanted my grandmother's middle name (Grace) in there too. Molly Pitcher was an awesome lady. Her husband manned a cannon in the Revolutionary War, and she brought "pitchers" (get it?) of water to him and the other soldiers. Her husband was wounded so what did she do- she got right in there and started manning the cannon herself! George Washington gave her a medal of honor and named her an honory officer of the Army. What a woman!

In another month I will know if we have a Nathan or a Molly!

 

[horner5]

Alex William: Alex for Alex P Keaton (Family Ties);William is a family name. Unknowingly picked one of the top boys names of 1991.

Kelsey Patrice: Kelsey because I was watching a lot of Cheers reruns (Kelsey Grammer). Patrice is a family name. Also unknowingly picked one of the top names of 1995.

Madison Kellan: I wanted Madeline, my husband wanted Madison. I lost but I still got my Maddie. Kellan is a combination of my husband's uncle's name, Kenneth and my father's middle name, Alan. Surprisingly enough, Madison was one of the top names of 2002.

 

[llij]

I've got two DD's and named them both after family.

Meagan - I've always loved the name "Megan" and lost my first baby girl while pregnant and gave her that name w/spelling. When I was pregnant with "Meagan" I had no plans on giving her the name, but two of my family members passed away while I was pregnant...my Aunt whose name is Margarite and my grandfather whose last name is Eagan. My DH and I thought it fitting to give her the name Meagan ("M" from Margarite and Eagan from grandpa). She reminds me of both of them and we are so glad that we named her this.

Katherine Mary - We named our second daughter after my husband's grandmother! I love the name Katherine and the name Katie which is what she goes by.

 

[kimbac3]

Kayla Jean - "Kayla" was a character on Days of our Lives and "Jean" is mine and my mother's middle name. This name wasn't popular until I picked it. When she was a baby we couldn't find "Kayla" on anything, now it's everywhere.

Dakota Lee - "Dakota" was a native American guy on a Cynthia Rothrock (woman martial artist) movie and "Lee" is for my dad, Leroy and my step FIL Leo. I have native american in my lineage so it worked well. Although we have a very Italian last name so it does throw some people. We call him "Koty" and that spelling can't be found on anything!

Jocelyn Kimberly- "Jocelyn" was a good friend of mine from school, I always thought she was so sweet and nice. "Kimberly" is my name and as it turns out it was a good pick. She's my mini-me! My parents call her "Little Kim"

My husband is a 4th and a final. I offered to name Koty after him but my DH hated being called "Sammy" while growing up. He still gets it from some relatives. I kind of regret it now because Koty is such a Sam. I sometimes call him Sam accidently!

Kimba

 

[MomofKatie]

Katherine Michelle- DH and I were discussing babies before we got married, and strangely enough, we both wanted one girl, and both loved the name Katie. So since Katherine is the traditional long version of Katie, that's what we went with.

Michelle was from my best friend's name and the Beatles song "Michelle My Belle".

 

[HollyJoy]

Both of my daughters have a first name that we just adored; Hannah and Rebecca. Turns out they are both biblical too! Cool! Their middle names are after my grandmother, and my DH's grandmother.

 

[maryssasmom]

my one and only dd (8) is named Maryssa which is a form of Maris, meaning "of the sea" and her middle name is Gabrielle which means "gift from God. there was not any family ties to the name. my ex wanted Danielle and I was ok with that but when I saw her I thought she looked like a Maryssa. Since I didn't know what I was having, I picked both male and female names. if she was going to be a boy, I wanted Justin Thomas or Bailey Thomas (my exes middle name is Thomas and goes by Tom) - he wanted Philip Thomas (his real name) the IV and he would call him Quinn. I wasn't too pleased with that so I am glad she is a Maryssa.

 

[skuttle]

DS is Colin Davis.

Colin because I just loved the name.
Davis because it's DH's and his dad's middle name.