Comments on: The game of the name

By: Jude

Jude — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:04:28 +0000

Congratulations to you both on Jones jnr! And, for what it’s worth, I actually quite like the name Huckleberry. If it’s good enough for Toby Ziegler’s son in The West Wing…!

By: Claire

Claire — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:05:23 +0000

Bit late to this, but you need to remember the Best Man’s rule for naming children: Would he/she buy you a pint? Tarquin would not buy you a pint.

By: Lo,TG

Lo,TG — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:57:49 +0000

The headmaster at our boys’ secondary school, a Mr Head, had named his eldest child Richard……. Doooomed.

By: Brooklyn

Brooklyn — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:36:27 +0000

Amelie:

For Heaven’s Sske, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Junior” is a nickname for someone named after his father. The custom I adhere to does not permit that, and I always felt it was a burden for the “Junior.”

But “Junior” as a given name, on the kid’s passport? That would be unspeakable. Why? Here is a picture of the only person who I heard of who had the given name Junior.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_98zZGlDC3HY/SOBOy6OLuaI/AAAAAAAAAyI/mRMngjZSixQ/s400/1021A.jpg&imgrefurl=http://bmuzak.blogspot.com/2008/09/junior-samples-thats-hee-haw-chs-1021.html&usg=__tqDDSE8YB1WG2Rs7Rz2hcblpfcc=&h=378&w=400&sz=38&hl=en&start=16&tbnid=kvfljJEQr2dIDM:&tbnh=117&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djunior%2Bsamples%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

(Junior is on the left.)

By: amelie

amelie — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:41:46 +0000

I’ve never really had any desire to name my child a very American name, but Alex (my French BF) has decided that if we should have a child, he would very much like to call him Junior. He thinks it’s extremely American. I think it’s just plain odd.

Good luck on the name selections! I hope you’ll update us when you come up with something you like.

By: Alasdair

Alasdair — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:44:37 +0000

Dylan – lest it not have yet been brought to your attention, there is a further trap created by the initials of the name you choose …

Wat Tyler Fauntleroy is not just unkind at the full name level, it pretty much throws the poor tyke into permanent therapy for the rest of his natural …

And if you give a son a first name of Dafydd in this country, you might as well give him a middle name of Uck …

In keeping with the spirit of our nation, currently, might your first daughter be named DeLanne ? The locals will most likely believe her to have been named for her father … (innocent grin) …

By: Expat Mum

Expat Mum — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:33:20 +0000

Definitely “Inglind” if it’s a girl. How original!

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:53:23 +0000

How about Lincoln? or maybe Obama? You know, good solid english names.

By: Kevin Hill

Kevin Hill — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:02:55 +0000

Congrats…as a Brit North American who too has replicated, I feel your mother’s angst.
The naming decision for me came at the moment of birth…as the doctor was extracting my daughter through my wife’s belly he asked “What is her name?” I replied “Either Olivia or Megan.” “And which of the myriad spellings of Megan will it be?” he asked. “O.L.I.V.I.A.” I replied.
Really well written blog. I enjoy your comments a lot.

By: Iota

Iota — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:27:14 +0000

I’ve come across 2 kids called Baylor. Both girls. One spelt Baylor. The other spelt Belah. You think I’m making this up. Truly I couldn’t.

I still think you should go for Brityn.

The name that puzzled me for ages was Erin, for boys. I worked out eventually that it’s Aaron, but for all the world they pronounce it Erin.