Popcorn Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 I'm really enjoying the thread Helen. It's a good topic of conversation. We like fairly traditional names and when we tell people we like John, we get a sort of 'non-reaction' from poeple, as if to say, plain old John! Not very exciting! I think it's a lovely little boy's name. Darren has family in Wales so we've been down the Welsh route too....we just can't decide...so the more suggestions the better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 How about Martin for a boy. Martina for a girl. Or Jorge for a boy and Veronica for a girl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 If we'd had a little girl, I would have loved to have named her after my Grandma - Constance or Connie for short but my Mum would have killed me ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Why would she have killed you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Because she hates it ! "You can't call her Constance!" she kept saying. Good job I had a boy, isn't it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Oh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 I have a student called Connie, Kate - lovely name. Not sure Tom would suit it though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Naming after Grandma's is a great idea! One of mine was called Rosina! My strangely enough, two of my great grandmas were....Martha....not that I'm trying to put any pressure on you Gina! My OH is a Jon. plain name, but flashy spelling. He loves his name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 My Nan's were Vera & Edna Hmmm - Good names for chooks though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 My great great Grandma was Rose. I like that . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 My great nan was vera! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 My Mum's Edna..... what a terrible name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 I like Jonathan as a boy's name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 That's one of my middle names Martin Jonathan Malcolm B**** Moderated my own surname! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 I was named after both my grans - Shona is gaelic for Jessica (or Jessie as my nana was called) and Margaret after my dads mum. I loved the name Jessica growing up, and was always more than a little gutted that my parents opted for Shona instead. Until I married chookiehubbie that is, and I realised had it been Jessica, and not Shona, I would have become Jessie James....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 HeHe. Then we could have LJ and..... JJ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 (edited) Darren loves the name Jesse for a boy Shona! I like Shona - it's unusual Martin - Darren teaches a young chap called BJ Billy-joe (no comments from the rest of you please ) Edited May 10, 2006 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Louise Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 If I had been a boy I would have ended up with the family name of Corneilius My grandfather was shortened to Connie and my uncle calls himself Neil what would I have got Boy am I glad I was a girl Mind you I was named after a Nun I like traditional names spelled in a traditional way I am afraid (old fashioned me) I would also go for something that can't be shortened it used to annoy me when my mother in law used to call my ex Dave I always had to bite my tongue because I wanted to say whay did you call him David then I hate my name being shortened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Martin - Darren teaches a young chap called BJ chookiehubbies initials are BJ - caused him all kinds of trouble at school, apparantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Oh dear, must be getting old but it took me an hour to work that one out ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 No Kate, it's a good thing - it means you don't have the imagination of a teenage boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Well, thank heavens for that ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Go for Italy - my 'home town'! Errrr.... it may have escaped your notice Clare, but Italy isn't a 'town'. You haven't gone blonde again, have you? Pedant! (No, not blonde at all at the moment; dark red. But going shorter at the weekend!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 I struggled with names for Rosie as the ex vetoed most things that I liked Also, I find that names always remind me of people I know with that name...sometimes not always nice! (I think that grd had this problem toowith his) As soon as I knew I was expecting a girl, she was Rosie Katherine Morgan T***** (Morgan is a family name on the non-Italian side). The boy alternative would've been Sam - I preferred Harry, but that was vetoed on the grounds that one of my ex-boyfrineds was a Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
