2007-01-06 14:25:56 · 33 answers · asked by Snow Leopard 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Baby Names
No, I don't think you should. You get to name your girl what you like, but if you really are worried about it, you could use someone's name you like as a middle name, or have another form of a name as your daughter's. Good luck!
2007-01-06 14:27:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definitely not. Some people try so hard to put everyone's name in there, it's just ridiculous. Seriously, I once delivered a baby boy with 9 names, plus his last name. If you want to, fine. If there's a name you like, certainly. But with a family name, there seems to come a lot of pressure to not hurt someone else's feelings. Before you know it, you have Jack Larry Harold Peter Steven. And no one wants that. I always know immediately if a baby is named after someone. No one names their kid Richard or Frank these days.
2007-01-06 18:44:53 · answer #2 · answered by trivial 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, never!!! Unless it's a long-standing family tradition and then I think you could see your way into throwing the name in there somewhere. Say a 3rd or 4th middle name. That's what I'm going to do for my mother-in-law if we have a girl. It will be Jessalyn Elizabeth (my Mom) Cassandra (his Mom is Sandra). That way I don't have to hear her whine about how we named her after my Mom and not his. Sometimes a little concession can make for a lifetime of peace and harmony!
2007-01-06 17:42:05 · answer #3 · answered by LindaLou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't believe that you should feel bad. As a child that's name is ALL about family background, they really don't have a sense of themselves, always feel that they have to live up to the name.
It is your child, and it should be your decision what you name it.
2007-01-06 15:10:21 · answer #4 · answered by Heather K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely yes!
Names are an imporant thing, it serves to define a person and who they are. That is why Catholics name their children after saints, or why some people name their children after heros. Names help people define who they are.
I was lucky and have a great saint's name (Lawrence). I have a friend named Alexander Michael and he draws strenght from who he is named after, Alexander the Great and St. Michael.
In contrast I have a friend who was named Brenda, after Brenda Lee the singer. When we talked about names one night it came out that I was named after a great Christian martyr, and she was named after the girl who sang "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree". She felt kind of bad about that. I know another girl who was named Pamela after (belive it or not) the name on the inside of a hat box! This does not serve to boost her ego either.
So name your little girl something strong and important that will give her a good image of her self. Something that includes her family background, so she knows where she comes from, and something that inspires her to be a strong and proud person.
Name her something like Victoria (queen), Joan (saint), Elizabeth (queen), Barbara (saint, patroness of the field artillery corps). For G-d's sake do NOT name her after some idiot singer or a rock or store or a city in Europe or something stupid like that!
2007-01-06 14:39:16 · answer #5 · answered by Larry R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I dont think so. Not at all. Think of it this way.. your adding to your familys history. U cant just keep it all at one level, make your history grow. U never know, maybe later a relative may be named after your little girl.
2007-01-06 14:40:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've often contemplated the same thing....I can't quite figure it out myself. All I know is that in the Jewish religion, you don't name after living people, and you do choose a relative who lived during your time (ie a grandparent who passed away when you were young) and choose to honor them through your child's name. But I think it's nice to do so.
2007-01-06 16:26:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I'm not named after anyone in the family. And I probably will not name my kids after anyone, either. If I do, it would only be by some strange coincidence.
2007-01-06 14:29:17 · answer #8 · answered by Jack 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't name her something because it's got background, name her something because the name is the most beautiful name you can think to give her, backround or no.
2007-01-06 15:00:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If someone is pressuring you saying that it's tradition, remember tradition is just another word for habit and habits are broken all the time.
There is absolutely no reason why you can't name your child whatever you want to name them.
All the best to you.
2007-01-06 14:34:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋