What to name our baby boy "who happens to be white"?

Question

We are a caucasian lesbian couple and are struggling with naming our baby boy to come any day now. We'd like to hyphenate our two last names and give him the first name as Dante. So, it would be Dante Kanterezhi-Gatto. Is that too different of a name for a caucasian boy with two mommies?

Answer 1

no anyway its up to you to decide don't let other people change your mind

Answer 2

The most famous Dante was Italian, and, therefore, caucasian. The last name seems awfully long, but I fully respect your decision to hyphenate. As a heterosexual woman, I plan to hyphenate my (future) child's name, too, though I sometimes wish there were a more elegant solution. If everyone follows my example, in a few generations, my descendants' last name could be Murphy-Stein-Hwang-Peterson-Calderman-Martinez-Choudhury-Chandler! The other option is to give the child the surname of the person who most justly deserves it, i.e., the person who gives birth, but this might not work for lesbian parents who are already having enough trouble having both parents recognized as legitimate.

Answer 3

Why not combine the key elements of your two last names and create something euphonious like Kanto (Can-toe)?

It has a nice rhythm with Dante, and sounds Italian, as well.

You could do Kanga, but that was taken by A.A. Milne.

Seriously, consider the challenges this youngster will face. Choose a last name for him that honors the two of you while not challenging him further.

Answer 4

I would say just name him dante-gatto that sounds so totally cool besides dante kanterezhi-gatto is a mouthful it would take him for ever to learn how to say his name or maybe dante kanteregatto that sounds cool too

Answer 5

love it you name your baby an appropriate name for him what ever the both of you choose and I love the hyphenated name idea it gives him a connection to the both of you and good luck with your little bundle of joy - hmm I believe this is a new trend anyway I do a lot of genealogy research and notice that years ago the first child's middle name is the mothers maiden name in a lot of my ancestors

Answer 6

im a teen boy white and dante is ok i guess but the second part is a little out there. in the end its up to you. no matter what it is people will get used to it eventually

Answer 7

i desire the rage reverses. no longer because i imagine women' names on boys might want to be positive, yet because it would want to coach large social progression. somewhat of encouraging women to develop into masculine as a way to achieve success, an attractiveness of girls' names on boys might want to signify that society has began to value woman identities and woman heritage. Realistically regardless of the reality that, i imagine a mixture of one and a couple of will take position! mothers and fathers will likely choose even more effective classic names for boys, till finally they start up using a number of the a lot less time-honored "unisex" names, like Emery, suggested by technique of more effective time-honored ones like Aubrey and Addison. perchance interior the top all names turns into in basic terms masculine or female back... i imagine i might want to like that even more effective than the opposite style, and it will be a lot less complicated!

Answer 8

Let's face it the child is going to have enough problems
explaining the fact that he has two mothers being his
mother and father than having to give him another
objective to bring special attention to him. If you are
going to be parents, show some consideration for your
child like other parents. It's about being good parents
not about being gay.

Answer 9

lol I am sorry that just sounded funny I still cant get over just about everything you wrote. But that's beside the point how about LaTavius

Answer 10

Just name him Sue. It's easier to spell and he won't get any more *** whoopins as you're name is going to get him.

Answer 11

Spot?