We have no children yet but we often talk about the names, since we were 16 we decided that a boy would be Spencer Benjamin (I picked the middle b/c it was his grandfathers middle and he was close to him.) But latley he has been saying that we were going to name our boy Andrew Nathan JR. I don't really want to have my son be known as JR. Also we cannot decide the name we would have for our daughter... I love the names Dakoda, Kameron, Kadance... Any suggestions???
2007-09-12 05:23:15 · 12 answers · asked by gesmith86 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Baby Names
I have two suggestions...
#1. I'm with you on the whole Jr. thing... why not go with Andrew (for his first name) and then go with Benjamin for the middle name -- that way you both get to have part of the family name. My brother and father are both named Steve with seperate middle names... they just got tired of being called Big Steve and Little Steve : > haha
#2. Pray for a girl!
2007-09-12 05:45:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So, if you dont want a JR, try to compromise and make him a Andrew Nathan II. My step son has his fathers name, no JR though. Either that or combine the names. My family has a tradition of taking the fathers middle name and using it for a new son.I love the name Dakoda for a girl.
2007-09-12 05:31:09 · answer #2 · answered by angel2devil_420 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm with you- I don't like the Jr. thing. Maybe he would compromise like Spencer Andrew Benjamin. It may seem a little weird, but a lot of people have two middle names. Or you might just get lucky and have a girl first. I like Kadence- very cute!
2007-09-12 05:33:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could name him Andrew Nathan and just skip the whole Junior or "the II" thing. Also, you could call him Drew or Rew as his everyday name.
I don't like your girls names at all... well, at least not the spellings! Dakota is a placename, and changing it to Dakoda is one of the silliest things I've seen on here. Cameron and Cadence are ok if spelled normally!
2007-09-12 06:46:36 · answer #4 · answered by celeste 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go with II that is what we did with our first son, his name is Christopher Randall ____, II We call him Christopher and my husband is called Chris so that is how we know the difference. I will say as a girl I did not understand how much of a honor it was to my husband to have his son named after him . I wouldn't take that away from your husband, you can always name your second boy spencer. That is what we did as well, we were in the same situation had a name already then when I was 6 months along my husband said he wanted him to be named after him. While I was a bit frusterated because I thought we had already had it all worked out I did not want him to think he wasn't good enough to have his son named after him. Good Luck and just try to remind yourself that in your husbands eyes it is more than just a name to have thier son named after him it is like an honor.
2007-09-12 05:59:35 · answer #5 · answered by mommy of 3, 2 boys and a girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well my brother is named after my dad but we don't call him Jr. He's just kind of known as William Harold Oneil the 2nd. The 2nd part isn't on the birth certificate. My mom hates the name Jr so that's why Jr isn't in his name. If he really wants his boy to be named after him the see if you can gert him to let go Jr.
2007-09-12 06:20:36 · answer #6 · answered by killer_romance 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a word of caution: if you name your girls Dakoda, Kameron, or Kadance; they will go through lives with their names being spelled wrong. Try Dakota, Cameron, or Cadance instead.
2007-09-12 06:49:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So your husband wants to name a son Andrew Nathan, Jr, and you don't want him saddled with the pitfalls of being named "junior". You have a legitimate concern, but let me point something out: If your husband is known by one of the names, your son could be known by the other. (A real-life example: James Earl Carter, Sr., was known as Earl. James Earl Carter, Jr., was known as Jimmy. There's even a James Earl Carter III, who goes by Chip. Also, a hypothetical example, if I may: My first name is Allen and my middle name is Eugene. I usually identify myself by "Allen". If I were to name a son "Allen Eugene, Jr." , I could call him "Gene" [a common diminutive of Eugene].)
2007-09-12 06:38:01 · answer #8 · answered by allenbmeangene 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son is a JR, but he goes by his initials. No one ever calls him Junior and I wouldn't like it if they did. AN wouldn't really be good initials, but Andrew Nathan is a great name. I wouldn't call him the same thing your husband goes by, but you could call him Andy, Drew, Andrew, Nathan or Nate. Personally I'd go with Nate or Drew.
2007-09-12 05:47:39 · answer #9 · answered by kat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One point to remind him about JRs is that when you're all together as family and someone says "Andrew" you won't know which person they're talking to. My grandpa's name was Ken, my uncle is Ken, my cousin is Ken. And - my Dad is also Ken. What a pain at Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.
2007-09-12 05:55:15 · answer #10 · answered by Mee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋