For those of you with children, what made you decide to give them the name you did?

Question

Where they named after someone else? A Favorite name? A storybook character, etc., ?

Answer 1

My kids first names are very traditional and Biblical: Gabriella, Zachary and Hannah.
Their middle names are all family names that tie them to our family line.
It was a way of giving them a unique first name (wings), but roots in their middle names.

Answer 2

My ex and I could not agree on a name. I liked Dylan James, he wanted Zachariah (see, I'm divorced from the idiot now hahaha) Anyway, we decided to both go thru the baby names book and write 10-15 names we were sure we liked. When we compared our list there was only one that that we both had...Aaron. I still wanted to use the James and again he tried to buck it he wanted Aaron Zachariah. I settled for Aaron Zachary. Well, just recently I told my son (he's 11 now) that I had wanted the James because it was my fathers middle name but his dad didn't want it) No big deal UNTIL my father passed away a few months ago and now my son wants us to add James to his name. He was VERY close with my dad. So I've got o research adding James. He'd have 4 names but said that he'd prefer to be Aaron James.

Answer 3

I thought long and even prayed before I named my two daughters. I wanted their names to mean something, not just be some popular name from a book.

My first is Sarah Elizabeth. It means a princess dedicated to God. I want my daughters to know God loves them and has a good plan for their lives.

My last is Christina Rose. It means christlike flower.

My first child came easily and joyfully. My Tina was born after 3 miscarriages in a row. The rose part of her name came from a Bible verse in Isaiah that says, "where the thorn plant has been, the flowering tree will grow." She was my flower after the thorn of 3 losses. I tend to favor biblical names, but not all of them, some are weird!

Answer 4

My first born was named after my late brother even though I didn't plan it that way.He just looked like an Andrew.My second son was named after birth because he looked loke a David & my daughter was named because we liked the name Sophie.No names were chosen before the birth 'cos I wanted to meet them 1st to see if the names would siut the child.

Answer 5

One is named after a town that we found very pretty, liked the name.....
the other is named after a character in a series of novels we both like.....

Answer 6

For my daughter's name, me & my husband chose it out of a baby name book called Popular & Unusual Baby Names. They had taken all the names from people born in CA in 1969 & put them in the book (mine being one of them) :-) My son ended up being named after a soap opera character :-) My daughter's middle name is a family name & my son's middle name is his father's first name :-)

Answer 7

I just liked the name

Answer 8

We found the name Madison in a baby name book and fell in love with it. Her middle name, Emily came from her Great Grandmother.

Answer 9

My parents named me after the first name they saw in the baby book..
Aaron

Answer 10

For my daughter...her father chose her first name (I think so I wouldn't name her after my mother) lol and I chose her middle name from this adorable little girl I used to take care of in the church nursery! For my son...we both chose his first name and his middle name is his fathers first name!

Meagan Shea and Jacob Royal