A friend and his wife named ONE son Campbell and the other son Jackson. Anyone out there have an explanation for this? Others are following suit.
2007-11-10 08:58:35 · 17 answers · asked by ? 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Baby Names
Is it an attempt to make the child's name unique?
2007-11-10 08:59:17 · update #1
Lennon is the LAST name you would see on my list of names for my child! Ugh! That's a horrible first name!
2007-11-11 07:47:44 · update #2
It's a largely futile attempt at sophistication.
Surnames were originally made up from employment, place names or parents names - eg. Williams, Johnson, O'Neil, Baker, Tailor, Smith, Rivers, Woodfield, Ashby.
Surnames were originally used because a lot of people had similar names. Using surnames as first names gives more diversity to names. Eg. John Smith, Jefferson Cole.
2007-11-10 21:01:54 · answer #1 · answered by Jesusa 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Well, my first name is a family last name (Carson), and I was always happy that was the name I was given because the popular names of my generation were Jennifer, Danielle and Andrea and Stephany.... not that my mother had any of them on her list, thankfully. She had more imagination than most.
Long before it was the "trendy" thing to do, I had several "last" names as first names on my list.... I started to write down cool, non-popular names back in high school. Two names that were on there that I can't use because they clash with my married last name are Weiland and Lennon....
2007-11-10 10:37:24 · answer #2 · answered by bookworm 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Alot of times it is used to keep the mother's name in the family. You know like she gets his name so she can use her last name as a first for the baby to keep the name in the family. I couldn't my last name would never fit as a first.
2007-11-10 09:05:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
I love those names. I don't think it's necessarily about naming the baby something "unique" as much as it's liking the sound of the names. They're good, strong names. Not like the little boy sounding names .... like Toby, Colby, Tanner, Elijah, Noah, etc.
2007-11-10 10:07:15 · answer #4 · answered by Adeline 2 · 3⤊ 3⤋
depends on what they think is a good first name I believe....
alot of parents name their kids after movie stars so weird names are to be expected...
look at the names the beckhams kids have got....
some are defo strange, but at least they are more identifyable for their name rather than shrouded in obscurity by a name shared with thousands of people.....
whatever tickles their pickle IMO...
although I do think you are right....some names are just stupid :P :P
2007-11-10 09:03:33 · answer #5 · answered by t0mb0mb24 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Well some lastnames are first names, also. Example: my last name, Crawford, is a scottish first name, meaning Crow Ford and Thompson is a English first name, meaning son of Thomas.
2007-11-10 09:09:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
My name is a last name. I was named after my late grandmother. Her maiden name was Reese.
2007-11-10 09:21:53 · answer #7 · answered by Reese 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
My cousins named their son "Cottler". It's a family name. I don't think it was in their son's best interest to give him a name like that.
2007-11-10 09:03:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
I think it has come back in style. Used to be done to include the Mother's name if the family was well-known
2007-11-10 09:07:25 · answer #9 · answered by Nora 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
jackson is an ok name for anyone whether it's first, last, or even middle.
but i do have to agree w/ u tht campbell isn't the smartest choice for a kids name.
2007-11-10 09:09:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋