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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 3:46:47 PM
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Georgia-Peach
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And by the way, that son you mentioned in that post..IS ADORABLE!!!
Awww...thank you!!!
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 3:47:54 PM
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FWIW, we would have used Bible names, except all the ones we liked are already in use. That's what we get for having 12 siblings and countless cousins between the 2 of us.
But I thought Gabriella WAS a Biblical name. Isn't it the feminine form of the angel Gabriel? Actually, I think it's one of the prettier Biblical names and refreshing after the same old over used ones.
When I taught preschool, one of "my" babies was named Gabrielle, and called Gabby. Her mom told me she had sworn up and down she would ALWAYS be Gabrielle, and never Gabby, and she was Gabby from day #1, LOL. Did that happen to you? I've noticed you call Gabby "Gabs." That is cute.
< Message edited by OneOfHisJewels -- 8/25/2008 4:40:23 PM >
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 3:53:52 PM
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64 kids in my graduating class and 5 "Debbies"....
My first year of college I lived in a typical dorm setting with 30 or so other girls and we had 4 Susan's, 3 Lisa's, 3 Jennifer's, and 3 Debbie's on that floor. All you had to do to get the attention of nearly every room on the floor was to scream those 4 names down the hall!
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I can remember being in grade school and thinking how cool it would be to have a name that didn't need an " initial" . You know how the teacher would decorated the classroom door for Open House , with the little apples or fall leaves, one for each student's name?
Mine was always "Debbie T." because I was never the only Debbie in the class.
My eldest two have never had to deal with that, thankfully. My youngest ds only had to deal with having to use his initial once and only in kindergarten. And for the first time, late last year, my youngest dd's grade got a new student who shares my dd's name. And this year they happen to be in the same class. So she will have to use her last initial for the first time ever. Plus this year there is a new student in my eldest dd's grade that shares the same name as my youngest dd. 3 in the same building is a GOOD thing!
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 4:02:00 PM
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You know, a lot of people were talked about in the Bible without their names being listed. For all we know, there WAS a Crystal, a Madison, or a Hunter in there.
Very true!
I don't care what people name their children as long as it isn't meant to make fun of the child or is a curse word or totally inappropriate.
Just wondering... but what do people think when someone names their child Jesus (hay seus)? It's a biblical name.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 4:32:51 PM
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Names go in cycles.
I went to school with tons of Debbies, Karens, Chucks and Marks.
My grandmother had several friends names Rubye, Pearl, Lula, Gladys and Clara.
My mother's friends were Mildreds, Joans, Bettys and Lindas.
Each generation has some unusual names too.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 5:12:53 PM
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I like to look at the meaning of a name. I prefer Bible names, but I know there is a few Bible names with "dark" or "dreary" meanings. So, I wouldn't want to name my child that. So, whatever the name is, I would probaly decide based on meaning, not trendiness, nor if they are from the Bible or not.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 5:24:35 PM
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i forget where that verse is... "be fruitfulful and multiply and invent thou not, nor give unto thy offspring any new names not found herein the word of God."
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 5:37:52 PM
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I have a Jerica and a Makenna.
Jerica was not because of Jericho in the Bible. It was a name in a book that we liked. Then Makenna came out of the want to have a name with the same "k" and "a" sounds like Jerica.
I know of one family who named all their children by Bible names. I don't think it makes them any more grounded in their faith than a family who has original names. The only peeve I have is when the name is spelt in a way that it almost takes an interpreter to say.
Everyone is different and like different names. The world would be boring if we all had the same names.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 6:36:00 PM
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The name you took special offense at, Allura, mean "divine counselor". The name is quite beautiful and powerful in it's meaning.
Thanks, I didn't realize there was that meaning, although that's the Old English root for the name. The Old French/Spanish root is:
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Allura \a-llu-ra\ is of Old French origin, and its meaning is "to entice, attract". Based on the noun, which means "power of attraction".
This was no doubt what the parents had in mind, seeing how they dressed her and they themselves dressed.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 7:28:15 PM
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I worked in an inner-city NICU for 24 years. You wanna talk about names . . .  Some of them would be TOS violations if I printed them here.
I have only one issue with the names people choose for their children, and that's with, for lack of any other term, "ghetto" names. Right or wrong, people do tend to form opinions about people based on their name. Right or wrong, Hunter, Rachel, and Jackson will tend to do better in school and have more opportunities than will Precious, Treyshawn, and Placenta (yes, that's an actual name). Please don't take offense if you or one of your children has one of these names - I'm simply trying to make a point. Again, I'm not saying it's right, but if you want your child to be successful, you really do have to give them a name that's considered "normal" to most people.
I struggle to understand why a parent would want to handicap their child with a name that makes a negative statement to most people. You can call your child anything you want at home, but his or her given name should be something that could be put on an office door without making everyone who walked by either cringe or snicker.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 9:03:45 PM
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Not trying to be rude. I wasn't pointing out anyone personally. Some of my close friends have given their kids those names (cringe!). To me, it's a societal trend that mirrors a greater trend away from our Judeo/Christian roots. Big-picture-wise, it's not a positive sign, IMO.
I do think a name has significance for a child. It's the first thing we give them that will help shape their identity, and a Biblical name can make a statement just as much as a trendy name, maybe more so. It can be one way of signifying a commitment of the child to a counter-cultural upbringing, towards faith in God. Of course it won't make one child better than another, or parents, for that matter.
And by the way, the new-agish names I was thinking of (other than Talon)were Sequoia, Sedona, etc, which I meant to include (My editing is a work in progress). The others I'd classify as 'trendy'.
ps -I agree, Hunter is a darn cute kid...
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 9:11:48 PM
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As someone who has had medical records lost, insurance cancelled and banking information switched all because I share my first and last name with another bajillion people, I will absolutely not give my children popular names, and most biblical names fall into that category.
Never thought of that... My names pretty unusual, and I hated it for the longest time. My wife's a Deborah, shortened to Debi, so she might agree with you. I'm really talking about Biblical names, which won't be so popular when our kids are adults, rather than popular.
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Who cares what someone else names their child?
Obviously a lot of folks. Look what i started...
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 9:19:15 PM
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Walk into any conservative church or school, and you'll likely find a Sarah, a Hannah, a Rebekah and a Rachel. Don't get me wrong, I think those are all pretty names, but they are overused.
Doesn't even have to be that conservative! Now, I love the names Abigail and Elizabeth, but they too are overused. Abigail is the number 2 name for girls in the USA right now. Rats. dH doesn't like the name Elizabeth because of certain nicknames like Lizzie.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 9:22:08 PM
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ORIGINAL: OneOfHisJewels
Walk into any conservative church or school, and you'll likely find a Sarah, a Hannah, a Rebekah and a Rachel. Don't get me wrong, I think those are all pretty names, but they are overused.
Not here in the UK they aren't. My Sarah is definitely the only Sarah in her year (out of 150 girls), and she hasn't encountered any other Sarahs in the other years of her high school either. There is one other Sarah at church, and that's all. Sophie and Jade are the most popular names she has noticed.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 9:25:28 PM
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OneOfHisJewels
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Oh, that's cool. I hope you don't mind your daughter's name was on my list. My own is there, too, lol.
From what I have seemed to pick up on with forums, tourists that come to the U.S., etc., "Katie" is very popular in the UK. Is that correct?
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