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Honor?

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Boos75 · 21/07/2011 12:48

Hi all. Am 36 wks with DC 1 and would love your thoughts on our girls name - Honor. We both love it but I made the mistake of telling my mum who hates it and she told my aunt who said they had a ditty at school about a girl called Honor 'he was Honor and off her all night'. They usually aren't interferring or vocal about their opinions but it's thrown me a bit!

What do you think about Honor? Middle names (DH is insisting on two) are likely to be Isabella Rose or Elizabeth Rose (Rose has to be one of them) and our surname begins with G.

I love the names Isabella and Rose but would rather keep them as middle names as I know she'd get called Izzy or Rosie, which I'm not so keen on (sorry if I offend anyone by saying that).

Thank you!

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birdofthenorth · 27/07/2011 23:16

Gorgeous name

10isenough · 27/07/2011 21:04

I love this name!! I would have gone for it for DD2 except our surname is same no. of syllables beginning in 'H'.

With regards to your mother...do NOT let her shake you! She will adore her granddaughter regardless of her name & will no doubt come to love the name too once it's got such lovely associations.

This exact thing happened when naming our DD2. We told my Mother in Law our choice and she laughed/made yukky faces then got her family & friends to take the mickey out of it when we were around. (The name we'd chosen was Blythe BTW) and so when DD2 was born my husband and I picked the least offensive name we could out of a hat and then spent nearly a year regretting it. At that point we changed it. She also did the same to my brother & sister in law when naming their son - it turned into a huge family stand off. B&S in Law backed down even though the name was signifiant to S in L's and the baby's cultural heritage. (They gave him 2 English sounding biblical names so that the initials would match the nn of the name they originally wanted!)

It is completely your choice, go with your heart.

lisianthus · 21/07/2011 20:23

Great name, great meaning.

bagelmonkey · 21/07/2011 19:08

Honor is a beautiful name. I kinda wish we'd thought of it.

goingdownhill · 21/07/2011 19:02

We do the same, exactly as you would say "your Honor" more of an Onner sound.

FeelingaBitSick · 21/07/2011 18:59

Lovely, on our shortlist too!

We say it as in 'what an honor' 'yes, your Honor'

LilBB · 21/07/2011 18:53

I'm quite intrigued about whether you pronounce the H or not?

goingdownhill · 21/07/2011 18:49

Scarlett,

My DC's are DS1 William, DS2 Lucas, DD1 Honor and DD2 Alexandra.

Hope that helps .

scarlettlips · 21/07/2011 17:53

You're too kind boos75 thank you.

Fingers cross you get your wee girl, if not I'm sure he will be delicious scrumptuous pickle who might one day have a sister called Honor. xxx

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Boos75 · 21/07/2011 17:29

Hengshan Road my Dad also said something like that but thankfully we have a really unusual surname!

scarlettlips be my guest!

Am a very happy heavily pregant lady now thanks to you all x

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scarlettlips · 21/07/2011 17:17

To those who already have an Honor....

What are your other DC's called.

Sorry Boos75 for highjacking post...

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mathanxiety · 21/07/2011 17:10

A lovely name.

scarlettlips · 21/07/2011 17:02

I have an Honor Elizabeth....!!! Everyone comments on what a lovely name it is, I've not met another one (apart from my Great Granny)

HengshanRoad · 21/07/2011 15:17

Just be careful that your surname isn't anything that someone could possibly be "on". One of my dad's favourite jokes is to pause halfway through saying the first part of Honor Blackman's name...

PaperBank · 21/07/2011 14:48

Lovely choice :)

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Boos75 · 21/07/2011 14:42

Thank you all! Great to hear such lovely comments. Honor Elizabeth Rose she is. Unless she's a boy...!

goingdownhill I promise not to tell anyone else!

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MordechaiVanunu · 21/07/2011 14:15

Honor is very lovely.

randomimposter · 21/07/2011 14:01

Honor is lovely. Prefer the Elizabeth Rose MN option with Honor - runs together better.

LemonDifficult · 21/07/2011 13:59

Very nice.

franke · 21/07/2011 13:55

Lovely.

MsChanandlerBong · 21/07/2011 13:52

Lovely first name, and both gorgeous options for the middle names.
Try and put the silly comments out of your mind (easier said than done, I know) and go for it

goingdownhill · 21/07/2011 13:25

Hi, My dd1 is Honor and I LOVE her name. She is 2.4 and up to yet we have never met or heard of another. I would say go for it. My Honor is a grubby little tom boy but still her name suits her to a t. It is I think a strong name, amongst all the, milly, tilly, Rosie, Evie's....... All lovely but not my kind of thing. Go for it but please don't tell anyone I want it to stay unusual! .

MelinaM · 21/07/2011 13:04

Honor is a lovely name Love Honor Elizabeth Rose.

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