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What inspired your DC names?

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AllRoadsLeadBackToRadley · 01/05/2017 10:24

First of all, I'm completely "out" on here, so really haven't got an issue with posting my kid's names.

Everyone I know seems to have a beautifully romantic story about the naming of their DC- they saw a rock and just knew that was the name of their baby, the place they were conceived, they were named after someone in the family, etc.

I've loved the name Korbyn since I was 17, and saw a movie called Teen Agent- the cheeky little shit hero in the movie was Michael Corbyn.

And Karyn is named after Whoopi Goldberg (real name) as she was my hero growing up.

I'd love to hear others' inspirations!

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LinaBo · 01/05/2017 11:31

DD has a flower name because a butterfly flew in through the open window as she was being born (Butterfly was considered but we're not hippy enough). We hadn't picked anything beforehand because DH didn't seem to like any of my suggestions.

Middle names are DH's late mother's name and my family surname - a complicated one, we didn't want to double barrel, so in the UK it's a second middle name, in my country she has one middle name and two surnames. She isn't keen on her first middle name so when asked she says her name is MiniLina my surname DH's surname.

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AllRoadsLeadBackToRadley · 01/05/2017 11:22

Fenella I always said that, if we'd have had a third, his/her name would be Daryll River.

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GinIsIn · 01/05/2017 11:21

First name is after a character in my favourite book, and middle names are for his 2 grandfathers.

SaorAlbaGuBrath · 01/05/2017 11:20

It's pretty common in our family to have more than one middle name. The second one tends to get dropped on official paperwork and stuff but we know it's there and why.

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AllRoadsLeadBackToRadley · 01/05/2017 11:18

We had the usual "DD will hate it when she's older" about her middle name (Roberta Edelweiss!). Nope- she loves it!

I kept my maiden name when me and DH married, and the DC have his name. DD now wants to double-barrel her surname to both mine and DH's so that they spell out...KFC. 😂

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QuietNameChange · 01/05/2017 11:11

Same :) DD also has 2 middle names...

We only ever use a shortened version of her first name. DC2 will (most likely) get 3 names as well...

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AllRoadsLeadBackToRadley · 01/05/2017 11:03

Glad to hear I'm not the only one who gave my DC's more than one middle name. We very rarely use them anyway- just the first middle name iyswim?

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SaorAlbaGuBrath · 01/05/2017 10:59

DS1 - my grannie misheard and thought I'd named him for her Dad, so I did and just use the nickname for him, and his middle name is my dad's name. A very traditional Scottish name.

DD - named after DPs late mum, my mum and my late grannie. 3 very traditional names, she uses the nickname of her first name day to day though.

DS2 - DPs pick, Irish, and I hated it (we live in an area where sectarianism is rife unfortunately) until I saw his face on the scan and it just fitted him perfectly. Middle names are after his dad and grandad (same name) and my best friend who died while I was pregnant so we used the masculine form of her name as a middle name.

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AllRoadsLeadBackToRadley · 01/05/2017 10:58

I knew I would always call a baby Korbyn- I just struggled with the middle name. I WANTED either Korbyn Albus or Korbyn Severus. Fought with DH for months 😂.

Then he became a Michael Flatley wannabe...ouch! The Beatles were playing full blast one night. "Hey Jude" came on and he stopped kicking. Korbyn Jude it was! So I guess I do have a "romantic story" surrounding his name after all.

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FennyBridges · 01/05/2017 10:55

Travelling! And a Saint's name (there's almost as many of this name in the Uffizi as there are Madonnas!)

QuietNameChange · 01/05/2017 10:52

About 5 months of lists, several online profiles and baby name books. Looks like it will be similar for DC2.

And then just... the name that "felt" right when we saw DD (we had picked out 3 names to choose from).

Seeing as our names have to work in various languages (at least 3, preferably 5....)many of the names I've "always liked" were suddenly
not possible because they sound bad in English/DH couldn't pronounce it etc.... Plus, we really looked into the meaning of the name.

If it sounded good in the necessary lnaguages, had a nice meaning, wasn't very religious or overly popular... That were our criteria.

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 01/05/2017 10:28

My son was named after my grandfather who died before I was born - first name, and DH's grandfather - middle name.