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12-24-2012 at 7:03 AM
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Namesake or sound?

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What's more important? To choose a name because you are honoring a family member or to choose a name because it sounds good?

We chose Grant for our son's first name, which is not at all a family name... we just like it. However, we're stuck on a middle.

I want to do Grant Daniel after my brother, Daniel John, because I love him but I really hate the sound.

I like Grant William and that's my husband's grandfather's first name BUT our first son is completely named after my husband's side of the family and I'd like to honor my family somehow.

Thoughts?

Other choices from my side are Theodore, Charles, and Xavier but none have quite the same meaning as Daniel or even John... Which both sound terrible with Grant.

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12-24-2012 at 7:05 AM
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I, personally, like naming after family members. I think it should still have somewhat of a flow but I think Grant Daniel sounds fine.

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12-24-2012 at 7:07 AM
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For first name?  Sound.

For middle name?  Namesake.

First and middle flow? The person I'm honoring is 100% more important than flow and sound of the first and middle together.  I would not choose to honor someone else just because it went together better.

I like Grant Daniel!


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12-24-2012 at 7:07 AM
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Personal decision, but, for me family meaning won out over sound with DS3.  I REALLY wanted some connection to my side of the family with him, since our girl's name would have been 2 family names from my side.  I am in love with the name we picked now : ).  His middle name will be after my only brother.  (DS1's mn is my dad's name, and DS2's mn is my DH's mn and his grandfather's fn).  I can't WAIT to share his name after he is born!!

I don't see what sounds bad about Grant Daniel?  I think it sounds fine.  I guess I would consider whether you think you will be sad if you never have another boy and don't get to name a boy after an important person in YOUR life.  That's sort of how we made our decision.



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12-24-2012 at 7:28 AM
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I like the sound of Grant Daniel better than Grant William. 
 
12-24-2012 at 7:36 AM
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Joy2611:

For first name?  Sound.

For middle name?  Namesake.

First and middle flow? The person I'm honoring is 100% more important than flow and sound of the first and middle together.  I would not choose to honor someone else just because it went together better.

I like Grant Daniel!

 I totally agree with all of this!


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12-24-2012 at 7:39 AM
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Joy2611:

For first name?  Sound.

For middle name?  Namesake.

First and middle flow? The person I'm honoring is 100% more important than flow and sound of the first and middle together.  I would not choose to honor someone else just because it went together better.

I like Grant Daniel!

I totally agree with this. It resulted in our son's name being a bit of a tongue twister (our last name starts with an S sound also--god help this kid if he has a lisp), but I think it's more than worth it to have a name with meaning. My name follows the same mold (first that my parents liked, middle after a grandparent) and I love it.

FWIW, I think Grant Daniel sounds good!


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12-24-2012 at 7:53 AM
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Grace0609:

I don't see what sounds bad about Grant Daniel?nbsp; I think it sounds fine.nbsp; I guess I would consider whether you think you will be sad if you never have another boy and don't get to name a boy after an important person in YOUR life.nbsp; That's sort of how we made our decision.


Very good point. And I agree with you all when it comes to namesake. I think it would be such an honor to have a child named after me so i can see how much it would mean to someone else. it's such a nice way to tell someone how important they are to you.

I guess I was just getting cold feet. People can be so harsh about names that sound funny... grant daniel when said with a southern twang is very silly. i feel like if you choose one that doesn't sound great, you're setting the kid up for a lifetime of... "Well, I was named after my uncle" excuses.

However, I appreciate your Grant Daniel support. How often will he really be called that anyway, right? And it's not as bad the more I hear it... Trying to erase the southern twang from my sound memory...

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12-24-2012 at 8:17 AM
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I think naming after family members (or at least names with significance) is very important. People will ask you how your child got their name all the time, and someday your chid will ask you. What a great way to get to tell him about someone important to you.

 I love Grant Daniel, and I even practiced saying  it with my Southern twang. I actually like the flow of Daniel Grant better, and he could still go by Grant. I like both though! It's a great combination and sounds very masculine and distinguished. 



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12-24-2012 at 8:56 AM
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I think naming after family is more important, especially for a middle name.  I think since Grant is one syllable it's hard to pair with any middle name to start with.  I like Grant Daniel over Grant William.  Grant Charles is also nice.  Even though I have  DS named Theodore it doesn't seem to go well with Grant.

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12-24-2012 at 9:05 AM
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jeanbean80:
I like the sound of Grant Daniel better than Grant William. 

This! And it has more meaning for you, which makes it the perfect choice Smile.


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12-24-2012 at 9:08 AM
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Of all your choices, I like Grant Daniel the best.  I really like both names and I alove that Daniel honors your brother.

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12-24-2012 at 9:18 AM
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I think Grant Daniel sounds fine!
 
12-24-2012 at 9:45 AM
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I actually really, really like Grant Daniel, so I don't see that there's any problem.  In general though, I care more about meaning than flow.

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12-24-2012 at 10:00 AM
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Naming after family is more important to me. I think Grant Daniel sounds fine.


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12-24-2012 at 10:07 AM
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I like Grant Daniel. But to answer your question, I'm the complete opposite of everyone else here. I like that DD has her own name that no one else in the family will have. It's not a tradition to use family names for us and we didn't feel the need to change that. We just chose something we loved and sounded good.

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12-24-2012 at 11:03 AM
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Grant Daniel sounds fine so I wouldn't worry about sound vs honoring someone...

That bring said, we gave our child an original name... If we were to honor one person in our family and not all of them I would have DH entire family coming after me... Maybe even mine!

I would prefer to choose that person to be my child's godparent rather than naming my child after them, but I guess I'm in the minority...

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12-24-2012 at 11:29 AM
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I think Grant Daniel sounds fantastic!  What don't you like about it?

I don't really have an opinion about the sound vs. family debate because my kids are different.  My DD was totally a name we both just loved - no family names.  DS has a family name in the middle (but we also thought it sounded good so it was win-win).

If we have a third baby we have decided that one of the names boy or girl will be in honor of my maternal grandparents who mean a lot to me.  We will likely try to find a non family name that we love to go with the family name.  But at the end of the day, flow will come second to honoring my grandparents. 

I see both ways, do what your gut says :).


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12-24-2012 at 1:16 PM
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I think my mind was just blown when someone suggested just picking a name you like rather than naming a child after someone. I am laughing at the fact that I barely considered it. I mean, one of the names, sure, but both?! Wink wink... This would take too much creativity in my world.

But I so appreciate the Grant Daniel love. I think Daniel Grant has better flow but I'd rather name him Grant. Just a personal preference. We can call him grayunt dayunyul just for fun.

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12-24-2012 at 6:39 PM
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Joy2611:

For first name?  Sound.

For middle name?  Namesake.

This.


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12-26-2012 at 12:42 AM
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wcvsb3b5:
I, personally, like naming after family members. I think it should still have somewhat of a flow but I think Grant Daniel sounds fine.

I agree with this. I think unless the flow is truly terrible honoring the family member is more important, especially if it's the middle name. It will be very rare for people to use the first/middle combo together and your brother will be honored knowing the baby is named after him.  


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