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12-13-2012 at 10:06 AM
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Poll: When selecting a name...

It amazes me that a lot of people don't know the meaning of their child's name. Just curious, when you decide on a name, do you decide based on

a. sound but I look up  the meaning 

b. sound only

c. meaning only

 

 
12-13-2012 at 10:10 AM
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12-13-2012 at 10:15 AM
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A. I think that meaning is very important! As a child I always looked up my name to find the meaning in different baby name books I came across and I think I would have been very disappointing if my name meant "stinky lump of lard". Not that any names mean that, but you get my drift... lol

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12-13-2012 at 10:21 AM
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I go for sound first and if it has a good meaning then that is just a bonus. I'm not sure that a lot of people look up the meaning of their name.

 
12-13-2012 at 10:22 AM
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A.

Edit: I go by sound first, but meaning is what I go to if I couldn't decide.  I think some of the names on my list are due to their meaning (at least for girl names). 

I don't like it when people use meanings though to go crazy with names.  It could mean "Golden joy" in Sanskrit, but no one can pronounce it, really what's the point?  Just so you can tell everyone "We picked it because it means golden joy"? Sometimes I think its for people to be AWs.  I remember someone posting about their co-working that had a daughter named Desiree and her telling every.single.person what the name meant.

To me not knowing your child's name meaning and not considering it when deciding are two different things. 


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12-13-2012 at 10:29 AM
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A. I guess.  I know the meaning of my DD's name, but there are names I would use regardless of meaning because family significance is more important.  For example, Athena is a family name and if the H agreed, we would use it no matter what the etomology meaning was.  That's not to say I wouldn't look it up eventually, but I wouldn't think anything of it if the name had a less than desirable meaning. 


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12-13-2012 at 10:29 AM
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A.

 

We liked the name Marilyn but i didn't love that it meant "bitterness" so we crossed it off the list.  


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12-13-2012 at 10:31 AM
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I guess A, but I don't really care about the meaning, so I would be looking at it more out of curiosity. Unless the meaning was very common and known (and "bad"), it would not turn me off from a name. I don't even know if my name has a meaning, lol. I definitely wouldn't expect my friends and family to know or care about it.

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12-13-2012 at 10:31 AM
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I don't care what the name "means" 

12-13-2012 at 10:32 AM
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TheWop:

A. I guess.  I know the meaning of my DD's name, but there are names I would use regardless of meaning because family significance is more important.  For example, Athena is a family name and if the H agreed, we would use it no matter what the etomology meaning was.  That's not to say I wouldn't look it up eventually, but I wouldn't think anything of it if the name had a less than desirable meaning. 

 

See this is a name I actually know the meaning of, because it's my mom's name and she likes to remind me very frequently that she is "wise." lol 


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12-13-2012 at 10:33 AM
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12-13-2012 at 10:36 AM
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I know what my kids' names mean, but the meanings don't matter much to me. At one point we were highly considering the name Mallory for DD2, which means "unlucky".

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12-13-2012 at 10:51 AM
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A. mostly

I will admit to being a bit of a special snowflake.  I like sounds and history (connection to the past can be through what the name means or influential people who have shared it) so history can be construed as meaning.

EDIT: I know I've shared this before, but I've been very influenced by my coworkers, many of whom are Chinese.  Several take their name meanings very seriously (and have asked several times what my name means and are confused when I say I don't know).  I'm often driven to look at name meanings now because of them.


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12-13-2012 at 11:03 AM
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12-13-2012 at 11:09 AM
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MrsWindyCity:
I guess A, but I don't really care about the meaning, so I would be looking at it more out of curiosity. Unless the meaning was very common and known (and "bad"), it would not turn me off from a name. I don't even know if my name has a meaning, lol. I definitely wouldn't expect my friends and family to know or care about it.

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12-13-2012 at 11:17 AM
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 I'm kind of a special snowflake too.  I am not as concerned with etymological meaning as family or historical significance.  DD's name is my mom's surname and DS's name is Lincoln.  Both names are technically place names, but we chose one to honor my family and the other because of our admiration for the president.  We like how both names sound and wouldn't have chosen them if we thought they were ugly, but what helped us make the final decision in both cases was the personal meaning of the names to us.

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12-13-2012 at 11:21 AM
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Really A, but I have been trying to find a name based on meaning and it hasn't been going well. 

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12-13-2012 at 11:25 AM
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Like PPs, I'm a bit of a SS.  DS is named after his grand-fathers. I did look up the meaning to his first name and liked it, but I don't think I would have changed his name if I didn't like the meaning.  

For this one, I would fall into category A if it's a boy. If it's a girl, we are naming her after our mothers. I know my mom's name means "the annointed one" (Kristine). Otherwise, I have no idea what my MIL's name means.

 


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12-13-2012 at 11:38 AM
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A, but technically I'm a SS too.

I liked the sound and meaning of DS1's name, "divine gift." DS2's name literally means freeman, which isn't necessarily meaningful, but the relative and the saint for whom he was named are meaningful to us.

So while I look up a name's meaning, it doesn't necessarily take it off the list if it has a neutral or negative connotation. ie I'd still use Mary because of the saint even though the name means "bitterness."


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12-13-2012 at 11:46 AM
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Other, I need to know the meaning and if it's not something I appreciate then I won't consider it. On the contrary, our girl's choice for this next baby was finalized when we discovered the meaning. 
12-13-2012 at 11:48 AM
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A.     when I look up the name, what it means doesn't usually draw me away from the name though. it would have to be something crazy like devil spawn. lol

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12-13-2012 at 12:05 PM
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A.  

I won't even consider a name if I don't like the way it sounds.  But I may consider using it if I like the sound but not the meaning.  It just depends on how much I like the name.  But I always look up the name.


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12-13-2012 at 12:18 PM
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12-13-2012 at 12:29 PM
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A. for sure. 


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12-13-2012 at 1:00 PM
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A - needs to have a nice flow but the meaning is extremely important in my opinion
 
12-13-2012 at 1:32 PM
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A. However, for pur boy name choice, we woulf use it regardless of meaning because of family significance.


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12-13-2012 at 1:58 PM
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Can I be a special snowflake?  I will absolutely cross a name off my list if I don't like the meaning, it doesn't seem special enough or if it's associated with something bad.  But I wouldn't pick something that sounded bad with our last name either.  And when it comes to picking a middle name, I think the way it sounds or flows is least important but, it's still something worth weighing.

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12-13-2012 at 2:21 PM
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this decaf life:

I don't care what the name "means" 

 

This.  


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12-13-2012 at 3:59 PM
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D: meaning is very important (like it will make or break the name for me) but I need to like how it sounds
 
12-13-2012 at 4:17 PM
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this decaf life:

I don't care what the name "means" 

 

exactly, it is never relevant! 


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