Wow! How did I miss this part of Specktra for this long???
Anyways ... my oldest son is Shelby Eldred Ford (yes ... two middle names). Shelby is for Carroll Shelby (the creator of the 1967 Shelby Ford Mustang GT 500 also known as 'Eleanor' and the Dodge Viper, amongst many other hot cars), Eldred was my grandfather whom I promised I would name a kid after when I was nine right before he died, and Ford is for both the car and my great-uncle (he and my great-aunt never had kids of their own, so we wanted to honor him too).
The baby (actually two ... but still MY baby) is Atticus Neo. Atticus is for Atticus Finch, the dad in To Kill a Mockingbird (the best, most profound book ever) and Neo is made up of one letter from both their father's name (Smokey ... yes that is his real name), my name Erin and Shelby's name. No ... he is NOT named after the Matrix guy, though we love that movie!
If we ever have a girl (doubtful at this point) she will be Briseis (pronounced Brih-say-us ... the Trojan priestess of Apollo that Achilles falls for in the Iliad) Persephone (Odysseus's wife in the Odyssey).
I have a notebook full of names, but I will not be having anymore. Perhaps, if my daughter changes her mind about having children, it'll be of use to her. My brother has "the gay"
, so he probably won't get much mileage out of it, either. [/quote]
lol..I thought i was the only one that said"the gay"..I always tell one of my best guy friends that he has it..lol..
I too have notebook filled with names for my future children i'm probably not gonna have anytime soon! I already have 2 boys..I think I'm good for now..maybe in another 7 years I'll try for another.
it's a big joke in my family because my sons are 7 days and 7 years apart..lucky me the youngest was born in 06 instead of 07 because that would have been too weird. lol..My mom says in 7 years she expects me to tell her I'm preggo again on X-mas like I did with the 1st two..lmaooo.
"I'm pregnant pass the peas"-Molly Ringwald in FOR KEEPS is what i get compared too every X-mas..
BTW my sons names are:
Zaiah Alexander-8
Bryceon(said BRY-SIN) Dasani-2
Originally Posted by NutMeg I've always thought that was cute but I know a couple of families who've done it and wish they hadn't, for reasons like not being able to use initials on belongings or writing down appointments on calendars, and for forms and stuff.
my parents did this with the letter M, and the only reason i find it annoying is because before my mom says my name, she calls me 2 different names before. It gets confusing, i still have family members who don't know if im melissa or melanie? lmao
^ Often my dad has to go through most of our names before he gets it right. None of our names are remotely similar, so I can't imagine how he would have coped with similar names.
My daughters name is Penelope MorningStar....
I want 2 more girls and already got their names picked...
*Lily-Ann (pronounced Lillian) EveningStar
*Sadie Rain
Girls: Alexandra, Arianne, Arya (yes, I like A names), Morgan, Emmeline,
Boys: Alexander (lol!), Sebastian, Drustan, uhhh, there are some others probably. I'm sort of drawing a blank (usually I can think up 20 I REALLY REALLY like).