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« Reply #7755 on: 11:16:20, 28-09-2008 » |
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Apologies to anyone called Zachary who may post here but I don't like the name and cannot see (especially when he starts school) he will be called anything but Zack and then how will that go with the surname? If it is a one syllable surname it will sound awfully abrupt, i.e., Zack Jones, whereas Zack Jenkins sounds a bit better.  A strong naming pattern is very useful if anyone is researching their ancestry. One family Christian name we have stretching way back to mid 1700s (but alas no longer in present generation) is Loveday, which I think is rather nice. |
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« Reply #7756 on: 11:20:43, 28-09-2008 » |
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If it is a one syllable surname it will sound awfully abrupt, i.e., Zack Jones, whereas Zack Jenkins sounds a bit better. Zack Lee could be problematic ...  |
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« Reply #7757 on: 11:25:16, 28-09-2008 » |
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My own sons have names that are slightly unusual, though traditional - actually one of them has become fashionable, much to my annoyance. We gave them very traditional middle names in case they objected to their first names, but they both seem quite happy.
The surname is two syllables, Anty, but I still think it's too abrupt.
In my ancestry I found Equilla and Leonora, also Bradshaw used as a first name.
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« Reply #7758 on: 11:48:58, 28-09-2008 » |
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I've never come across the name Equilla Mary, is it male or female?
My great grandpa gave as middle names to two daughters the surnames of the men his sisters married. So Loveday had the middle name of Webb and Louisa's middle name was Maynard. We also have instances of maiden names being used as middle names.
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« Reply #7759 on: 11:51:47, 28-09-2008 » |
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In my ancestry I found Equilla and Leonora, also Bradshaw used as a first name.
I rather like the sound of 'Equilla'. I do hope it is female though. In the Garnett ancestry there a several Fannys of course, two Jesses (I am of the Root of Jesse, which is nice), a Reuben, a Pilcher, a Shadrack and two(!) Euclids. My great grandpa gave as middle names to two daughters the surnames of the men his sisters married. So Loveday had the middle name of Webb and Louisa's middle name was Maynard. Blimey, Antheil, I've got dozens of Maynards in my family tree, well three dozen to be precise. Your Maynard wasn't from Sussex by any chance was he? Perhaps we are relatives. |
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« Reply #7760 on: 12:03:28, 28-09-2008 » |
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Place names are another thing. My middle name is the name of a tiny village in Worcestershire where a particular branch of the martles was very common once.
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« Reply #7761 on: 12:16:49, 28-09-2008 » |
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I've never come across the name Equilla Mary, is it male or female?
My great grandpa gave as middle names to two daughters the surnames of the men his sisters married. So Loveday had the middle name of Webb and Louisa's middle name was Maynard.
Equilla is female, and I'd never heard of it either. She was in the mid-19C. We have Louisa too, Ant. I like it. Meanwhile, do I tell my son how strongly I object, or do I shut up? I have a horrible feeling I should shut up, but somehow doubt my ability to do it. |
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« Reply #7762 on: 12:20:52, 28-09-2008 » |
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Place names are another thing. My middle name is the name of a tiny village in Worcestershire where a particular branch of the martles was very common once.
What's with calling girls Chelsea ? You don't come across many Fulhams do you ? Or Chiswicks. |
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« Reply #7763 on: 12:26:10, 28-09-2008 » |
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In my ancestry I found Equilla and Leonora, also Bradshaw used as a first name.
My great grandpa gave as middle names to two daughters the surnames of the men his sisters married. So Loveday had the middle name of Webb and Louisa's middle name was Maynard. Blimey, Antheil, I've got dozens of Maynards in my family tree, well three dozen to be precise. Your Maynard wasn't from Sussex by any chance was he? Perhaps we are relatives. It's OK George, you can breathe a sigh of relief that we are not related  It was a Frenchman, Hilarion Prosper Maynard who was a solider! They ran off to Marseilles to get married (causing a scandal!) and settled in Vaucluse in Provence and had one son Auguste who in turn had a son Hector who never married and therefore my Grandma and her siblings inherited the French estate. However Great Grandpa obviously forgave her thereby naming his youngest daughter with Hilarion's surname. I like your family names, Shadrack and Euclid!! Were your family mathematicians? Mary, Louisa is a name carried down to present youngest generation. Our other traditional girls names are Eleanor, Cecilia, Christian, Anna (my Mother's name was Anna Louise) and more unusually Sebrina. For the boys nothing unusual, George, William and Francis although we do have instances of Byron as a middle name! As it is still early days in the pregnancy perhaps you should be quiet and see if they settle on a different name before speaking out? |
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« Reply #7764 on: 12:33:24, 28-09-2008 » |
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Well, since you ask, Mary, and since I am entirely confident you will do what you decide is best anyway, I think what I would do in those circumstances is to make my doubts about the name known ("Hmm, really? Well, I expect I could get used to it.") but then leave it at that. I think naming is a very personal thing for the parents and, if they have chosen it and both (I assume?) like it, I'm not sure that grandparents' likes and dislikes should come into it too much. They'll be plenty of scope for disagreeing with your daughter-in-law later about how to bring him up . I can't say I like Zachary/Zak as a name very much but there are quite a lot of them about these days so it wouldn't have the disadvantage of being noticeably unusual. It's OK George, you can breathe a sigh of relief that we are not related Ah, quel dommage, ma petite cousine. |
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« Reply #7765 on: 12:40:55, 28-09-2008 » |
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The same friend of mine(the one who's daughter changed her name by deed pol, see earlier post), his brother called one of his kids after the name of their house!!!! I ask you, cant remember the name though.
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« Reply #7768 on: 12:47:45, 28-09-2008 » |
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« Reply #7769 on: 12:50:27, 28-09-2008 » |
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Noo!!! Some posh name it was, heaven kn ows though what one!! Balmoral, then? |
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