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What are the names of people who played a particularly important role in shaping who you are? Do you like the names? Are you opinions of the names influenced by these VIPs in your life?
Three boys nappin', one mama namenerdin'
To peruse my top 100ish names: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/82589
"My Inner Birthing Mother Paddles a Canoe" and other non-name musings
found on my blog: http://jodifriesen.blogspot.ca/2014/07/paddle-power.html
Three boys nappin', one mama namenerdin'
To peruse my top 100ish names: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/82589
"My Inner Birthing Mother Paddles a Canoe" and other non-name musings
found on my blog: http://jodifriesen.blogspot.ca/2014/07/paddle-power.html
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Amy Lynn: My mom. I plan of giving a child the name Amelia.
Ruth: My great-grandma. Also plan on using.
Joseph: My dad. Plan on using Josephine "Jo".
Benjamin: My grandpa. Probably will use as a middle name.
August: My other grandpa's middle name.
A recent one of mine would have to be a combo made of two people's names: Patrick Gerard. You can probably figure out who it's after.
Ruth: My great-grandma. Also plan on using.
Joseph: My dad. Plan on using Josephine "Jo".
Benjamin: My grandpa. Probably will use as a middle name.
August: My other grandpa's middle name.
A recent one of mine would have to be a combo made of two people's names: Patrick Gerard. You can probably figure out who it's after.
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The most important person in my life was my husband. He was known as Jim to most people. His family and myself called him Jamie, but everyone else called him Jim. The fact that he was the most important person in my life didn't make me like the nickname Jim. I very much dislike it. And I don't find the name Jamie suitable for a grown man. I understand why he changed his nickname.
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Funny how that can sometimes happen: even loving someone like crazy doesn't mean you'll come around on the name. I found that interesting looking at important people in my life and noticing that some have affected my feelings for the name and some have not.
Was your husband's full name James?
Was your husband's full name James?
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Paul Anthony: my dad. I like Paul, but not Anthony. I think it influences my idea of the name, I find it hard to imagine it wouldn't.
Warren James: my oldest uncle. I like Warren, though it's a bit dusty. James is nice, but very generic.
Richard Michael, nn Rik: my other uncle. I like Richard, but not Rik. I don't like Michael either, though this would have been my name if I'd have been a boy.
Kurt: my husband. I must admit I didn't like this name at all before I met him. It helps that he pronounces it KUWRT and not just KURT, as a lot of people do over here. I really hate it when people do that.
Rita Albertina: my mother. I don't like Rita at all. Albertina is also my great grandmother's name. I think it's kind of nice, it has a vintage feel. But I would never use it.
Warren James: my oldest uncle. I like Warren, though it's a bit dusty. James is nice, but very generic.
Richard Michael, nn Rik: my other uncle. I like Richard, but not Rik. I don't like Michael either, though this would have been my name if I'd have been a boy.
Kurt: my husband. I must admit I didn't like this name at all before I met him. It helps that he pronounces it KUWRT and not just KURT, as a lot of people do over here. I really hate it when people do that.
Rita Albertina: my mother. I don't like Rita at all. Albertina is also my great grandmother's name. I think it's kind of nice, it has a vintage feel. But I would never use it.
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Oh wow, I love Albertina!
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My father (Charles, previously Timot) has, and I would totally use Charles as a middle name to honor him.
My twin, Holly... I plan to use Hollis as a boy's name given the chance, or Noelle (her middle is Noel) for a girl, given the chance.
As for the underlying question... yes, my personal interaction with people greatly influences how I see those names.
I personally like the name Dick, as a nickname for Richard - but I have two grandfather, an uncle and several kindly gentlemen in my life with that name.
If I didn't know them, I would likely find the name hilarious.
My twin, Holly... I plan to use Hollis as a boy's name given the chance, or Noelle (her middle is Noel) for a girl, given the chance.
As for the underlying question... yes, my personal interaction with people greatly influences how I see those names.
I personally like the name Dick, as a nickname for Richard - but I have two grandfather, an uncle and several kindly gentlemen in my life with that name.
If I didn't know them, I would likely find the name hilarious.
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The story (long)
Yep, I know the story
Please excuse my faltering writing below, I don't really have time to make the story as compelling as it really is.
Will include names below, since we are namenerds. . .
JUICY STORY:
Little Timot DiPasquale was born in Palermo, Sicily during the 7 Year Sieges (mob controlled the city). When he was 4, his father developed a cancer that affected his brain and made him very dangerous and paranoid. His mother (Antonina) could not look after them both, and didn't want him to stay in the city since she was not married to the father, who was a politician, and the "bad guys" would take advantage of his condition and come after the family. She had no legal rights basically.
Antonina gave little Timot to her sister (Nuncia, who lived in Umbria (upper Italy). However, Nuncia and Antonina were not loving sisters... nor even full blood as they only shared a mother (Concetta). Nuncia could only handle watching Timot for a year before she felt the weight of the responsibility and offered to give him to his Nanny (Francesca).
Francesca had moved to the United States 6 months earlier at the request of her young husband (Mario). She was barren however, and eagerly accepted the offer (given via letter) to accept/adopt little Timot. Mario, happy to give his wife the child she so wanted, was happy to take the boat back to Italy and retrieve Timot.
Nuncia, knowing that she had no permission to give little Timot away, told Mario that Antonina would look for her son one day - but that he must not let her have him as Antonina was mentally insane. Mario believed Nuncia, and told his wife Francesca that the poor mother of little Timot had died.
Yep, I know the story
Please excuse my faltering writing below, I don't really have time to make the story as compelling as it really is.
Will include names below, since we are namenerds. . .
JUICY STORY:
Little Timot DiPasquale was born in Palermo, Sicily during the 7 Year Sieges (mob controlled the city). When he was 4, his father developed a cancer that affected his brain and made him very dangerous and paranoid. His mother (Antonina) could not look after them both, and didn't want him to stay in the city since she was not married to the father, who was a politician, and the "bad guys" would take advantage of his condition and come after the family. She had no legal rights basically.
Antonina gave little Timot to her sister (Nuncia, who lived in Umbria (upper Italy). However, Nuncia and Antonina were not loving sisters... nor even full blood as they only shared a mother (Concetta). Nuncia could only handle watching Timot for a year before she felt the weight of the responsibility and offered to give him to his Nanny (Francesca).
Francesca had moved to the United States 6 months earlier at the request of her young husband (Mario). She was barren however, and eagerly accepted the offer (given via letter) to accept/adopt little Timot. Mario, happy to give his wife the child she so wanted, was happy to take the boat back to Italy and retrieve Timot.
Nuncia, knowing that she had no permission to give little Timot away, told Mario that Antonina would look for her son one day - but that he must not let her have him as Antonina was mentally insane. Mario believed Nuncia, and told his wife Francesca that the poor mother of little Timot had died.
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Wow.
When is the movie coming out?? :)
In all seriousness though, that must have been quite the journey for your dad.
How is Timot pronounced?
When is the movie coming out?? :)
In all seriousness though, that must have been quite the journey for your dad.
How is Timot pronounced?
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tee-moht, I suppose it was a variation on Timoteo.
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mine
Ruth - like; way higher because of association
Betty (Elizabeth) - don't mind; slighty higher because of association
Dorothy - love; way higher because of association
Susanne - love; way higher because of association
Natalija - love; loved before association
Lindsay - don't mind; unaffected
Karen - don't like; unaffected
Sylvia - like; slightly higher because of association
Arvid - dislike; unaffected
Bob (Robert) - dislike; unaffected
Bernard - like; way higher because of association
Ruth - like; way higher because of association
Betty (Elizabeth) - don't mind; slighty higher because of association
Dorothy - love; way higher because of association
Susanne - love; way higher because of association
Natalija - love; loved before association
Lindsay - don't mind; unaffected
Karen - don't like; unaffected
Sylvia - like; slightly higher because of association
Arvid - dislike; unaffected
Bob (Robert) - dislike; unaffected
Bernard - like; way higher because of association
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