New Post
Search
HelpRe: Would a kid be made fun of for this name combination
in reply to a message by Stephanie
Well... I'd say your husband is right that very few people will know your child's middle name if you wanted to keep it privet.
But I'd also suggest that if you're kinda of going "we can use this middle name because no one will ever know it" then it shows that you actually feel the name isn't very good. Surely you want a name you feel proud enough of to want to tell everyone what it is...? And do you (or your husband) really want to give your boy a first and middle-name combo that you think he'd be trying to hide all his life?
Personally I wouldn't make the leap from Clark Kenna to Clark Kent without help, but then I've never even seen a Superman movie.
I do, however, find the combo Clark Kenna astonishingly ugly. Clark is just not a nice-sounding word. It's not a particularly nice occupation either, so it doesn't even get bonus points for meaning. Kenna is better, but shoved up next to Clark it looses it's drum-beat feeling and is just another K sound. Three Ks in two syllables seems a lot.
And yes, I do care about what others think of my name combinations. I mean, I know I can never please everyone but when naming our girls Mackenzie got struck off the list because too many people hated it, and Luna got struck as a first name because our last name also features in Harry Potter... basically if a majority of people have an issue with a name, I don't want to use it.
Hmm. That got kind of long. Sorry about that ^_^"
Leo Alexander - b. 2012
Maeve Luna & Tamsin Rose - b. 2014
But I'd also suggest that if you're kinda of going "we can use this middle name because no one will ever know it" then it shows that you actually feel the name isn't very good. Surely you want a name you feel proud enough of to want to tell everyone what it is...? And do you (or your husband) really want to give your boy a first and middle-name combo that you think he'd be trying to hide all his life?
Personally I wouldn't make the leap from Clark Kenna to Clark Kent without help, but then I've never even seen a Superman movie.
I do, however, find the combo Clark Kenna astonishingly ugly. Clark is just not a nice-sounding word. It's not a particularly nice occupation either, so it doesn't even get bonus points for meaning. Kenna is better, but shoved up next to Clark it looses it's drum-beat feeling and is just another K sound. Three Ks in two syllables seems a lot.
And yes, I do care about what others think of my name combinations. I mean, I know I can never please everyone but when naming our girls Mackenzie got struck off the list because too many people hated it, and Luna got struck as a first name because our last name also features in Harry Potter... basically if a majority of people have an issue with a name, I don't want to use it.
Hmm. That got kind of long. Sorry about that ^_^"
Leo Alexander - b. 2012
Maeve Luna & Tamsin Rose - b. 2014
This message was edited 1/17/2015, 3:55 PM
Archived Thread - replies disabled
1
Replies
Thank you for your response! Just to clarify we would be proud of the name and we are certainly would not encourage or hope he would try to hide the middle name. It was just a point my husband made that not many people hear ones middle name ver often anyway. I'm the one who is more concerned over the combination, my husband could care less as he likes both names.
Clark is the name of my husbands best friend who passed away suddenly a years ago. He was a great guy and a great friend. We wish to honor him with the name. The other middle name option is Timothy, after my Dad who passed away suddenly a few months ago. Clark Timothy sounds more favorable to me but we will see I guess.
Clark is the name of my husbands best friend who passed away suddenly a years ago. He was a great guy and a great friend. We wish to honor him with the name. The other middle name option is Timothy, after my Dad who passed away suddenly a few months ago. Clark Timothy sounds more favorable to me but we will see I guess.
1
Ohh, I see. I'm sorry I misunderstood you a little.
If it's honouring then I feel a little easier about Clark, too. Honouring is always sweet, whatever the name (:
Clark Timothy sounds much nicer to me. The soft sounds of Timothy smooth out some of the harshness of Clark.
And, I agree with Delphie Blue; why not use two middle names and then everyone wins? Clark Timothy Kenna.
If it's honouring then I feel a little easier about Clark, too. Honouring is always sweet, whatever the name (:
Clark Timothy sounds much nicer to me. The soft sounds of Timothy smooth out some of the harshness of Clark.
And, I agree with Delphie Blue; why not use two middle names and then everyone wins? Clark Timothy Kenna.
1
What about Clark Timothy Kenna? Seems like everyone wins. 3 names with meaning to you both, and no superman association.
1
Second this!
1