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HelpRe: number of MNs
in reply to a message by Rioghnach
It does feel strange, even though it's exactly what I've seen irl. For example, I have seven siblings, and all eight of us have one mn except for my youngest brother who has two. And then with my own two sons, the older one has one mn and the younger one has two.
Obviously, my own children's names are at least party my own fault. When I was pregnant the first time, I couldn't think of any boy's names, and my husband insisted he was sure the baby would be a girl, so we hadn't even really talked about boys names until he was born: and yeah, he was a boy. So I essentially suggested the first two names that popped into my head, and my husband loved it, so that's what we went with. But with my younger son, we spent a lot more time planing, and we knew we wanted a biblical name to go with our first son's biblical name (Josiah) and an Arthurian name to go with our first son's Arthurian name (Arthur), but Arthur is also an honouring name, and we couldn't think of/find another Arthurian name that was also honouring. So we added in a third name for the honouring part, and he's Ezra Gwain Jonathan - Jonathan is of course also a biblical name, but we didn't want it in the fn position; we both loved Ezra for that. So he ended up with one more name than his brother, and it does feel a bit unfair, but neither kid seems to mind. If I'd planned it out better, I would have given my first son two middle names too - not sure what, but I'm sure we could have thought of something.
With my parents and my youngest brohter, they said since they knew he was their last baby, they might as well just "use up" the rest of the male names they liked.
Obviously, my own children's names are at least party my own fault. When I was pregnant the first time, I couldn't think of any boy's names, and my husband insisted he was sure the baby would be a girl, so we hadn't even really talked about boys names until he was born: and yeah, he was a boy. So I essentially suggested the first two names that popped into my head, and my husband loved it, so that's what we went with. But with my younger son, we spent a lot more time planing, and we knew we wanted a biblical name to go with our first son's biblical name (Josiah) and an Arthurian name to go with our first son's Arthurian name (Arthur), but Arthur is also an honouring name, and we couldn't think of/find another Arthurian name that was also honouring. So we added in a third name for the honouring part, and he's Ezra Gwain Jonathan - Jonathan is of course also a biblical name, but we didn't want it in the fn position; we both loved Ezra for that. So he ended up with one more name than his brother, and it does feel a bit unfair, but neither kid seems to mind. If I'd planned it out better, I would have given my first son two middle names too - not sure what, but I'm sure we could have thought of something.
With my parents and my youngest brohter, they said since they knew he was their last baby, they might as well just "use up" the rest of the male names they liked.
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