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HelpRe: What's in a name or what's in your name?
in reply to a message by Barbra
My name is very family oriented.
My first name is Anna. It isn't really after anyone, but I have two great-great-grandmother's (who my parents did grow up knowing) and one great-grandmother named it. Those women were definitely influences on my parents liking the name so much, even though they say they weren't honoring.
My middle name is my mother's maiden name. My mother didn't want to hyphenate due to length and since our last name was long and German to begin with, but she wanted her children to have that connection to her family, so I sort of feel I grew up with two last names even if both weren't in use.
When I got married I moved my last name to be a second middle and now I have 3 last names.
My son's name is full of honoring. He is named after two grandfather's (they had the same first name and he has both of their middle names). My husband and I both grew up really admiring our grandfathers, and also really liked their names so we went for it, feeling their were plenty of nickname options if his first name didn't seem to suit.
This time around we will use Saint names or names we just like, possibly with honoring middle names.
~Anna~
My first name is Anna. It isn't really after anyone, but I have two great-great-grandmother's (who my parents did grow up knowing) and one great-grandmother named it. Those women were definitely influences on my parents liking the name so much, even though they say they weren't honoring.
My middle name is my mother's maiden name. My mother didn't want to hyphenate due to length and since our last name was long and German to begin with, but she wanted her children to have that connection to her family, so I sort of feel I grew up with two last names even if both weren't in use.
When I got married I moved my last name to be a second middle and now I have 3 last names.
My son's name is full of honoring. He is named after two grandfather's (they had the same first name and he has both of their middle names). My husband and I both grew up really admiring our grandfathers, and also really liked their names so we went for it, feeling their were plenty of nickname options if his first name didn't seem to suit.
This time around we will use Saint names or names we just like, possibly with honoring middle names.
~Anna~
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