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HelpRe: how do you feel about using place names and surnames to honour?
in reply to a message by vekalvin
I like it. First names are obviously more personal, but any attachment to heritage is a great thing to have in a name. It could be done in a tacky way (especially the place names), but it could also be done tastefully depending on what names you have to work with!
I don't have any surnames that could work as first names, but I would definitely use them as MNs.
I know a girl who grew up in a town called Tera. She moved away, her hometown was very special to her, and she named her daughter Tera. I thought it was just about as tasteful as you could get with a place name (it also reminded me of Gone With the Wind; Tara is the plantation name and SUCH an important place in the story).
My dad's side is from Seymour, but it would be tough to pull that one off on a boy. I was born in Xenia, which is a lovely girl's name, but I didn't live there long enough to grow very attached to the place - at least not enough to use the name.
I don't have any surnames that could work as first names, but I would definitely use them as MNs.
I know a girl who grew up in a town called Tera. She moved away, her hometown was very special to her, and she named her daughter Tera. I thought it was just about as tasteful as you could get with a place name (it also reminded me of Gone With the Wind; Tara is the plantation name and SUCH an important place in the story).
My dad's side is from Seymour, but it would be tough to pull that one off on a boy. I was born in Xenia, which is a lovely girl's name, but I didn't live there long enough to grow very attached to the place - at least not enough to use the name.
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