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HelpRe: Honoring names?
in reply to a message by Ninor
Middle names almost never come up in conversation, but the people whose names you use feel hugely honoured. It’s the perfect place to pay tribute to somebody you hold in high esteem, but whose name may not be exactly your style. It’s much better than a filler or placeholder name that simply sounds pretty. Flow is important but personal meaning is much more so, imo.
I should add that I always thought we’d pick a name we liked aesthetically for the fn, and honouring for the mn. We ended up doing both names, but variants in both cases. Theodora is named after James’ grandma Theda, as well as after the nickname I call hubby, Teddy. Her middle Lily is hubby’s favourite flower and a small tribute to his mom Lisa. (That one is more of a stretch, but MIL was rooting for that name.)
I should add that I always thought we’d pick a name we liked aesthetically for the fn, and honouring for the mn. We ended up doing both names, but variants in both cases. Theodora is named after James’ grandma Theda, as well as after the nickname I call hubby, Teddy. Her middle Lily is hubby’s favourite flower and a small tribute to his mom Lisa. (That one is more of a stretch, but MIL was rooting for that name.)
This message was edited 9/20/2018, 7:02 AM
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