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My husband really wants to use Joseph and likes Joseph Lorenzo. I like Joe. I prefer the combo Joseph Piers. Piers is sort of honoring since it's a form of my husband's name, Peter.
I think Joseph Lorenzo is a good combo but then I feel like the name lacks substance since it honors no one and is just two names we like. Our daughter's fn is what my dad wanted to name me and her mn is my mil's name. My son's mn is a family surname but his fn is just a name my husband liked.
I also like Joseph and Lorenzo but prefer both their nns, Joe and Enzo. We discussed Enzo for fn but I did not want to use a nn and don't like Lorenzo enough for fn slot.
We can't agree on anything else. I don't care for any other names that could be shortened to Joe or Enzo. Opinion? Suggestions? I'm getting frustrated.
I think Joseph Lorenzo is a good combo but then I feel like the name lacks substance since it honors no one and is just two names we like. Our daughter's fn is what my dad wanted to name me and her mn is my mil's name. My son's mn is a family surname but his fn is just a name my husband liked.
I also like Joseph and Lorenzo but prefer both their nns, Joe and Enzo. We discussed Enzo for fn but I did not want to use a nn and don't like Lorenzo enough for fn slot.
We can't agree on anything else. I don't care for any other names that could be shortened to Joe or Enzo. Opinion? Suggestions? I'm getting frustrated.
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Now, I'm thinking of Lorenzo Peter or Joseph Lorenzo. It's odd because I used to really like Joseph (a couple months ago) but my husband didn't want to use it. Now he wants to use it, and I don't. It's just so common, #13 in my state, though I console myself that it's a classic. If we use it, I want to have the birth announcement worded like this, so everyone knows to call him Joe. "Siblings would like to introduce their new brother, Joe..." then have the full name and specs below. For some reason, I no longer like the "seph" ending much, though I don't like any other Jo- option (not Jonah, Josiah, etc). Joseph is still the best Joe name to me.
I like Lorenzo Peter, but I feel like Lorenzo is almost too "ethnic", certainly very uncommon where I live. Even though I'm 1/4 Italian with a pretty dominant Italian heritage, I look very Scottish, and it doesn't fit with my husband's family at all. Even if we used Enzo as the full name, I think I would still shorten to Enz. I'm probably way over thinking it. I guess my other children's names are out of the ordinary also. If you're interested in seeing their names, they are in my last post body (One month til Baby), but please don't type them in your posts because I don't want my sibset to be searchable. If I had another girl, I think she would be Lara (pronounced LAHR-ah, not LOR-ah).
Early in the pregnancy, I was favoring Walter and Job. Though I really like it, I can't do Job because of the teasing possibilities and hated/persecuted meaning. This summer we had a trespasser come through our yard a few times, once with nudity issues, and we later found his name was Walter... so not using that name now. I also really like Saul, but we don't want to use another S name with our other children's names.
Now, I'm thinking of Lorenzo Peter or Joseph Lorenzo. It's odd because I used to really like Joseph (a couple months ago) but my husband didn't want to use it. Now he wants to use it, and I don't. It's just so common, #13 in my state, though I console myself that it's a classic. If we use it, I want to have the birth announcement worded like this, so everyone knows to call him Joe. "Siblings would like to introduce their new brother, Joe..." then have the full name and specs below. For some reason, I no longer like the "seph" ending much, though I don't like any other Jo- option (not Jonah, Josiah, etc). Joseph is still the best Joe name to me.
I like Lorenzo Peter, but I feel like Lorenzo is almost too "ethnic", certainly very uncommon where I live. Even though I'm 1/4 Italian with a pretty dominant Italian heritage, I look very Scottish, and it doesn't fit with my husband's family at all. Even if we used Enzo as the full name, I think I would still shorten to Enz. I'm probably way over thinking it. I guess my other children's names are out of the ordinary also. If you're interested in seeing their names, they are in my last post body (One month til Baby), but please don't type them in your posts because I don't want my sibset to be searchable. If I had another girl, I think she would be Lara (pronounced LAHR-ah, not LOR-ah).
Early in the pregnancy, I was favoring Walter and Job. Though I really like it, I can't do Job because of the teasing possibilities and hated/persecuted meaning. This summer we had a trespasser come through our yard a few times, once with nudity issues, and we later found his name was Walter... so not using that name now. I also really like Saul, but we don't want to use another S name with our other children's names.
This message was edited 11/1/2014, 6:31 PM
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Good choice, my sons are named Joseph and Peter. :-)
Joseph is always called Joe.
For middle names, Peter is Peter James, James being my Grandfather's name.
Joe's two middle names are his father's name, and paternal grandfather's;both Arabic names.
Lest you think I was scorning my own father, I thought it best to leave Dad's name for my much younger brother to use, if he liked, when he had a son, since the surname would be the same.
And my brother did name his son for our father.
Joseph is always called Joe.
For middle names, Peter is Peter James, James being my Grandfather's name.
Joe's two middle names are his father's name, and paternal grandfather's;both Arabic names.
Lest you think I was scorning my own father, I thought it best to leave Dad's name for my much younger brother to use, if he liked, when he had a son, since the surname would be the same.
And my brother did name his son for our father.
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I think that seeing as it's your husband's name you want to honour and he prefers Lorenzo, the best way to honour him is to use Lorenzo. I think it's a lovely compromise as you both seem to really like both names. But it's your little boy =)
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Good point I didn't think of. It's definitely honoring to choose one of his favorite names.
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I think you should keep looking into honoring middle names because it seems that honoring names are important to you. Look into important people in your life and brainstorm some alternate honoring names for them. Even female family members or friends because you could use masculine versions of their names.
If you find that you still can't find an honoring middle name that you both love then I'd go for a non-honoring name that you both love.
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If you find that you still can't find an honoring middle name that you both love then I'd go for a non-honoring name that you both love.
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This message was edited 10/31/2014, 1:38 PM
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If I were you, I would spend two days, each of you scouring the internet/name-books for new unconsidered names you like and that you think your spouse might also like. Maybe shoot for 5-10. Trade lists. Pick your top two from the other person's list.
Put those 4 names and Joseph out there and hash it out. (I'd give up Joe, and just accept Joseph nn Joe as an option). If Joseph still comes out on top, give up both previous middle name options, since you can't agree and see if any of the new names would make a decent middle name. Or is there another person you could honour?
When my husband and I have disagreed, we just toss the names out and keep searching. It's been working for us. It takes longer. But it's working.
Put those 4 names and Joseph out there and hash it out. (I'd give up Joe, and just accept Joseph nn Joe as an option). If Joseph still comes out on top, give up both previous middle name options, since you can't agree and see if any of the new names would make a decent middle name. Or is there another person you could honour?
When my husband and I have disagreed, we just toss the names out and keep searching. It's been working for us. It takes longer. But it's working.
This message was edited 10/31/2014, 12:25 PM
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I prefer the sound of Joseph Lorenzo since Joseph and Piers kind of runs into each other. If you can't agree on anything else, what about giving him two middle names: Joseph Lorenzo Piers ?
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Joseph nn Joe is fine, but kind of boring...
Lorenzo nn Enzo is awesome! So much better for me. If you don't want to use Enzo as a full first name and don't like Lorenzo enough for a first name, there's also Vincenzo and Fiorenzo. You could probably use Alonzo nn Enzo. Maybe Ezra nn Enzo, I dunno.
Could you be persuaded just to use Enzo...? It's just such a great name.
For the nn Joe there's heaps more.
Joachim (and it's various forms)
Joash
Joel
Joeri
Johano
Jonathan
Jonah (if you can get over the whale thing)
Jonas
Joram
Jordan
Joshua
Josiah (love this. Josiah Lorenzo!)
Jovan
Just, not Piers! It's so snotty and whiny, I can't stand it xD
Other names that honour Peter...
Petrus
Petros
Pedrinho
Petro
Petar
I hope you find a name you both really love :)
Lorenzo nn Enzo is awesome! So much better for me. If you don't want to use Enzo as a full first name and don't like Lorenzo enough for a first name, there's also Vincenzo and Fiorenzo. You could probably use Alonzo nn Enzo. Maybe Ezra nn Enzo, I dunno.
Could you be persuaded just to use Enzo...? It's just such a great name.
For the nn Joe there's heaps more.
Joachim (and it's various forms)
Joash
Joel
Joeri
Johano
Jonathan
Jonah (if you can get over the whale thing)
Jonas
Joram
Jordan
Joshua
Josiah (love this. Josiah Lorenzo!)
Jovan
Just, not Piers! It's so snotty and whiny, I can't stand it xD
Other names that honour Peter...
Petrus
Petros
Pedrinho
Petro
Petar
I hope you find a name you both really love :)
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While honoring family members is sweet, and a tradition in my culture, it's not a necessity once you've used the names you like. My little sister is named after nobody and no one (although that has more to do with the fact that I already had both grandmothers' names and that she was an accident). My parents liked her names and gave them to her. End of story. If you guys like Joseph Lorenzo, pick it! You'll be happy you chose a name you love instead of a name you only picked because it belonged to so-and-so.
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