For those who have children.. how did you pick your children's names, based on what?

I'm not a senior, but the meanings of names have always interested me, so I knew when I had kids, that their names had to mean something. MY name and my siblings names had to mean something to my parents(all three of us have first names that are Hebrew in origin).


I wanted my first born to have the same initials as her daddy, at least kind of...


Her first and second names are Arabic and origin and mean "found treasure" and "jewel of heaven". Her third name is the same as my fiance's(my kids' daddy's) little sister's middle name.


Our son was named after my fiance's godson and he(my fiance) picked his middle name because he liked how it sounded. Lucky for me, our son's first name is Celtic(I'm mostly Irish), and means "bright intense flame;fiery" and his middle name is French for "darling"(my fiance's name is French-but he's African American).

For those who have children.. how did you pick your children's names, based on what?
based on whatever my wife chooses.
Reply:My daughter was named after me and my moms bestfriend. My son I wanted to name christopher cuz he was born on columbus day but his dad said no way. He picked his.
Reply:My sons name means "man from the land of the vikings" which is why he got it, I liked it before I found out what it meant.





My daughter was named for an old movie star I liked, (black and white movies) and because it had "style" I thought.
Reply:Three of my children were given Norwegian first names. The fourth was named after my wife's favorite recording and movie star who had begun her career in the "Mickey Mouse Club".
Reply:My son was named after my dad and my brother. I picked their middle names for my sons first name and middle name.





My daughter was named after my aunt and a very dear friend of mine that just passed away this week. I picked their first names for my daughters first name and middle name.
Reply:Our daughter'name was inspired because of the closeness to Christmas. We selected our sons names from a selection we found in a book.
Reply:My son, first born was named after his grandfather, and my daughter was named after my nieces grandmother. They were named after two people I deeply respected and loved.
Reply:No rhyme or reason. Just came to me each time-5 kids-first daughter I had had her name picked out for years before, then after she was born it just didn't fit her-named her something I had never even thought of. She's 25 now and the "new" name fits much better than the "original" ever would have.


Shortcut-You must have had a makeover today-you look so much younger than this morning!
Reply:I liked the name of the American soldier from the movie, "The Big Red 1"
Reply:My daughter Michelle, was named for a friend who was murdered.


My daughter Nikki, was named after a musician


My daughter Amanda was named after a family friend who was taught me that women could do anything they put their mind to.


My son Micheal , was named after a friend who was a police officer and someone I had known all of my life.
Reply:When I was a child ,I saw a British movie called "Mandy" starring Mandy Miller about a deaf ,mute girl and was so impressed by the movie I said if I ever had a daughter, I would call her Mandy, and I did.
Reply:My daughter was named after both grandmothers.





My son was named after his father and grandfather.





Itsa tradition.
Reply:Our two childrens' names had last minute changes,due to


different things. We were going to name our daughter, Kim-


berly Dawn, and when I learned that every female baby in


the hospital nursery all had Kimberley for her name, I had to


change my chosen name to something no other person had


that I'd heard of. And I wanted it to have a spring like assoc-


iation to it. So I chose, April, after running some others by


my husband.


With our son, I was going to name him Michael Alan, and


I got opposition from that. So I came up with Mark Alan,and


my husband gave his approval. So that's what we stuck with.


Our daughter decided she didn't like her given name


after leaving highschool and so she changed it to Abril which


we don't like and still use her given name. Her theatrical


agent told her that Abril would be a new and different name.


And would have pulling power for an audience. She was


doing theater work along with working at the time.
Reply:My oldest Danielle was named after Danielle Stelle.


Jill my youngest just wanted a short name.
Reply:Our first was a toss up right up until the time we walked into the church to have her baptised. Our second was named for a best friend and the 3rd was named after a dog that had just been killed. Luckily the dog's name was Lisa. Our last and finally a son had to be a Junior.
Reply:Father %26amp; Bible... God bless****
Reply:GUINEVERE HAD TO BE BAPTISED MARY BECAUSE GUINEVERE WAS A HARLOT? NAMED AFTER QUEEN.


BRIDGET WAS NAMED AFTER SAINT.


MAURA WAS AN IRISH NAME.


DANIEL WAS NAMED AFTER THE LION TAMER.


MELISSA WAS NAMED AFTER RECORD.


CANDY WAS NAMED AFTER WHAT I WAS EATING IN THE HOSPITAL AND SHE GRABBED FOR IT SO WE CALLED HER CANDY (GIRL).
Reply:Our eldests Christian name is a derivative of "Catherine" which was the name of my sister's first baby who was 3 months premature and she died at the age of 4 days. Her middle name was in respect of my maternal grandmother and was her Christian name. Our youngest daughter's Christian name was chosen because we liked it although it has been shortened and her middle name went really nicely with it and it's a Biblical name.
Reply:I chose my son's first name based on a character from the soap opera "The Young and the Restless" -- Dustin





middle name -- I got lucky -- my Daddy's first name was James and my father in law's middle name was James -- and that's how he ended up being Dustin James
Reply:From oldest to youngest..


1- my Mothers choice


2- my Sisters choice, she was with me the whole time, home birth


3-my choice,


4-my choice from the bible