Boy names?

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Pinga said:
I like names that are connected to family / heritage, so hard for me to give a name, as it wouldn't have the depth that I would like.

Example:
first son's named after family tradition (granpda, great-grandpa....and generations before, all had same first 2 names)]
girls were named after favourite aunts & older cousins
Youngest son got all the irish heritage names.
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My parents kind of went that way, at least sporadically. David, my real life first name, is from an ancestor on Dad's side who was fairly prominent in the early history of Waterloo County. A brother has Cameron as a middle name, which was an uncle of my mother's who died young. Had that brother been a girl, she would have been named after her grandmothers.

Mrs. M and I did not go that route, choosing to seek out a good, meaningful name that, given Little M's mixed heritage, also transliterated well into Mandarin. We were helped by knowing the sex in advance, so we only had to worry about the boy names.
 
My brother, Dr. Rae, was given one of my uncles' first names as his middle name.

My first name was both the first name of my dad's brother, and my mom's previous boyfriend. My middle name was my mom's surname prior to marriage. My Korean name was given to me by a friend who was also one of our matchmakers.

When my yobo and her ex had our two oldest sons, they paid a naming service to choose good names for them. Apparently that's a thing many parents used to do in Korea.
 
Pr. Jae said:
When my yobo and her ex had our two oldest sons, they paid a naming service to choose good names for them. Apparently that's a thing many parents used to do in Korea.
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Likely goes on in China, too, though I don't know for sure. There is no set list of given names in Chinese, they just bash together a couple characters with a good sound and meaning. Obviously, there are combinations (usually ones that are considered to have good meaning and to bring good fortune) that are in common usage but there is no social onus to stick to that list. So, having someone of a linguistic bent help you come up with a name would be useful. But, again, I'd have to ask Mrs. M if it actually goes on.
 
Mendalla said:
Likely goes on in China, too, though I don't know for sure. There is no set list of given names in Chinese, they just bash together a couple characters with a good sound and meaning. Obviously, there are combinations (usually ones that are considered to have good meaning and to bring good fortune) that are in common usage but there is no social onus to stick to that list. So, having someone of a linguistic bent help you come up with a name would be useful. But, again, I'd have to ask Mrs. M if it actually goes on.
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As far as I know there's no set list in Korea either. I think the naming services somehow use numerology to choose names that are "lucky" to have. I don't know how my youngest son was named.
 
What about a nice H name.

Harry Hansen

Henry Hansen

Hilroy Hansen

Hammy Hansen

Hargrove Hansen

Hamilton Hansen

Haha Hansen
 
Pr. Jae said:
What about a nice H name.

Harry Hansen

Henry Hansen

Hilroy Hansen

Hammy Hansen

Hargrove Hansen

Hamilton Hansen

Haha Hansen
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Alliterative names can be both a blessing and a curse. I would tread carefully on that road myself.
 
Kimmio said:
I always liked Justin :p actually, not kidding. I do like the name and my first crush was on a boy named Justin. Jessie. Jared, Jeremy, Jordan, Josh. I like J names.
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Say, what about Harper. Yes, I think that's it. Harper Hansen.
 
Mendalla said:
Alliterative names can be both a blessing and a curse. I would tread carefully on that road myself.
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So can having everyone in the family with names that all begin with the same letter. Some people love it, others think it's crazytime.
 
Kimmio said:
Hamish Hansen (a Scottish name pronounced Haymish)? I knew one or two Hamishes where I grew up - and other celtic names. I sounds good, I think.
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Yes, I like that Cousin. Hamish Harper Hansen, and they'll call him Hammy for short.
 
Mendalla said:
Alliterative names can be both a blessing and a curse. I would tread carefully on that road myself.
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But they kind of seem to grow into their names. Especially the really unique ones. People I know with unique names always seem to be unique people. Coincidence? Not sure. Kinda like how Dweezil and Moon Zappa were just not destined to be accountants. Problem is, and especially Dweezil - if they don't do something artistically brilliant what are they destined for?
 
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Kimmio said:
No!!! Justin's better! It's better than Thomas, also. Otherwise Harper's ok but I like it as a girl's name better. But...what about Justin Harper Hansen? :)
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That's nice, I like that. Even better is Justin Harper Beardo May Hansen.
 
Chemguy and I had a bit of a discussion about this yesterday and how it would all be about choosing names to annoy me.
Personally, I would avoid the common ones and while it's probably changed, growing up that was all the long forms & variations of Chris, Mike, Matt, James and Dave.
My Dad's choice (Mom had veto over that, she thinks it was why there wasn't any boys): Kirby
Chemguy's name of choice last night: Roderick
Asher was a name my sister liked (not sure of the spelling she liked), that was thrown out quickly due to nicknames my brother in law could come up with. It was the same thing with my Dad when he heard it was one she had once concerned.
 
My sisters all gave their sons names with a particular vowel sound in them, so perhaps if my yobo and I had had a son we would have followed the same rule.
 
It probably won't be a biblical name. I didn't think I'd actually have to type that.

Asher is in the running, I'll say that much. I kinda want Archer, partly because of the show, which is witty as hell.
 
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