<p>You’re right, zm, he is still my baby! Even though I have to look up to see his face now…</p>
<p>My two sons rolled on the floor laughing when I told them my grandmother’s name was Fannie, my great aunt’s name was Weenie (for Malvene) and a close friend of my mother’s name was Sissy.</p>
<p>Thankfully I was not named for any of them!</p>
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That’s right. Make no mistake about it. They will always be babies. I still coo and babble at mine. He puts up with it because he is so much bigger than I am. </p>
<p>My grandmother’s name was Mazie Del. Eww.</p>
<p>Aww.zooser, I like Mazie.<br>
My grandmother’s names were Ruth and Thelma…no good combination there.
My older sister got Ruth.
I was named after my grandfather as was my mother. Carried it on to the next generation with my S1. Hope if he ever has a kid he’ll consider following the traditon.</p>
<p>My brother and sister were named after my grandparents. I was named after dads sweet tooth. I complained to mom on the first day of school when everyone was teasing me. Mom tells me she wanted to name me Dorothy! Bleck. That was the day I realized that there can always be something worse. ;)</p>
<p>Candy</p>
<p>Yes, that’s my REAL name
No, its not short for Candice</p>
<p>When my sister was a young first-grade teacher, she had a student named Candy Barr. So, unless your last name was Barr or Korn…could have been worse. And Candy Crowley on CNN manages a professional career with that name. Still…must have made it hard for you to be taken seriously as a young woman.</p>
<p>^^Bookiemom^^ Nope. I just tell mom the reason I’m a smart@$$ is because of my name. I’m pretty much a tell it like it is person and I have 'tude to spare. It helps that most of my career has been spent working around men. Once I “prove” that I don’t cry like a girl or run away…I’m in. I’m great with one liner zingers and can think on my feet- part of the aftermath of teasing from school. Plus, I have never cared about what other people thought about me since I have never been “normal”. ;)</p>
<p>Another reason why my kids have “normal” names. There’s enough in this world to be teased about - why give people your name up front- make them work for it.</p>
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<p>Thanks, NYMomof2 and Zoosermom!</p>
<p>I’m due in July. It’s definitely interesting having an 18 year old college student and a baby! And five more in between.</p>
<p>I’m going to be hanging around these forums for a long, long time.</p>
<p>My two grandmothers would yield the name “Heldor”. Helen and Dorothy. I don’t think we’ll go with Heldor.</p>
<p>Wow, VillageMom! I can’t imagine having 6 children - but my mother had 10. I envy you having a new baby to look forward to.</p>
<p>Dorlen?</p>
<p>Helen and Dorothy are my MILs names. I predict that both will experience a resurgence. Doro is a good nickname for Dorothy.</p>
<p>VillageMom, how about “Doren” or “Dorolen”?</p>
<p>Awww…that’s sweet. Jenna looks so happy, as do the beaming grandparents. Such good news. Margaret Laura. Not bad. Of course, the fact that I named my own D Laura makes me partial to Laura Margaret, but neither name is stigmatizing. It helps, of course to be born into a powerful political dynasty.</p>
<p>I would never in a million years have named my D after my own mother, despite how much I love my mom. Mildred is just not a name to inflict upon an innocent child—LOL.</p>
<p>Congrats, VillageMom! How exciting to be looking forward to a new little one. I hope you’re taking your vitamins and resting up plenty. Since it’s been a few years, you may have forgotten just how exhausting caring for a newborn and running after a toddler can be. I hope you’ll be wise and enlist LOTS of help.</p>
<p>^^^ My mother’s name was Mildred also. My mother-in-law’s name was Agnes. It wouldn’t have worked.</p>
<p>DH and I use old-fashioned people names for our dogs. Right now we’ve got Sophie and Archie. I think Mildred and Agnes would be perfect.</p>
<p>Who would have thought Eleanor and Josephine would ever be trendy names again. Mildred and Agnes may rise again. Sophia used to be an old lady from the Golden Girls, now it’s the new Kaitlyn. It seems like half of baby girls are either Sophia, Isabella or Olivia right now. Growing up, I never knew anyone with my name even though it’s not that unusual. I always was glad to not be one of the many Pams, Dianes and Cheryls.</p>
<p>I’ve heard Irene as a recent baby name. Haven’t heard that one in a while … I like it.</p>
<p>Love the idea of Mildred and Agnes (mother and mother-in-law) as pet names … still not quite there for baby names, though more open to Agnes.</p>
<p>poetsheart, I agree that Laura is a nicer name than Margaret. Margaret sounds like an old lady librarian to me. </p>
<p>Can’t believe that Josephine is coming back into style! </p>
<p>I hope I’m not insulting anyone here! Of course I have no idea what your names are.</p>
<p>I have an aunt named Agnes. I think it’s a pretty name. Another name I love that has gone out of style: Theresa.</p>
<p>I have a younger friend who gave her daughters the names of Violet and Grace. I was surprised.</p>
<p>I love Agnes! Frances was my #1 pick but we’re having a boy. (I know Francis can be used for a boy, but I’m not a fan. My apologies to our new pope.)</p>
<p>Ignatius, (come on, you have got to like the classic Catholic names!) my friend just named her daughter Edith Irene. Edith is a bit too old-fashioned yet, even for me. I joke, “What’s next? Chrysogonus? Sixtus?”.</p>
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<p>Over the years I have considered Doren as a middle name, primarily for a boy. But my husband thought our use of our grandfather’s Harold and Walter as middle names was radical enough.</p>
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<p>You are very thoughtful, Poetsheart! Ohh… I remember the exhaustion. I have a two year old! And 5, 12, 13, 16 and 18 year olds. The good news is that the teenagers are an enormous help and they genuinely seem to enjoy their little siblings.</p>