Family traditions in naming?
#1
Posted 10 April 2008 - 11:15 AM
I am an extremely family-oriented person, and family is literally everything in the world to me My side is pretty small but very close-knit, and for several generations now (or as far as I can see with the genealogy research I’ve done!) we’ve upheld a vague tradition of bestowing either the same names or similar ones to the kids. I thought it was pretty neat! Lets see…
On my mom’s maternal side, my great-great grandmother was Rosa Emele, and my great-grandma is Helena Rosa. My grandma is Emily Helena -- she kind of broke the “theme” with my mom, who is Nicole Bethany Gail, with the two middle names being those of my paternal great-grandma. Then mom named me Emily Charity. I’ve been trying to uphold the tradition with my girls, at least in their middle names: Sinéad’s is from my husband’s mom, and Shelby’s is from mine. And then of course, our next little girl will be Victoire Chadée, for my dad.
Keeping with this tradition is the least I could do, really, because the other family trend on my side seems to be having just one child, or, at the very least, just one girl I’ve shattered that one already!
Okay, I’m rambling way too much! Anyway, do any of you guys have any sort of family traditions to share? I love reading them. I'm actually leaving to go see my mom in just a few minutes, but when I get home I might try and do a little more research on my dad's side and my family as a whole I love this kind of stuff!
#2
Posted 10 April 2008 - 04:03 PM
#3
Posted 10 April 2008 - 04:50 PM
#4
Posted 11 April 2008 - 12:59 PM
#5
Posted 11 April 2008 - 04:24 PM
#6
Posted 13 April 2008 - 10:50 AM
From her side, the name Lee for middle names is kind of a tradition. I have about 12 people in my family with it as a middle name (myself included, except my middle name is LeeAnn).
From my father's side, the middle name Raymond is common. It is Dallas's middle name, my father's, my grandfathers, and I think one or two uncles.
That's all!
#7
Posted 13 April 2008 - 10:54 AM
Actually, I guess there are. I talked to my mother about it and she said...
From her side, the name Lee for middle names is kind of a tradition. I have about 12 people in my family with it as a middle name (myself included, except my middle name is LeeAnn).
From my father's side, the middle name Raymond is common. It is Dallas's middle name, my father's, my grandfathers, and I think one or two uncles.
That's all!
That's neat! I'm going to my aunt and uncle's place this afternoon for a bit of a brunch, so I'm going to prod my uncle for any traditions on the male side of things that I'm unaware of
#8
Posted 13 April 2008 - 12:54 PM
So yeah. That was a lot less interesting that I thought it would be
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