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I am watching a re-run of last weeks 16& pregnant (the new episode starts in half an hour), and Brooke (the mom) and Cody (the dad), combined their names to name their son Brody. Which got me thinking, would you name your child a combination of you and your significant others name?
Hmm... I've never thought about it. Our names could be combined into some normal sounding names, but not names that I like a lot. And for me it's a bit too much like the trend of combining celeb names like "Brangelina" or "Robsten."
Honestly, Brody has been around as a name a long time, and I think it gained in popularity recently. It sounds like they are trying to legitimize a trendy name... though arguably, the combining names thing is sort of Twilight-trendy anyway. Own the fact that you like a trendy name and be prepared for people to call it as such. No big deal.
I will probably get flack for this, but I am completely not a fan of "made up" names, and by this I mean names that make the parents look completely illiterate. They're lucky Brody actually works out. I also dislike "regular" names spelled "yooneeklee," if you follow, so I am probably not a good person to be replying to this thread haha.
I definitely would not name our future children with a combo of our names.
Brandon and Amber
Branber (hahaha), Ambon, Ambran . . . Hahaha, any combo of our names is hilarious and stupid!
Hmm, Caitolas or Nicklyn.
No, I dont think so...
My middle name, Marae (pronounced Muh-Ray), is combination of my grandparents names (May and Raymond (or Ray for short)).
I'm not a huge fan of made-up names. I like not-overly-used but real names (ie: names not in the top 50 most popular).
I'm Abby and my fiance is Chris. So combining our names woudl be "Abris" or "Crabby"! LOL
Bandrew? Andretsy? lol
Yeah, that wouldn't work for us, I'm afraid. I *would* consider combining our last names, since our two last names combined sound like a normal name - Kinmore. But he's not so into that. So we'll just each keep our last names and figure out the baby's when the time comes!
We always joke about this... Ours would be "Nickorie" or "Marjolas". Doesn't really work so well! ha
Ahahaha I love Branber. I do like the name Brody, but it is a strange concept. Sarah and Benjamin . . . weird combos.
Rachel and Tyler = Raler or Tychel. Nope.
FI wants to name our first daughter Aefia (pronounced Ee-fa). Apparently it's the name of some fought-over Irish princess or something. I think he made it up though haha.... I told him he could name a dog Aefia, but not ever, EVER, our child.
Bendrey?
Audnie?
I don't think so, lol! I actually found my guy doodling these mixed up combinations of our names in our baby-name book (this was back when I was pregnant with our daughter). I was hoping he wasn't serious because the thought never occurred to me to "create" our own version of her name. What was he thinking, lol??????
okay, slightly off-topic, but this makes me think of "Benry" on Survivor - I can't stand that name! haha.
I never thought about doing this, it seems kind of silly. the kid's already a combo of you two, do you really need to spell it out with their name? Ours would be like... Willisa or Elliam.
I know a couple named Manny and Melida and they named their daughter Melanny. I also know a couple who named their daughter Kadunce, but it's pronounced Cadence. Why do people do that?! It annoys me when people spell a normal name completely weird, like using a y where a vowel should be.
Ugh ... unfortunately I see a lot of this woking in NICU - and then your kid is stuck being Jerlinda for their entire life (Jeremy + Linda).
We are Julie & Justin . . .. so a combination would Ju-stin or Ju-lie. Haha. And I have to say that I 100% agree with Amaryliss on the 'yooneek' spellings.
Andy and Angie. So the kids could be ... Andy and Angie! :D And it would be the same for Andrew and Angela.
@afuturemrsl: I'm so glad you love the "Branber" combination! It's beginning to grow on me. Hahahahaha...
@abbyful: I'm tickled by the fact that your names combine to "crabby." I keep giggling.
Branber and Crabby are my new favorite names!! hahaha Thats awesome! Ours would be Kachael or Mitie (Katie + Michael) or Kake (Katie + Mike). hahah. Kachael isnt bad, but it reminds me of kaggel...and thats just weird. Katael is another option I guess, but that's too close to Kato Kalen. haha. Ooh the funny combos!
I have a married couple friend. Her name starts with V and his starts with R. They have a son and a daughter, both of whom have names that include "vr" somewhere in the name. It makes for very interesting spelling!
I know a family where the husbands name is Joel then they a daughter named Joelle, I used to babysit for them and thought that was so weird. I also went to high school with a girl named Lourose, dad named Lou and mom named Rose.
I know some people who did this and it wasn't cute. I think my child would hate me if I combined my name and FH's name to make his or hers. lol I love our names seperately tho. lol
I had a student in my class named, Georvic. His mom was Victoria and his dad was George. Cutest little boy! I also know of a couple named Jay and Sharon who named their kid Jaron. That's pretty normal.
I'm considering but not sure I will be combining my mom and DH's mom as my DD-to-be's middle name. We are into music and Rena means joyous song while Carol means melody. Together--Carena which means purity, darling, or beloved in various languages.
We could combine DH and I's name to make a semi-normal trendy name but I'm not into it.
Wow, our kid would be destined for teasing if we ever did that. There's no way. I guess if your names work together, then ok. But ours would be something like Eliniel or Dalise (at least that one's a little better, but still.).
Our names definitely wouldnt work!
We used to go to church with a couple named Chris & Tina. They named their oldest daughter Christina...but at least that one was normal. (:
I am not a fan... It may have to do with the fact that neither Bristen or Krian sound good. lol
Neither of our combos sound good, and I remember being 12 and deciding not to do this when Vanna White named her daughter Giovanna (George + Vanna). They just seem forced together....and how do kid2 and kid3 feel when they don't have momdad names? Ha, you can tell my 12-year-old self had thought about this.
Janelle and Ricardo= Janardo or Ricelle...uh, no thanks! But it is funny to think about :)
Ours would be Austoria...or Victin.
I think it's a cool concept, but in most cases it just doesn't work out. As for Jada and Will Smith, I think their choices of Willow and Jaden are super cool.
Alley and Ryan
Alan- prob not Although I would defiantly consider Ryley. I like the spelling too and had never thought about it until I saw this post!
Hmmm... Alitthew or Matticia. I think we'll be giving that one a pass.
haha ours would be Rony (which would be Rory... which is real) (also that just reminds me of Mac a roni) or Tobin (haha Tobias anyone?!?) lol.
We're Jewish, so we can't name our kid after anybody living. I know a girl who named her kid her maiden name (Clark). That was kind of weird to me, apparently she was attached to it!
Brody sounds too much like grody for my tastes. I'm not a fan of the name smush thing. Luckily it doesn't work for my fiance and I...who would ever name their children Ashphen (lol), or heaven forbid, Stephalynn? *gag*
We've thought about combining both our mother's name for a future daughter's middle name, but I think middle names are different. Middle names can be weird lol.
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