Posted on 12/17/2006 10:51:38 PM PST by Hetty_Fauxvert
My husband and I are expecting fraternal twin boys in March, and we have reached the stage of discussing names. My husband is a small-L libertarian, while I am more conservative, but we agree that we would like to give our sons names to live up to. (For instance, we are seriously looking at Washington, Jefferson and Franklin as middle names, since we like the idea of giving the boys the names of some of our most important and admirable founding fathers.) We are also fans of history, particularly the Roman era, and would be interested in considering names of some of the more admirable and moral "great men" through history. We are of English and Irish extraction, so we are also interested in names appropriate to those histories.
This is all tempered by the fact that we don't want to give them names that will get them teased mercilessly; for instance, when my husband suggested the names Dwight (for Eisenhower), and Hector, I vetoed both of them on the grounds that they were just plain ugly names, no matter who wore them first. Also, we are not Christian, so while we understand the importance of Christianity to our Western tradition, we are not particularly looking for a religious-themed name.
So this is your chance to give us a suggestion! Please give us the name, and if it is a name we might not be immediately familiar with, give us some background and also why you think this name is a good candidate.
Thank you!
LMAO!
When I was waitressing in college I worked with a girl named 'Reagan'.
BTW, it was spelled the same way as President Ronald Reagan. Yes, her parents were conservative :)
My wife wanted to use the name Reagan for our last daughter.
I objected, even though RWR was my favorite president.
At the time (11 years ago), it sounded too political to me.
Then if you have more kids, it would be ThreePotato, Four. FivePotato, SixPotato, SevenPotatoMore.
did "Reagan' go into politics?
I'm sure by now she's been razzed about it plenty.
Malcolm and Angus (after the brothers who started AC/DC)? "Take a chance while you still have a choice," in the words of the late Bon Scott.
Hey wait -- "Bon" and "Scott"....
Charles has the classical antiquity angle covered, I think:
http://www.riverapes.com/AAH/Arguments/JimMoore/JMHome.htm
Finn (Irish myth) and Bran (British myth)?
Don't laugh. My son wanted to name a future child of his "Seven" (also wanted "Pasco" and for a girl!) Luckily, he married a wonderful little redhead with some smarts. And taste.
My identical twin grandsons are Logan Elijah and Brady Thomas. Yesssss!
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