[stand watie]

REAL southern belles have 3 names.

my plan was to name a daughter Mary Alexandra Kathleen (after 3 strong women in our family)F____________.

unfortunately, no female child.

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[AnAmericanMother]

There's a tradition in my extended family to name a first-born boy after ggg grandfather Nimrod William Ezekiel Long.

My husband declared, "NO son of mine is going to be named Nimrod!" "Not even as a middle name?" I inquired meekly. Rumblings from the male parental unit . . .

Fortunately our first-born is a girl. But I have FOUR (count 'em, FOUR!) cousins named Nimrod . . .