Let's name the baby

Don't do like Frank and get all cranked up and name your child something like: oh I don't know - let's go with, "Moon Unit" ... :biggrin:
 
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My sister went to High School with the daughter of the owner of the local VW/Porsche dealer. She was named Porsche and got a new VW every year. We sometimes wondered if she rather the reverse…
 
A woman I used to work had the last name of “Moore”. When she told us the news, we had all sorts of name suggestions: Noah, Lon, Ken, Dinty, and others that I can’t remember. I DO remember she didn’t use any of them.
 
I recently toured the Hermeus Jet Engine Testing Facility here in Atlanta. It's pretty cool what they're doing over there!
For those unfamiliar: Hypersonic Flight

So my naming vote (for a boy) would fall under one of the aircraft in their product line: Halcyon or "Hal" for short. Halcyon
 
If it’s a boy I’m doubling down on Wilbur (when it came time to name my youngest son, my wife, a non native English speaker, wanted to stick with names that started with “w”, after weeks of back and forth I jokingly said “the only other name I can think of that starts with W is Wilbur” she loved it, I could only think of charlotte’s web and him getting teased in school, we argued about it, my son’s name is Wilbur. He has made it through it without getting hazed. It’s time to bring “Wilbur” back as a name.
 
NealRomeoGolf said:
I'll start a college fund for the kid if you name it Neal.

I've offered money for naming rights with all my sisters and none of them have taken me up on it. I have 21 nieces and nephews for reference.
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A girl named Neal is akin to a boy named Sue.

When I was little, there was a stray dog at the shop. Somehow it acquired the name Dave. Then Dave had puppies. But it was already named and renaming a stray dog is apparently sacrilege in our family.
 
Racerx said:
A girl named Neal is akin to a boy named Sue.

When I was little, there was a stray dog at the shop. Somehow it acquired the name Dave. Then Dave had puppies. But it was already named and renaming a stray dog is apparently sacrilege in our family.
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The female version of Neal that I created is Nealia. :cornut:
 
Is Ms Half Fast moving to be near the new grandchild? Do we need to be looking for hangar space in the area? LOL
 
Our cats are named Wilbur and Katherine.
 
So we have some great names for the baby given above, but what about the grandparents? SWMBO said she might like to be called “Grammy” but I told her that sounds like a music award. For myself, I’m sorta leaning toward “Your Highness” but that might be difficult for the baby to say.

Suggestions?
 
Half Fast said:
So we have some great names for the baby given above, but what about the grandparents? SWMBO said she might like to be called “Grammy” but I told her that sounds like a music award. For myself, I’m sorta leaning toward “Your Highness” but that might be difficult for the baby to say.

Suggestions?
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Let the child decide.
 
Half Fast said:
So we have some great names for the baby given above, but what about the grandparents? SWMBO said she might like to be called “Grammy” but I told her that sounds like a music award. For myself, I’m sorta leaning toward “Your Highness” but that might be difficult for the baby to say.

Suggestions?
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“Your Hiney” might work. ;)

I’ve gone with “Grandpa”, but the two-year-old wasn’t able to manage that and used “Papa” when we were there.
 
Half Fast said:
So we have some great names for the baby given above, but what about the grandparents?
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Our spawn, who is still childless, says if the need arises we will be known as "Boss B***h" and "Big Daddy."

Nauga,
who knows you'll ask, "Which is which?"
 
Oma & Opa on my wife's side. Her Oma & Opa were taught in German in grade school.
 
My dad was Papa to his grandkids and my mom was Grandma. My FIL was Poppi and my MIL was Muzzy.
 
Half Fast said:
SWMBO said she might like to be called “Grammy” but I told her that sounds like a music award.
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Grammy is becoming a popular one. There was a small family feud between MIL and my stepmother, over who would be called Grammy. Thing is, my stepmother was already Grammy to my brother's kids. MIL wanted to be the only Grammy.

I had two called Granny, because that's what older cousins had started with on each side, so I couldn't call them something else. Mom and dad just had to be specific, which granny's house we were going to. This was typically done by adding the grandfather's moniker in the discussion, as those were different. If mom or dad simply told us, "Granny is coming over," we had no idea which one was going to show up, unless we were given more information to make a deduction.

I think that is why we have so many different variations on grandparent nicknames. To stop confusing kids about which grandparents they were going to visit.
 
Fiveslide said:
Grammy is becoming a popular one. There was a small family feud between MIL and my stepmother, over who would be called Grammy. Thing is, my stepmother was already Grammy to my brother's kids. MIL wanted to be the only Grammy.

I had two called Granny, because that's what older cousins had started with on each side, so I couldn't call them something else. Mom and dad just had to be specific, which granny's house we were going to. This was typically done by adding the grandfather's moniker in the discussion, as those were different. If mom or dad simply told us, "Granny is coming over," we had no idea which one was going to show up, unless we were given more information to make a deduction.

I think that is why we have so many different variations on grandparent nicknames. To stop confusing kids about which grandparents they were going to visit.
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My kids solved that by Grandpa Smith and Grandpa Jones.
 
Half Fast said:
So we have some great names for the baby given above, but what about the grandparents? SWMBO said she might like to be called “Grammy” but I told her that sounds like a music award. For myself, I’m sorta leaning toward “Your Highness” but that might be difficult for the baby to say.

Suggestions?
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My mom's parents used to stay with us for a month or so when they traveled between the UP and Florida. My grandpa would always be up before anyone else, and always made percolated coffee. My brother called him the Coffee Man. However, being he wasn't pronouncing all words correctly at that age, he was the Hafeef Man.

My sister and I (and brother when he got older) always referred to our grandparents as Grandma/Grandpa [Surname] or directly addressed them as Grandma or Grandpa. No nicknames or preferential names between the grandparents.
 
CAVU for the kid.

Something really old for Granddad Half Fast: Frasca, maybe, or Sperry, or Airknocker...
 
My Dad's parents were Granny and Pop. My Mom's were Granddaddy and Grandmother. Not sure why the difference? My kids used Grandpa [surname] and Grandma [surname]. My grand kids call us Grandma and Grandpa, and their Dad's parents Mommom and Poppop (apparently a New Jersey thing?).

Often, particularly if it's cute, their first garbling of the name will stick forever.
 
jsstevens said:
Often, particularly if it's cute, their first garbling of the name will stick forever.
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Happened with me. Now I have four grandchildren all in their twenties who still call me Polkidot. They know of no other name. My oldest daughter called me that at the age of four and it stuck.
 
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MauleSkinner said:
She couldn’t say “Piperonca”?
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Nah, it was before the old airplanes. She caught me walking in the bedroom in a pair of polka-dotted boxer shorts. Being the creative little soul that she was, she looked up at me and said “you old polkadot!” in a drawn out theatrical voice. And that was it. When she was able to write and spell it changed slightly. Will probably be on my gravestone.

I was wrong – she was three. And now, one of the grand daughters is courting. I can see her introducing me to her fiancé, “and this is my grandfather Polkidot”!
 
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