The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #72751   Message #1256302
Posted By: Bill D
25-Aug-04 - 10:34 AM
Thread Name: BS: Unusual Baby Names
Subject: RE: BS: Unusual Baby Names
I have long touted giving a child one name, and letting them choose another at age 18.

My mother HATED her middle name, and I only found out what it was after I was grown....she went thru life as Eudora Parilee. (Name picked by HER mother, Myrtle Saphronia)

(I think my parents were meant for each other...my mother had a sister named Patricia, and brothers John and Albert. My father had brothers Ralph and Louis--HE got Audley. You can imagine what life was like for Audley & Eudora in certain circumstances.)

Be very careful what you saddle kids with, and try to imagine them in school, initial combinations, obvious nicknames...etc.