Childrens names

[Archangel]

Ha! You mean Seán!

Sean is actually the Gaelic (whether Irish or Scottish) word for old!

Would the pronunciation be different?

[slohairt]

Would the pronunciation be different?

Yes! Seán is pronounced SHAWN, while Sean is pronounced SHAN. Interestingly, Seán, while the most accepted Irish version of John today, is really the Irish form of the Norman-French form of John: Jehan or Jean.

In Scottish Gaelic, Seán is often rendered Seathan. It's rarely seen, as the usual Gaelic form of John in Scotland is Iain.

[Erisianmonkey]

My wife and I discussed kids names when we discussed whether we would eventually want any. We decided on four names. Two for boys and two for girls. For daughters, the names we decided on were: Emma Alice, after my grandmothers, and Discordia Anne, after the goddess of chaos and the fact that we like the name Anne. For boys we settled on Reuben Ray, after my grandfathers, and Cieran Hamish, because those are names we always liked. It was interesting that my wife and I had come up with most of these names for kids separately.

Now that being said, I can give you a fun name from my family tree. My maternal grandfather's middle name was Quintes. Not Quint, not Quinton, but Quintes. No one in the family, including him could ever tell me why. But when you think that his parents were named Columbus Alonzo Cox and Narcissa Miller, the picture becomes a little clearer.

One thing I must say about the naming of children and then I'm off the subject. Please, by all that is good and right in the universe do not ever do what my ex did and insist on giving a child the name Mary Marie. There's just no bloody need for something like that.

[slohairt]

My sister-in-law has a daughter named Caitlin (with the typical mistaken pronunciation KATE-LYN) and another named Cathleen. I've tried to explain to her that they are the same name, albeit one a mispronunciation and the other an Anglicisation, but she doesn't believe me!

For the non-Gaelic Omnastics nerds: Both names are from Caitlín (pronounced either CATCH-LEEN or CAT-LEEN) an Irish form of Catherine.

[Wompet]

Now that being said, I can give you a fun name from my family tree. My maternal grandfather's middle name was Quintes. Not Quint, not Quinton, but Quintes. No one in the family, including him could ever tell me why. But when you think that his parents were named Columbus Alonzo Cox and Narcissa Miller, the picture becomes a little clearer.

One thing I must say about the naming of children and then I'm off the subject. Please, by all that is good and right in the universe do not ever do what my ex did and insist on giving a child the name Mary Marie. There's just no bloody need for something like that.

Well, the brother of my maternal great-great-great-grandfather was Fernando Robertson. We're still wondering how a third generation Scots-American got that name.

And I used to work with a Margaret Mary. She went by Margie.

[Nervous Jock]

Well the laddie has duly arrived

tipping in at 11 lbs 10 oz.

Names decided but not agreed on

[ccga3359]

Well the laddie has duly arrived

tipping in at 11 lbs 10 oz.

Names decided but not agreed on

Congratulations. Post pics when you can and start a registered kilt savings plan also (RKSP) .

[Bugbear]

Congrats.

Well the laddie has duly arrived

tipping in at 11 lbs 10 oz.

Names decided but not agreed on

[Pleater]

ELEVEN POUNDS TEN OUNCES!!

Holey Maloney

That is one bouncing baby. Congratulations, and whatever his name may he carry it well.

[Macman]

tipping in at 11 lbs 10 oz.

That's not a baby, that's a toddler! Congratulations on the bairn! Well-named, too!