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We Know the Middle Name, Now What?

by The Name Lady, Posted May 27th 2010 11:00AM

If my husband and I have a girl, we'd like to give her a middle name after my mother, Nancy. We're having trouble finding first names that sound good with Nancy. Any advice? -Anagogic Indeed, I do have advice. You're doing this backwards. ...
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Name Combos: Crossing George With Edward

by The Name Lady, Posted Oct 12th 2009 10:00AM

We would like to use our grandfathers' names -- George and Edward -- to name our son but we don't want to call him either of those names. Can you come up with some combinations of those two names for another name to call him? - Loyal granddaughter ...
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We All Want the Same Baby Name!

by The Name Lady, Posted Jun 8th 2009 10:00AM

There's only one name in our family that is considered ideal -- by every single person of child-bearing age. It's a family name that has become quite popular and trendy without being annoyingly common. Is it weird to have multiple cousins sharing a ...
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Namesake Confusion - Who's a Junior, Anyway?

by The Name Lady, Posted Jun 1st 2009 10:00AM

My brother and his wife just had a baby boy (brother's second son)and named him after my brother which makes him a jr. My question is, is it ok to name your second son jr. and not your first son? - JustAsking If Richard Mark has a son named ...
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When Your Favorite Name is "Taken"

by The Name Lady, Posted Apr 27th 2009 10:00AM

I love my grandmother's middle name, but it is my cousin's first name (we are not very close). Dare I use it for my own daughter? If I were to use it, would my family think I was stealing the name from my cousin, or would they assume it was in her ...
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Naming Baby After Dad - Classic or Showy?

by The Name Lady, Posted Mar 23rd 2009 10:00AM

My wife and I are considering naming our son after me and calling him EJ for Eric Junior. What is the history of passing down the father's name to his son and is it considered pretentious today? - Dad-to-be Fifty years ago, no one ...
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Dad's Favorite Name Doesn't Thrill Mom

by The Name Lady, Posted Mar 9th 2009 10:00AM

My husband and I are expecting our 3rd child, and he wants to use his great-grandmother's name, Cora. When he first suggested it, I liked it, but now I'm having doubts. We've discussed other names, but I don't feel strongly about any of them, and ...
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