https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 15 May 2026 21:46:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2514099 Sun, 03 Apr 2016 16:43:58 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2514099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wanted to use a version of Frank or Frances as it would knock out two birds with one stone. DH was on board with Francesca for hot second. He didn't have any family names he wanted to use. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2514096 Sun, 03 Apr 2016 16:39:29 +0000 travellingbee 2514096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>George </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2514044 Sun, 03 Apr 2016 13:54:25 +0000 jh524 2514044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Stephen, my fathers name &amp; brothers name is Steve. I wouldve used it but then we'd have too any Steves!! But I do really like Steven<br /> Donald,Paul<br /> Catherine, Rhonda, Dona </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2514040 Sun, 03 Apr 2016 13:45:20 +0000 Kemma 2514040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Edith from my Mother's side, William from my Dad. Baby #3 will have either William or Edith for a middle name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513875 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 22:44:12 +0000 Marfi 2513875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Marceline (because it is already my first name) it was my great-grandmothers name and it is also my Mom's and cousin's middle name.<br /> And Richard. Because well it has a very unfortunate nickname. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513844 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 21:26:03 +0000 magnolia 2513844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I liked Ray (on both sides of our family) but.it was rejected by my SO</p> <p>My grandmother's name is Valoice which I.think is cool but probably will never use </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513816 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 20:44:53 +0000 nana87 2513816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh gosh yes, we have some terrible names in our families! Calman, Perry, Frederick, Betty, and Renee for example are ones I just wouldn't use </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513801 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 20:07:11 +0000 Mrs. D 2513801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is named for each of our favourite Grandmothers. Helen for his, and Katherine for mine. Katherine is my Grammies middle name, and is a family name. I have a ton of female relatives with this as a middle name.</p> <p>Next time names from our family we may consider:<br /> Arthur (Hubby has his heart set on it......)<br /> Henry<br /> John (My hubby, his father and Grandfather all carry John in their name. Hubby wants to give our future son it as well)</p> <p>Jacqueline<br /> April<br /> Sadie</p> <p>Family Names we will NOT consider:<br /> Roderick<br /> Diane<br /> Kenneth</p> <p>I'd love to put my maiden name in there as a middle name- Smiley </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513797 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 19:56:51 +0000 Silva 2513797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My beloved grandmother was Linda. I don't mind the name, but it's not my style nor my favorite, and I haven't found a good way to use it as a middle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513792 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 19:48:57 +0000 MrsB2012 2513792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I broke the tradition of the eldest females middle name being Janet. I was the ... 5th person with it I think. I'm not very fond of it, plus o have no idea who the original Janet was. So for my oldest daughter we used my nans name and my youngest daughter we used my moms name ( for middle names.) It works out though, as my sister said she would use Janet as it works for our family, plus is her mil's name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513768 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 19:10:55 +0000 NavyRN2012 2513768@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ruth and Virginia Ann. I wish we would have used one of them for my daughter :crying: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513767 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 19:08:57 +0000 littlejoy 2513767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anna, Eloise, Graydon, and Fern. A couple are on our short list for next time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513752 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 18:41:54 +0000 farawayyama 2513752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Harold. There was a generations long tradition of naming the first son Harold. My parent got around it by getting a male kitten while pregnant with me (dad was convinced I was a boy) and naming him Harold. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513748 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 18:37:58 +0000 Finfan 2513748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a bunch of boy names that I would have wanted to consider but we only have girls: William, Daniel, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513745 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 18:29:13 +0000 Mrs. Microscope 2513745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My great grandmother's name was Delbert. She went by Berdie. VETO!</p> <p>DH's grandmother was Jadwiga. Nickname Hettie. Still, VETO. </p> <p>We went with a different family name for DD's middle name, and have a non-family first name we adore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513627 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 13:18:50 +0000 lady baltimore 2513627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am the fifth in my maternal line with my name, and I broke tradition by not giving it to my daughter. </p> <p>Other family names/variations I liked but DH didn't:<br /> Naomi<br /> Jemima (to honor a James)<br /> James (for a girl)<br /> Oak<br /> Eloise </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513590 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 11:56:13 +0000 stiletto_mom 2513590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>SIL took the family names from DH's side that we liked, and I don't really fancy the women's names (Dorothy, Janet etc.) </p> <p>So we're on our own. My side has cultural names with English equivalents that aren't common, so nothing there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513547 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 10:38:45 +0000 twodoghouse 2513547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: That's my mom's name! She was named after my grandpa's favorite cow from childhood (what happens when you're the sixth girl!). She goes by Marcie. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513533 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 10:10:30 +0000 LovelyPlum 2513533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My great grandma's name was Marcella. I loved her so much, and it would mean a lot to my mom. I dont hate the name; i just don't know if I love it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513527 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 10:00:37 +0000 travelgirl1 2513527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wanted to honour my gran (Audrey) with DD's middle name but DH wouldn't entertain it at all. We didn't use any family names but all of my sisters have honoured my parents with theirs and two used our Nan's middle name (Mae). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513473 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 08:16:32 +0000 twodoghouse 2513473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Georgia - my grandma's given name although she went by middle. I love it, but DH vetoed immediately. He thought it sounded "too southern," ha!<br /> Wilfred - my grandpa's name. We're not cool/hipster enough to pull it off. We considered it for a second though!<br /> Heath - DH and his dad's middle name and DH's grandma's maiden name. We thought about it, but it just didn't feel right to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513469 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 07:48:58 +0000 rachiecakes 2513469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Natalie (my grandma &amp; great-grandma)<br /> Caroline<br /> Gertrude<br /> Gerald </p> <p>If we had a girl we would've used Natalie and my middle name. I have my great grandmothers maiden name for a middle name and share it with just about everyone on my moms side, male &amp; female. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513449 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 06:31:40 +0000 Cherrybee 2513449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would have loved to honour a few significant family members but their names are just terrible: </p> <p>Irene<br /> Nelly<br /> Viola<br /> Pauline<br /> Ronald<br /> Rodney </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513442 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 05:38:28 +0000 Alba4 2513442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We haven't used some of these family names because we don't really like them:<br /> Sumner<br /> Francis<br /> Bruno</p> <p>We still are trying to find a name for DS2! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513415 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 23:54:48 +0000 FannyMae 2513415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: There are A LOT of Archers around here, but not one Sterling so far! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513396 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 22:39:28 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 2513396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both of DH's grandma's were Janaki - would've loved to use that for a girl, oh well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513391 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 22:29:59 +0000 mrbee 2513391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: I bet Sterling makes a comeback, because of Archer! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513384 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 22:15:20 +0000 youboots 2513384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sterling.... DH vetoed </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/any-family-names-you-didnt-use-but-kind-of-like#post-2513382 Fri, 01 Apr 2016 22:08:44 +0000 mrbee 2513382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the family names on my dad's side are super old school! Basically, a bunch of French and German names that nobody uses anymore. My brother has one of our family names as his middle name, and it's one of those names where you use your initial for your entire life.</p> <p>My mom's family names are great, but it's hard to pull off a Japanese name outside of Japan these days! </p>