https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:20:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-846281 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:45:46 +0000 cheert16 846281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It wasn't even part of or thought process while choosing names, but we ended up with Thomas as his middle name (after my dad$ so it worked out perfectly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-846163 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 20:17:09 +0000 LittleFox 846163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also didn't pick saint names. One was a name we liked, and the other is a family name. Maybe he will be the first saint with that name. :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-846097 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:53:59 +0000 LovelyPlum 846097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sugar.Biscuit: also, I think Avery is cute for a boy or a girl :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-846092 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:52:40 +0000 LovelyPlum 846092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The saints name thing isn't really a rule, more of a tradition. If you wanted, you could also just choose a patron saint for the baby. Not everyone has one, but we grew up celebrating our saint day like a mini birthday-special dinner and dessert. It was fun :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-845987 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:20:42 +0000 swedishfish 845987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm Catholic and I have no idea if the names we've chosen are saint names or not. We went to our baptism class a few weeks ago and our priest just had us share the names we've chosen and why we chose them...he didn't mention anything about having to choose saint names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-845969 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:14:24 +0000 matador84 845969@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did a middle name as a saint name. You could also wait to see what day your LO is born on and see whose saint day that is and name after that saint. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-845968 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:14:02 +0000 singingbee 845968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm catholic and we aren't necessarily following the saint rule. We are just picking names we like and most happen to be catholic saint names. DH isn't catholic so it's not something I'm pushing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-845950 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:06:45 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 845950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both of our kids have saint names, though for our second daughter it's only the middle name. Helped that they were both named after catholic relatives </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-845947 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:04:30 +0000 HLK208 845947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm catholic but didn't follow the saint rule haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-845944 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:02:21 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 845944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: I don't really like Thomas as a first name for our LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-845409 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:07:48 +0000 meredithNYC 845409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, my LO's name is a saint's name, but to be honest that's more coincidental, as we really weren't trying for that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-845392 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:00:42 +0000 Honeybee 845392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sugar.Biscuit: Maybe if your husband is set on having the first name as saints' name you could do Thomas Avery instead? You could always call your DS by his middle name. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-845384 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:57:20 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 845384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You all are making me feel so much better about this! Hopefully I can convince DH to loosen up a bit on this. I think it's adorable!</p> <p>Do you guys think Avery is more of a boy name, girls name or unisex? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-845070 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:32:09 +0000 rattles 845070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: Ha, exactly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-845064 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:31:04 +0000 rattles 845064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love names, and it was important to us for our kids to have names with style. That said, we were equally mindful of giving them strong patrons. We thumbed through the Lives of the Saints for ideas, looking around when DD was due and also just seeing if anything jumped out. Both her first and middle are saint's names. She has a little doll of each, and we ask them to pray for her in her bedtime prayers (when we do a little mini litany of her patrons). She's getting old enough to recognize her name, and grins when she hears it in the Eucharistic Prayer on Sundays which is pretty fun.</p> <p>All of that said, I don't think you HAVE to do anything! I love the name Avery Thomas, and you could still play up any of the St. Thomas' as his patron in the same or different ways we do! And maybe he'll be the first! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-845054 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:28:51 +0000 honeybear 845054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kind of off-topic, but I'd totally consider Emil as a middle name because of this priest: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Kapaun" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Kapaun</a> (He hasn't been beatified yet, but he's on the road there.) </p> <p>I like names that have good stories behind them, which is probably the reason I gravitate to saint's names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-845032 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:21:34 +0000 lomom 845032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our LO is a Junior and both his names are saints names but that just coincidence. If your heart is set on it, go for it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-845005 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:15:38 +0000 honeybear 845005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO's first and middle names are both saint's names. We will probably do that with future children too, because there were a lot of saint's names we liked that we didn't use! </p> <p>As parents we're charged with raising them to be saints, so I think it's okay to break new ground name-wise. (Someone had to be the first St. Therese, St. Kateri, St. Ignatius, St. Damien, etc.!) Your LO could be the first Saint Avery to be canonized! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-845001 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:14:25 +0000 sera_87 845001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom comes from a catholic family &amp; all 8 kids have a saint name, either as their first or middle. It's not too hard though, considering most saint names are pretty 'classic' names to begin with (Thomas, Anne, Marie, etc) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-845000 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:14:25 +0000 rrachael 845000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD's middle name is a saint's name. I'm glad she was a girl though because all our boy choices were more modern names ... we'll figure it out if we ever get there :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-844993 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:11:41 +0000 Honeybee 844993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both of our kids have saints' names for first names (DS's middle name is also a saint name), but it wasn't something we really intended to do. :) I think a middle name as a saint's name is perfectly fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-844992 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:11:25 +0000 ladybee 844992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This just came up yesterday. I want Hunter and DH wants a different name and he kept saying, "It's a good Catholic name!" After he said that, I thought, well yeah it is, crap so much for Hunter!</p> <p>We know we are having a boy but for a girl I wanted Olivia Mae. I just googled it and it turns out there is a Saint Olivia so I feel better about that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-844970 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:05:27 +0000 chanzi 844970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Huh, DH is Catholic and this hasn't come up at all in our naming discussions! Though now that you mention it he and his sister do both have saint's names... For middle names we are going to use family names, and one of our boy picks happens to be a saint's name, but otherwise our baby will have to wait until confirmation to get a saint's name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-844965 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:03:02 +0000 Boogs 844965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO's middle name happens to be a saint's name, but we didn't use it for that reason, we used it because it's DH's first name lol. Our chuch doesn't have the saint name rule, so I would ask yours. But, I think you should be fine with the name you're wanting to use, especially because I think using the saint name as a middle name totally counts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-844937 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:51:42 +0000 BabyBruins 844937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Growing up, I thought Catholics HAD to name their children after saints. My SIL has a favorite name if they have a girl that is very trendy and my mom always says, "I have never heard of St. (name)."<br /> Both of J's names are saints, but that is just a coincidence. My niece's name is not a saint and I have a bunch of cousins that definitely do not have a saint's name. I think its a nice thought, but not a "rule". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-844882 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:36:25 +0000 fancyfunction 844882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just wanted to make sure her middle name would be a saint's name, but her first name just happened to be as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-844847 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:20:52 +0000 MrsCastro 844847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, our LO's first name does not have to be of a Saint, but it does turn out that our choice for a girls middle name is that of a Saint and our choice for a boys first name is also that of a Saint. I guess it just happened that way... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-844840 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:18:26 +0000 Foodnerd81 844840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LovelyPlum: Same exact thing-- and my siblings and I are the same way-- most of us there is no St. Firstname but we all have a St. Middlename. </p> <p>As it happens, both our top name contenders do have saints though-- not intentionally. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-844831 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:15:09 +0000 LovelyPlum 844831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are planning on one of the names being a saint's name, so each child can have a patron saint. So, you could use Avery Thomas, and St. Thomas could be the patron saint. Lots of saint names make great middle names! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/catholic-bees-how-did-you-name-your-child#post-844816 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:11:49 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 844816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH was born Catholic &amp; I converted a year &amp; a half ago. DH is very adamant about naming our child after a saint. Some of the names we like aren't saints. If we have a boy DH wants to name him after himself as he was named after his father. I totally snagged the name Avery from another bee and thought Avery Thomas would be nice. There is no Saint Avery. If we did this DH &amp; baby boy would have the same initials &amp; middle name. Adorable right!? </p> <p>How did you decide to name your kids. Did the first name HAVE to be a saint? </p>