https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:46:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2576770 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 10:24:29 +0000 stiletto_mom 2576770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's relatively important for me.</p> <p>It was pretty hard to find secular names. Names with bad meanings are immediately crossed out. Names with neutral meanings were placed lower on the list, but were okay to stay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2576500 Tue, 28 Jun 2016 06:49:58 +0000 ValentineMommy 2576500@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Doesn't really matter to us.</p> <p>DS1's name means "from South Munster" (one of ancient Ireland's five regions). DS is only a teeny tiny bit Irish. </p> <p>DS2's name means "feller" or "hewer" in Hebrew.</p> <p>Neither have particularly stellar meanings lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2576151 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:53:21 +0000 Chillybear 2576151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@raspberries: to me "dark one" would mean dark in coloring - maybe dark hair, eyes or skin tone</p> <p>My daughter's name means "fair" - does it mean fair like light skin, hair, eyes or fair as in "she plays fair" - either way its quite fitting for her as she's pretty light complected and also a libra. even though at the time i swore up and down she would look like me with dark hair and eyes she doesnt</p> <p>My name means "crowned one" and i was born and to this day have a ton of hair, I'm also a Leo (king of the jungle) with a mane of hair. so also quite fitting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2576150 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:53:01 +0000 rattles 2576150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think there's a difference between a name's definition and its meaning. We chose names that have great meaning to me and DH - namesakes, religion, family and style were all considerations. That meaning was more important to me than the dictionary definition (though who wouldn't like a lovely definition, if that happened to match). A blogger I read, Abby Sandel at Appellation Mountain had a quote that summed it up well:<br /> "Mallory doesn’t mean sorrowful if your parents met in Mallory, Indiana. Then it means ‘small town where my parents met.’ And if your parents happened to meet there because it was a dark and stormy night, and your mom had a flat tire and the repair shop was closed and your dad just happened to be in town for a meeting and suddenly, there they were nursing coffee at the Mallory Diner just one seat apart … well, then your name means ‘serendipity, twist of fate."</p> <p>The last thing I'll say is that I'm super dubious of some of the definitions people find for baby names, some good and some bad. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2576142 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:47:42 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2576142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: it was culled from our list because... Lame. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2576133 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:42:08 +0000 skipra 2576133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: Yes a version of this! They a go back to the Latin word for lame. And it perfectly fits what we want for a name :bummed:<br /> @Pumuckl: Interesting! We are considering Alexander and I thought the meaning was different. I'll have to look into it more.<br /> @Corduroy: funny how you can apply personality traits to name meanings! LO1's middle name means white and sure enough he is the whitest white kid you could ever meet. LO2's na me means farmer and his favorite activity is digging up all my plants outside lol.<br /> @honeybear: absolutely we are considering the history too, which is part of the appeal. It works with both LO names. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2576030 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:48:02 +0000 LuLu Mom 2576030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not a big deal to me at all. My first girl is "son of emery" and our second is "wild boar in a grazing meadow" </p> <p>I actually laughed out loud at the second meaning, but the name is very pretty so we didn't care! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575988 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:09:40 +0000 Meowkers 2575988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not important to us at all. DD's name meaning is something super religious and we're super not religious but we love her name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575970 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:59:00 +0000 honeybear 2575970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I should probably add that by "meaning," I mean the etymology/derivation/definition, which I think of as distinct from the historical people or fictional characters who had the name. We definitely considered historical/literary precedent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575956 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:53:40 +0000 FaithFertility 2575956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some importance!<br /> DD's middlemiddle name is Grace and has special meaning to us, based on it's origin!<br /> DS will be a JR but I love DH's namename and meaning </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575939 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:44:32 +0000 snowjewelz 2575939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Meaning is super important to us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575922 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:31:39 +0000 Corduroy 2575922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With LO1 I wasn't too concerned about the meaning. Her name means dawn which I thought was sweet. Then we had over a year of pre-dawn wakeups and the name meaning started to bother me. I certainly don't think her name choice had an impact on her wake up time, it was more of a joke. However, I made sure LO2's name didn't mean anything that I thought would bother me if it were tied to his actions/personality. He has a profession-type name. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575913 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:19:00 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2575913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I find name meanings extremely interesting, but it's not a deal breaker. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575911 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:16:11 +0000 raspberries 2575911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our LO's name means either "ray of light" or "dark one" depending on which language it's used in... I liked the name enough to use it and hope he leaned toward the ray of light meaning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575791 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 09:00:46 +0000 youboots 2575791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not even sure we looked it up.</p> <p>ETA Son of Dennis or God of wine- I vaguely remember the them from over a year ago. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575787 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:59:14 +0000 lamariniere 2575787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't really care as long as it isn't extremely negative. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575782 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:57:56 +0000 Mrsbells 2575782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: for me the meaning is extremely important. We typically choose biblical names and the meaning of the name is a big factor. I would choose a name that had a bad meaning.<br /> Having said that make sure you get the meaning from a reliable source some websites have the wrong meanings. If you Google the etymology of a name that helps to get an accurate origin and meaning of a name </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575779 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:54:30 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2575779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I dont give it much importance at all. Also where are you getting these meanings? Unless its a clear direct translation from another language, its hard to imagine names to go with those. Plus I feel like you can google any name and practically get 10 different "meanings". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575777 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:52:53 +0000 Pumuckl 2575777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: Alexandra, it's explained to have a little nicer meaning on wikipedia now though: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra</a></p> <p>This might also be a translation issue with the different languages we speak :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575774 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:50:44 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2575774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Claudia!</p> <p>We considered name meanings if they were negative. I definitely looked up the meaning of my name when I was growing up and liked that it had different meanings in different cultures. It made me feel special. I didn't want my girls to look their names up and feel badly about the meanings.<br /> That said, my eldest daughters name was used by Shakespeare and suffers a pretty horrific tragedy. Her name meaning is really pretty though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575769 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:46:07 +0000 catlady 2575769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm torn on this one. My daughter's name was the perfect combo of us actually loving the name itself and it's meaning. For #2 (boy), we are having the same issue as you though, all the names we like don't have the greatest meanings. I've decided to ignore it unless the meaning is really terrible. I think if there is a family connection, that could definitely trump the actual meaning. </p> <p>Btw, my name also means One who supplants, and it hasn't affected me in the least. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575767 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:43:31 +0000 skipra 2575767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumuckl: wow what name means that? Just so I don't even start to consider it lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575764 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:43:15 +0000 avivoca 2575764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's not a dealbreaker. H's name means "from the woods" (applicable, because she's named after a genus of tree frog) and A's name means "star" (also, a plant from the daisy family). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575756 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:33:36 +0000 Foodnerd81 2575756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: same. </p> <p>It's too hard to pick out a name as it is! Unless it was awful or an actual word in another language, I wouldn't worry too much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575752 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:28:22 +0000 honeybear 2575752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Unless the name is an actual word in English or another language that's commonly spoken, I didn't really consider the meaning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575747 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:25:23 +0000 Pumuckl 2575747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have cut a name for our DD that we both really liked when we looked up the meaning. </p> <p>Manslaughter wasn't very appealing...</p> <p>I would check out all the sites for what the name means and if it's always "lame" I would find something else. Good luck finding a name you like! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575746 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:24:40 +0000 winter_wonder 2575746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not a deal breaker for me, I say go more for sentimental value (i.e., variation of your grandmother's name). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/importance-of-name-meaning#post-2575743 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:22:17 +0000 skipra 2575743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I are still struggling with finding the perfect baby name. There are a couple names that we like but the meaning of the name is horrible. </p> <p>For example:<br /> Sorrowful<br /> One who supplants<br /> Lame</p> <p>We don't have any special attachment to the first two, but the third one is really growing on me and is a variation of my grandmother's name so it has personal meaning. I do know as a kid I looked up the meaning of my name but overall I don't think it has affected my life. What is your opinion on name meanings? </p>