What do you think of naming a baby after grandma?

• 12-02-2008 8:10 AM

  michelle3151932 Joined on 12-02-2008 Posts 1

  What do you think of naming a baby after grandma? Reply Contact My mother's name is Shirley. I think this would be a great name for our baby but of course my husband doesn't agree. He says it is too old fashioned. I even said I would comprimise and name her middle name after him Danielle (for Daniel). I think having an old fashioned name like Shirley would be great. Its just different enough to be unique without being strange. What do you all think of Shirley Danielle?

• 12-02-2008 9:07 AM

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  shawnalou23 Joined on 04-13-2005 Chandler, Oklahoma Posts 1,505	Re: What do you think of naming a baby after grandma? Reply Contact  Personally, I'm not a big fan of Shirley.  I, too, think it is too old fashioned.  I think that Danielle is a very pretty name though.  Maybe you could find a variation of the name Shirley?

• 12-02-2008 9:31 AM

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  Aubrie'sMommy Joined on 01-08-2008 Posts 194

  Re: What do you think of naming a baby after grandma? Reply Contact I am a huge fan of names that have meaning. Other ways you could honor your mom could be to do something like "Danielle Shirley _______" Or use your mom's middle name? My DD is Aubrie Jean Delaine _____ Aubrie, just because we loved it, and we later found out it was a family name 200 years ago. Jean is after my mom's first name (Jeannie), & my grandma's middle name (Jean). Delaine is for my other Grandma that I was VERY close to (her middle name).   Good luck and have fun with the name!!  Kiley

• 12-02-2008 10:34 AM

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  AmiJanell Joined on 01-16-2007 Dawson Edward Born 7/15/08 Minnesota Posts 1,798	Re: What do you think of naming a baby after grandma? Reply Contact I don't care for the name Shirley.... many of the older names are beautiful... Shirley isn't one of them. What about a variation on the name? Shirelle? But Danielle wouldn't work.. but...Danice, Dana, Danica

• 12-03-2008 10:06 AM

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  claire1794379 Joined on 04-04-2008 Scotland Posts 11

  Re: What do you think of naming a baby after grandma? Reply Contact Hi i think it's nice to name your baby after a loved one, but i think as a middle name, you want your baby to be an individual. i used my maiden name as my son's middle name, so he had my name family name & his dads, with my next baby due april , i will use my mother's maiden name as a middle name that way i feel i have covered all those's nearest & dearest without picking out just one. i liked then name Aiden for my son as my husband is Kevin i added it to Aiden & my son is Kaiden. play around with names say them out loud with your surname & see which one sticks. i hope this helps, i really like the name daneli, i know some one with this name her mother was elizabeth & her father daniel

• 12-03-2008 1:31 PM

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  Chamelyan Joined on 10-30-2007 Midwest Posts 119

  Re: What do you think of naming a baby after grandma? Reply Contact  I mentioned once to my grandmother that I would love to name my first daughter after her, as we were very close.  She forbade it because she always hated her name!  Instead, we found a variation of her name (Mary) and gave it to our firstborn daughter, Mercedes.  For our third daughter, my husband wanted to honor his grandmother, so we used her middle name as our daughter's middle name.  If you can't agree on the name Shirley, perhaps you can use her middle name for your daughter?

• 12-03-2008 3:45 PM

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  AmyAlden22 Joined on 08-18-2005 Posts 71

  Re: What do you think of naming a baby after grandma? Reply Contact I think Shirley is a great name, and it also bears special meaning, so that is a bonus too. My daughter is named Neva Audrey (Neva--pronounced Nee-vah, is after my husbands grandmother and Audrey is after mine) and we got a lot of strange looks and negative reactions when we started telling people the name, but now she is nearly 3 and everyone comments on how beautiful the name is and how well it fits her. Remember, the name doesn't necessarily make the person, but vice versa. Plus, I think Shirley is one of those names that will is cool because it is common, yet uncommon to our generation at the same time.

• 12-03-2008 5:09 PM

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  havingmysoulmatesbaby Joined on 10-28-2007 Montana Posts 74

  Re: What do you think of naming a baby after grandma? Reply Contact I am not a fan of Shirley. I would have to agree with your husband on this one.... it's too old fashioned. Also, I have never liked the idea of naming kids after people. I just feel like they should have their own identity and so their name should be unique to them. That's just my opinion. On the other hand, if you like it and your husband eventually agrees with you at some point during this pregnancy, then go for it. My husband and I didn't want any outside opinions to influence our decision about a name and so we choose not to share our choice until the baby was born and it was already on his birth certificate!! LOL!! It was such a long process for us to come up with a name that we both liked, that we didn't need any extra "help" from anyone else. LOL!! Good luck to you!!!

• 12-03-2008 8:06 PM

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  Robynne Joined on 11-20-2008 Alberta Posts 163

  Re: What do you think of naming a baby after grandma? Reply Contact I am not personally a big fan of Shirley, but I think it's fantastic that you want to honor someone special in your life. And there's lots of names I'm not a fan of, but names tend to grow on you. :o) I think if it's a name you like, and your husband can come to accept it, you should go for it. I named my first son after a 19 year old family friend who passed away when I was pregnant. It wasn't about not having his own identity, it was about honoring someone's life. I think it's great. And who knows...maybe Shirley will make a big comeback!

• 12-03-2008 9:33 PM

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  mejaka Joined on 11-22-2008 North Idaho Posts 10	Re: What do you think of naming a baby after grandma? Reply Contact If you and your husband can't agree, there are lots of ways to honor your grandmother and still compromise with your husband. "Shirley" means "bright meadow," so you could look for other names with that meaning. Or use the name but give it a contemporary twist--Sharleigh/Sharlie might work.