Comments on new pants: Misnomer?

You struck a nerve with this one for me too. I ha...

2008-08-06T13:47:00.000-05:00

You struck a nerve with this one for me too. I have never regretted Ivy's name for a second but have felt uneasy about Ella's. It's a nice name but it was a compromise one between us, not one I loved. Now it's hitting the popularity lists and I wish I'd had more nerve at the time.

And then there's the whole discussion of having "Ezra" and "Ella". When we had Ella we thought it was

What a conundrum. As we've been looking at more g...

2008-07-21T21:09:00.000-05:00

What a conundrum. As we've been looking at more girls' names this time around, we find that we keep gravitating towards the Japanese names... which is great, except that our first daughter was born in Japan and has an entirely non-Japanese name, and it just seems - odd? unfair? to give the American-born daughter a Japanese name. I can just hear it: "Ooooh, Hanami/ Mariko/ Sachiko - what an

We didn't name our child what I wanted/expected an...

2008-07-21T19:04:00.000-05:00

We didn't name our child what I wanted/expected and I think that's why it's taken me two years and counting to start calling my girl by (only) her given name.

I did think about changing it but not seriously, and at this point I think that other name will just have to be for the ghost child I always imagined, and not burden my actual child with all the expectations I had wound up with

I shouldn't say this (my wife will kill me) but Ir...

2008-07-21T14:31:00.000-05:00

I shouldn't say this (my wife will kill me) but Iris is on our shortlist of names for girls. It's so lovely - what a great choice.

I can't wait to actually choose - what a wonderful thing. And I don't think you have to worry too much - you obviously have great taste and won't select something tacky. Your daughter's name will be perfect for her.

Have you ever read Classy Chaos? She changed the ...

2008-07-18T19:02:00.000-05:00

Have you ever read Classy Chaos? She changed the name of one of her daughters and is very happy with the decision. Apparently it isn't very hard if you do it before they are a year old (I might have that wrong).

Good luck!

What a dilemma! I don't know what I would do if on...

2008-07-18T16:54:00.000-05:00

What a dilemma! I don't know what I would do if one of the kids' names just felt wrong. I had a boy's name I loved but could never convince C, but I have mostly forgotten about it.

If you renamed her, would Iris be her middle name or would she keep her current middle name?

I also love both names. When I hear Iris I think of Isis, which makes me think of a powerful goddess!

We struggled for days picking a middle name for Ju...

2008-07-18T12:16:00.000-05:00

We struggled for days picking a middle name for Julian. In the end, the one we chose feels a little "ho-hum" and the one we didn't choose, is the one we now prefer to use. (Ah, indecision!)
We haven't officially changed it, yet, but I am sure we will eventually legally just add it to his official name. But for now we just use the one we prefer, and having it at least informally changed feels

We have the same issue with my daughter's middle n...

2008-07-18T11:38:00.000-05:00

We have the same issue with my daughter's middle name. We chose one at the last second and it's all wrong. The one we wanted to use was rejected because a friend just used it, but I still refer to my daughter by the name. I'm positive it's the name she was meant to have. We keep wondering if we should officially change it, but I don't think we will. Both of the names you chose are beautiful and I