Whats in a name?
We were given the prompt this week for talking about our names or our kids names for the "Rock your Blog" challenge over at Mystical.
So this got me thinking... what is in a name? What makes us choose certain names and avoid others like the plague?
Ok... so my name... Rachel.
Ive gone through phases where I hated it. Its a fairly popular name I spose particularly for women/girls around my age. I like it better now days than I have in the past. I am not 100% sure what made my parents choose it. I think they just heard it somewhere and liked it (and agreed lol) so that was that.
My friends call me Rachy. I love that. Makes me feel special and loved. And I am more Rachy than I am Rachel.
Now... I could have been Carmen... yep thats right. Im glad I am not. Ive only met one person named Carmen in my life and she was much older than me... older than my parents even. Ive not really got anything against the name... I just dont particularly love it and could not in a million years imagine it as my name. I was always told that Dad liked the opera Carmen... which he does... and thats kinda cool. As a kid I was told thats why he wanted to call me that. BUT Ive been sworn to secrecy but recently my dad has informed me of another reason why he loved that particular name. lol.
Then there is my kids names... Abbee and Jed. I love my kids names. They go well together and I couldnt imagine my kids being known by any other name. Their names suit them to a t.
Abbee was going to be Scarlett at first. A name I still love. Ive always loved Scarlett. (Yep Gone with the Wind... lol) Until one day someone said "Scarlett is a whore's name." OMG I couldnt name a baby with a whores name! Scarlett was off the list. Much to my dismay.
Then it was either going to be Taylah or Maddison... I still dont mind these names but they are EVERYWHERE! Every second girl around Abbee's age is a Taylah or a Maddy. I wanted a name that was going to be uncommon but not weird. (I cant stand those names that look like the parents threw a bunch of letters together and went "oh cool name")
So finally Abbie/Abbi/Abbey came to me. I loved it. It was unusual. And it was still a proper name. Then not long before she was born I was trying to decide which way I was going to spell it... coz there are a few choices lol. And Mum & I wrote out a list off all the different ways of spelling it... and the last on the list mum wrote down was Abbee. Perfect... made the name that little bit more unique. Ive still to see or meet anyone with the name Abbee spelt like that.
Abbee is almost 12 now. Her name still suits her. She gets Abbee, Abbles, Ab's, Abbee-dabby and Ab.
Then there was Jed. Now this name was ALOT harder to come up with. Boys names I find alot harder. There are tonnes of girls names I love... not so many boys names. I had Rod to contend with and get to agree to anything I liked. He veto'd a few of my favourites. Angus, Oscar, Oliver. I veto'd a few of his faves too... Geoff being the main one. (No way I was naming my baby after a manly footy player!)
Then one night we were watching the west wing. At the time it was our most favourite show. The president on that show was named "Jed Bartlett". Suddenly we both looked at each other and went "I like that." And that was it... Jed was Jed from that day on. Funny thing was the following week the presidents wife made her first appearence in the show... and was introduced as "Abbey"... omg we thought that was a sign lmao.
So no my Jed was not named after the Clampett bloke. He was named after a PRESIDENT!
If we had anymore kids I really have no idea what they would end up being called... alot of the names I love I know Rod will knock right on the head. Banjo, Matilda, Lola, Roxy... and there are probably more! One thing I can assure you... any more kids in this house and they will most certainly not be named after manly footy players! lol.
So I hope you all enjoyed my little exploration of my name and my kids names!
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