That's the name of my 50-something aunt (whom I adore). I'd totally use it for a baby name except I don't want to name a kid after a living relative.
I can't get MH on board with Walter, Catherine, Caroline, Beatrice, or Margaret. He agreed to Henry only if he can call him Hank, which I don't like.
Walter makes me think of Walter Cronkite. LOL. Then again, I do have a 12-year-old cousin who goes by Walt. Beatrice sounds really old-lady to me. I PPH Catherine, Caroline, and Margaret. Sadly, Margaret is off the table for us as one of H's long-term XGFs.
My 23 year-old brother's good friend is named Walter. I'm pushing for Warren as a possible middle name (MH likes Warren Zevon, lol).
I've always loved Kate as a nickname for Catherine, and Maggie for Margaret, but MH vetoed those because dislike people we know IRL with those names. And he said he just doesn't like Beatrice or Caroline (Caroline sounds "too pretentious" ... ).
Walter makes me think of Walter Cronkite. LOL. Then again, I do have a 12-year-old cousin who goes by Walt. Beatrice sounds really old-lady to me. I PPH Catherine, Caroline, and Margaret. Sadly, Margaret is off the table for us as one of H's long-term XGFs.
My 23 year-old brother's good friend is named Walter. I'm pushing for Warren as a possible middle name (MH likes Warren Zevon, lol).
I've always loved Kate as a nickname for Catherine, and Maggie for Margaret, but MH vetoed those because dislike people we know IRL with those names. And he said he just doesn't like Beatrice or Caroline (Caroline sounds "too pretentious" ... ).
I love Catherine/Kate. (Hello Princess Kate!) If we have a second girl I will definitely push for that.
What about Carrie as a nickname for Caroline? I don't think that sounds pretentious at all.
I've actually pulled up lists of British princes/princesses when I feel like brainstorming future baby names, lol.
I would LOVE to use Victoria if (a) my cousin hadn't already used it (although the kid goes by a nickname), and (b) if I could ensure that she'd only be called Victoria and not Vicky/Tory.
This is my trouble with Virginia. I don't care for Ginny. People called my grandma "Virge."
That made me think of the scene from 40-Year-Old Virgin. "Geena?" "GIIIna!"
oyyyyyyyyyyyyy.
And my Dad, DH's dad and my BIL ALL have the same 1st name. I made sure Cam's name had no overlap to anyone within the family.
When people say, "I don't want to name my baby XYZ, it's such an old man/old lady name," I just want to reply, "um, you know (s)he won't be a baby forever, right?"
Our baby girl name is Virginia. Total old lady name (it's after my grandma, who was born in 1908). I love it!
Now things like Edith and Ruth I can understand not liking on account of being old lady names.
I think of the "Grandpa/ma" test in the sense that this child will not be a baby forever. "Please meet my grandma, Brylee" or "This is my grandpa, Kash" sounds off to me. You're naming an adult!
I would LOVE to use Victoria if (a) my cousin hadn't already used it (although the kid goes by a nickname), and (b) if I could ensure that she'd only be called Victoria and not Vicky/Tory.
Victoria is one of H's favorite names, but I feel the same way about Vicky/Tory. I am really not a fan of either nickname. (No offense to anyone here who goes by either!)
I have struggled throughout my entire life to not be a Vicki I'm amazed at how many people automatically shorten it to Vicki, even in professional situations.
I know that four syllables is a mouthful though, and friends and family generally call me Vic as a nickname. I'm happy with that.
I would LOVE to use Victoria if (a) my cousin hadn't already used it (although the kid goes by a nickname), and (b) if I could ensure that she'd only be called Victoria and not Vicky/Tory.
Victoria is one of H's favorite names, but I feel the same way about Vicky/Tory. I am really not a fan of either nickname. (No offense to anyone here who goes by either!)
My goal is to give any future daughter a name that is not easily nickname-able to begin with, though. For whatever reason I'm not a huge fan of most girl nicknames. It's weird, because I'm okay with them for boys (e.g., Alex instead of Alexander).
Yeah, I'm the same way. I think girl names have much more potential to be shortened into something cutesy or juvenile, whereas most classic boys' names get shortened to an equally classic/mature nickname.
On the flip side, I don't find it weird when girls go by their full name (Victoria, Alexandra, Jennifer, whatever), but I find it really weird when some men go by their full names. My cousin always called her boyfriend Daniel, and someone else always called her husband Michael, and it just felt odd to me. Like they were being overly formal. The Michael wife just seemed a bit controlling, too, and calling him by his full name at all times didn't help (but other factors played into that).
Our three top picks for DS3 are on the Yale side of the diagram (Charles, Thomas, Samuel). DS2's name (Alexander) made the middle. DS1 (Henry) didn't make the diagram.
Victoria is one of H's favorite names, but I feel the same way about Vicky/Tory. I am really not a fan of either nickname. (No offense to anyone here who goes by either!)
My goal is to give any future daughter a name that is not easily nickname-able to begin with, though. For whatever reason I'm not a huge fan of most girl nicknames. It's weird, because I'm okay with them for boys (e.g., Alex instead of Alexander).
Yeah, I'm the same way. I think girl names have much more potential to be shortened into something cutesy or juvenile, whereas most classic boys' names get shortened to an equally classic/mature nickname.
On the flip side, I don't find it weird when girls go by their full name (Victoria, Alexandra, Jennifer, whatever), but I find it really weird when some men go by their full names. My cousin always called her boyfriend Daniel, and someone else always called her husband Michael, and it just felt odd to me. Like they were being overly formal. The Michael wife just seemed a bit controlling, too, and calling him by his full name at all times didn't help (but other factors played into that).
Yeah, my H is Rob, and Robert always sounds weird to me.
My 23 year-old brother's good friend is named Walter. I'm pushing for Warren as a possible middle name (MH likes Warren Zevon, lol).
I've always loved Kate as a nickname for Catherine, and Maggie for Margaret, but MH vetoed those because dislike people we know IRL with those names. And he said he just doesn't like Beatrice or Caroline (Caroline sounds "too pretentious" ... ).
I love Catherine/Kate. (Hello Princess Kate!) If we have a second girl I will definitely push for that.
What about Carrie as a nickname for Caroline? I don't think that sounds pretentious at all.
I like that (reminds me of Little House on the Prairie but I just think he's not on board with Caroline at all.
He likes my suggestions of Jane, Alexandra (Allie), Cora, and he doesn't seem to dislike Alice or Helen. Back on the princess train, I suggested Helena and he thought that was weird. And I like Patricia a lot, but that was a girl in college that I couldn't stand.
We both like Evelyn, but that was our friends' girl name and they had a boy so we're unsure if they'd be mad if we had a daughter before they possibly did. I know nobody owns a name, but they're good friends and we don't want to piss them off.
We both liked Liam for a while but then he decided it was "too Irish" alongside his/our very Italian last name. But somehow Patrick is O.K. :^) Theodore/Teddy is his top contender and I like that too.
Victoria is one of H's favorite names, but I feel the same way about Vicky/Tory. I am really not a fan of either nickname. (No offense to anyone here who goes by either!)
I have struggled throughout my entire life to not be a Vicki I'm amazed at how many people automatically shorten it to Vicki, even in professional situations.
I know that four syllables is a mouthful though, and friends and family generally call me Vic as a nickname. I'm happy with that.
Same here. My friends can call me Kat (DH started that in '99) but in my professional life I have to often use the phrase "No, my name is Katherine. Not 'Kathy' or 'Kate' or ______________". ^o)
I actually have noticed a trend at my job for men's names. I work at a company known as the top in our industry that is also known for hiring the best and brightest in science.
The number of Johns, Bills/Wills, Roberts/Bobs of all ages and races is mind boggling. I worked on a 10 member team once that had 3 Bills, 2 Bobs and a John. The team before that had 4 Johns and a Robert.
I have not met a single Kevin in either the engineering or science functions.
The only common women's names are Sarah and variations of Kristin/Kirstin/Christa/Christine.
LOL. I have a friend who is a UPenn Chemistry PhD. He goes by Kevin socially, but is Charles at work. He was also Charles in school, it wasn't a deliberate choice. He's named for his dad and uses Kevin at home to distinguish between the two.
DH and his PhD chemist buddies all have mainstream traditional names, even the ones born elsewhere adopt something traditional.
This is my trouble with Virginia. I don't care for Ginny. People called my grandma "Virge."
I have a friend whose name is Virginia. She goes by Ginger, and no, she does not have red hair. Her mom is also named Virginia and goes by her middle name.
DD's name isnt on any of these lists, but it passes the Supreme Court Justice test, so I'm satisfied
I love this test! I also like "Please meet my Grandma/pa ..... "
Thanks for sharing this chart, I love the "science" behind baby names.
we went the grandmas route ... she'll probably be the ONLY one in her class w/ that name. that said, dd's middle name is in the vinn part of that diagram (elis(z)abeth) - always a classic name regardless of one's social class.
Victoria is one of H's favorite names, but I feel the same way about Vicky/Tory. I am really not a fan of either nickname. (No offense to anyone here who goes by either!)
I have struggled throughout my entire life to not be a Vicki I'm amazed at how many people automatically shorten it to Vicki, even in professional situations.
I know that four syllables is a mouthful though, and friends and family generally call me Vic as a nickname. I'm happy with that.
DD was almost Victoria but I was so worried about the Vicky NN. I like your NN, and don't mind Tory... though I do think of Tori Spelling
FSIL's twin sisters are named Ali and Alex. This is confusing to me because both are nicknames for Alexandra. (I guess in this case, Ali is short for Alison.)
Ooof. Some of these twin combos are fucking terrible.
Yeah, like Chloe and Zoey, Autumn and Summer.
London, Paris (enjoy your future life as strippers, babies) Jayla, Kayla ("Jayla" is a name?) Jayda, Jayden (yeah, good luck differentiating between the two when you're yelling for them) Christian, Christopher (both perfectly nice names, but who gets to be "Chris"?)