We can't decide on names at all. Our naming style is totally different and its driving me nuts. The name we both agree on is Elliott (Ellie) for a girl. But I have to have Mae as a middle name, it's my moms and its important to me. So Elliott Mae. Does a nickname ring a bell? Do you think it will be an issue? R is completely against the name because of said nickname. I think no one will call her this and when I tell people her name I will say Elliott (Ellie). Most people don't announce their kids full name right? The big US is next Wednesday so my pushing for this name may be stupid. But I have a feeling it's a girl.
The Beverly hillbillies. Which I think her generation will have no clue about. R thinks its rednecky, I think it's cute. But I don't plan on calling her that anyway. Just Ellie or Elliott. I'm pretty sure I went through most of my schooling without anyone having a clue about my middle name. So I don't see it being an issue.
E.T.A. - I wouldn't worry about people calling her Ellie Mae. Most people probably won't even know her middle name. Most people don't know mine.
Ahh. I'd still do it. Kids her age won't have a clue who that is, anyway. I also agree that few people will even know her middle name. I think Ellie Mae is cute.
Post by speckledfrog on May 10, 2013 17:41:47 GMT -5
I'm always surprised when people say no one will know her middle name. I knew all of my friend's middle names growing up and even now. When I worked in child care we taught the kids about their middle names and everyone knew everyone's in the class. In school sometimes it's on your official forms, so I knew some from that as well. I might be the weird one, but I wouldn't bank on no one knowing her middle name.
Almost every time someone hears my first and middle names together for the first time they reference a certain small Who in Whoville who caught the Grinch stealing the Christmas tree from her home. Frankly, it does not at all bother me. It's not like I tell people my full name that often. And by the time she grows up, I doubt many people will even know who TBH were.
Almost every time someone hears my first and middle names together for the first time they reference a certain small Who in Whoville who caught the Grinch stealing the Christmas tree from her home. Frankly, it does not at all bother me. It's not like I tell people my full name that often. And by the time she grows up, I doubt many people will even know who TBH were.
Post by cinderbella on May 10, 2013 19:44:25 GMT -5
We almost used Eleanor Mae for DD2 but my husband vetoed it once he realized he Ellie Mae thing. We went with Lucy Mae instead. I think it's cute and I would still use it
Almost every time someone hears my first and middle names together for the first time they reference a certain small Who in Whoville who caught the Grinch stealing the Christmas tree from her home. Frankly, it does not at all bother me. It's not like I tell people my full name that often. And by the time she grows up, I doubt many people will even know who TBH were.
Are you Cindy Lou??
If you nickname my first name (which I do) and drop the -anne off the middle... yep.
Post by margotmacomber on May 10, 2013 20:24:19 GMT -5
I'm just going to drop this here. A long time friend of both mine and DH's recently learned my middle name. It's pretty bad (arlene don't quote omg) and started screaming at the top of his lungs "Arly Mae" over and over again. And now will only address me as such. I had no idea where he was coming from until this thread. So no, don't do it.
*I have come to terms with my middle name since Tarantino has used it twice. I don't hate it anymore. I was actually named after a great aunt. My grandma, along with her 11 brothers and sisters were adopted, and Arlene was the given name of her sister that was adopted and then renamed Tracy.
i don't think i'd do ellie mae. if you called her elliot mae, well then, problem solved, right? it's not like elliot is dramatically harder to say than "ellie" or something.
w/r/t another poster who wishes to remain unknown, i don't think arlene is a horrendous name. i'm surprised at the DEEP desire for secrecy. i mean, if your middle name was "idi amin," i'd understand.
Post by melodramatic26 on May 10, 2013 23:47:26 GMT -5
My baby has a middle name last name combo of a famous person that my generation would know. However, not a single person has ever made mention of it. No one cares about the middle name. Do what you want.
I'm 25 and did not know the tv connection. I think Ellie Mae is super cute. Also, it's not like you're planning on calling her Ellie Mae, just tell people her name is Ellie.
I had a friend who wouldn't tell us her middle name because she hated it. It was Effie.
ETA: All I can think of now is that your name must be Darlene Arlene and it's cracking me up.
I knew a girl in college who went by Effie. She was Greek and her full name was Efstratia (or something close to that; I might have spelled it wrong). It suited her though.