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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 9:43:34 PM
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Mrs.Wifey
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"Katie" is very popular in the UK. Is that correct?
It's popular here too.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 9:54:57 PM
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To me, it's a societal trend that mirrors a greater trend away from our Judeo/Christian roots. Big-picture-wise, it's not a positive sign, IMO.
I do think a name has significance for a child. It's the first thing we give them that will help shape their identity, and a Biblical name can make a statement just as much as a trendy name, maybe more so. It can be one way of signifying a commitment of the child to a counter-cultural upbringing, towards faith in God. Of course it won't make one child better than another, or parents, for that matter.
To me this makes no sense. My naming my children what I did had absolutely NOTHING to do with wanting to step away from my Christian heritage nor did it have anything to do with me not wanting to raise Godly children.
Names DO have significance But what has greater significance is HOW a child is raised! The home they grow up in! A parents commitment to a child and their upbringing goes beyond a name. There are only so many names to pull from biblically, that I think it's more special to give a child a name that sets the child apart as an individual, as special, and that their parents cared enough to give them a name that is different from everyone else. Can you imagine the number of Mary's, Elizabeth's, Sarah's and Grace's and Issac, Jacob's and Noah's (And I think ALL of those names are beautiful!) there would be if we Christians were limited in our choices of names. In fact according to many baby naming sources I've looked at in the last few years (I love looking at name books and such even though I am done having children), that some of the most "trendy" names are actually the Biblical names like Grace, Issac and Jacob.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 9:55:09 PM
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All these names that you like may become popular again in another generation.
My DD1 has what we thought was an unusual name wiht a beautiful meaning in greek. DD2 has what is considered a more popular name but guess what, if you look at the most common names for the last few years DD1 is in the top 20 and DD2 is much further down the list.
I have a neice whose middle name is Myra: it's short for Miracle becasue the doctors thought my brother and SIL couldn't have kidS: He'd never father and she'd never deliver to term. It's unusual but a good biblical meaning.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 10:32:51 PM
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Names definitely do go in cycles. My oldest daughter's name was the most popular name for girls in the year she was born. Now you hear it only occasionally. There were 7 Cindys in my high school health class, but no one names their kid Cindy/Cynthia anymore. There are a lot of Sydneys, though, so I guess that's taken over.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/25/2008 10:49:16 PM
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We named our girls according to names we liked. Most biblical names that can be pronounced are so overused that they seemed way too common. Besides, we didn't rely on a biblical name to shape their identities in Christ. We did that with the way we chose to parent and guide them.
I think we all know people with strong, Godly names that are anything but Godly in their lifestyles. And we all know people with non-biblical names who strive to exemplify Christ in all they do. The names we give our children can't shape their character any more than their eye color can. That's up to how we choose to raise them.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/26/2008 1:19:14 AM
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I personally feel that the only "bad" name is one that places an undue burden on the child (or adult). If it gets them teased, is one they constantly have to spell, is frequently mispronounced or gets them confused with one of a dozen (there were 8 ladies with my name at my doctors office before I married and dropped my maiden name) and even then it's really how the name-bearer feels. There are names that I don't like and wouldn't use for my child but naming your child is so personal. I can decide when I hear a name that I don't like it but I have no place telling someone that they can't or shouldn't use a name because it didn't come from the Bible. Besides, my daughter's name is from the Bible but most people I know, Christians and non-, thought I was nuts when I was pregnant and told them I was considering it as a name. I'm very glad that no one else got to choose for me.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/26/2008 1:41:27 AM
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Just wondering... but what do people think when someone names their child Jesus (hay seus)? It's a biblical name.
Personally, I think it is blasphemous, but I don't think some of the people who do that understand that. I think they think they are being honoring.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/26/2008 8:20:49 AM
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ORIGINAL: OneOfHisJewels
From what I have seemed to pick up on with forums, tourists that come to the U.S., etc., "Katie" is very popular in the UK. Is that correct?
I've only known 3 in my whole life! Our youth pastor's wife when I was a new Christian over 20 years ago, a girl in my son's year at high school two years ago, and one at church.
So, from my experience, I wouldn't say it's "very popular", just popular, maybe!
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/26/2008 8:23:45 AM
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How about Puritan names? Prudence, Chastity, Honor, Constance? Are they okay? I bet they were "trendy" at the time.
My maternal grandmother was called Constance - and there are a few "Connie"s around today too, so it's not considered that out of date here.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/26/2008 8:48:25 AM
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Hmm, I still think of Ryan as a boys name.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/26/2008 8:58:12 AM
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I knew a guy in school named Jafeth. I knew another girl who thought his name was awful and proceeded to say "I think people should use names from the Bible, like Stephen and Thomas." I said "open your Bible honey, you'll find Jafeth there." (Obviously different spelling.)
Oh well. I know people won't like the names we give our children and that's fine. Because it's not their name.
(My daughter's name is Akeelah. I'm naming my next child The Bee. That way I can say "and these are my children Akeelah and The Bee.")
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/26/2008 10:21:12 AM
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Just wondering... but what do people think when someone names their child Jesus (hay seus)? It's a biblical name.
Personally, I think it is blasphemous, but I don't think some of the people who do that understand that. I think they think they are being honoring.
I don't have a problem with it, because it is a form of "Joshua" in those other languages.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/26/2008 10:43:33 AM
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I know a doberman, two rottweilers and a German shorthair named Fritz.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/26/2008 10:48:31 AM
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Another thought: think of all the people who lived in Bible times who are not IN the Bible....many names from that time period are unknown today, or are not popular with the Bible name crowd.
Trying to analize people as getting away from Christianity because they don't give their kids ancient Hebrew names is a bit over the top, IMO.
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/26/2008 12:03:23 PM
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ORIGINAL: OneOfHisJewels
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Just wondering... but what do people think when someone names their child Jesus (hay seus)? It's a biblical name.
Personally, I think it is blasphemous, but I don't think some of the people who do that understand that. I think they think they are being honoring.
Do you realize that the name Jesus is very common in many cultures and languages (including ours), and has been very popular throughout history, even before this name was given to our Lord?
Do you realize that the transliteration of Jesus name from Hebrew/Aramaic (the one he used) into English is Joshua?
IF it is blasphemous to use a transliteration of the Greek form of Jesus' name (one that Jesus himself did not use), wouldn't be far more blasphemous to uses a transliteration of the Hebrew form of his name (the one he used daily)?
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RE: What's with the names? - 8/26/2008 12:07:04 PM
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I know a doberman, two rottweilers and a German shorthair named Fritz.
Is this the same shorthair German that I know?
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It just seemed to be even MORE popular over there.
