Baby Names

I have always been interested in what people choose to name their children.

These babies will have to carry this moniker throughout their lives from childhood to adolescence to adulthood. Some names just don't lend themselves to small children ie: Frank or Pearl. Some names are hard to take seriously as adults ie: Apple (sorry Gweneth but its a weird name) or Jessie.

I know a lot goes into naming children pressure from Grandparents and parents or the mother/father of the child in question. My own mother fell to the pressure of my Paternal Grandfather in naming me which accounts for Lillian being on my birth certificate when my Mom just wanted Lily. She did however stand up to the pressure to add Marie into the mix, as both my grandmothers and all my cousins on my father's side include Marie as at least one of their middle names. (She later folder and gave my younger sister Marie as a middle name.)

My Mother generally finds that my peers are naming their children odd things: Anara, Amelie, Marli, Lourdes, Clementine, Tashi, Axel, and Boston.

Ok I'll giver her Clementine...poor little girl her parents call her Clemy...

However I am sure she will approve of the potential name of one of my friends is choosing to name her daughter when she arrives in June.

Lily.

I do not know how she and her husband came to chose my name for their first born. We are not near close enough for this to be a tribute to me. But we are close enough that she had to think of me when it came up in the choosing process.

I am not certain as to how I feel about this...

But I am certain that I have no opinion here.