I’ve Been Tagged
May 23, 2007 by Karen Weideman
Filed under blogs, family
My friend Revka at The Porch Light tagged me. I’ve been blogging for 8 months. I’ve been wondering when someone was going to tag me. 
This meme comes with the following requirements:
Give the meaning of your kids’ names, and write about what or how or why you gave the name to your kids. Tag five people to play along and leave a comment at their blog to let them know they have been tagged.
I’m not actually going to give you my kid’s names, but I’ll tell you some things about their names. First off, I’ll tell you that I’ve been a teacher for nearly 10 years. I’ve heard all sorts of names and unfortunately, some names are associated with certain children I’ve taught. Need I say more? lol When naming my children I wanted something different. I didn’t want a name from the top 50 most popular names. When I was pregnant, my husband and I were having a hard time agreeing on names, so we decided that I would read the baby name book, make a list of names that I liked, and then he’d look through the names and circle the ones he liked.
Alligator – This is my firstborn’s nickname. My dad gave her the nickname. He is the Crocodile. Alligator’s real name was one of my favorites from the list of unusual names I had picked out. It was also one of my mom’s favorites. As a bonus, her name is a combination of my MIL’s first and middle name. Her first name means “oath of God”. Her middle name is also my middle name and it means “born again”. I’ve received lots of compliments on her name.
Cuddlebug – When he was a baby, we would call him Tigger because he would sit in his exersaucer and Johnny Jumper and he would bounce up and down repeatedly. He was so loud while jumping in the exersaucer. lol Well, since he doesn’t seem to do much jumping anymore, I’ve started calling him Cuddlebug because he has always been a very affectionate child. He loves to cuddle. His real name was chosen by my husband. He is named after a friend that we met at summer youth camp. Our friend was the worship leader at camp for several years. Now he has his own band and record label. Cuddlebug’s first name means “hunter” or “pursuer of truth”. His middle name is my deceased grandpa’s first name and also a form of my mom’s first name. His middle name means “small” or “humble”. I’ll also let you know that we didn’t know what his name was going to be until right before we left the hospital. They were actually waiting on us so that they could fill out of the papers. I wanted to name him Micah, but Micah didn’t sound all that great with our last name. To make a decision, we started asking people their opinion on the two names. The women picked Micah and the men picked the name we gave him. I decided since he was a guy, we’d go with the name the men picked. And that’s the long story of his name.
I have to tag 5 people, so I tag Kelly, Robyn, Judy, Char, and Julie.
Thanks for playing along, Karen.
That was interesting to hear.
Okie, I’m done. I did it on my diet blog since it didn’t seem to be relevant to sleepyblogger nor the Mybloglog blog LOL Here’s the link:
http://balanceindiet.com/?p=28
I love hearing how people reach decisions about names. Sometimes it’s so complicated trying to ensure that the first name doesn’t clash with the last name or that the initials don’t spell something unfortunate!
Cheers
Deciding on names was one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever made. After all, the kid will have to live with their name for the rest of their life.
Hi Karen,
I did it! Thank you!
P.S. I forgot to include . . . if my 2nd child was a girl, we were going to name the baby Lillian. I just liked the name, it wasn’t a popular name, it didn’t sound trendy or like a Barbie should have it (lol), and then later I found it was a family name.
You know, I actually am going throught that very process right now. My wife and I did the same method as you. We each went through the 1001 baby names book and wrote down our favorites and then made a list from those (I think the list was 3 long for each boy and girl). In the end we compromised on the girl first name and the boy middle name, but I think we’ll be happy with it either way. Still don’t know which we’ll use or if we panic at the last minute and change. We’ll see soon!
Good luck. It’s a hard decision!!!!