On Sat, 8 Mar 2025 19:27:25 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:

Yeah, notice you never see any babies named Gladys, either.

We named our daughters (1) for my mother in law's name followed by my
mother's middle name (which was Elizabeth and my wife and I had a
major quarrel over the fact that she put it on the birth certificate
as Elisabeth which was her maternal grandmother's name as opposed to
my mother's) and (2) for my mother's maiden name (which was one that
worked as a good first name.

Our son got named for her uncle/godfather, my middle name and at the
last moment added a second middle name (my grandfather's middle name
which was the one he went by) since as I told my wife "because I just
came from the hospital and Grandad has taken a big turn for the worse
and as a result won't live long enough for our little guy to remember
him" - which my eldest does) - and the combo happened to be my
mother's paternal grandfather's name (different surname) who commanded
a ship (Royal Navy) in WW1 and died when my mother was in childhood.
We have his picture in our hallway just outside the dining room.

I have a friend who was my mother's first cousin who I told her my
son's full name and she instantly picked up on what the combination
signified and was pleased when I explained to her who each name
honored and that we very much knew what the full combination of names
meant.

At this point I haven't decided whether to will my grandfather's sea
captain papers to my son or my nephew since it's got an original
signature by C D Howe (Rhino will remember that name). Normally I'd
give it to my son without thought but my nephew is a certified tugboat
captain and has the modern version of that document.

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