What Do You Think About the Names..

As long as he is healthy...you can name him what you like!! I apprciate the fact you are naming him after his father and chose a middle name in honor of yours. This is an honorable thing to do in todays society......a RARE thing. My fathers name was George, as was my grandfather and my first born brother. I like hte name George Robert.... You had chosen Achilles......a very proud greek name. I like Apollo...............as in the speed skater Antwon. Whatever name you choose, instill the values of where you obtained his name and make this little boy proud to have it. I also like your girls name Chloe Irene........HUGS!

well thank you for your very "supportive" input.

if you read what i had posted about the name, we 'George' because it is a tradition in the family to name the first born son after the husband's father.
we WERE going to name the baby Achillies, but my fiancee and i decided that if it was a girl i would get to name it, and he gets to name the boy. And when we found out we're having a boy my fiancee wanted to keep the tradition alive with naming him George, and i added Robert because its my fathers middle name.

But thanks for laughing. Makes me feel all warm inside *thumbs up*
If we have another son we will name him Achillies or something a little more "origional" but you know what, it should not matter what the name is, as long as the baby is healthy.
And i personally, do not hear too many boys with the name George floating around in schools, businesses, neighbourhoods etc.
Its a common greek name IN OUR FAMILY because its a tradition.

I think you should look at the bigger picture here,
1- the baby is named after his father, which i thought was special and
2- hes got part of my fathers name in his, which i also thought meant alot and was special because hes the grandson.

Some site this is. "supportive" my rear end.
Great support for laughing at a chosen name with MEANING instead of picking it out of a hat.

Wow. It was just a statement because you had argued about it IN THIS THREAD regarding wanting something ORIGINAL and NOT COMMON.

I asked, "George isn't original at all. What happened to Achillies (sic)?"

Asking for opinions on things will get you all sorts of opinions. I'm sorry if you wanted only to hear what you wanted to hear. Although, that changed abruptly IN THIS THREAD - so I'm unsure where you think you weren't getting support? No support for the name Achillies or no support for the name George Robert?

i didnt need someone laughing about what i had chosen though.
and i had just explained why we chose George instead of the name Achillies.

We did want something a little original, but when we sat down and talked over names, we thought of keeping this tradition alive, and adding in my father's middle name too. So we changed our decision.
Which i think is what most people on this forum need to understand.
Just because someone makes up their mind about one thing, doesnt mean its going to stick with them or that they wont change their mind.
[just an example: i could decide in going to wear a purple shirt, but then just before i leave the house change into a blue one, im not obligated to wear the purple one, i just changed my decision]

I did not feel support when Willa laughed at the name i chose.
It may not be an original name, but its one we like, and one with some meaning behind it, one part is my fiancee's name, and the other part of my dad's name.
so in a way it is original, but just not a fancy, uncommon name.

No, you are not obligated to wear the purple shirt, but when you ASK FOR OPINIONS on what to wear, then argue with the people who don't agree with whatever your own personal opinion is, it makes it difficult to find support.

Not very many people do go with the first name they choose for their child when they are pregnant. A lot of people wait until the baby is born.

i dont need you to Capitalize what your writing, i can read it perfectly clear without the caps.

so this makes it ok to just laugh at a choice we've made?
because i gave reason as to why we first chose the name Achillies,
and now have changed it to George and because its not "original" its ok for people to laugh or point the finger?

what would someone else do in this situation?
would you take it lightly if someone laughed at the name you are going to give to your child?
i would think not [i could be wrong]
this is my first child, and yes at first we wanted it to be origional.
but decided to go with tradition.
we are going to have more kids later on, so their names can be a little more "original" but in the end, its what we chose.
just because we wanted it original does not mean that any other name we choose has to be unique or uncommon. it can be whatever we want.

I understand your frustration with people not jumping up to applaud your name choice. People rarely like the names I choose. I'm sorry if it sounded like I was bad-mouthing the name, because there's certainly nothing wrong with it, it's just not a favourite of mine (I, like you, tend to go with more unusual names as well). However, when it comes to baby names, unfortunately people do tend to be a little more blunt and straight-forward (and yes, occasionally rude) than on a lot of other forums. I used to belong to numerous name forums, and every one was the same. People have a set idea of what they like and dislike, and some people are better at tactfully stating their opinion. Don't let it get you down. As was mentioned earlier, as long as you and the Father like the name, that's all that matters.

You were doing the same thing with capitalization. I was mimicking you.

You are right, you can do whatever you want, you can name your child Tim Buck Too (but I think maybe Angelina Jolie has dibs on that - you have to be strong enough, and not as combative, when asking for opinions. If people don't agree with your choice, just shine them on.

Have you ever heard the saying that opinions are like rear ends (obviously it is another word I can't use here)? Well everyone has one (and opinion, that is - and a rear end!). If you ask for it, you'll hear it - you just have to be strong enough to know that everyone is going to think differently about certain things.

You did make quite a big fuss about naming him Achilles Tendon or whatever saying you wanted an original name.. & then decided upon George. You pretty much went from one extreme to another, & I'm guessing that's why people are commenting on it.

It's completely up to you what you name your son.. some people will like the name you choose, others won't.

i understand that, and your right.
but i think it got to me more because im a bit more emotional with things now that im pregnant.
it just hurt that someone had to laugh at our choice of name, it made me feel bad.
and even though, yes i asked for opinions [maybe i should have said no rude comments] but that one hurt.
i mean, i voice my opinion too, but i wouldn't laugh at someone's choice of name or at someone's question..thats just rude.

sorry if i jumped at anyone, but i just thought i needed to explain why we chose this name and not the one we first chose.

No explaination needed.

For future reference, LOL does not mean laughing in hilarity over the name you chose. It could mean something as simple as chuckling over the huge difference between Achilles and George.

Relax. Drink some tea. Life is hard enough - don't get worked up over a little LOL.

ya your totally right.
i think i take things to close to heart.
i've gotten over what was said though, i mean its not like im ever going to see that person you know

Thank you everyone so very much!!! If you'll read back, Kristine asked for opinions, I gave mine, and even explained to her that Tendon is not even Achilles's last name, but unfortunately I was met with rudeness. She also accused me of having no knowledge of original names......I'm sorry I didn't suggest George.

*sigh* because we were thinking of possible Greek names,

[-and thanks lele, i know Tendon is not Achillies' last name. i never said it was his last name, i was saying that is how we got the name for the back of our ancle from Achillies.-]

but we thought it would be nice to keep it in the family.

lele are you trying to get a reaction out of me or something? you can drop it now.
whats done is done, whats been said has been said, and this has been dealt with, so if you would ever so kindly just leave this alone, that would be wonderful.