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Title:A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy)
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Created:Tue Feb 13 1996
Last Modified:Fri May 30 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:996
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821.0. "Twin Challenge" by CSC32::P_GARVIN () Tue Aug 25 1992 13:47

Here's a challenge for you babynamers...

I am due to have twins in November.  We already know they are going to be
identical twin boys.  My husband is looking for unusual names and came up with 
the name Denali, which is a name for Mount McKinley in Alaska and therefore
means "the great one"  (I think I have that straight).  My husband has lived
in Alaska, homesteaded there, built a cabin there and just loves it, although
he is not a mountain climber.  We are looking for a complimentary name for
the other twin.  My husband's family is from Norway and we wouldn't mind
a Norweigan name, although most of them are pretty yukky IMO.  His name
is Honi James Garvin (pronounced Honee, with a long o).  Naming the other
one Honi is NOT an option.

What do you think?  Any ideas?

Patti
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821.1Twins are twice the fun!!KYOA::CHANGTue Aug 25 1992 17:2026
    Hi Patti,
    First, congratulations to you and your husband - twins are so exciting.
    I love your phrase about the yukko names.  Anyhow, how would Denali
    be pronounced?  What language is Denali from?  It is certainly unique.
    Would you call him Denny?   
    
    If you want names from Alaska, why not get out a map or atlas that
    shows the state and see what you both can come up with?  There must
    be some famous people from Alaska and/or places named after them.
    It might inspire other names, too, maybe names of some special friends 
    that he knew there could be considered.
    
    There must be some nice boys names from Norway, too.  A may might help
    here, too.  Sorry, I just don't know any other than Otto or Nils.
    
    Of course, you can use your own names - Patrick and James.  They kind
    of go well together and with Garvin as well.  Maybe you can use a
    unique name as the middle name?
    
    Have fun with the name game.  
    
    Chris
821.2Denali and ...CSC32::P_GARVINTue Aug 25 1992 18:5810
    Thanks for the reply Chris.  I believe Denali would be pronounced
    like Den-olly and we would probably call him Denny.  I'm not sure which 
    culture referred to Mount McKinley as Denali (actually, I seem to 
    remember my husband saying that it was the Eskimos who called it that).  
    We're definitely thinking of having the middle names be Patrick and James.
    They seem to go with just about everything.
    
    Getting out a map is a good idea.  Thanks.
    
    Patti
821.3D and M?AMCUCS::MEHRINGWed Aug 26 1992 16:2710
How about Denali and McKinley? (a fitting connotation for *identical*
twins, no?). Then, you could call them Denny and Mick (or Kinley).

Or, how about Ranier or Redmund?

I agree, get an atlas and start perusing those maps!

Congratulations, and good luck!

-Cori
821.4I like it!CSC32::P_GARVINThu Aug 27 1992 11:486
    Cori,
    
    Those were excellent suggestions!  That's exactly why I put the note in
    here.  I will take them home and see if my husbands likes them too.
    
    Patti
821.5Just happened to have a glove compartment atlas handy...AMCUCS::MEHRINGThu Aug 27 1992 20:4616
Some Alaskan locales (a few reasonable possibilities in there) :

	(Fort) Yukon
	Palmer
	Kantishna ~ Kent
	Cantwell
	Paxson
	Homer
	Seldovia
	Seward
	Cordova ~ Corde
	Nabesna
	Tok
	Barrow
	Hooper (Bay)
	Kodiak (Island)	~ Kody
821.6Tale of Two CitiesCSC32::P_GARVINWed Mar 17 1993 16:2419
    Well, I'm finally back to work after being gone for 6 months.  The
    twins were born on November 11 and I thought you might be interested in
    what we named them.
    
    Dillon James Garvin      - After the city Dillon, Colorado, where my
    			       husband's family built a cabin in the
                               mountains in the 1960s and where we
    			       honeymooned.  We still use it for skiing.
    			       James is my husband's middle name.
    
    Traverse Patrick Garvin  - After the city Traverse City, Michigan,
    			       where my family is from and where we go
    			       every 4th of July for a family reunion.
    			       Patrick is taken from my name, Patricia.
    
    
    So, you see, it is the Tale of Two Cities...
    
    Patti
821.7KYOA::CHANGThu Mar 18 1993 08:416
    Hi Pat,
    
    Welcome back and congratulations on the birth of your twin sons.
    The names you decided on sound great.  Best of luck and lots of fun!
    
    Chris