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Conference oass::babynames

Title:	A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy)
Notice:	BABYNAMES is now on-line and writable! Enjoy...
Moderator:	OASS::BURDEN_D

Created:	Tue Feb 13 1996
Last Modified:	Fri May 30 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	996
Total number of notes:	7139

832.0. "Names needed for Gerrits" by PULMAN::GERRITS () Wed Oct 21 1992 15:25

    Although I'm not due until early May, I thought I'd start soliciting
    your help now.  My name is Lynn Marie Gerrits (hard G), and my 
    husband's Michael Gerard Christopher.  He doesn't want a junior, 
    but would like to at least use Michael as a middle name.
    
    We're pretty settled on girls names except for the middle names of
    which we have a few ideas and welcome others.  Here goes:
    
    First choice:
    
    Shannon Elizabeth Gerrits
    Shannon Margaret Gerrits (Margaret for Michael's grandmother)
    Shannon Christine or Christina Gerrits
    
    Second choice:
    
    Nichole Elizabeth Gerrits
    Nichole Marie Gerrits
    
    Michael doesn't like my choices for boys names, but here they are:
    
    Matthew Gerrits (If he's called Matt, Michael is afraid of him being
      associated with the restaurant called Matt Garrett.  Our name is
      frequently incorrectly pronounced that way.)
    Andrew or Drew
    Jordan (the joke here began when I started pairing it with the middle
      name of Michael...Jordan Michael/Michael Jordan...ha ha. Michael is a
      big basketball fan.)
    
    Michael has had one suggestion.  Joshua or just Josh.  I like it I
    guess.  Joshua Gerrits.  Joshua Michael Gerrits.  Josh Michael Gerrits.
    
    I've toyed with other names such as Nathan, Jonathon (except I don't
    want it to end up being John/Jon as I like the whole name), and a few
    others which escape me.
    
    Any and all suggestions would be welcome!!!!! Thanks for your help!
    :)
    Lynn

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
832.1	Names	KYOA::CHANG		`Wed Oct 21 1992 17:34`	14
	Congratulations! I like your girls names and would add the following two: Shannon Marie Nicole Christine For the boys names, Joshua Michael sounds good to me. I also like Andrew Michael, but not Drew Michael. My son's name is Jonathan Andrew, but by 3rd grade, he started going by Jon, and few of his friends even realize "Jonathan" is his "real" name. Best of luck to you. Chris
832.2		GUCCI::SMILLER	Mrs. Shannon DiPietro	`Thu Oct 22 1992 10:49`	4
	Hey, I vote for Shannon Marie!!! Every Shannon I run into, I ask her middle name-quite a few Shannon Marie's. It's easy to yell too, Shan Marie!!! :-)
832.3		STUDIO::POIRIER		`Thu Oct 22 1992 11:43`	8
	I'm kind of partial to Shannon Elizabeth which is my daughter's name. But with your last name, I think Nicole sounds better. I also like Andrew with your last name. good luck. beth
832.4	Shannon Margaret/Nathan Michael	AMCUCS::MEHRING		`Thu Oct 22 1992 19:57`	17
	Well, my votes would be for: Shannon Margaret (a bit different than Marie and meaningful, too ;-) or Leslie Nicole and Nathan Michael or Andrew Michael I do like Matthew too, but there is the teasing-potential if your child grows up around that Matt Garrett's chain... Best of luck! -Cori(nne) Marie (always thought of Marie as not that imaginative for a middle- name...just MHO)
832.5		GEMVAX::STROGIS		`Fri Oct 23 1992 12:51`	26
	Hi Lynn! Isn't this fun?!?? :^) I especially like Shannon Christina Gerrits. I like it better than Shannon Christine because it has a better rhythm -- a 2-3-2 syllable rhythm is better than 2-2-2 syllables according to one of our many babyname books. And besides that, Shannon Christina is so pretty and feminine! My second choice for your girl would be Nicole Elizabeth. I have considered Nicole, but worried that it is becoming very popular. I'm not sure if it is, and I've gotten to the point that I'm not going to worry about a name's popularity TOO much. For a boy, I like Joshua. I really like Jonathan, (Jonathon, or Johnathon), but you said you didn't like John or Jon, so maybe that isn't the best choice. I like Joshua Michael Gerrits, and Josh is a nice nickname. His mom can always call him Joshua even if no one else does and that will be special, right? How come it is so much easier to give suggestions to others? And my poor child will probably be called Baby Strogis for the first few days of its life! :^) - Tammy
832.6	shannon for short!	STUDIO::POIRIER		`Fri Oct 23 1992 16:34`	6
	I would not have considered any other name but Shannon for my daughter since it had a lot of meaning at her birth....but, it doesn't shorten nice at all, and it is a lot to say in a hurry.....just for you to keep in mind!!! beth