Kim writes:<\/p>\n
Is it more, or less, acceptable to name a child June if she\u2019s born in the month of June?<\/p>\n
We are having a baby boy in August and two of the names we like for him are \u2026<\/p>\n
August nn Gus (his birth month)<\/p>\n
Leonardo nn Leo (his star sign)<\/p>\n
Neither were chosen FOR this reason \u2013 Gus and Leo are just names we both like and we prefer to have a formal name with nickname option. We have shelved both for now while we consider this coincidence, but I still really like them.<\/p>\n
In the objective opinions of your readers and yourself\u2026 what do you think of names that match the month\/season\/star sign of a child\u2019s birth? Is it corny or fine? <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Oh, neat! I gave this some thought and…I’m not sure! I worked with a girl named April who used to say in a weary voice that no, she was not born in April—so maybe it would have been better if she could have said yes? or maybe she would have been answering wearily either way, just because of being sick of the question?<\/p>\n
With holiday names, I’m in favor: I love Natalie and Holly and Noelle MORE at Christmastime. But I know other people who rule them out.<\/p>\n
My mom and I read a book with sisters named May and June, and their mother considered their entire name-month special, giving that child fewer chores and more treats for the whole month. That seems like it would only work in a family where every child had an equivalent name.<\/p>\n
For me, zodiac signs are a non-issue: Leo is the only one that makes a good name, and I don’t think it’s associated with the zodiac the way June is with the calendar. In your son’s case, it seems like it would just be something fun—the way I think it’s fun that my twins are Geminis. Same with birthstones: I think it’s cute if a girl named Ruby also has rubies as her birthstone, but I wouldn’t notice it unless she mentioned it.<\/p>\n
What do you all think? Are month\/holiday\/zodiac\/birthstone\/etc. names BETTER when they match up with the birthdate? or do you think they SHOULDN’T match? Let’s have a poll, over to the right. [Poll closed; see results below.]<\/p>\n
Poll results<\/span> for “Your choice with month\/season\/zodiac names” (276 votes total):<\/p>\n
BETTER when they match the birthdate: 32%
RULED OUT if they match the birthdate: 7%
I am as uncertain as Swistle!: 61%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kim writes: Is it more, or less, acceptable to name a child June if she\u2019s born in the month of June? We are having a baby boy in August and two of the names we like for him are \u2026 August nn Gus (his birth month) Leonardo nn Leo (his star sign) Neither were chosen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-1Ex","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}