Kristen writes:<\/p>\n
Hello! Been reading your blog since the beginning, and am something of a name-enthusiast myself. My situation I feel is a bit unique in that our last name is a noun, a season– Winter. With our first two, Joel Robert and Charlotte Marie, we agreed- no nouns or other word-like names. I didn’t want their names to sound like a joke– we originally loved Cole but didn’t want “Cold Winter” jokes . However, we are planning number 3 now and planning ahead on names. My husband is loving his great great grandmother’s name: Ruby Rose Winter. My question is, when you hear the name, do you think “Oh, red, red, and a season?” Or does it sound like an ok combo because it is a family name? I’ve run this around in my brain too many times at this point to come to any type of logical solution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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When I hear the name, I think it sounds like a girl in a fairy tale—like Snow White, or Briar Rose. This is not to say I’d rule it out, especially if you don’t think you’ll call her by her first and middle names together: Ruby Winter is significantly less of an issue than Ruby Rose Winter.<\/p>\n
It does help that it’s a family name. It would help even more if it were a family member your husband had known and been close to; since it’s someone he presumably never met, it’s harder to play up the family connection—but it would still help.<\/p>\n
If it were me, I think I would prefer to stick to the original policy of no word-like names. On the other hand, I don’t think it would be wrong to change that policy if you both really want to.<\/p>\n
This might be a good place for the “Would I want that as MY name?” exercise. I THINK I would grow weary of having a whimsical name—but I can also imagine really enjoying it.<\/p>\n
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Name update!<\/strong><\/p>\n
Hello there Swistle,
\nReading the tale of the three Sylvies reminded me that I never did send an update on Ruby Rose Winter. The long and short of it was I wrote that when my third baby was merely a twinkle in my eye. Once I became pregnant last April, we were excited to use the name and felt good about Ruby Rose Winter, but two months later a cousin on my husband\u2019s side named HER baby Ruby Rose W****. So we gave it up and struggled coming up with a name for our baby girl, only to find out it didn\u2019t matter because the ultrasounds were misread. (We were sure the baby was a girl. We were very wrong.) Surprise, I delivered a baby boy, who had no name for awhile but is now Noah. So we have a Joel, Charlotte, and Noah. Thanks for all your readers\u2019 encouragement, I felt very relieved at how many thought the name Ruby Rose was charming and enchanting and not ridiculous!<\/p>\n-Kristen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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