Wolfgang as a middle name -- lay it on me, DCUMers!

[Anonymous]

It seems silly to me that you care. It's just a middle name for a friend's baby. As long as it isn't Adolf, I wouldn't stage an intervention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems silly to me that you care. It's just a middle name for a friend's baby. As long as it isn't Adolf, I wouldn't stage an intervention.

Not staging an intervention -- just curious what other people think about it. I'm not currently pregnant so I don't have any baby names of my own to ask about! She has been wavering a little since getting all this negative feedback, so I thought it would be interesting to ask for people's anonymous opinions and see if others think it is as awful as I do.

But thanks -- no DCUM thread is complete without the "why do you care?/how does this affect you?/MYOB" poster.

[Anonymous]

Well, it certainly makes a statement. I'm not sure what it says, but it's a statement.

[Anonymous]

I actually really like it but I have a very unusual name (in the us, very popular in northern europe) and have always seen it as a positive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It seems silly to me that you care. It's just a middle name for a friend's baby. As long as it isn't Adolf, I wouldn't stage an intervention.

Not staging an intervention -- just curious what other people think about it. I'm not currently pregnant so I don't have any baby names of my own to ask about! She has been wavering a little since getting all this negative feedback, so I thought it would be interesting to ask for people's anonymous opinions and see if others think it is as awful as I do.

But thanks -- no DCUM thread is complete without the "why do you care?/how does this affect you?/MYOB" poster.

NP here. Well, you said " if absolutely everyone has such strong negative reactions, maybe it is time to rethink, no?"
I wouldn't pick the name for my kid, but I would MMOB.

[Anonymous]

Hope your friend doesn't read DCUM. Can't imagine there are too many Frederick Wolfgangs running around.

[Anonymous]

who cares? It's a middle name. Beyond the birth announcement you will probably never even hear it again.

For what it's worth I dont like my childrens middle names. DH is Chinese so their middle names are their Chinese names that were picked out by my FIL. Not a big deal though because they will only be used in Chinese school and by my in-laws. On the flip side i do like that their middle names have some meaning, purpose and aren't just a random name that was second on my list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hope your friend doesn't read DCUM. Can't imagine there are too many Frederick Wolfgangs running around.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:who cares? It's a middle name. Beyond the birth announcement you will probably never even hear it again.

For what it's worth I dont like my childrens middle names. DH is Chinese so their middle names are their Chinese names that were picked out by my FIL. Not a big deal though because they will only be used in Chinese school and by my in-laws. On the flip side i do like that their middle names have some meaning, purpose and aren't just a random name that was second on my list.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hope your friend doesn't read DCUM. Can't imagine there are too many Frederick Wolfgangs running around.

+1

Nope, she's not from this area. In fact she doesn't currently live in the US although she is American. So I'm pretty safe there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:who cares? It's a middle name. Beyond the birth announcement you will probably never even hear it again.

For what it's worth I dont like my childrens middle names. DH is Chinese so their middle names are their Chinese names that were picked out by my FIL. Not a big deal though because they will only be used in Chinese school and by my in-laws. On the flip side i do like that their middle names have some meaning, purpose and aren't just a random name that was second on my list.

Yeah, this is what I told her (in terms of dealing with all the negative reactions she's been getting). She probably has no idea how much I dislike it since I've been careful about what I've said. I do think it won't matter much in the day to day -- I hardly ever think about what my kids' middle names are and most people don't remember them, probably even family.

[Anonymous]

I like the whole name. Wouldn't think twice if I saw it on a birth announcement, or resume for that matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hope your friend doesn't read DCUM. Can't imagine there are too many Frederick Wolfgangs running around.

+1

Nope, she's not from this area. In fact she doesn't currently live in the US although she is American. So I'm pretty safe there.

If she's going to raise the kid in a place where the name is popular, then Wolfgang might be a great choice, regardless of how little her stateside friends like it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Middle name? Go for it!

+1

[Anonymous]

Freddie could be a cute first name (Prinze, Jr.) but I think if you have a tough first name the middle should be easy, and if you want to use a difficult/heavy middle name the first should be easy. She's really skirting the edge here.