More on the Boy Names Issue

[Anonymous]

Oh, you guys are so helping me get comfy with the idea of Vincent! And I'm happy to hear there are some kids out there with that name. It's just so hard to adjust to the idea of my darling little rolly polly baby being called Vincent when I think of my regal proper-as-the-queen Grandfather.

But it's true that it would be nicer to have that name with meaning than just any name. But I still admit that I like Andrew more...

[Anonymous]

Instead ov Vincent, consider a variation, Vincenzo. Think about it, who doesn't like Vincenzo? Vincenzo is the kind of guy who is good to his mother, small children and animals. Who's be willing to get up at 3 am and post bail for a buddy? Vicenzo is a stand up guy with a twinkle in his eye that girls want to date Vincenzo and guys want to know. When Vincenzo walks into one of the many Vincenzo's Italian restaurants, he gets a free slice.

Oh, and his friends call him Vince.

[Anonymous]

Vince is cute. I went to school with a guy named Vin (when he was younger everyone called him Vinnie -- by the time he was in JR high, he went by Vin).

[Anonymous]

Maybe it's because I'm from New Jersey, but I group Vincent in with Guido and Tony. So maybe just don't move north

[Anonymous]

Yeah, OP here, and I'll be the first to admit that my Grandfather grew up in Jersey. I grew up in Atlanta GA, so I don't really have that connotation, but I am well aware.

But seems like even if we did move north, hopefully the lack of hair gel and gold chains would help separate? Hmm..

[Anonymous]

We know a little boy named Vincent - he's darling. I think it's a great name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Instead ov Vincent, consider a variation, Vincenzo. Think about it, who doesn't like Vincenzo? Vincenzo is the kind of guy who is good to his mother, small children and animals. Who's be willing to get up at 3 am and post bail for a buddy? Vicenzo is a stand up guy with a twinkle in his eye that girls want to date Vincenzo and guys want to know. When Vincenzo walks into one of the many Vincenzo's Italian restaurants, he gets a free slice.

Oh, and his friends call him Vince.

Why in the world would you name your kid Vincenzo unless you had Italian roots? I've never figured out why a friend of mine named her kid Nikita (she's American, husband is French, neither have a Russian background). Ditto the non-Jewish friends who gave their kid an unambiguously Jewish name. I just find that totally bizarre.

[Anonymous]

I like Nikita and there has been quite a few in France after the movie la femme Nikita. Also why not use a foreign name? many names that you don't think twice about are foreign. Naomi is Japanese for instance....

[Anonymous]

I'm just guessing here, but I think when most Americans hear the name Naomi, they're thinking of its Biblical use more than its Japanese use:

NAOMI (1)
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Hebrew, Biblical
Pronounced: nay-O-mee (English), nie-O-mee (English) [key]
From the Hebrew name ??????? (Na'omiy) meaning "pleasantness". In the Old Testament this was the name of the mother-in-law of Ruth. After the death of her husband, Naomi took the name Mara (see Ruth 1:20). Though previously common as a Jewish name, Naomi was not typically used as an English Christian name until after the Protestant Reformation.

NAOMI (2)
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: ?? (Japanese)
From Japanese ? (nao) "honest, straight" and ? (mi) "beautiful".

[Anonymous]

I like "Vince" for a nickname.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Instead ov Vincent, consider a variation, Vincenzo. Think about it, who doesn't like Vincenzo? Vincenzo is the kind of guy who is good to his mother, small children and animals. Who's be willing to get up at 3 am and post bail for a buddy? Vicenzo is a stand up guy with a twinkle in his eye that girls want to date Vincenzo and guys want to know. When Vincenzo walks into one of the many Vincenzo's Italian restaurants, he gets a free slice.

Oh, and his friends call him Vince.

Why in the world would you name your kid Vincenzo unless you had Italian roots? I've never figured out why a friend of mine named her kid Nikita (she's American, husband is French, neither have a Russian background). Ditto the non-Jewish friends who gave their kid an unambiguously Jewish name. I just find that totally bizarre.

Why is this weird? Especially in this country, which is such a hodgepodge of ethnicities. Maybe they named their child after a beloved family friend.

[Anonymous]

James Andrew Grant and call him JAG.

[Anonymous]

I don't think the relative has to be dead for you to use their name. They'd probably be honored.

I gave my DD my sister's name (Victoria), who got it from both her grandfathers named Victor (one was alive, one wasn't when she was born). And my grandfather was named after his father, Vittorio, who was alive when he was born.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think the relative has to be dead for you to use their name. They'd probably be honored.

I gave my DD my sister's name (Victoria), who got it from both her grandfathers named Victor (one was alive, one wasn't when she was born). And my grandfather was named after his father, Vittorio, who was alive when he was born.

It depends on your family traditions. Jews are not supposed to name a child after a living person. Thus the lack of Richard Howell the Third and Juniors in Jewish families. Obvously, most other families have no problem with that kind of thing.

[zumbamama]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Instead ov Vincent, consider a variation, Vincenzo. Think about it, who doesn't like Vincenzo? Vincenzo is the kind of guy who is good to his mother, small children and animals. Who's be willing to get up at 3 am and post bail for a buddy? Vicenzo is a stand up guy with a twinkle in his eye that girls want to date Vincenzo and guys want to know. When Vincenzo walks into one of the many Vincenzo's Italian restaurants, he gets a free slice.

Oh, and his friends call him Vince.

Why in the world would you name your kid Vincenzo unless you had Italian roots? I've never figured out why a friend of mine named her kid Nikita (she's American, husband is French, neither have a Russian background). Ditto the non-Jewish friends who gave their kid an unambiguously Jewish name. I just find that totally bizarre.

I'm not RUssian, and I have a Russian name. I know many African Americans, Latinas, Italians and Asians with my Russian name too. I know plenty of Michelles that aren't French and and Erics that are not Scandinavian.