Anonymous
Post 09/27/2014 12:37     Subject: Chelsea Clinton had her baby!`
Anonymous wrote:Not just a southern thing.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt



Yes! Hello, Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2014 12:32     Subject: Chelsea Clinton had her baby!`
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Welcome, Charlotte! Love that name.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/us/politics/chelsea-clinton-gives-birth-to-a-daughter-charlotte.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0



could give a flying EF


Yet, here you are...
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2014 12:17     Subject: Chelsea Clinton had her baby!`
I wish all of them a long and happy life.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2014 12:15     Subject: Chelsea Clinton had her baby!`
Not just a southern thing.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Anonymous
Post 09/27/2014 11:55     Subject: Chelsea Clinton had her baby!`
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Did she name the baby Charlotte Clinton Med...
is it common to give your last name as a second name to a child?

I suppose the baby is not jewish as Chelsea has not converted


Yes, that's common. Where are you from that you don't know that?

Everyone that I know have a name that could also be a first name as a second name. This must be a new American custm. If you look at genealogy, there is no great granny Agnes Jones Smith, Alexander Kardasian Hilton


Actually in my family tree this was somewhat common in the late 1800s and early to mid 1900s. A few examples: Father "Alfred Jones" and mother "Elorza York" have son "Nicholas York Jones" or even Father "Jacob Hartzell" and Mother "Ellen Tuverne" have daughter "Susan Tuverne Hartzell" and later son "Edward Tuverne Hartzell".

Not saying my experience is representative, but this custom certainly isn't unheard of. I think it's nice because it allows for some connection to the maternal family line.

Pretty name, sweet baby, congratulations and best wishes to the happy new parents.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2014 11:32     Subject: Chelsea Clinton had her baby!`
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Did she name the baby Charlotte Clinton Med...
is it common to give your last name as a second name to a child?

I suppose the baby is not jewish as Chelsea has not converted


Yes, that's common. Where are you from that you don't know that?

Everyone that I know have a name that could also be a first name as a second name. This must be a new American custm. If you look at geneology, there is no great granny Agnes Jones Smith, Alexander Kardasian Hilton


Nope. Southern custom going back generations in my family. All the women back to at least the 1850s have names like this.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2014 11:31     Subject: Chelsea Clinton had her baby!`
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Did she name the baby Charlotte Clinton Med...
is it common to give your last name as a second name to a child?

I suppose the baby is not jewish as Chelsea has not converted


Yes, that's common. Where are you from that you don't know that?



Very common among southernors, in particular.

When I was growing up in the South, lots of girls went by their middle name that was a family name. for example: Anne Hayes Smith, went by Hayes.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2014 11:04     Subject: Chelsea Clinton had her baby!`
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Did she name the baby Charlotte Clinton Med...
is it common to give your last name as a second name to a child?

I suppose the baby is not jewish as Chelsea has not converted


The people I've known who did this were southern. I'm not sure if it's a regional thing or just a coincidence.


Well, Chelsea Clinton is from Arkansas, so there you go.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2014 10:55     Subject: Chelsea Clinton had her baby!`
Anonymous wrote:Welcome, Charlotte! Love that name.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/us/politics/chelsea-clinton-gives-birth-to-a-daughter-charlotte.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSum&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0



could give a flying EF
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2014 10:54     Subject: Chelsea Clinton had her baby!`
Not many children of political figures get outrageous names. And in all fairness, a vast majority of Hollywood kids have normal names. We only hear about the outliers because they ARE so out there.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2014 10:51     Subject: Chelsea Clinton had her baby!`
At least she gave the child a normal name -- unlike all the hollywood/music industry famous who just are so desperate for attention that they will name their child Orange.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2014 10:33     Subject: Chelsea Clinton had her baby!`
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Did she name the baby Charlotte Clinton Med...
is it common to give your last name as a second name to a child?

I suppose the baby is not jewish as Chelsea has not converted


I suppose the name Monica was off the table.


Anonymous
Post 09/27/2014 10:14     Subject: Chelsea Clinton had her baby!`
Anonymous wrote:If your father had been president of the US, wouldn't you want your child to carry that name?

No
not as second name
Alice Bush Walker?
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2014 10:13     Subject: Chelsea Clinton had her baby!`
Anonymous wrote:Did she name the baby Charlotte Clinton Med...
is it common to give your last name as a second name to a child?

I suppose the baby is not jewish as Chelsea has not converted


I suppose the name Monica was off the table.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2014 10:09     Subject: Chelsea Clinton had her baby!`
Anonymous wrote:Did she name the baby Charlotte Clinton Med...
is it common to give your last name as a second name to a child?

I suppose the baby is not jewish as Chelsea has not converted


The people I've known who did this were southern. I'm not sure if it's a regional thing or just a coincidence.