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Dear Prudence,
My wife is pregnant. She has two kids, “Joanna” and “Jenny” from her late husband. I have “Jonah” with my ex-wife. We didn’t plan on the name alliterations and everyone always comments on it, especially since the kids seriously resemble each other without any DNA shared and are near the same age. My wife wants to give our baby a “J’ name, to complete the set, so to speak. And she thinks it would be weird and off-putting for our baby not to match their siblings. I utterly hate the idea. I have suggested naming the baby after our parents, depending on the sex. It feels more meaningful and less cutesy. She hates that idea. I said we could use the J name as a middle name and use the nickname “TJ” or “DJ” or whatever. “Here are my kids: Joanna, Jenny, Jonah, and Anna Jane, we call her AJ for short.” That doesn’t make me wince. My wife is no-go still. Is this a hill to die on or just a molehill?
— Naming Woes
Dear Naming Woes,
If your wife really can’t agree, the baby should get a vote. Speaking for the baby, I think they would like to have a name that fits in with the names of the rest of the siblings. So start brainstorming J names that you can live with. Sorry!
https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/12/dear-prudence-gravestone-insult.html
My wife is pregnant. She has two kids, “Joanna” and “Jenny” from her late husband. I have “Jonah” with my ex-wife. We didn’t plan on the name alliterations and everyone always comments on it, especially since the kids seriously resemble each other without any DNA shared and are near the same age. My wife wants to give our baby a “J’ name, to complete the set, so to speak. And she thinks it would be weird and off-putting for our baby not to match their siblings. I utterly hate the idea. I have suggested naming the baby after our parents, depending on the sex. It feels more meaningful and less cutesy. She hates that idea. I said we could use the J name as a middle name and use the nickname “TJ” or “DJ” or whatever. “Here are my kids: Joanna, Jenny, Jonah, and Anna Jane, we call her AJ for short.” That doesn’t make me wince. My wife is no-go still. Is this a hill to die on or just a molehill?
— Naming Woes
Dear Naming Woes,
If your wife really can’t agree, the baby should get a vote. Speaking for the baby, I think they would like to have a name that fits in with the names of the rest of the siblings. So start brainstorming J names that you can live with. Sorry!
https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/12/dear-prudence-gravestone-insult.html
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That's how you end up with Jababy McBabyface