tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327419835969383825.post7957871752421148586..comments2023-10-24T04:03:56.079-04:00Comments on Here's the thing...: HTT, what's in a name?Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04360397088776902820noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327419835969383825.post-30341122582163178302007-04-16T00:57:00.000-04:002007-04-16T00:57:00.000-04:00My sides hurt from the letter writer's words, but ...My sides hurt from the letter writer's words, but not her dilemma. My own mother opined during one of my pregnancies that it would be really wonderful to honor my father, with whom, by the way, I had a very rocky relationship, by using his name, Edmund. She was put off with a simple "hmm, I don't think so" and cutting me out of her will would not have been a threat should she have mentioned it, as she had very modest means. But I have to agree with Suzanne that your daughter will have to live with her name for at least 18 years, and navigate the horrors of the saliva.<BR/><BR/>Suzanne, sorry you don't feel a connct with your German heritage. Brunhilde was never an option, and perhaps your parents were experiencing ethnic guilt over the German role in the Holocaust.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327419835969383825.post-48101366850280672052007-03-18T00:17:00.000-04:002007-03-18T00:17:00.000-04:00I know a Harriet who is a wonderful and gentle sou...I know a Harriet who is a wonderful and gentle soul; as a result, I now automatically associate this name with beauty and kindness. Perhaps somewhere in there mom is worried that refusal to name a grandchild after her is an unspoken reflection of her own child's (negative) feelings toward her. Why not gently reassure mom, and maybe even honor her by naming the child Harriet? (Now, if you don't like the name Harriet either, perhaps just reassure mom that she is a blessing and leave it at that.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327419835969383825.post-7928001712488769812007-03-13T16:20:00.000-04:002007-03-13T16:20:00.000-04:00I checked with the person who sent this question a...I checked with the person who sent this question and, yes, it turns out her grandmother had a lovely name: Victoria. The letter writer actually did ask Hariklia about using Victoria, but Hariklia did not express much interest.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04360397088776902820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327419835969383825.post-5876272526029681582007-03-12T22:29:00.000-04:002007-03-12T22:29:00.000-04:00I was just wondering what the grandmothers' names ...I was just wondering what the grandmothers' names were -- any better? Would that make mom happy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com