About names.

I have the pleasure of sharing with you some names of my family members this post. I wonder what You think of when your hear some of them?

My most favorite attention getter is the name of my Great Grandmother who happened to claim native American heritage. She was Josephine Cinderella Crabtree Kirby. You can’t make up some of this stuff. She had 9 children and lived to the age of 99. Some claim 100 but we didn’t have her birth certificate. I was only 14 when she passed but she was Such an inspiring Christian woman. If you are getting ready to write a book, I’d recommend this attention-getter name.. Being as we are writing during the A to Z April Blog Challenge, this came to mind seeing so many aspiring writers.

Never fear, I will Not be one of those “writers”.

Back to the names, one of Great Grandma’s daughters was my beloved Great Aunt Zula. She taught me crochet. She lived to be 101. I aspire to live that long and spread the joy of crochet as she did. We were pen pals until she moved back to Missouri from California in the 70’s. It was then during a family gathering that she sat me down with a crochet hook and yarn (both from her stash) and blessed me with the skill that is my favorite relaxation technique to date.

Mind you, I am in no way poking fun at names. I have a name 9 – NINE – NINE letters long. Do you know how long it took me to learn to spell that??? Kindergarten was a nightmare. I didn’t have preschool like we do today, and kindergarten was a new thing around here and only half days. That’s probably no excuse. I was probably bored and exuding a Randall attitude. But I would never be one to make fun of a name for the record.

Some other memorable names in no particular order:

• Ailsie
• Hattie
• Edna
• Inez
• Lovica
• Lula
• Mattie
• Nattie
• Maybelle
• Eileen (my mom)
• Lilith
• Iris
• Lottie
• Genevieve
• Dolly
• Chandra
• Sybil
• Barbara ( I wanted my sister to be a Renee, Now we can’t imagine a world without our loveable Barbie)
• Kirsten (I kept the faith with my youngest daughter. Do you know how many ways you can mispronounce her name? I’m lucky she still loves me )
• Evette (All the grandmothers would be proud of my sister’s choice for her baby girl)

Ok now for the men

• Byard
• Byard Earl
• Bazil
• Rouel
• Byard Henry
• Maurice Earl
• Herman
• Monroe
• Luther Lincoln
• Rolla
• Rado
• Arsene
• Finus

Then there are Facebook friends lists. Now That is a place to name shop.           Mammoth choices!

 In conclusion, if you are having a baby and have not yet chosen a name, here are some choices that you may not have heard recently – or at all – and you won’t have to worry about anyone else having that name in your child’s class.