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The Name Game
When I went to grade school, there were at least three other girls in my class with the same name. However, they were spelt differently. I’m: Vicki (that's me over there!) The others were: Vikki, Vickie, Vicky Later on and when I thought about it, Susan, Cathy, and Kathy names dominated, as did variations with full names or short names, like Katie, Katy, Kat, Cathie, Cathleen, Suzie, Suzy. So when I was pregnant with #1son, Handsome and I struggled over naming him, even though we didn't know he would be a boy. I’d toss out something. “No.” And more. “Nope.” I was determined he would not have a J name: Jonathan, Justin, Jacob, Jake, Joshua, etc. Those names were way too popular. I didn’t want him to have to go through what I did. Finally when watching an old and favorite detective movie, I said, “What do you think about this?” Handsome said, “Yes.” Great Rejoicing! I can’t say what #1son’s name is because he doesn’t want me to tell via social media. Lol. The funny thing is in his Sunday School class of 24 kids, there were two other boys with the same name. Yikes! I never thought I’d have a boy. I come from a family of four girls. In my mind, I was going to have girls. And name the first, Holland. The second, Hayley. And the third, Hattie. Sadly, no girls came my way. Instead, I got #2son: first name is his dad’s, second name is a church friend’s. And let’s mention, they get the wonderful Batman as their last name. lolol. A lot of character’s names just pop in a writer’s head and as a writer, I know when this instance does happen, that name is most likely absolutely perfect. I have gone the route of looking at the census and seeing which names were popular in specific years. In 2014, these are the names used:
If you want to look up your birth year, go to:
To discover more about Hattie and her wacky journey through unemployment, her romance with a hunky hero, and murder, go to: Amazon
When I went to grade school, there were at least three other girls in my class with the same name. However, they were spelt differently. I’m: Vicki (that's me over there!) The others were: Vikki, Vickie, Vicky Later on and when I thought about it, Susan, Cathy, and Kathy names dominated, as did variations with full names or short names, like Katie, Katy, Kat, Cathie, Cathleen, Suzie, Suzy. So when I was pregnant with #1son, Handsome and I struggled over naming him, even though we didn't know he would be a boy. I’d toss out something. “No.” And more. “Nope.” I was determined he would not have a J name: Jonathan, Justin, Jacob, Jake, Joshua, etc. Those names were way too popular. I didn’t want him to have to go through what I did. Finally when watching an old and favorite detective movie, I said, “What do you think about this?” Handsome said, “Yes.” Great Rejoicing! I can’t say what #1son’s name is because he doesn’t want me to tell via social media. Lol. The funny thing is in his Sunday School class of 24 kids, there were two other boys with the same name. Yikes! I never thought I’d have a boy. I come from a family of four girls. In my mind, I was going to have girls. And name the first, Holland. The second, Hayley. And the third, Hattie. Sadly, no girls came my way. Instead, I got #2son: first name is his dad’s, second name is a church friend’s. And let’s mention, they get the wonderful Batman as their last name. lolol. A lot of character’s names just pop in a writer’s head and as a writer, I know when this instance does happen, that name is most likely absolutely perfect. I have gone the route of looking at the census and seeing which names were popular in specific years. In 2014, these are the names used:If you want to look up your birth year, go to:
To discover more about Hattie and her wacky journey through unemployment, her romance with a hunky hero, and murder, go to: Amazon
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