Naming Ceremony Quotes

'Benedict' means 'blessed.' My parents liked the sound of the name and felt slightly blessed because they'd been trying for a child for a very long time.

I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee!

We didn't name Birdie before she was born. When she came out I said, 'I think we gotta go with Birdie, I think that's her name.'

We had the boy's name picked out, but we didn't have a girl's. When he turned out to be a boy, we were so relieved. Literally, in the middle of contracting and pushing, and with my wife being drugged - out and half - lucid, we were still coming up with names.

The name Zahra was to have been lman's own name at birth, but a senior member of the family changed it to lman at the last minute.

My first name during my first match was 'Lena.' I was still Lena then, just because we hadn't gotten a name yet.

I always said if I had a son, I was going to give him a unique name.

In the fall of 1943 we brought home our second son, whom we named Alexander.

Changing my name was traumatic for me.

You won't believe it, but my grandfather named me. And the choices were between Sparkle, Sprinkle and Twinkle. So, thank God, they chose Twinkle.

When I was born, my father named me Melissa, and I am still Melissa, but I got the nickname Lizzo around the time I was in the Cornrow Clique.

According to Ethiopian custom, parents wait to name a baby because children often die in the first weeks of life.

Naming is nice. It took me days before I was able to speak a name for my first child (what if people did not like it?), and I suspect we gave her a secret, second name as well, to keep her safe.

Coming from the inner city of Cleveland and growing up you never expected a street to be named after you or anything. It's a special honor.

We're gonna try to have the baby a little while before we name it. We don't want to put it out there, like try and turn him into something before we meet the kid. We want to get a feel for who this kid is before we name him.

I think when you are named Noah, you are destined for a certain way of life.

Sometimes a nickname is used instead of the real name. But a nickname may offend either the one named or the parents who gave the name.

My daughter's name is Neesyn Dacey but everyone calls her Dacey. Her mom chose Neesyn and I chose Dacey after she was born. The mother is a good friend of mine who I was seeing a while ago. We are no longer together.

When I was born, my dad and my mom gave me names, but in Africa, when your child is born, especially close family members can suggest names they want to add on. Maybe your grandmom and your grandpop have something to add to the name of the child.

I was christened Edward. My sister gave me the name Bear when I was a week old and it has stuck.

To be a man requires that you accept everything life has to give you, beginning with your name.

It was my dad's idea to change my name from Sahatciu to Ora. He said it would be easier to pronounce.

I gave birth to our daughter Coco in Pisa, and it was a wonderful time in all our lives.

Discard your former slave-master's names and be willing and ready to accept one of Allah's Pure and Righteous Names that He Alone will give our people from His Own Mouth! A good name is, indeed, better than gold.

Baby names are a big debate in my family. Like true Colombian and Puerto Rican families, everybody and their mother is putting their two cents in - everything from Jose to Francisco to Victorio to Rain has been suggested.