Julie Grace

[ems]

They bypassed a whole lot of J names in favor of their own ideas. By using Jinger they apparently ran out of acceptable J names and had to start making their own. All that followed were doomed.

Julie/Julianna/Julianne/Juliette

Janet/Janette/Janelle/JANE - any and all derivatives of Jane (Jane is simple and classic and quite perfect for a J name)

Jessica

Jennifer, one of the most common names in the English language, wasn't used until what, their 17th child? Yet, number three or four is Jinger?

If that isn't a conscious choice to be special I don't know what is.

They did run the gamut of boy's names though. Without going trendy, they have used pretty much all the average male names that start with J and then some.

Yeah, it probably is a conscious choice to be special. I dunno if they just really liked the name "Ginger" for whatever reason but it didn't fit with their "J" plan..

Honestly, I kind of like "Jana" and "Jessa"...slightly more unique than Janet and Jessica but IMO not ridiculous sounding. Jinger with a J, on the other hand..not so much.

I know Brett Michaels has a daughter Jorja.

[slickcat79]

Yeah, it probably is a conscious choice to be special. I dunno if they just really liked the name "Ginger" for whatever reason but it didn't fit with their "J" plan.

I think that's likely. I'm pretty sure they said they picked Johannah because they really liked the name Hannah, but that didn't go with the J theme either...that's why they spelled it with the H on the end.

I know Brooklyn is becoming much more popular, but it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with Brooklyn, NY. It's just the latest in a long line of names that people add "lyn" to the end of to make them prettier/more feminine/more to their taste instead of going with Brooke Lynn. Plus it comes with a Y in it already, which I'm sure suits the new trendy name crowd.

[Jessica]

My theory is that they didn't use Julie because Michelle knew someone she didn't like with that name. That's usually the reason why people reject perfectly nice names. My Dad wanted to name me Robyn, but my Mom hated the Robyn she knew in high school.

This is why my husband vetoed my choice of Geneva if our son had been a girl... something about not wanting to be constantly reminded of some girl in his class who would spend all of break telling everyone in the class about the porn she watched that involved people dressed like various farm animals, or the Sailor Moon-style erotic comic books she was collecting...

[Nothing2CHere]

I know they can't have the Grace since that is Jordyn's (sp ?) middle name

Two of my relatives each have three sons. All three sons in both families have the same middle name. All three sons in both families also have the same godfather. I just... find it so bizarre :?

[SamuraiKatz]

And what about Josie's middle name of Brooklyn? Is there some significance about that city? It's not a very common place to be used as a name, and it's also in New York, which they probably think of as Satan's den.

I always thought Josie Brooklyn sounded like a name from a cabbage patch doll "adoption" certificate.

just sayin'

samurai katz

[Austin]

I'm rather found of the name Julia. I might consider naming a kid that if I have a daughter.

It is my name, and I must say, I do love my name. :)

[Brainsample]

I always throught that Jim Bob was wanting a Julie Grace- to whom would be his favorite daughter since I think he has talked about a Julie Grace since the first special. I wonder if he is kicking himself now for never having a daughter named Julie. Since I think the well is dried up- maybe

I know they can't have the Grace since that is Jordyn's (sp ?) middle name

If you go by Foreman rules, it shouldn't matter. The boxing great has several sons whom he and Mama Foreman named them with the first name of "George." I guess she calls them by their middle names or by nicknames, though I've never heard George discuss this.

.....

I looked it up -- they use nicknames.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 516AATsKAw

:P

[ladypuglover]

Isn't the daughter named George too?

ETA, never mind I saw the daughters aren't named George, but one comes close. Talk about ego.

[emeraldskull]

Why don't they have a Joanna? One of my favorite names ever :-D

[darkplumaged]

Why don't they have a Joanna? One of my favorite names ever :-D

Don't give them any ideas! Jana, Joy-Anna, Johannah... Joanna?

Too bad the baby factory is probably closed. They could add a Joanna, Joanne, Joan (and Jean, twins)...

[alphaeta08]

I'm amazed they don't have a Jessica, but it may be one of those names that doesn't "age" well. I guess we don't know yet, since I don't think many Jessicas are even middle-aged yet. Not that "Jordyn" will age well... :roll:

[FloraDoraDolly]

I'm amazed they don't have a Jessica, but it may be one of those names that doesn't "age" well. I guess we don't know yet, since I don't think many Jessicas are even middle-aged yet. Not that "Jordyn" will age well... :roll:

Maybe they considered Jessica when they decided on Jessa? At the time Jessa was born, Jessica would have been one of the top baby names. Of course, I wouldn't put it past the Duggars to have a Jessa and a Jessica and a boy named Jesse since they have Jana, Joy-Anna, and Johanna as well as Joseph, Josiah, and Josie.

[Fun-Dee]

When I see the name Jorja, I want to pronounce it "Hor-Ha", similar to Jorge being pronounced "Hor-hay" . Now there's a name for them, Jorge! Naw, they would just say George.

[bananacat]

I think they put the Y in Jordyn because it's a unisex name and they didn't want the girl to be confused about her place in the Patriarchal world.

[BlackHawk]

I think they put the Y in Jordyn because it's a unisex name and they didn't want the girl to be confused about her place in the Patriarchal world.

A y makes it feminine? So why a Y in Mackynzie? (I'm not being snarky towards you... I've just never heard a Y makes something feminine.)

My 2 cents on this is they wanted to be unique yet form fitting all at the same time. It's like when people make up a name for their kid... then have the gall to call you stupid because you point that out to them. A little boy in class a few years ago was named Agarat (pronounced A-gurt). My aide asked the parents where they came up with the name and they attacked her basically. Telling her what they name their son was their business, they were great parents and how DARE she question their names. It was a family name, so they say. (side note, they were arrested 3 weeks to the start of that term for cooking meth... I think that has more to do with poor Agarat's name then family.)

That said, I love the name Julie Grace. But I knew a brat in school who made my life miserable who's name was Julie.. can never do it.

[Austin]

That said, I love the name Julie Grace. But I knew a brat in school who made my life miserable who's name was Julie.. can never do it.

Funny that you say that, because past experiences with people really does affect the way we view names, I think. We had solid decisions for our first two boy names, but then when we learned there was going to be a third boy, we were stumped. I liked a lot of names, but my husband would nix them because he'd had a pain in the ass student named that at one time or another. He had been teaching for nearly 20 years by the time we were making this decision, so that was a problem with a lot of names!

My nemesis in school, to the extent I had one, was named Kathy. I'm trying to keep an open mind, but I still don't know anybody named Kathy that I'm wild about - lol - even though I like the name Kathryn or Catherine. But since we never had girls, it wasn't an issue anyway.

[maybeizfundie]

Isn't the daughter named George too?

ETA, never mind I saw the daughters aren't named George, but one comes close. Talk about ego.

I think it is hilarious. Though I might not, if I were one of his kids.

And it reminds me of someone we knew, named James E----- (I forget what his middle name was, except that it started with E). He did the standard James E. Jr for his son, and named his daughter Jamese (Jah-mee-see). Even as a kid I thought that was an awful lot of self-importance. All your kids have to be named after you??

[BlackHawk]

Funny that you say that, because past experiences with people really does affect the way we view names, I think. We had solid decisions for our first two boy names, but then when we learned there was going to be a third boy, we were stumped. I liked a lot of names, but my husband would nix them because he'd had a pain in the ass student named that at one time or another. He had been teaching for nearly 20 years by the time we were making this decision, so that was a problem with a lot of names!

My nemesis in school, to the extent I had one, was named Kathy. I'm trying to keep an open mind, but I still don't know anybody named Kathy that I'm wild about - lol - even though I like the name Kathryn or Catherine. But since we never had girls, it wasn't an issue anyway.

YEah.. as a teacher of preschoolers.. My poor partner got a lot of the names he liked nixed because of preschool students I have had. He finds it annoying, but I can say that there are names I cannot name my child because of children or parents I've taught.

[LynnKaboom]

I'm surprised they didn't name a son Julian. I actually quite like that name, and want to use it for a son if I ever have one.

And am I the only one that keeps reading Jinger as "Jing-ger" not "ginger?"

[emeraldskull]

I'm surprised they didn't name a son Julian. I actually quite like that name, and want to use it for a son if I ever have one.

And am I the only one that keeps reading Jinger as "Jing-ger" not "ginger?"

Bahahaaa.... you are not the only one. I thought that WAS the way it was spelled until some people said they were looking for ginger in the store under J.... But yeah, it still reads as rhyming with "singer", Jinger.

[acheronbeach]

I'm surprised they didn't name a son Julian. I actually quite like that name, and want to use it for a son if I ever have one.

And am I the only one that keeps reading Jinger as "Jing-ger" not "ginger?"

I always think of Jing Ger, too. Or singer. That's what a solid grasp of phonics does for ya, I guess. :p

As for Julian, don't you think that's a bit too klassy for the Duggars?

[LynnKaboom]

I always think of Jing Ger, too. Or singer. That's what a solid grasp of phonics does for ya, I guess. :p

As for Julian, don't you think that's a bit too klassy for the Duggars?

True. If I have a son, I already plan to name him Julian, I wouldn't want him automatically being associated with the Duggars.

[bananacat]

A y makes it feminine? So why a Y in Mackynzie? (I'm not being snarky towards you... I've just never heard a Y makes something feminine.)

My 2 cents on this is they wanted to be unique yet form fitting all at the same time. It's like when people make up a name for their kid... then have the gall to call you stupid because you point that out to them. A little boy in class a few years ago was named Agarat (pronounced A-gurt). My aide asked the parents where they came up with the name and they attacked her basically. Telling her what they name their son was their business, they were great parents and how DARE she question their names. It was a family name, so they say. (side note, they were arrested 3 weeks to the start of that term for cooking meth... I think that has more to do with poor Agarat's name then family.)

That said, I love the name Julie Grace. But I knew a brat in school who made my life miserable who's name was Julie.. can never do it.

Mackynzie was originally a male name, literally meaning "son of Kenneth". But the trend lately is definitely to add Ys to girls' names. I hardly ever see boys' names modified that way, but I see it all the time with girls. I guess it's not an "official" thing, but the unusual Y is definitely more common for girls lately.

[Witsec6]

I think they put the Y in Jordyn because it's a unisex name and they didn't want the girl to be confused about her place in the Patriarchal world.

I've often thought I should name any future daughters names that are usually used as masculine surnames: MacDuff, Smith, McCleod, MacIntyre. It makes about as much sense as MacKenzie.

I had friends who made up a name for their daughter and it had the word "anus" in its spelling. I got the feeling that they wished they had thought of something different. Like Kate or Susan.

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