Last Year before my 1st Daughter was born, my Mom asked for her “real” name. The reason why she asked me this is because my Husband and I told everyone in our Family that [name]Violet[/name]'s name was going to be [name]Sage[/name] [name]Christine[/name]. I guess my Mom knew that wasn’t going to be [name]Violet[/name]'s name. After I talked with my Husband about telling my Mom (which he agreed to), I told her that my Daughter’s name is going to be [name]Violet[/name] [name]Angelina[/name]. She liked [name]Violet[/name], but she wasn’t crazy about [name]Angelina[/name].
I’m going to fast forward to when [name]Violet[/name] was born. After I had delivered [name]Violet[/name] on February 14th (yes on [name]Valentine[/name]'s [name]Day[/name]). My Husband and I were about to fill in her birth certificate, when all of a sudden my Mom comes into the room and said to me “You should name her [name]Violet[/name] [name]Valentina[/name]!”.
Know don’t get me wrong I love the name [name]Valentina[/name], but I just thought it would be a little to on theme. So we just ignored her and named our Daughter, [name]Violet[/name] [name]Angelina[/name].
[name]Do[/name] you think that I made the right choice?
And would it be okay to use [name]Valentina[/name] as a middle name for another child, in the future?
Have we been in a situation like what exactly? Having our mother burst into the hospital room shouting at us to name our child [name]Violet[/name] [name]Valentina[/name]? No, that’s pretty specific.
I think you can totally name your next child [name]Valentina[/name].
I think you made the right choice if you love the name you picked. I personally never take my mother’s opinion into account. Really, she had her shot and names are so personal. It’s all just clutter and noise and confuses an already challenging decision!
Have we been in a situation like what exactly? Having our mother burst into the hospital room shouting at us to name our child Violet Valentina? No, that’s pretty specific.
I think you can totally name your next child Valentina.
I think you made the right choice if you love the name you picked. I personally never take my mother’s opinion into account. Really, she had her shot and names are so personal. It’s all just clutter and noise and confuses an already challenging decision!
Sorry I guess I should have been more specific
I’m glad that you think that [name]Valentina[/name] is still usable. Thank You!
I think you made the right decision. [name]Violet[/name] [name]Angelina[/name] is a beautiful combination.
I’m not that crazy about the “VV” alliteration in [name]Violet[/name] [name]Valentina[/name] anyway.
I do think you could use [name]Valentina[/name] in the future for certain. Not that this is the most important thing, but I bet it would make your mom happy!
I don’t much like the idea of talking over names with family and friends before the arrival of the baby for that reason, ‘real’ names or not!
I agree, there’s no reason to feel guilty for not taking on your mother’s suggestion. Also that you could use [name]Valentina[/name] in future, which is a lovely name.
I think you could still use [name]Valentina[/name], though I will say that it makes more sense to use it on a child born on [name]Valentine[/name]'s [name]Day[/name]. That being said, I do think that [name]Violet[/name] [name]Valentina[/name] would have been too much (Named after both the birth flower and the major holiday in February? Yeah, too much).
So, are you regretting not using [name]Valentina[/name]? Did you like [name]Valentina[/name] but just didn’t want to use it because Mom suggested it? And now you’re feeling guilty about using it now? Are you worried about hearing “I told you so”?
Personally, I would have used [name]Valentina[/name] or some other “love”-related name if my child was born on V-[name]Day[/name] since it’s not a common concurrence. But I understand it you thought it was too obvious. Or if you were already set on [name]Angelina[/name].
You can still use [name]Valentina[/name] but it would be peculiar that the other child’s birthday was actually on [name]Valentine[/name]'s [name]Day[/name]. Definitely not the end of the world just interesting
I don’t have children so I haven’t been in a situation remotely similar before.
I think [name]Violet[/name] [name]Angelina[/name] is such a beautiful way that there is no way you didn’t make the right choice.
While I can see the impetus of wanting to name a child who was born on 2/14 anything related to [name]Valentine[/name] and therefore [name]Valentina[/name]. I think [name]Valentina[/name] is a perfectly useable name for a future child - but I also think that being born on Valentines day and being named [name]Violet[/name] [name]Valentina[/name] might have been [name]OTT[/name]. For a similar reason I would choose not to name a future daughter [name]Valentina[/name] because I personally would find it weird to have one daughter born on St Valentines day and then the other named [name]Valentina[/name] but as said that’s a personal choice and [name]Valentina[/name] is a great name.
I love the name [name]Valentina[/name], and think you can most definitely still use it. To be honest, I love [name]Violet[/name] [name]Angelina[/name], but think [name]Violet[/name] [name]Valentina[/name] would have sounded horrid.
I picture [name]Valentina[/name] as a middle name for a first name that starts with an M, but I don’t know why.
To be honest, [name]Valentina[/name] as a middle name would go with almost anything - just so long as the first name didn’t end with an A. It would also be an excellent first name, paired with a one-syllable middle name.
