Click on this picture of Jonathan who we call Lyall.
I would like to tell a real story.
I was pregnant with my 5th baby and we didn’t want to know what it is.So I choose two names that I really liked which were [name_f]Anna[/name_f] for a girl and [name_m]Jeremiah[/name_m] nn.[name_m]Jeremy[/name_m] for a boy.Later in the pregnancy I started loving the name [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] nn.[name_m]Nathan[/name_m] and my heart was set on naming my kid [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] if he was a boy.Well guess what,two days before my due date my husband decided that he wants the baby to be named [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m].I didn’t like that name at all and I still don’t like it on him(He’s 2 years old)
Well to sum my daughter this really cool name that I love [name_m]Lyall[/name_m] that matches my baby [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] perfectly.Everyone in the house calls [name_m]Lyall[/name_m] and almost no one calls him [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m](my husband started calling him [name_m]Lyall[/name_m] too.YAY!!![name_f]VICTORY[/name_f]!!!)
So what do you think about calling him [name_m]Lyall[/name_m] [name_m]Jon[/name_m]?Should we just call him that or should we legally change the name? Also do you think only our family should call him or everyone?
To sum we [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] the name [name_m]Lyall[/name_m] on him because it matches to him.Please help us with your opinions.
I have 5 kids:[name_f]Marcelina[/name_f],[name_f]Kaya[/name_f],[name_m]Stefan[/name_m],[name_m]Frank[/name_m], and [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] which we call [name_m]Lyall[/name_m] [name_m]Jon[/name_m]
I have to admit that I am confused. If you have a son, that is two, named [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] but you all have started calling him [name_m]Lyall[/name_m], why do you have [name_m]Lyall[/name_m] [name_m]Jon[/name_m] in your signature. Your other children’s names are not in the signature. I am also confused in wanting to change a name of an existing child. I am a parent and there is no way I would have ever wanted to change my son’s name. That name became a part of him when he was born.
My husband’s parents gave him 2 legal first names at birth, [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] [name_u]Kai[/name_u], but was always called [name_u]Kai[/name_u] by everyone from the very beginning. The only time he would be called [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] was when it was in an official setting (doctor’s office, DMV, mail) and it would often take a while for him to realize people were calling him because he wasn’t used to responding to it. Since he didn’t identify with it all at, he legally changed his name to drop the [name_m]Aaron[/name_m] when we got married.
If [name_m]Lyall[/name_m] fits better and that’s what everyone calls him, then it’s best to change it now. That way, he can legally be [name_m]Lyall[/name_m] before he goes to school and before he gets ID, bills, and all the accounts you have to change as an adult. [name_m]Just[/name_m] make sure to keep all the name change paperwork in a safe place for him because depending on where you live, he may need to bring that with him anytime he has to show his birth certificate. [name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps!
Change it to [name_m]Lyall[/name_m] [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] and everyone can call him
What he will expect to be called and never have problems with legal matters… I know a woman who went by another name and it messed up her life legally because when she realized things in her life had different names on them she had troubles, I’ve had a few issues for similar reasons. [name_m]Just[/name_m] talk to your husband and tell him you think it would be a better fn and [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] could be his middle. [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t stress on it he’s young its very easy to just switch it.