For years since I started thinking “what would I name my kids when I have them”, I’ve always wanted unique boy names, nothing extremely traditional, yet nothing too far out there they would be made fun of all their life for it.
I went from saying No to using these names to saying “You know, he did raise me, my maternal grandfather deserves the title father in every single way”. I saw him go from a very healthy man with diabetes, to one who can’t see well, has arthritis, and can barely walk, has had mini strokes, each time scaring us. This man is somebody I want to remember. I want to give some portion of his name to my son.
For the name it would be either [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Joaquin[/name_m] C-B or [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Hernandez[/name_m] C-B.
For me at the beginning as I said this was a no. Now I surprised myself. My maternal Uncle also shares his name (he is not a [name_m]Junior[/name_m], he is the third man in the family with the name, my Grandfather being named after his father).
[name_m]Joaquin[/name_m] is one of my favourite Spanish names so [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_m]Joaquin[/name_m] gets my vote. I don’t mind the “[name_u]Jo[/name_u]-[name_u]Jo[/name_u]” beginnings in this combo because they’re pronounced differently ([name_m]Juan[/name_m] [name_m]Joaquin[/name_m] would be too similar in sound). I think it’s wonderful that you want to honour such a courageous man. A name of family meaning is always ideal!
I like [name_m]Jack[/name_m] [name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m] C-B or [name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m] [name_m]Jack[/name_m] C-B for you :).
[name_m]Joaquin[/name_m] is the Spanish form of [name_m]Joachim[/name_m], the contracted form of Jehoiachin or Jehoiakim (which means “established/raised by Yahweh”); [name_m]Jack[/name_m]'s sound is reminiscent.
[name_m]Hernandez[/name_m] is Spanish for “son of [name_m]Hernando[/name_m]”; [name_m]Hernando[/name_m] is the Spanish form of [name_m]Ferdinand[/name_m] (which means “daring, brave journey”).
My husband did’t seem too in favor of the name [name_m]John[/name_m] at the beginning. So I looked up [name_u]Baby[/name_u] name genie first name generator. I had [name_m]John[/name_m], [name_m]Levi[/name_m], [name_m]Eli[/name_m], [name_u]Kyle[/name_u], [name_u]Evan[/name_u] and [name_m]Luke[/name_m] paired with [name_m]Joaquin[/name_m]. He likes [name_m]Eli[/name_m] [name_m]Joaquin[/name_m]. So we are going with that. Took him long enough. Since he likes it, I’m not arguing. I’m tired of looking at names. [name_m]Eli[/name_m] is a good name. [name_m]Joaquin[/name_m] honors my maternal Grandpa and Uncle who shares the name. [name_m]Just[/name_m] 6 more weeks to go.
[name_f]Every[/name_f] one in his family has been saying “[name_m]Joaquin[/name_m]” as a middle name. His mother funnily enough today said “[name_u]Elliot[/name_u]” as a first name (She has been talking about [name_u]Elliot[/name_u] since before we knew I was pregnant), and though [name_m]Elijah[/name_m], [name_u]Elias[/name_u], and [name_u]Elliot[/name_u] are all good names. [name_m]Eli[/name_m] actually really makes sense with the string of long names that follow. So [name_m]Eli[/name_m] [name_m]Joaquin[/name_m] C-B. And I can’t go wrong, hubby likes it.