Temat: The story behind your name

In the case of my name "Daniel", it was due to the fact my grandfather (maternal) loved the song "Danny Boy" and felt it was a good name for the Armstrong clan (further to the Ginger hair thread ....both grandparents and my mother were a lovely Scottish red). I detest being called Danny though.

My daughter is named Nika, my wife and I had mulled over Ija first but decided it would be too easy for other kids to make fun of the name. We had a list of Old Slavonic names to choose from went into separate rooms and wrote down our top three. Nika was number one on her list as well as mine.

In the end it is very appropriate as the definition of the name is conquers; or victory from Greek. We were told she was going to be very ill when she was born (they said she was going to have CF) and the turned out to be bloody wrong, and she was/is healthy as an Ox.

Temat: The story behind your name

Daniel Gravel:
In the case of my name "Daniel", it was due to the fact my grandfather (maternal) loved the song "Danny Boy" and felt it was a good name for the Armstrong clan (further to the Ginger hair thread ....both grandparents and my mother were a lovely Scottish red). I detest being called Danny though.

That's good - In my book, Dannys are always complete jerks. Daniels and Dans escape the stigma.

My daughter is named Nika, my wife and I had mulled over Ija first but decided it would be too easy for other kids to make fun of the name. We had a list of Old Slavonic names to choose from went into separate rooms and wrote down our top three. Nika was number one on her list as well as mine.

In the end it is very appropriate as the definition of the name is conquers; or victory from Greek. We were told she was going to be very ill when she was born (they said she was going to have CF) and the turned out to be bloody wrong, and she was/is healthy as an Ox.

Nika is a lovely name. Healthy children is a blessing. :)

Temat: The story behind your name

Kari Wolk:

That's good - In my book, Dannys are always complete jerks. Daniels and Dans escape the stigma.

That is funny and for the most part I agree. I only know of two other Daniels. One goes by Danny (he is American) although he is over 50 - I find that strange as I associate Danny with a child. He is a Class A jerk. The other goes by Daniel (he is Polish)and seems like a good guy. Mind you I don't know him very well yet.

Nika is a lovely name. Healthy children is a blessing. :)

Thank you! She is a handful, 10 going on 20. I am sending her to Baba in Poland for the summer (and who knows if everything works out we may all be there by the end of the summer! God willing!) to bring her back in line. Nothing like Baba to bring a kid back to earth. LOL!