Comments on: What’s in a name… http://guamaso.com/2009/07/whats-in-a-name/ Just another family blog. Now with more Mexican! Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:59:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: JuanO http://guamaso.com/2009/07/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 JuanO Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:15:42 +0000 http://guamaso.com/?p=1822#comment-1662 I've been to the Netherlands!! Sorry. I get excited easily. ;) Thanks for the tip. I actually never thought that "easy" could be used in place of Izzy. It makes sense, but we'll play it by ear. By the time she reaches the age when other kids calling her "Easy-Izzy" she'll be smart enough to change her nickname or retialiate (in a peaceful, non-aggressive way, of course!). I have to say, though, I really like Isa. We would pronounce it, "Ee-ssah" with our Mexican accent. Ciriana has used that one a few times, I believe. Again, with our mexican accent, we actually call Jonas, "Yoh-nahs." "Yon" is ok, but it's missing the beauty that "Izzy" has. People can make fun of names all they want, it doesn't mean the name is any less beautiful. Ciriana is a beautiful name, and yet my wife was made fun of all her childhood years. No. I'm looking for something that "pops." "Yon" is good, and we may end up with that, but i'm still looking for that "perfect" nick name. Well, thanks for the comment! I’ve been to the Netherlands!!
Sorry. I get excited easily. ;)

Thanks for the tip. I actually never thought that “easy” could be used in place of Izzy. It makes sense, but we’ll play it by ear. By the time she reaches the age when other kids calling her “Easy-Izzy” she’ll be smart enough to change her nickname or retialiate (in a peaceful, non-aggressive way, of course!).

I have to say, though, I really like Isa. We would pronounce it, “Ee-ssah” with our Mexican accent. Ciriana has used that one a few times, I believe.

Again, with our mexican accent, we actually call Jonas, “Yoh-nahs.” “Yon” is ok, but it’s missing the beauty that “Izzy” has. People can make fun of names all they want, it doesn’t mean the name is any less beautiful. Ciriana is a beautiful name, and yet my wife was made fun of all her childhood years. No. I’m looking for something that “pops.” “Yon” is good, and we may end up with that, but i’m still looking for that “perfect” nick name.
Well, thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Izabela http://guamaso.com/2009/07/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1659 Izabela Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:47:01 +0000 http://guamaso.com/?p=1822#comment-1659 Hey, I think that Iza/Isa, when pronounced European-like (eg. German-like, Dutch-like or so), would be way nicer to address your lil' girl, Juan. I'm Izabela (without double 'l') myself, live in EU and everybody calls me this way, which I find pretty okay and nice (+ short and very 'matter-of-fact', if can say so). On the other hand, that all Izzy and other, say, 'cute' forms are totally not appealing to me and at times I even find them discouraging. Izzy sounds exact same as ‘easy’, just like you wrote above - so it basically means that other kids e.g. at school, can label your girl and call her 'easy', which I don’t think clever particularly if you’re female. Would sound ‘lame’ for a teen girl, so please think of it this way. My suggestion would be starting to accustom her to that Iza or Isa better, but ‘heaven forbid’ ;) pronounced in a ‘typisch’ English/American way, like ‘Ay-za’, which sounds literally awful. As regards the other name you mentioned here, the very nice idea would be addressing your boy with a full name Jonas and not a nick, but in a German/Scandinavian way. Eventually Jon – but also Scandinavian-like. (So you could simply replace the first English consonant ‘j’ with English ‘y’, so that the sound would be ‘Yonas’/’Yon’ when pronounced). It sounds much better this, say, ‘harder’ way, than English-like + your lil’ kid’s name won’t be associated that often with Jonas Bros any more. Best! And groetjes uit Nederland :) Hey, I think that Iza/Isa, when pronounced European-like (eg. German-like, Dutch-like or so), would be way nicer to address your lil’ girl, Juan. I’m Izabela (without double ‘l’) myself, live in EU and everybody calls me this way, which I find pretty okay and nice (+ short and very ‘matter-of-fact’, if can say so). On the other hand, that all Izzy and other, say, ‘cute’ forms are totally not appealing to me and at times I even find them discouraging. Izzy sounds exact same as ‘easy’, just like you wrote above – so it basically means that other kids e.g. at school, can label your girl and call her ‘easy’, which I don’t think clever particularly if you’re female. Would sound ‘lame’ for a teen girl, so please think of it this way. My suggestion would be starting to accustom her to that Iza or Isa better, but ‘heaven forbid’ ;) pronounced in a ‘typisch’ English/American way, like ‘Ay-za’, which sounds literally awful.

As regards the other name you mentioned here, the very nice idea would be addressing your boy with a full name Jonas and not a nick, but in a German/Scandinavian way. Eventually Jon – but also Scandinavian-like. (So you could simply replace the first English consonant ‘j’ with English ‘y’, so that the sound would be ‘Yonas’/’Yon’ when pronounced). It sounds much better this, say, ‘harder’ way, than English-like + your lil’ kid’s name won’t be associated that often with Jonas Bros any more.

Best! And groetjes uit Nederland :)

]]> By: JuanO http://guamaso.com/2009/07/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1323 JuanO Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:46:38 +0000 http://guamaso.com/?p=1822#comment-1323 Yup! Parker Lewis... I remember watching a couple of episodes of that... I was more into cartoons and anime around that time. When we first watched his episodes on SG-1, I knew I recognized him but I couldn't remember where until I Wiki'd him. I think the Christian name you're thinking about is Jonah. But Jonas is close enough. ;) We're Catholic and I wanted to name our kids after great people in history (real or imagined)... Izabella was sort of named after Ciri's Sergeant and she is a very good person to name a daughter after. :D We're still trying to think of a nick name for Jonas... Izabella was easy: Izzy. What do we call Jonas? Jon? No. Jonny? Oy. No. We're kinda stuck... Ciri just calls him Bug. I call him Lil' Dude... you know, like "The Dude." (Have you seen the Big Lebowski? Jeff Bridges is teh cool) Anyway, we're open to suggestions... Yup! Parker Lewis… I remember watching a couple of episodes of that… I was more into cartoons and anime around that time. When we first watched his episodes on SG-1, I knew I recognized him but I couldn’t remember where until I Wiki’d him.

I think the Christian name you’re thinking about is Jonah. But Jonas is close enough. ;) We’re Catholic and I wanted to name our kids after great people in history (real or imagined)… Izabella was sort of named after Ciri’s Sergeant and she is a very good person to name a daughter after. :D

We’re still trying to think of a nick name for Jonas… Izabella was easy: Izzy. What do we call Jonas? Jon? No. Jonny? Oy. No. We’re kinda stuck… Ciri just calls him Bug. I call him Lil’ Dude… you know, like “The Dude.” (Have you seen the Big Lebowski? Jeff Bridges is teh cool) Anyway, we’re open to suggestions…

]]> By: loony_moon http://guamaso.com/2009/07/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-1283 loony_moon Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:57:35 +0000 http://guamaso.com/?p=1822#comment-1283 Hey, isn't that Parker Lewis :P ? Oh man, we are collecting the Top Ten list of "Things showing that I'm getting old"... I guess, knowing Parker Lewis is one of them... I like your name choices very much. I wouldn't think of the Stargate guy but more the christian version even though I'm atheist but I like the bibel books because often there's a good moral behind the stories... And I really like Isaac! I think it's important that the name is not popular so that you have three or four people with the same name in you class! And cute nicks are important ;) Hey, isn’t that Parker Lewis :P ? Oh man, we are collecting the Top Ten list of “Things showing that I’m getting old”… I guess, knowing Parker Lewis is one of them…

I like your name choices very much. I wouldn’t think of the Stargate guy but more the christian version even though I’m atheist but I like the bibel books because often there’s a good moral behind the stories…

And I really like Isaac! I think it’s important that the name is not popular so that you have three or four people with the same name in you class! And cute nicks are important ;)

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