[77rexulceme]

I said I went to a convent school; I never said I paid attention.

And coming back full-circle (sort of) back to the topic: how come the Jameses are called Jacobo in Spanish, and not Diego?

[CamVideoQl]

"VEGO" sounds more like a nickname than a first name.

It took my ex-wife and I a long time to figure out a name for our son. Reinaldo Vilhelm (first and middle name) is what we decided upon.

The name we call him by the most is Vitor, long story!! In school it's a whole other story...

[rootoronpunty]

And yet, more nice Dominican names: Estanislao, Agapito, Bertilio, Virgilio, Amable, Orígenes, Eutaquio.

[soineeLom]

Ignoring Caspar Weinberger for a moment, it is strange
how it is all in one's name. Either you'll be elevated to greatness
or doomed to mediocrity at best. Would the current miss
Universe or whatever have won that title if she had been a Lola
Granola? I think not..

Norwegian sociologists would call this the "Roy-Ronny-and Rune
syndrome". If you happen to have one of those names, chances
are that you're living on social welfare benefits. If your name is
something like Marcus or Joachim you're probably doing allright.
The sociology of names is quite interesting...

I can name a lot of great names on boys. Just name them after
famous football players. Diego, Marco, Emile, Sammy, Sami,
Michael, Danny/Dani, Robbie, Paolo etc.. ( Though stay away
from David ) If I decide to further diminish the quality of the
Norwegian gene pool by reproducing ( with the future queen
already having a muffin in the oven ), then that's what I'll do.

Robert and Christopher are great names as they don't create
much of a fuss ( and remember Roberto Baggio ). I doubt any
kid with that name has ever been bullied or whipped with a wet
towel, naked ,outside the girls' locker room in 6th grade
( ....don't ask.... ) unless he also happened to suck in sports.

Viggo, like the famous Danish ( who's got a reputation of never
showering ) is either a Scandinavian or maybe a Germanic name
which strengthen my point. All Viggos I've met so far have
struggled with some sort of disorder probably rooted in some
childhood trauma related to their names.

Another one is Arve, one I've resigned myself to live with. Most
raise their eyebrows upon hearing it, few can pronounce it and
nobody knows what it means.... And here I sit in some dirty
university's computer lab, writing this while comforting myself by
thinking of good ol' Caspar.

I remember how I broke into tears after I, in my first class in
English ( 3rd grade ),got to know we'd get English names during
classes. Sensing an opportunity, I raised my hopes up high only
to have them crushed by being given the name "Harry".

Ah well.. Live long and prosper.

Arve ( From ancient Norwegian [ norroent ] Arnvidr. Arn=Eagle,
Vidr= Tree. See also Arvid, though not to be confused with Arne,
Oliver or Harvey. )

[Draftcasino.com]

My son's name is Jamieson. He goes by Jamie most of the time.
mk

[sStevenRitziI]

Originally posted by joseíto
Jun, the coolest name has got to be Jesse. Even the way it's written is cool.

j Jesse's a cool name as long as Jun's last name isn't James or Jackson ...otherwise the kid will be tortured for life.

[nvideoe]

I always loved the way the name Alejandro sounded. That is my older son's name. Of course he HATES if someone calls him Alex or Al and being in an area with few hispanics most people don't pronounce his name correctly.

Antonio is another name that sounds nice but my husband didn't want people calling him Tonio.. So his name is Eric Anthony.

Boy names are hard....

How about -
Cristian
Michael (Miguel)
David

[freeprescriptionplanrrx]

Even though I've tried my darndest to actually forget what the nuns taught me I remember this so far: There were two Jacobos. Pablo was not a disciple. I think he was that guy who used to beat Christians and turn them in and was blinded in the dessert and later converted.

Gosh, somebody could mistake me for a Catholic...

[GuitarLoverBe]

i could be wrong about this......but i don't think i am.

of the twelve disciples, two were called james. one of these james, for reasons i don't know, is translated as 'santiago' in spanish.

i wouldn't want to call my son santiago though.

[netamargr]

thanks you all for your input!! really appreciate the responses...

i like spanish names. im trying to find something to match JAMOSMOS - my last name. "James" would have sounded good with it....

im gonna tell my son someday i went on a worldwide search for his name....

[Penisvergroesserung]

My brother's name is James. At home we sometimes

call him Diego.

3 names..........Robert, Christopher, and Anna, I mean

Anthony.

Good Luck,

JD

[Penisvergroesserung]

Originally posted by bochinche
i could be wrong about this......but i don't think i am.

of the twelve disciples, two were called james. one of these james, for reasons i don't know, is translated as 'santiago' in spanish.

i wouldn't want to call my son santiago though. You are correct!


JD

[Poothevokprot]

Originally posted by Jun
Hello,
Im expecting a son in October, 2003 and I don't have a name yet for him. We skimmed through some Barnes and Nobles books and came across different versions of JAMES. I really like this name but my brother beat me to it.

JUN

Ok, so your nephew's name is James, why not go with Jaime (the spanish version), it's spelled and pronounced different and it has more character than james.

[Z3s9vQZj]

Originally posted by Porfio_Rubirosa
Why is "Saint James" called "Santiago" and not "San Jaime"? I've always wondered.

Other good "Dominican" names:

Ivan, Yvan, Vladimir, Vladimiro, Jomar, Hatuey Actually James in Spanish is "Jago" hence Santiago. San-jago.
Jaime is Spanish for Jim or Jimmy. And jim is short for james.

[rootoronpunty]

Jun, the coolest name has got to be Jesse. Even the way it's written is cool.

j

[freeprescriptionplanrrx]

Viggo Mortensen sounds of Scandinavian origin. I have never EVER heard the name Vego in any language, let alone in Spanish.

How about Jaime?

[Anykeylo]

Why is "Saint James" called "Santiago" and not "San Jaime"? I've always wondered.

Other good "Dominican" names:

Ivan, Yvan, Vladimir, Vladimiro, Jomar, Hatuey

[baxodrom]

The Bulgarians use Dimiter for James, and in the U.S. he is called Jimmy.Midcko as a shorten name.
Be extremely careful in giving your child a name he might hate for life or have to change later. case in point my nephew was originally name Randy= in the original language German means horney. had a name change to Sandy.
Go to the The New Webster Encyclopidic Dictionary of the English language, there you will find list of names and their meaning.

[freeprescriptionplanrrx]

I got the best name in the world! Think of it: Clara. Easy to spell, easy to pronounce common around the world but not too common. My now-husband's grandmother told me when she met me, "how nice, you have a Danish name". Funny lady.

I am all for giving your kids classic, timeless, easy-to-spell names. His/her name, as our unfortunate Norweagian poster said, will be the mark of his/herpersonality. It is one thing to be called Billy Bob and another thing altogether to be called Anthony or Charles. Think about it.

Me? I am infatuated with the name Lu for a girl. Do as I say but not as I do.

[Poothevokprot]

Originally posted by Pib
Even though I've tried my darndest to actually forget what the nuns taught me I remember this so far: There were two Jacobos. Pablo was not a disciple. I think he was that guy who used to beat Christians and turn them in and was blinded in the dessert and later converted.

Gosh, somebody could mistake me for a Catholic... The apostle Paul was not a disciple. He converted after and was a great leader of the new testament.