Comments on: Our Child-Naming Philosophy

By: Naming Our New Son « The Responsible Puppet

Naming Our New Son « The Responsible Puppet — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:38:14 +0000

[...] 2. I like the Piper’s naming convention. [...]

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:43:47 +0000

My husband and I don’t have any kids yet but we are looking forward to naming our kids after theologians like Owen, Calvin, Clive Justice (CS Lewis first name plus a J name so we can call him CJ) and maybe even a little Piper . For those theologians that wouldn’t fit as names for kids were thinking a dog named Knox. We’ll see what the Lord does though.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:28:03 +0000

WOW what a beautiful thought…”intense happiness” how true that she NEVER had to endure a day on the fallen world? Sad for all of us who didn’t get to meet her, play with her, help her with her chore and homework…but the happiness and glory she is in…

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:38:12 +0000

Some names have beautiful meanings and some names are just beautiful.

I actually liked Malachi before I cared much about meanings. I heard it in a Civil War movie called the Blue and the Gray. It was popular at that time.

When we were expecting him, we had about seven boy names–some biblical, some not. Now I love the sound and the meaning: Malachi David, beloved messenger of the Lord. I say it a lot and pray that he will be that, wherever the Lord takes him in life.

Our daughter was going to be Renee Elise (after me and a close friend), but one day Bill came home with an article by Jamie Buckingham about Elijah being fed by the ravens at the brook Cherith. So we revised her name to Cherith Renee (after the brook and me). Sometimes he wishes we had chosen Cherith Brooke. When people ask about her name, I love to tell the story behind it.

By: A quick trip around the links at Between the Trees

A quick trip around the links at Between the Trees — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:20:24 +0000

[...] Piper has a cool post about her and Abraham’s child-naming [...]

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:30:52 +0000

(first time reader)

We too are always careful about the meanings of our children’s names. Our second born is Josephine Marguerite. Josephine is “He Shall Add” like Biblical Joseph. Marguerite is a family name which I wanted to pass down, but it wasn’t until later that I clued in that Marguerite means “Bitterness” giving my wee girl the name “He Shall Add Bitterness”…. As it turns out the Lord did have a lot of difficult, bitter days for us to endure the year she was born, but it was a bit sour point for poor Josie when she found out the meaning of her name. We’ve tried a bit harder to be more careful since with our other children…

By: Courtney

Courtney — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:10:42 +0000

I really enjoyed this post. I love the names you have chosen. We are expecting #3 right now so there has been much name talk going on. I am slightly anal and our first two both have vowel names so part of my wants to continue the trend, but oh the stress of starting and following through on such things.
My husband’s two cents….” I want an Abraham. John Piper has an Abraham, I want one too.”
LOL! Silly man.

By: marley howards

marley howards — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:47:54 +0000

Hey, we all have the right to choose the names we want. And I think it has a nice ring to it, quite unique actually.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:21:49 +0000

We have a son named Christian Walker, so his name means to walk and follow Christ. We call him Walker. Then our 2nd son is named Asa Gray. You would not believe the people that think Asa is a girl name. We chose it because it is a biblical name (king in OT that was favored by God), it means physician, and it was one of my minister’s names growing up. Funny – he has to go to the doctor ALOT. Anyway, love your names and may God bless your family with many more names (or however many you want.)

By: Betsy O

Betsy O — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:24:02 +0000

One of my favorite names is Moriah Joy. MJ!

-Betsy