Those of you with children...

[Typhoon1244]

Did any of you give names to your children that were relevant to aviation? Are there any John Glen Smiths or Piper Joneses or Amelia Williamses running around out there?

My wife and I have been kicking around names in preparation for this May--it's a boy--and I was curious if anybody did this.

(I don't want to go overboard...Orville Wilbur C_______ or McDonnell Douglas C_______ might be a little much!)

 

[350DRIVER]

At 24 I have yet to experience this great joy in life but a very congrats to you. I have thought about this issue however on numerous occasions and I do think that someway and somehow a "aviation" name would be nice. I would just tend to be somewhat careful not to go overboard.

Maverick huh?? (nice sound to the name)

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g o o d l u c k

 

[FlyDeltasJets]

Typhoon,

First of all, Congrats!

Two of my best friends are named Curtis and Douglas. They are sons of a guy who used to fly with my father at EAL. I always thought they were pretty neat aviation-based names, and didn't go overboard into the dorky pilot range.

 

[Counselair]

Kudos Sir,

For what it's worth I've always named my children for things that made the biggest influence on my life. Namely family and religon. No offense intended at all, but I've known some pets of pilots named Pilot and Cub. Aviation for me has always been rewarding, fun and sometimes professionally fleeing but never defining. Enjoy your children they will be with you regardless, aviation is more fickle.

Counselair

 

[DHPope93]

One of my UPT IPs, a former KC-135 pilot, named his daughter Kasey. Yes, it was on purpose, was his idea, and he was quite proud of it. At least her middle name wasn't Strato.

Personally, my goal was to pick names that had a minimum of "joke" or bad rhyming potentials as they grew up.

Peace,
DP

 

[TriStar_drvr]

Thirteen years ago (pre-wife and kids) I named my cat Amelia for the famed aviatrix whose last name I always misspell. However, when I had kids, aviation names weren't considered.

By the way, the cat is still alive after numerous traumatic moves including one in the belly of a TWA MD-80, and another consisting of a four day x-country in an RV.

 

[Bluestreak]

Gordon Baxter named is daughter Jenny,after the Curtiss Jenny.Bill Lear named his daughter Shanda.I met her and Mrs. Lear once-they told great stories about the early days of the Learjet Corp.Mr. Lear often said he'd sell his grandmother to shave a few pounds off the LR23,so engineers started asking "How many grandmas does this weigh ?".If I had a daughter,I think I'd name her Allison,like the engines (V12 or AE3007).Beats "Snecma",I reckon.Mebbe Garrett or Whitney wouldn't be too dorky.

 

[Toro]

Not with the name, but the intials are aviation related. After we had narrowed down the list of names we were choosing from, my wife realized that one of the ones we liked best, if we made his middle name Evan (which we did) gave him the initials JET.

 

[generaltso]

Travolta named his kid jett... what a douche bag

 

[starvingcfi]

travolta is a bag o'douche. jett. christ, that kid's going to get his a$$ kicked in jr high. po basta'd

 

[FlyDeltasJets]

I agree, General.

It's pretty easy to progress into the dorky range with this one. Just because I love aviation, doesn't mean that my children will. I plan to give my children some more traditional names.

However, there are many names out there that sound nice, and have some relation to aviation, without being obvious or dorky. I know that is what Typhoon was looking for, and I wish him luck in his search.

P.S.
Typhoon, DON'T name him Jett!

 

[boeingav8r]

I think alot of parents tend to be a little selfish when naming their children by picking names that appeal to the parent as opposed to names that would be in the best interest of the child. Trends come and go. One needs to remember that the child has to grow up with and carry this name with them into adulthood and the professional workplace. I think by naming a child "jett" for example will cause him to get his a$$ kicked like everybody said in previous replies.. Why not save the cute aviation names for a pet or something. A buddy of mine is into golf, and he named his dog Bogey. I couldn't image, however, being a full grown adult going thru life with a name like that.

 

[Typhoon1244]

"Jett" is just silly. I was thinking something more like "Bombardier..."

I know an ex-AF family who's sons are Austin and Travis, one born in Austin, TX, the other at Travis AFB. I thought that was a neat way to go. But if we'd used that system, our first son would be named "Fort Worth," which might be a little cumbersone.

Toro said:
Not with the name, but the intials are aviation related. After we had narrowed down the list of names we were choosing from, my wife realized that one of the ones we liked best, if we made his middle name Evan (which we did) gave him the initials JET.

Well, maybe I could name my kid Alan Taylor C_______. (ATC?) Or maybe Richard Jeffrey Davis C_______. (RJDC?)

(Hey, it's in every other thread. Why not this one?)

There's a pilot at my company who's Iranian by birth. He named his son Osama...six months before September 11th. They call him "Sammy" now...

The idea of not naming a child until the day it's born appeals to me...like the way certain Indian tribes name a child for whatever the parents see going on nearby when it's born. But in this modern age, what kinds of names do you end up with? "Fetal Heart Monitor?" "Bedpan?" (Remember the old joke? "But tell me, Two-Dogs-F_cking, why are you so interested?")

 

[AV8700]

Pratt 7

Whitney 4

Just kidding, I did think about but went with family names. Jett would be fine for the dog.

 

[flywithastick]

I know an ex-AF family who's sons are Austin and Travis, one born in Austin, TX, the other at Travis AFB.

Maybe they were just good Texans?! You know Stephen Austin and William Travis were Texas heros way before the USAF picked up on the names.

A couple of points on the issue of kids... IMO, go with traditional, conservative names. Your kids will appreciate it. The trendy names won't be trendy in 20-30 years.

Last, and most important. Take *lots* of pictures and videos. I can't believe how much of my kids I've forgotten. Without being able to see and hear them doing all that silly kid stuff on TV, reminding me of the old days, I'd be a much poorer person. They're invaluable!