On Naming Our Children & Changing Their Aliases

As you know, we’ve been trying to determine a blog alias for our little guy.  When I type the word “alias,” I feel like my children are little spies. We had decided to drop the “unky” endings and do something different.  But nothing seemed to fit.  The more I peruse my blog, the more I realize that the “unky”s are a bit confusing.  There was even a post that I found where I called Spunky by the wrong nickname.

So…

Since you all know our little guy’s patron, my hubby and I decided to go ahead and call our children by the names of their patrons.  This is not my original idea; I’ve seen it done on other blogs.  In the case of our children, some of them are called by these names outside of this site and others are not.  So, from now on, I am going to refer to the members of our family as the following:

• Punky- David, the Prophet King David from the Old Testament
• Spunky- Charitina, a young martyr during the late 3rd century
• Bunky- Gregorius, referring to Gregory the Great
• Little Guy- Ambrose, the Bishop of Milan
• Hubby- Nathaniel, the apostle
• Me- Michelle M., Melania the Younger of the 5th century
  (I am still going to be referred to by my given name)

I ask that you refer to our children by these names when you comment and not by the names that we call them. We are attempting to keep some anonymity.  Thank you.

Each of these patrons has special meaning to our family. Here is a short explanation on the importance of choosing patrons:

Christians have long chosen the names of saints to proclaim their link with their spiritual family, the Church. The name may be that of a saint commemorated on the day or near to the day of the child’s birth or baptism, or for whom the family has a special devotion. Likewise, an adult who is received into the Orthodox Church chooses a saint’s name to whom he/she has a strong attachment.

It is to our patron saint that we should pray and have a special devotion. His or her life should be read and studied. In this way we learn how our own lives should be directed. Our patron saint becomes a true hero/heroine for us to emulate. (excerpted from here)

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