Comments on: What’s in a Name, Part Deux

By: jaime

jaime — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:59:24 +0000

Rob- now I know why you were late to our rehearsal- you were too busy reading our blog Hodges actually does not have a long family history- Chris’s dad is not particularly close to his family and was fine with the change.

We’re not trying to ditch “familial connections”. We are keeping our maiden and bachelor names as our legal middle names.

By: Rob (a brother)

Rob (a brother) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:01:00 +0000

How about Sweeney?

If you’re going to change your name anyway, and you don’t want to hyphenate, why not just change your name to Hodges? The name itself sounds fine, likely scores high on sentimental value, and has, I imagine, a long history.

Of course, if you are looking to ditch the whole “familial connection” thing, it would be a poor choice.

Rob

By: jaime

jaime — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:03:04 +0000

Oh yes, Will- we know the drill. But think of it as just another rite of passage.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:27:34 +0000

Ugh, just fyi, it’s going to be a pain in the butt for you to get the name changed if you’re not going to go with one of your own last names. At least you know a few good attorneys…

By: Scott Monty

Scott Monty — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:14:04 +0000

I vote for “Ford.” It would be the ultimate homage.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:46:34 +0000

I’ve been giving this a lot of thought and my suggestion is “Damon.”. Why? The obvious reason is that us has a nice ring with both Jaime and Chris, you can both pretend to be related to Matt, and finally, it is nomad spelled backwards. Thought it summed up the whole Road Trip. Just my two cents.

Love you guys! Happy countdown!

By: Mike - one of the "4 cousins"

Mike - one of the "4 cousins" — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:30:33 +0000

Ya know - you could look at the “Hodges” name anew and not take it for what you think it does or does not stand for, but for what new amazing history you can give it. You can blaze your own trail with it, pulling it out of the last-name-ashes like a phoenix… “Phoenix” - oooh, also an idea although Jamie Phoenix does not have much flow to it… hmmm, but Jamie Elizabeth Phoenix sounds kinda cool! sorta.

By: Michael, one of the Dads

Michael, one of the Dads — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:22:24 +0000

This looks like a conspiracy—my earlier email comment was not published. Perhaps it was because I said that I was surprised to see that I might not have any biological grandchildren after all. I vote with TheMom. See above.

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:01:24 +0000

Ooooh I wanna play! Here are my ideas:

-Parker (because you met at Delores Park)
-Cage (Case and Hodge together, sorta…nice and simple)
-Your shared heritage…for example, if you both have a little German in you, you could go with German
-Bay (because you met in the city by the Bay…and also keep in mind short names are nice and easy for kids to learn to spell in kindergarten!)
-Newman (because you’re new people through your partnership…and Newwoman doesn’t have the same ring to it)
-Pave (because you two seem to be eschewing tradition and paving your own path all along the way)
-Mas (because Chris proposed over the Christmas holiday, and this would make his name Chris Mas HA! =D)

Can’t wait to hear what you pick, you crazy cats.

By: jaime

jaime — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:34:05 +0000

Elizabeth- I agree- we will only choose something that has sentimental/personal meaning. Owen- bite me.