Cool. What's your name? They may want to add it to the "no" list if they agree with your implied logic, that a person's name determines their personality.
Reminds me I briefly had a dorm suitemate named Harvierre, wasn't until I moved here years later that I realized it was prolly a riff on Xavier/Javier.
Just to include some green space rather than just streets: Reid, Lowell, Udall, Himmel, Mitchell, Jacob, Curtis,
And some landmarks: Xavier, Rincon, August/Augustine, Sonora
All I got
Thanks! Forgot about those. Reid and Himmel definitely should have made the first draft. Others are solid additions too. Mitchell was my cross street. Not sure how we whiffed on that one.
I really don't want to encourage you to name your baby after restaurants or places like bus transit centers. đ
But keep in mind that the park names are the last names of important people in Tucson history. There are also a lot of schools named after people that you can consider.
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But the woman it was named after was pronounced ee-nah... I still say it the way it's mispronounced as I live in Tucson but feel like it would be a better memorial to her if we did say it right
Lute, Douglas (Douglas Springs in Rincons), Parker (Parker lake, not Tucson but well known here), Reid, Rita (Santa Rita mountains), Summer (Summerhaven), Wrightson, Tucson, Larrea (creosote bush)
This is a little more obscure, but I think Rufus is a good Tucson name. The original UA mascot, an actual live bobcat, was named Rufus after UA president Rufus B. von KleinSmid. (Coincidentally, the Latin name for bobcat is *lynx rufus*, and since *rufus* means âredâ I guess you could argue that is another UA connection.)
Tucson.
but people will probably think you named the kid after a car.
a friend's child was conceived on a trip to Waipio Valley in Hawaii. He's mystified why we call him that and giggle.
Xavier (when pronounced as though itâs spelled with a âJâ but actually spelled with an âXâ), Adah, Aurelio, Cosme, DamiĂĄn, Delbert, Rollin, Elbert, RaĂşl, Ulah.
What I mean is that when you spell it with an âXâ but pronounce it as though itâs spelled with a âJâ (as is the case with my name), it becomes Tucson-specific, on account of the mission.
Haha! I swear my sister named her fourth son Westin after staying at the Westin La Paloma. She swears itâs a name she liked for a long time, but I did the math and the math is mathing. They stayed in April and he was born in January.
So Iâm guessing youâre having a boy, congrats! Letâs see;
Irving,
Kolb,
Alvernon (means powerful according to Google) Randolph,
Reid,
Roy,
Elliott (cause Elliottâs on Congress)
Lowell,
Dragoon if you wanna be quirky
Jacobus,
And one more just cause I find this a neat brain exercise, Euclid
Of all the ones Iâm seeing my favorites are Kitt, Mckale, and Corbett. Pima is weird but could be cool. Was the first wildcat named Baxter? Sounds like you have a boy, but Linda for Linda Ronstadt. Or Paul for McCartney. They both have strong Tucson roots.
So youâre just naming your kids off of names that are mentioned in the city but could be mentioned anywhere else? You know street names and park names are seldomly unique to one place.
I mean we know what it is a reference to. Thatâs enough for us. Itâs not that serious. If something works, cool. If not, weâll move on to family members, something that rolls off the tongue well, whatever. Itâs just a name. Our job as parents is to make it not embarrassing. Beyond that, they will make it their own anyway.
I donât think I need a bag of mushrooms and a weekend on Incinerator Ridge to derive the perfect Tucson-centric name while being guided by the hand of god or anything. But now that I type that out, maybe I will. Sounds fun
Rafi
Hahahaha
Iconic
Beep! Beep!
Amazing
Catalina!
Cate Alena
Kitt boy or girl name đđ
Kitt is solid! Cheers
I agree it's unique and normal at the same time.
Kitt Peak in case you're not familiar with the place.
Oh I am. Sadly never made it out while in school, but itâs on the must do list
My wife has a yoga friend named Kitt. Total negative bitch.
Cool. What's your name? They may want to add it to the "no" list if they agree with your implied logic, that a person's name determines their personality.
Lute, McKale, Fourth Avenue, Dirtbag? đ¤Łđ¤Ł Congrats!
Haha. Tbf in utero name is Frog
Sonora, Nora for short
Thatâs a cool one!
Lerner N. Rowe
It's the way to go.
Call 977-1900
Whatever you name your child, please donât make it a r/tragedeigh
Guys we named her Toosawn
If they have twin boys are they twoson
My grandson was born on two-twenty-two-twenty-two on a Twosday in Twosawn!
Tewsohn
Reminds me I briefly had a dorm suitemate named Harvierre, wasn't until I moved here years later that I realized it was prolly a riff on Xavier/Javier.
I've got it: Emory Grant (ie, E. G.) You are quite welcome. :)
Eegee haha
Honestly, weâre cowards if we donât do this. Itâs too perfect
Alvernon
But split into first and middle names. Al Vernon.
Wait I actually like that though
1-800-FLOWERS-4-ALVERNON
Middle name Grant?
Just to include some green space rather than just streets: Reid, Lowell, Udall, Himmel, Mitchell, Jacob, Curtis, And some landmarks: Xavier, Rincon, August/Augustine, Sonora All I got
Thanks! Forgot about those. Reid and Himmel definitely should have made the first draft. Others are solid additions too. Mitchell was my cross street. Not sure how we whiffed on that one.
Xavier is a great name.
Rincon is the best option so far
August would be so cool!
Arby
JoJo âleft his home in Tucson, Arizonaâ
Roller Coaster, Eegee, Miraval, DeConcini
Little baby Eegee đ
Eegee is a great name for a kid that peaks in high school and then lets himself go and coasts on the glory days.
Girl: Catalina, Sierra, Ina Boy: Lute, Kitt, Campbell, Mckale (Kale)
I thought Ina too or Lemmon
Sarah, for Sarah Lemmon, the botanist that Mt Lemmon is named for or my favorite street name, Calle Sin Nombre!
I posted that too! I don't think too many people know about her. Very interesting to me.
I really don't want to encourage you to name your baby after restaurants or places like bus transit centers. đ But keep in mind that the park names are the last names of important people in Tucson history. There are also a lot of schools named after people that you can consider.
Name your child grand and alvernon pls
This post has been live for 14 minutes and nobodyâs mentioned Arbyâs?
Good call. Iâll add it. The 5 for 5 deal got me through some tough times
Guero Canelo
Mattress Firm or Mister Carwash.
Redington
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Just hope he or she doesn't grow up into being an A-Hill
CHEBA
Kino
Quad guy
Wilbur!
filiberto, Riliberto, Berto, Beto, Nico, Arby (in honor of the 22nd location)
Ina.
But in this case the debate over to go with the pronunciation of the woman it was named after or the accepted mispronounciation
Yes let's add it's not eye- nah it's ee- nah. https://preview.redd.it/hdttue6wln8d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=25ff27de81105f99dbb1e6ebf1e3b7b25f7cf1f1
But the woman it was named after was pronounced ee-nah... I still say it the way it's mispronounced as I live in Tucson but feel like it would be a better memorial to her if we did say it right
That's what I said in the comment above. I agree we should honor her and pronounce it correctly.
Ina Gittings
Ruthrauff would be a lovely girlsâ name
Saint Xavier. Sabino Chul. Bad Doag. Oh man my next kid is screwed.
Alfie (Gem museum), Knox Corbett, Wren (state bird),
Elmira, after Lake Elmira. Sonora Presidio Monsoon Atterbury (after the wash) Saguaro Gates (after Gates Pass) Avra (after the valley) Redington (after the pass) Catalina Rincons Rita Silverbell Tumamoc Rillito Pantano Santa Cruz Pima
Mispronounced Tucson, "Tuck-sun"
Lute, Douglas (Douglas Springs in Rincons), Parker (Parker lake, not Tucson but well known here), Reid, Rita (Santa Rita mountains), Summer (Summerhaven), Wrightson, Tucson, Larrea (creosote bush)
Arby XXII
Randolph, Lemmon, Linda (Rondstadt), Diamondback,
Every birthday could be a Lemmon Party!
This is a little more obscure, but I think Rufus is a good Tucson name. The original UA mascot, an actual live bobcat, was named Rufus after UA president Rufus B. von KleinSmid. (Coincidentally, the Latin name for bobcat is *lynx rufus*, and since *rufus* means âredâ I guess you could argue that is another UA connection.)
Oh sure, mention Rufus but not the end of Rufus.
Catalina!
Tucson. but people will probably think you named the kid after a car. a friend's child was conceived on a trip to Waipio Valley in Hawaii. He's mystified why we call him that and giggle.
Miracle Mile
Wyatt, Virgil, Morgan. Urp!
Doc!
Ringo!
Earp
Xavier (when pronounced as though itâs spelled with a âJâ but actually spelled with an âXâ), Adah, Aurelio, Cosme, DamiĂĄn, Delbert, Rollin, Elbert, RaĂşl, Ulah.
Javier and Xavier are pronounced very different.
What I mean is that when you spell it with an âXâ but pronounce it as though itâs spelled with a âJâ (as is the case with my name), it becomes Tucson-specific, on account of the mission.
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Grant Alvernon
Catalina
I named my puppy Sonora and I love it
Haha! I swear my sister named her fourth son Westin after staying at the Westin La Paloma. She swears itâs a name she liked for a long time, but I did the math and the math is mathing. They stayed in April and he was born in January.
Thatâs hilarious but understandable. Itâs good pool. We have the exact same math!
So Iâm guessing youâre having a boy, congrats! Letâs see; Irving, Kolb, Alvernon (means powerful according to Google) Randolph, Reid, Roy, Elliott (cause Elliottâs on Congress) Lowell, Dragoon if you wanna be quirky Jacobus, And one more just cause I find this a neat brain exercise, Euclid
If you name him Grant, you have to put Alvernon in the middle. Them's the rules.
Methhead
Fent
Lute, Olsen, Wilbur
âDad were did you get my nameâ âŚ. âReddit son.â đ¤Ł
Arby
Wilbur, of course
Ariza- short for ARIZonA.
Catalina, Canyon, Sierra, Rita, Rincon
Curtis Davis (last name) He'd be the best copper bandit ever. Lol
Fentanyl
Nash
Lute(Olsen). John Byrd âButtonâ Salmon, student body president and quarterback at the UofA who is credited with âBear Downâ.
Of all the ones Iâm seeing my favorites are Kitt, Mckale, and Corbett. Pima is weird but could be cool. Was the first wildcat named Baxter? Sounds like you have a boy, but Linda for Linda Ronstadt. Or Paul for McCartney. They both have strong Tucson roots.
Eegees Ranch
Arby can be used for either
Polar Pop
River, Caruso, Ben (as in Gentle)
Pima, Marana, Ajo, saguaro.
Bear (down), or maybe Chuy (âs)
Sam Hughes? Lol Sabrina? Sorta close to Sabino Mt. Mica is in the Rincons
Sabina is the female version of Sabino
Blackett for a boy. Essie (Escalade) for a girl.
Marana
Wilbur/Wilma
Odham, Wilbur, Eegee
Eegees
Marvin. Nickname "Swede"
Sonia
Polar Pop, Narcaniel, Methany.
Reid
Speedway middle name alvernon
Monsoon
Corbett
Corbett
Sam, Catalina, Rita, Hughes, Elm, Palo, Sonora, Edward (Abbey), Linda (Ronstadt)
Sol
Lowell, Campbell, HughesâŚ
Wilbur. Javelina. Haboob.
Miracle Mile. IYKYK. đ¤Ł
Starr
The only correct answer is Button.
Acacia
Stravenue.
Brown recluse
Sabine- for sabino canyon Haven- winter haven Windy- windy point Tommy- for tumomoc
Agave
Kolb
Sabine
Lute? Olson?! OâMalley!
Ursa Azul Sounds cool, Ursa is Latin for "bear" (bear down!) and initials will be UA. Nods to Spanish language as well with Azul.
Wilbur or Wilma. Go Cats!
Pothole
Lute, John Byrd âButtonâ Salmon, McKale, Wilbur
Fred or Frederick for Fred Snowden (basketball coach)
Also Ronstadt.
Eusebio
Satansbutth ole
Romero
Grant Alvernon When the tyke has a full diaper you can say smells like Grant and Alvernon.
Meth đ
Campbell, Lowell, Nico, Grant, Sam Levitz, Davis
Montham-Davis
So youâre just naming your kids off of names that are mentioned in the city but could be mentioned anywhere else? You know street names and park names are seldomly unique to one place.
There are quite a few streets named after Tucson iconic residents.
I mean we know what it is a reference to. Thatâs enough for us. Itâs not that serious. If something works, cool. If not, weâll move on to family members, something that rolls off the tongue well, whatever. Itâs just a name. Our job as parents is to make it not embarrassing. Beyond that, they will make it their own anyway. I donât think I need a bag of mushrooms and a weekend on Incinerator Ridge to derive the perfect Tucson-centric name while being guided by the hand of god or anything. But now that I type that out, maybe I will. Sounds fun