He has the RIGHT to continue his family legacy. The world needs the beauty of past ''Elequance' in the 21st century.
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Cody
11 years ago
An awesome unique name.
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Alisa
11 years ago
So you already get to give the baby the last name. Which was also your father's, yes? So you give the last name and your wife gives the first name. End of story.
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Tegpreet Singh
11 years ago
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Kara
11 years ago
This is the coolest name ever. I hope you win this mini-battle!
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crystal krueger
11 years ago
I fully believe in namesakes. Go for it!!
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Dannielle Chappell
11 years ago
I think it is a beautiful, special, and meaningful name. I love the name so I am going to sign, but for the happiness of your marriage I will hope you have a girl!:)
I think Dad is willing to compromise in allowing the Mom to give the baby the Middle name of her chosing.
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Konstantina S
11 years ago
I think its a beatiful name it is unique, and i guess as greeks have more appreciation for "ancient". Good luck and keep us posted!
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Marie Screws
11 years ago
Though I've never heard the name and am not sure I can even pronounce it correctly I do believe that a father has the right to name his first son. Let him do it! That's the way my husband and I worked it out. He named our son and I named our two daughters. It's only fair
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Christine Ciotti Soto
11 years ago
Put the name in the middle...holding onto family names is great, and he can choose later which way to go...
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April Acuña
11 years ago
"The petitioner's wife, Kseniya Mihailovna Soukeras (née Kudzin, a.k.a. "Kudin") and future mother to his heir, is of the opinion that the name "Spyridon" is archaic, base, bereft of elegance and unsuitable for a child living in 21st century America."
Sounds like that door was swinging both ways, though I feel the point is moot. This petition seems more like a bit of ribbing towards his wife, and not nearly as serious as some people here seem to be taking it. If you see the pictures of this couple featured in several news articles about this petition, you would see there is genuine love there... Not to mention the fact that this was a marriage of two different cultures, which is rarely done for any reason other than love...
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Karen N
11 years ago
Spyridon will be the butt of jokes throughout his life in the USA. I can think of a lot of nasty nicknames. Name him Michael Spyridon if you want to name him after both your fathers. That is what my brother did. My dad's name is semi archaic but her dad's name was way cooler.
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James Etzel
11 years ago
Seems strange to me that someone withthe unusual name of Kseniya would object to the equally unusual name of Spyridon.
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George Vamvoudakis
11 years ago
I had the same argument with my wife. In the end, we picked a name together, and used my dad's name as my son's middle name. It is sad to see these traditions dying. I like Spyro for short.
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Jean
11 years ago
Any 21st Century father who is actually staying around to be part of his child's life deserves the right to name his first son. Nicholas is right about the value of a unique name vs a common one, he's had to deal with having a 'common' name himself. The kid will LOVE being called "Spy" or some such nickname by all his friends.
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Melanie
11 years ago
No matter which way you arrange it, someone will change it for you. Spyridon will be shortened to Don/Donnie, Spyro, and Micheal to Mike or Mikey etc. So, I say name him Spyridon Michael. He'll love it later and chances are, you won't have much choice in what he refers to himself as later anyway.
First born son goes to fathers choice.
He has the RIGHT to continue his family legacy. The world needs the beauty of past ''Elequance' in the 21st century.
An awesome unique name.
So you already get to give the baby the last name. Which was also your father's, yes? So you give the last name and your wife gives the first name. End of story.
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This is the coolest name ever. I hope you win this mini-battle!
I fully believe in namesakes. Go for it!!
I think it is a beautiful, special, and meaningful name. I love the name so I am going to sign, but for the happiness of your marriage I will hope you have a girl!:)
I am having a similar debate over the name Airk
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I think Dad is willing to compromise in allowing the Mom to give the baby the Middle name of her chosing.
I think its a beatiful name it is unique, and i guess as greeks have more appreciation for "ancient". Good luck and keep us posted!
Though I've never heard the name and am not sure I can even pronounce it correctly I do believe that a father has the right to name his first son. Let him do it! That's the way my husband and I worked it out. He named our son and I named our two daughters. It's only fair
Put the name in the middle...holding onto family names is great, and he can choose later which way to go...
"The petitioner's wife, Kseniya Mihailovna Soukeras (née Kudzin, a.k.a. "Kudin") and future mother to his heir, is of the opinion that the name "Spyridon" is archaic, base, bereft of elegance and unsuitable for a child living in 21st century America." Sounds like that door was swinging both ways, though I feel the point is moot. This petition seems more like a bit of ribbing towards his wife, and not nearly as serious as some people here seem to be taking it. If you see the pictures of this couple featured in several news articles about this petition, you would see there is genuine love there... Not to mention the fact that this was a marriage of two different cultures, which is rarely done for any reason other than love...
Spyridon will be the butt of jokes throughout his life in the USA. I can think of a lot of nasty nicknames. Name him Michael Spyridon if you want to name him after both your fathers. That is what my brother did. My dad's name is semi archaic but her dad's name was way cooler.
Seems strange to me that someone withthe unusual name of Kseniya would object to the equally unusual name of Spyridon.
I had the same argument with my wife. In the end, we picked a name together, and used my dad's name as my son's middle name. It is sad to see these traditions dying. I like Spyro for short.
Any 21st Century father who is actually staying around to be part of his child's life deserves the right to name his first son. Nicholas is right about the value of a unique name vs a common one, he's had to deal with having a 'common' name himself. The kid will LOVE being called "Spy" or some such nickname by all his friends.
No matter which way you arrange it, someone will change it for you. Spyridon will be shortened to Don/Donnie, Spyro, and Micheal to Mike or Mikey etc. So, I say name him Spyridon Michael. He'll love it later and chances are, you won't have much choice in what he refers to himself as later anyway.