# Nora, Theo, and... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899 "2017-11-27T23:35:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/41 "2017-11-30T17:56:23Z")
Bill Bob Not William Robert or any other variant. It says Bill Bob on the birth certificate. It’s a family name on her husband’s side, being Kelley’s uncle. Kelley and his father, Gus, got along well enough but were carved from different stones. Kelley was more like his uncle Bill Bob: observant of the world around him, but by no means bound to interpret or interact with it in terms as limited as reason. Gone Fishin! ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/42 "2017-11-30T18:13:21Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > If it helps, she’s Erin and her late husband, who died when she was pregnant with the youngest, was Kelley. Dallas, named after the city he was conceived in, as a private nod to her late husband. Something she will keep to herself, just to remember. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/43 "2017-11-30T19:15:56Z")
For some reason, my brain wants to end that triplet with “Clyde.” ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/44 "2017-11-30T19:16:06Z")
Zach Middle name Morris. _Winks at you while talking on a brick cellphone_ ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/45 "2017-12-01T20:04:57Z")
With Kelley with the additional E and being a dude, I instantly think Irish. So maybe she used a more Irish name for the child, in remembrance. I also agree with the idea of it being a one syllable name for the sake of prosody. The first such name I saw when googling was “Finn.” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/46 "2017-12-01T23:29:27Z")
> [@saje](#): > > Something formal-ish, I think. > > James? Peter? William? At first I thought Wilson, but Oliver from upthread sounds good too. Or, if Irish, Colin. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/47 "2017-12-01T23:40:42Z")
Something like Owen, or Graham, or Max. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/48 "2017-12-02T00:14:06Z")
SWMBO suggests Connor. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/49 "2017-12-02T05:36:27Z")
I keep thinking Edward everytime i see this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/50 "2017-12-02T05:52:06Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Finn, short for Finnegan. > > Kelley and Erin are both Irish names, and while the other kids’ names aren’t, perhaps they found their roots for the third kid. > > Nora, Theo and Finn. > [@BigT](#): > > With Kelley with the additional E and being a dude, I instantly think Irish. So maybe she used a more Irish name for the child, in remembrance. I also agree with the idea of it being a one syllable name for the sake of prosody. > > The first such name I saw when googling was “Finn.” Hey, you’re not the only one. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/51 "2017-12-04T02:45:13Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > I keep thinking Edward everytime i see this thread. This one’s out but not because it’s a bad suggestion. I try not to name characters after people I know well…and Edward’s my dad. Thanks for your help, folks. I think I’m going to try calling him **Finn** for a while and see how that goes 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/52 "2017-12-04T04:52:14Z")
Pantsuit Jackson ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/53 "2017-12-04T05:23:39Z")
Gus. It sounds right with Nora and Theo. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/54 "2017-12-04T05:58:18Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Hey, you’re not the only one. Yeah, sorry. I didn’t read through the whole thread. I had the idea about halfway through, and posted it before I forgot or got it sullied with another idea. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/55 "2017-12-04T06:02:16Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > This one’s out but not because it’s a bad suggestion. I try not to name characters after people I know well…and Edward’s my dad. > > Thanks for your help, folks. I think I’m going to try calling him **Finn** for a while and see how that goes 😃 Finn works really well too. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/56 "2017-12-04T18:32:58Z")
Or Fionn. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/57 "2017-12-05T04:08:02Z")
My only problem with Finn for a kid of this decade is the association with AdventureTime and Finn the human. I’m sensing these parent characters would avoid names with contemporaneous cultural references. FWIW. I’m a reader not a writer. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/58 "2017-12-05T04:42:33Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > My only problem with Finn for a kid of this decade is the association with AdventureTime and Finn the human. I’m sensing these parent characters would avoid names with contemporaneous cultural references. FWIW. I’m a reader not a writer. Eh. Kid #3 is seven, and \*\*Adventure Time \*\*came out in 2010. The mom had two toddlers to look after on her own at the time he was born too, so she probably didn’t have her finger on the pulse of what was newly popular on the Cartoon Network that wasn’t aimed at two-year-olds. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/59 "2017-12-06T05:45:41Z")
Zbigniew. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nora-theo-and/802899/60 "2017-12-06T06:13:16Z")
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