We picked the name Colt for a few reasons. First, we liked the name. Then, in my family line, there is a Colton (cool name, but we liked just "Colt") - so there is the familial reference in his name. Another good reason to name him Colt was because I am a horse-lover. I had a horse when I was younger and most of my days and evenings were spent at the barn. Before Colt was born, he was constantly kicking me - just like a little horse would. And then there was another reason we kinda like the name. It has to do with Chris's occupation. Chris is a firearms examiner for a crime lab. In Chris's line of work he comes across Colts (revolvers, 45s) from time to time. The Colt Manufacturing Company "is a
United States firearms manufacturer founded in 1847. It is best known for the engineering, production, and marketing of dozens of different firearms over the later half of the 19th and the 20th century. It has made many civilian and military designs used in the United States, as well was many other countries." Samuel Colt was the founder.
So, Colt was named Colt for these reasons:
1. We liked the name.
2. It incorporated a family name.
3. It alludes to my love of horses.
4. It alludes to Chris's occupation and interests.
We did not name him Colt solely based on my interest in horses. Nor did we name him Colt solely based on Chris's occupation. The name just fit for many reasons.
Anyway . . . about 2 years ago Colt was practicing writing his name and this is how he wrote it:
Pretty nice, right? Well, Chris was looking at this and thought it looked quite familiar. This is what he realized:
That's the Colt (gun) logo. So, maybe there's a predisposition there. Too bad it's not for horses though. :(
8 comments:
That's some pretty good handwriting for a 3 year old. What a crazy coincidence that it matches with the gun thing.
I hope you plan on posting the stories behind your other kids names now. Inquiring minds want to know!
if you want to encourage the horse thing with him, you have a friend wiht horses.
just a short drive ;)
Whoa! Cool! And I agree he was writing very well! :)
wow thats amazing!!
That is crazy! It is interesting how you came up with his name. I agree with Deb. I want to know the story behind the other two!
I love the name Colt and had no idea it was a revolver too. Conan would love that name!!
How interesting. My kids don't have such great stories behind their names. But I like the idea of blogging about it. I might try that!
Maybe he'll have a colt (the horse) and a colt (the revolver) and be a cowboy: Cowboy Colt.
That'd be cool.
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