- TikTok user Savannah Walsh is a mom to 7 kids
- In a now-viral TikTok video that’s garnered more than 797,000 views, she discusses the unique names of her children and the stories behind them
- In the video, the mom explains that she and her husband do not agree on names when choosing them
One mom is sharing which of her kids’ names she would keep, if she had the chance to name them again.
In a now-viral TikTok video that’s garnered more than 797,000 views, creator Savannah Walsh discusses the unique names of her children and the stories behind them.
She begins by explaining that her eldest daughter is named Skylar, a name she chose with the girl’s father, whom she’s no longer with. Although her daughter primarily goes by Sky or Kai, Walsh admits that, looking back, she probably wouldn’t choose that name for her today.
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Next, she talks about her oldest son, Mason, who is around 10 years old. While she loves the name Mason, she confesses that the inspiration came from Kourtney Kardashian.
“The popularity took off with that, and it’s so, so common, but I do still stand by loving the name,” the mom says in her video. “But would I use it if we were having him today? No, because of how popular it is. We do try to avoid really common names.”
“Next is my daughter Briley,” she continues. “Briley just turned 7 years old. Briley was actually the name we had picked when I was pregnant with Mason, in case Mason was a girl. My husband had a family member named Brian who passed away, and he wanted to honor that. Somewhere along the line, he came up with Briley.”
“We fell super attached to it and carried it into our next pregnancy, which ended up being a girl, and we named her Briley,” she adds. “To this day, I’d still name her the same thing.”
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Walsh then shares the story of her next child, Kennedy, who turned 6 years old in August. When the parents chose her name, their daughter was already 5 days old. Walsh explains that they didn’t know the baby’s sex during the pregnancy, so they continuously bounced ideas around.
Eventually, Walsh grew tired of the naming debate and agreed to Kennedy Harley.
“I love Kenny,” Walsh says. “We call her Kenny all the time — it’s really suiting for her. But to be honest, I’m not at all attached to her full name. I wouldn’t name her that again.”
Her next son, Cullen, who turned 4 in July, was given a name Walsh and her husband had had in mind since their pregnancy with Briley, in hopes of having another boy. She says to this day she absolutely loves the name and would name him that again.
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The couple’s 2-year-old son, Porter, also has a unique naming story.
“His name was on our list, but not even a top contender at all,” Walsh says. “Our top names — none of them suited him. I didn’t like any of them. We started just making our way through the list, and we got to Porter, and that was pretty much it. We just looked at him, and he was so clearly a ‘Porter.’ “
“I still love the name so much,” she adds. “We call him ‘P.’ I love the name. Would 10 out of 10 name him that again.”
Finally, the couple’s youngest daughter, Alba, is named after an idea Walsh had during her pregnancy. She says that while she was attached to the name, her husband didn’t like it at first.
“For the record, my husband and I do not agree at all about names,” she says.
“When we had her, we kept going through our name list, and I kept mentioning Alba,” she continues. “His family is Scottish, and he really wanted to incorporate something Scottish into the baby’s name. Alba, pronounced differently, was actually the original name for Scotland. When he figured that out, he was like, ‘That’s her name 100%.’ “
“I’m still in awe that I got that name because it’s my all-time favorite,” she concludes.
Since posting, Walsh’s video has amassed almost 600 comments from users sharing their thoughts on the names.
“Fellow Alba here, I’m originally from Spain where it’s such a common name and don’t see it much in the US 🥰,” one user wrote.
“I love the name Porter! Would be so cute for a girl too!,” someone else wrote.
“I LOVE the name Cullen (and not just because of twilight 😂),” another person replied.
