Mom of 7 Explains Why She Wouldn't Use the Same Names If Given the Chance to Rename Her Kids

Mar. 15, 2025

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One mom is sharing which of her kids' names she would keep, if she had the chance to name them again.

In anow-viral TikTok videothat’s garnered more than 797,000 views, creatorSavannah Walshdiscusses the unique names of her children and the stories behind them.

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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.

“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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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.

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.

“I’m still in awe that I got that name because it’s my all-time favorite,” she concludes.

“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.

source: people.com