Even though we have several months to come up with an identity for our child, the name game is at the forefront of my thoughts. Girls names are easy, we already have two girl names picked out as well as their middle names. (So hopefully we get at least two girls!) Boy names on the other hand are very difficult. They are SO difficult that at one point I decided to give the job to Matt because I trust him and I honestly couldn’t think of boys names that I liked and Matt agreed with. I like:
*Henry
*Jack
*Lewis (too close to Lucy, our second girl name)
*Theo (but Theodore is forever a chipmunk to me)
*Jasper
*Leo (but Matt only likes Leonardo and although it might grow on me, it’s a little too much for me right now)
*George (I have an obsession with old man names. How cute would a little baby named george be? But maybe not a 16 year old…I’m not sure)
Plus, with the exception of Lucy, I want the first name to have more or less than two syllables so it sounds nice with our last name. Also I don’t want the first name to end in R since our last name ends in R. Finally, there are a lot of names that I either have negative associations with or just pop culture associations with that I can’t get over. I have all kinds of issues, can you tell?
Matt likes:
*Gabriel
*Leonardo (Heroes in a half shell. TURTLE POWER!)
*Elijah (A child I came across while learning to be a teacher. Bad associations.)
*Isaiah
*Isaac
*Abraham (just a little too old sounding for me)
*Oliver (Matt’s cocker spaniel. That’s just wrong.)
*Archer
First of all, I was all for Gabriel and then Matt decided he doesn’t want to make a decision until we know the sex. That’s in March (hopefully) so the planner in me is going crazy because I hate waiting. Second of all, Sterling Archer is the main character in the inappropriate cartoon “Archer.” He’s not someone I want to name my kid after. I jokingly said the other night “hey, we should give our kid the middle name Danger” (even though my instincts shouted STOP YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING)
Matt LOVED it. He said he wants to name our kid Sterling Danger Palmer. No joke.
“This is your pilot, Sterling Danger Palmer, speaking. Buckle up”
“Your surgery is scheduled with Dr. Sterling Danger Palmer”
“And now ladies, welcome to the stage, Sterling Danger Palmer”
The third one fits the most. Alas, that is not the life I wish upon my child. I realize the middle name won’t really be used much but it’s necessary for dramatic effect.
I’ll just hope the baby is a girl.
For any name lovers, these are girl names I love in no particular order:
Ophelia Eleanor Elaina Lorelai
Lydia Charlotte Lucy Cecilia
Alice Helena Clara Audrey
Margaret Evangeline Georgia Elizabeth
Samantha Cordelia Fiona Bernadette
1 comment:
this made me snort:
“And now ladies, welcome to the stage, Sterling Danger Palmer”
i love all your girl names- girls are so much more fun/easy to name! :)
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