Wednesday, August 19, 2009

For Those Guys In The Baby Namin' Window

I found out back in the day that baby namin' was a bit like weddings. Once the conversations were out in the open, I realized that My Love had already been planning things for quite some time, I just never knew about it. Also like wedding plans, my input was not exactly needed, followed, or generally appreciated, but I still had to give it. Books and books (and yet more books) of baby names and their various meanings started appearing all over the place. There were still a few lessons to be learned, though.



If there is a particular name passed down from generation to generation, hopefully, this is something that's already been covered with your significant other. Thankfully, we'd already covered this, and there was little debate about what any first-born male child would be named.

She reminded me of the history of twins in her family, and that it might be a good idea to have other boy names ready, in case and for eventually. Good point.

Proposing 'Sue' as an alternate boy's name was kind of funny because I didn't consider myself a country music fan, and I remembered the reference. She's much more the fan of the genre, and didn't.

Superhero names were out, not even up for consideration (she was a party pooper, that way).

When hounded by My Love as to what girl names I really liked, 'Candi', 'Bubbles', and 'Honey' weren't terribly popular suggestions. In my defense, we'd been talking baby names for a long time by then ('bout 10 minutes or so), and my brain was gettin' tuckered out at the time. Shoulda just quit while I was ahead, because 'real' girl names of Salma and Rosalyn got equally chilly responses... go figure.


9 comments:

Sabra said...

At least you talked about it. I remember shoving a baby name book into the ex's hands as I walked into labor and delivery to get ready for my c-section and telling him he HAD to look at the damn thing. Jennifer. He wanted to name our middle daughter Jennifer.

I didn't even bother asking by the time #3 rolled around.

Old NFO said...

input was not exactly needed, followed, or generally appreciated... And ANYTHING you say WILL be used against you time and time again... sigh...

Gerald said...

Insist on an apostrophe some where in the name.

Snigglefrits said...

La-Uh. (Pronounced Luh-dash-uh- "the dash ain't silent")

Bob G. said...

Sarge:
The name SALMA got the cold shoulder???
...wonder why???
(wink, wink...nudge, nudge)
ROFLMAO!

You're such a DEVIL (dog), you.

Carry On.

Mikael said...

Girl names are tricky that way, best picking something fairly neutral(IE: nothing sleazy, nothing too old-fashioned, and nothing copying the name of some hot star).

Bringing back old-fashioned names in boys work though... if I ever sire a boy, the first one will be named after my paternal grandfather, it has the bonus of being old-fashioned Swedish, and also being an english word with some nordic connotations, which turns it into a rather cool name in international situations: Rune.

Murphy said...

Sabra: Heh, at least I'm not that bad...

Old NFO: Ah, sounds like you've been there, done that, gotten the t-shirt, koozie, and bumpersticker!

Gerald: I couldn't figure out how to properly write down those neat little African mouth/tongue clicks...

Snigs: *snort*

Bob G: They ask for our input and when we give it...

Mikael: Always like a name with some history, both for boys and girls. Makes for good stories and pleasant memories.

Sabra said...

Mikael: Always like a name with some history, both for boys and girls. Makes for good stories and pleasant memories.

All three of my girls are named after someone (at least, their first names). My middle daughter, in fact, is named for my sister, who was named for her aunt. I sincerely hope one of the other girls has a daughter & names her the same.

I am named for my grandmother & aunt. I do like family names.

(But then, I'd totally name a kid after Salma Hayek. She's hot!)

Mikael said...

Aye, but there's a limit to names with history too. I'd feel sorry for the girl in this day and age who was named oh let's say Mildred. There's plenty of names with history that are more timeless and always work though. Lisa, Anna, Marie, etc.