May 27, 2003

The Name Game

At our party two weeks back, we asked people to give us suggestions for names. Here's what we got (all comments not in italics made by the writer; numbers in parens mean the name was suggested more than once):


Girl's names Boy's Names
Wellesley
Helen
Caroline
Melinda
Ann
Diane
Dineen
Judy
Clarissa
Katherine
Amelia
Marilena
Melissa (2)
Lara
Kathy
Portia
Alyson
Prudence
Elaine
Isabel
Arabella
Ella
Tallulah (yes, really.)
Elizabeth (2)
Olivia
Esperanza (hope in Spanish)
Renee
Natalie
Sophie
Olivia
Lily
(Wee)-Kir, Irsay or Hogray
(all from a 3 year old)
Charlotte
Caroline
Reagan
Scout
Madeline
Annette
Beth
Taylor
Lindsay
Rebecca
Jacqueline (Jackie)
Vivian
Samantha
Sophie
Isabella
Cameron
Aviva
Elle
Janessa Leigh
Kerry Madeliene
Sara Elizabeth
Alexandra
Janewasylik.net
Conceição
April Mae June
Lilli Marlene
Aimée
Dineen 2: The Revenge
Diego
Carlos
Oliver Wendell
Mark (2)
Matthew (3)
Nicholas
David
Jack
William
Michael
Tedol Augustin
William (2)
Luke
Benjamin
Dorcamis
Tucker Michael (Hey, it matches…)
River
Jeremy
Hunter (2)
Churchill
Reagan
Scout
Colin
Pierce
Drake
Grant
Dirk
Gunnar
Eric
Theodore (Ted)
Connor
Andrew Mason
Matthew (Mathieu for
additional pretentiousness)
Jason
Cary
Alexander Mikhailoritch
Allen Scott
Mark
Alex
Samuel (Sam)
Peter (2)
Alexander
Toby
Mark
Lucas
Michaelangelo
Jacob
Trip
Ezra
Andrew
Davy
Stephen
Whitman
Bubba
Beau
Hunter
Jeremiah
Theophalus
Hamlet
Othello

Dineen2: The Revenge is my personal favorite, but I don't think Mike will go for it. We still aren't going public with our name choices, but I will say that a couple of the names on this list are possibilities...

Posted by Dineen at May 27, 2003 01:18 AM
Comments

Something to consider in the equation: Do you want your child to be uniquely findable in google (and its future equivalents)? Pros and cons on both sides, of course. ;-)

Posted by: Lyn on May 27, 2003 07:06 AM

Unfortunately, with a last name like Wasylik and a web presence like ours, I think that is pretty much going to be impossible to avoid.

Posted by: Dineen on May 27, 2003 09:36 AM

What an amazing list of names!! Since I couldn't be there I want to add mine...Jennifer if it's a girl...See, here's why...no one is using that name now because it was SO common in our generation. But, see here's what will happen: half her teachers will be named Jennifer, because they're part of our generation, and they'll treat her special and she'll get straight A's and grow up to be President...all because you called her Jennifer. That and it's my name, tee hee. For a boy, Walter Xavier - so he can have a really funky monogram..WXW

Posted by: Hurdle on May 27, 2003 03:13 PM

"April Mae June" - I'm cracking up over that one! Classic!

Posted by: Christine on May 28, 2003 11:40 PM

I think you should just call him/her "Work Product." ;)

Posted by: Tiff on May 29, 2003 11:55 AM

Well, Tiff, that certainly would mean no need for another redesign when the kid comes! But I don't think that is the only consideration here. And besides, we've pretty much decided against alliterative W's, even though WXW is a funky monogram!

Posted by: Dineen on May 29, 2003 10:03 PM

well I probed Sean today for names. First I showed him your latest pictures - his eyes about popped out of his head! Then he started thinking of names. He refused to come up with any boy names since he is positive the baby is a girl. Here is Sean's list:

Sarah
Amber
Baby Beluga (I couldn't get a clear explanation on this one)
Keri (what good taste he has!)
Pumpkin

Posted by: Keri on May 30, 2003 10:20 AM

Well, I can say with authority that whether the child is a boy or a girl, Sean is allowed to officially nickname it Pumpkin. I'll leave the beluga to the Finding Nemo crowd.

Posted by: Dineen on May 30, 2003 05:09 PM

I just learned that Baby Beluga is a kid's song. At least I now know he didn't pull it out of nowhere!

Posted by: Dineen on June 6, 2003 06:32 PM
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