Deciding on a name that your child will carry with them for the rest of their lives is hard. I've heard from a lot of people that selecting a boy's name is harder than choosing a girl's. We found that to be the case before little c was born. We went through so many names. I'd love one (like Harper) and big c hated it. He loved the name Ryan and I'm not so much a fan (no offense to those Ryans out there). Finally, after roughly 30 suggestions, Cohen was brought up, approved of, and signed off on, no changies.
I've already started thinking of names for baby numero dos (don't go assuming that there's a reason for it). I'd like something as cool as Cohen Gray. I love the name Campbell for either gender but then we're THAT family who's names all start with the "K" sound. Not going there. Next thing you know I'm looking like a polygamist and shooting out 19 kids and counting.
I decided to look through the obituaries today to see what fabulous finds I could discover in the name department and here's what treasures I discovered:
Male
Cloyd, Burnell, Farlan, Royal, LeMuell, and LaMar
Female
JoLayne, Clea, LaRue, HayDee, Icey, Jalene, and Veon
I swear you won't find anyone with names like this outside of Utah.
So, if anyone needs any ideas, feel free to take from the list above. If you're looking for something unique and not on any popular name lists this year, how about Cloyd or Clea? But I will not be naming little c's brother or sister Burnell or HayDee anytime soon so they're all yours!
Great set of names, haha! I have to disagree about not finding them outside of Utah, though...I'm guessing that certain areas of Chicago may produce people with names rivaling that list. =)
ReplyDeleteWe're currently in discussions about Baby Kuwabara's name...have one picked out but of course the mom-to-be wants to go over every other possible name in existence just to make sure. Poor Yuki!
Cameron & I just don't talk about it anymore. Basically we're at a stand still and can't agree on anything. I try to tell him as soon as he rips himself a new one, he can name the baby whatever he wants. That didn't seem to go over all that well. He likes the name Mabel. Mabel? Seriously? Mabel, Mabel, off the table.
ReplyDeleteI like Mia (like Farrow) - he tells me it's an awful name...what does he know anyway?
So, she just might end up being named Murdoch. And really that's not too bad, maybe she'll turn out like Madonna. The single name seemed to work for her.