Becausec I love names...

[k3am]

If it turns out we're having a boy, I may need to get a pet before we have it.. DH has said - ever since I met him - that Thor is a great name for a kid.

No, no it's not. Not for my Irish and German kid it's not. It's a great name for someone else's kid. Or a dog. Or a cat. Or a turtle. Or a spider.

[helloerrbody]

Sept 22, 2015 9:04:59 GMT -5 cole283 said:

We won't really narrow it down until after the a/s but here are the current favorites

Boy: Rocco, August, Sebastian, Micah
Girl: Cecilia (this is pretty set), Lucy, Willa, Felicity

I really love your lists!!

[helloerrbody]

Sept 22, 2015 14:41:03 GMT -5 k3am said:

My FFTC: I can't stand name nazis. You know the ones who feel like they can dictate how a child - anyone's child - should be named, spelled, etc. (Like this post from TD. I particularly like how if anyone disagrees with their naming theories it's because they're uneducated or "just don't get it").

How boring of a world would it be if every child were named something that was on the top 100 of the SSN yearly registers?

DD has a unique name. Based on her statistics, her name ranks below like 25,000 most popular names, there are less than 460 people with her name in the US, and on average, 4-7 new children per year are given her name. And I think that is freaking awesome. She will likely not have to share her name with anyone she goes to school or plays sports with. (I did get a resume for someone applying to work for me with the same name before she was born.. I didn't even call the poor girl!)

Her spelling is correct for her name, but not phonetic. Anyone who is from Ireland looks at it on paper and knows exactly how to pronounce it, and it's not as bad as some of the wonkier Irish names (like Sioban - which I happen to love, but won't be naming #2). Her name is butchered at the doctor's office, but it's not upsetting or annoying. Daycare is fine with it aside from some occasional misspellings, and considering she goes to school with kids who have ethic names like Hridika and Phung, I don't think she'll be in the minority.

/end vent.

Would you be willing to share DD's name?  Or PM me with it lol?  I'm dying to know what it is!  I'm sure I will love it - I love Irish names.

[k3am]

helloerrbody, YGPM.

I would have put it here with a PDQ and deleted later, but chances are I'd delete before you read or just forgot to delete in general