Let the NAMES Begin!

Two things you should know about names and me. First, I insisted we wait until the 12-week mark to even begin the discussion. I’m superstitious enough that I didn’t want to jinx my own baby.

Second, taking a page out of our friend Deirdre’s book, we’re not going to tell anyone what the name is until after the baby is born. I don’t want to tell someone we’re naming our daughter Helga (which we’re not) and them tell me that there was a Helga in their 5^th grade class who had a cleft lip and smells of cabbage (small hands). Or, that the only Helga they knew was a floozy who slept with the entire dorm. Kind of sullies the name, don’t you think?

We also face another interesting challenge. My wife is Hispanic. My last name is not. Choosing a Hispanic first name will only cause an identity crisis for our child. Juan Chechourka? Let’s just name them “Ethnic Ambiguity”.

Looking for some inspiration we bought a book called “Cool Names for Babies”. While it has some good suggestions… it also has the following:

For Boys:

Link- It suggests this, but not Zelda. Glaring omission.

Legolas- Only if my child has pointy ears and hangs out with a hobbit

Wolverine- Seriously? How can I convince Melissa of this? Wolverine Chechourka!!!

XXXX- How would you even pronounce this?

For Girls:

Bloodrayne- This is the name of a half-dressed killer Vampiress. No thanks.

Blanche- Are we having a Golden Girl?

Fanny- I bet she’d NEVER get picked on.

Zeke- Under the chapter, “Geezer Names for Girls”. Hi, this is my daughter, Zeke.

Sigh. Good thing we still have 5 months to come up with something.