A name by any other name
Naming a pet is tough enough. Try naming a child. You don’t want anything too plain. Or anything too fancy. Or anything that rhymes with puke. Since we are not finding out the gender, we need to come up with an option for both. Or one that would suit either outcome, like Shane.
And I’m not sure the remaining 6 months is enough time to decide. Neither of us are good decision makers. We can spend 20 minutes in Starbucks debating the pros and cons of a white chocolate mocha versus the holiday favorite pumpkin spice. Do we really need to have a name ready by the time it’s born?
I was just told my niece has some helpful suggestions but based on her age, I may be looking at calling the child Littlefoot or Ducky.
Using vacations as inspiration, we recently traveled to Sedona and Jamaica, which led to the ill-fated submission of Schnebly (after a hill we climbed) and Marley (after Bob Marley). Schnebly Marley. But since most people couldn’t pronounce Schnebly, saying Schmedly instead, we scrapped that idea.
From the entertainment world, the lead character in my most recent novel was Ignatius and the protagonist of my most recent movie was Melquiades. We obviously have more work to do.
After looking at what we’ve come up with so far, Ducky may actually be the leading contender.
And I’m not sure the remaining 6 months is enough time to decide. Neither of us are good decision makers. We can spend 20 minutes in Starbucks debating the pros and cons of a white chocolate mocha versus the holiday favorite pumpkin spice. Do we really need to have a name ready by the time it’s born?
I was just told my niece has some helpful suggestions but based on her age, I may be looking at calling the child Littlefoot or Ducky.
Using vacations as inspiration, we recently traveled to Sedona and Jamaica, which led to the ill-fated submission of Schnebly (after a hill we climbed) and Marley (after Bob Marley). Schnebly Marley. But since most people couldn’t pronounce Schnebly, saying Schmedly instead, we scrapped that idea.
From the entertainment world, the lead character in my most recent novel was Ignatius and the protagonist of my most recent movie was Melquiades. We obviously have more work to do.
After looking at what we’ve come up with so far, Ducky may actually be the leading contender.
posted by Derek, Tracy & Calvin | 2:52 PM
6 Comments:
The naming process is a bit frustrating. I think I'm just going to be boring and simple and choose the name after grandma or grandpa. We have a few names to choose from and that should narrow it down... we still have a lot of time. So do you. Good luck!!!
Debby
Maybe that is the way to go. Simple. Something like Joe. No one names their kid Joe anymore. It's all unique names like Dakota and Agememnon.
And Earl isn't a good name either. There's a Dixie Chicks song - "Goodbye Earl" where they kill him because he's an abuser.
Just wanted you to know that.
Good tip! Thanks.
We bought all the books and agonized over it for months. In the end we were standing in line at the grocery stote and the old lady just blurtted out a name.
"What about ____"
"Works for me."
"Then it's settled."
When it's right you know it. The debate ended there on a spur of the moment choice. A sublime moment of clarity.
And later you can tell your child you named her in the canned meats aisle. :-)
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