Baby Names

I am a bit hesitant to write this post however, it is fun to think of baby names and the different thoughts people have when thinking about what to name their kid.

It took a long time for Joseph and I to select a good name for the baby when we thought it was a girl.  This time, we don't have as much time to think of a boy name.


We have decided that it is more enjoyable to think of girl names as it seems there are more options, somehow.

We decided to name the girl Caitlin Evelyn which is such a lovely name.  So if we have another baby and it is a girl, that will most likely, maybe, be her name.

Since Joseph and I began seriously dating and began talking about kids way back then--11 years ago--I promised him if we ever had a boy we could name him Joseph Anthony the 4th (Joseph is the third).

When we learned this baby was most likely a girl, Joseph began saying he may be having second thoughts as to naming it Joseph Anthony the 4th (insert sigh of relief here).  However again, when we were just told last week that this baby was a boy Joseph didn't want to budge on the name.  Agh!

In lieu of me beating him with a pillow, I made a nice dinner and then after he ate asked him if he could perhaps be a little more open minded and see what else he and I may like for the boy.  If he still wanted to keep Joseph Anthony then fine, but I would like for him to explore other names as well. Food worked and we began discussing a few names.  By "a few" I mean a thousand.

We have kicked around a lot of names and Joseph nixed 99.9% of them.  We looked at old British names and one that has jumped out at Joseph was Jasper.  Another was Vincent.  We are still kicking it around and making sure we love it and making sure the boy will be able to get a job and all of those good things on his resume as he gets older.  The name itself, Jasper, doesn't have good nicknames but it is a short name so nicknames may not be necessary.

So the name isn't 100% settled for a boy, but there are 2 options thus far.  That's better than nothing.

In choosing a name we also have to consider alllll of our former students who we may or may not have a fond memory of. We cannot name our kid any of those names. That is yet ome more reason why naming a boy is hard because there are just some names that are great but we just cannot do it. If you are a teacher you know exactly what I mean. Some students' names just stick in your head and conjure up images we would prefer not to remember.