What should we name the baby?

[NicoleM]

Poll question: What should we name the baby?

All of these go with our last name. Middle name will be Robert or David.

Editing to add that while you are welcome to make suggestions, we won't be taking them. :) One of these will be the name we choose.

[LWolf]

1. I picked the one I used 26 years ago.

Which, for my son's sake, will remain anonymous! ;-)

[radwriter0555]

2. Owen is nice and unusual. Eli is real popular

and I like Owen. Very nice, unique, yet recognizable name.... pleasing to the ear.

[juajen]

3. Names

I'm not particularly fond of any of your preferred first names with those middle names. I don't think the first names are strong enough. It is important that the first name be a strong one, because he will be called by this name the rest of his life, even if he prefers not to be, i.e., graduations, government, etc.

Have you tried the reverse? I sorta like David Eli. Of course if you have a great maiden name, that could be a strong first name, for instance, Foster, Stoddard, etc.

Try thinking out of the box.

[NicoleM]

6. One of the names on the poll

will be our kid's first name. We've given it plenty of thought. And I have a really, really crappy maiden name that I would never inflict on a child.

[southerngirlwriter]

4. go get a copy of John Irving's book,

A Prayer for Owen Meany, and it will definitely be Owen. :-)

[GOPisEvil]

5. Go with David!

This David approves of that name. :D Owen is a good choice.

[NicoleM]

9. If we pick Owen

it will be Owen Robert, because I don't want his initials to be O.D. I'm a little superstitious about these things.

[GOPisEvil]

11. Grrrrrr!

;-)

[joeybee12]

7. Owen seems to flow with the middle name choices, although

Griffin seems to match those names also.

[Breezy du Nord]

8. I like all of your choices

Very good...

[NicoleM]

10. Thanks.

:)

[Breezy du Nord]

12. I went Soren by the way

I kinda like it. I think it'd be cool if your kid is the only one in his kindergarten class with it.

But, hey, Owen's good too. And that middle name's ok. Cool that you went for the more unique first name and common middle name. I have some friends who went the other way around, the kid's name was Oddyseus.

Say, now there's an idea... :)

[NicoleM]

13. We're kind of Scandinavian

so that's how Soren made the list. Robert is my FIL and David was my favorite uncle, that's where the middle names came from.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

16. Go with Soren

You ARE in Minnesota, after all.

I've known kids named Einar, Bjorn, Reidun (that's a girl's name, by the way), Helga, and Dagny!

[NicoleM]

19. I love Einar!

But DH doesn't. :(

[radwriter0555]

21. I knew an Einar, growing up, Do you know what a school teacher can DO

to that name?

It's BRUTAL, bloody and nothing short of slaugher during roll call and public announcements.

Be far kinder than that.

[NicoleM]

22. As I said before

the name will be Eli, Griffin, Owen, or Soren.

[geniph]

30. Interesting that you chose two Welsh names

both of which I quite like - Owain (Owen, Ioan), and Gryffydd (Griffith, Griffin). One of the last kings of independent Wales was Owain Gryffydd.

[SheilaT]

14. I'm voting for Owen.

I think the others are a little too odd. Remember, the kid has to live with this name for who knows how many years. The last thing you want is his being made fun of.

Of course, perhaps I shouldn't speak, having named my second son Jonah. He used to hate it, but seems to have gotten used to it.

[ACK]

15. Eli way too popular ... go with Owen

:-)

[kayleybeth]

17. I voted for Eli

that's a really cool name, IMO.

[kodi]

18. do not give the child a name whose diminuation can be ridiculed

if your last name is hertz, someday, you will killed in your sleep by your 12 year old son, richard.

make sure the number of syllables in the full name (first and family name that is) produces a cadence that rolls off the lips.

if you expect him to use his middle name, forget it, do not expect the child to use a middle name as he grows older just becuase YOU want him to.

if your last name has 4 syllables, do not use a first name with one syllable. it sounds stilted. use 2 or 3 syllables for the first name.

if you have a last name with only one syllable, use a first name with 2 or 3 syllables, not one (its boring).

examples.

1. frank mciverson does not sound as nice as franklin mciverson.

2. john jones does not sound as nice as jonathon jones.

3. under no circumstances name your son adolf.

[wantnobush]

20. Owen

[Maeve]

23. Owen...unless your last name is Moore!

"Owen Moore has gone away, owin' more than he could pay"--tombstone

[NicoleM]

25. It's not but

thanks for the heads-up. :)

[SiobhanClancy]

32. That was the name of a now-defunct department store...

in Portland,Maine. You can imagine the endless and tedious jokes about it. In this case,at least,Owen Moore is no more:)

[Robb]

24. Always popular:

Herkimer
Gomer
Adolph

...just kidding. I know a very young Owen, it's a fine name!

[NicoleM]

26. Anybody else want to weigh in?

Come on, people, time is short. We only have until April to make up our minds. :)

[liberalhistorian]

27. Soren David would be

really nice-sounding! You have a very interesting choice of names, I don't think I've ever seen the name Soren except for Soren Kierkegaard, who basically started existentialism.

[Tracer]

28. Before you choose a name ...

... go to:

http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/1.html

You'll split your sides laughing.

[NicoleM]

29. I've seen that before

and it's hilarious.

[jpgray]

31. I know cool Owens, but all the Sorens and Elis are arty dilletantes

Yes. ALL of them.

:)

But seriously, what's wrong with a normal name? Owen or Eli is fine, but Griffin or Soren? :crazy:

[NicoleM]

33. Soren is normal

if you're Scandinavian, which we are. Griffin is normal if you're Irish, which we are not.

[jpgray]

34. Kidding! :-)

Name him whatever you like.

Ooh and if you're going Scandinavian, call him "Balder". Watch out for the mistletoe, though.

[KCDem]

35. I don't like Owen, but it sounds like I'm in the minority!

I'll tell you why: Throw Momma From the Train. Whenever I hear the name Owen, I just hear that old Momma whining it.

I really like Eli; if we'd had a boy, we would have named him Elijah David and called him Eli (well, my husband may have disagreed, but I would have called him that!) Soren is cool as well.

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

36. Met my first "Aiden" yesterday

Thought that was a cool name