Last night around the dinner table we were talking about names for the baby. As we don't know if it's a girl or boy yet (not until March for those of you asking), we were talking about both boy and girl names. We pretty much have a boy name and had made a list a few months ago of girl names. After pulling out the girl names that we wrote down and realizing that we hated all of them (seriously, it was awful, like we had randomly flipped through a baby book and pointed at names to write down), we talked about girl names that we liked.
One girl name that stands out for both of us is Andi. Not to be confused with Andy, but yeah, it's the same name.
From there the conversation went something like this:
Me: I like Andi. It's cute and fun.
BoySmile: What would the middle name be though? Andi...Andi...hmmm..
*pause*
The Kid: NELSON!!!
Us: Andi Nelson Burman it is!
So there you have it folks. The name for our girl child. We figure she has a good namesake so she'll probably turn out okay right? Ultimately I suppose that could be our boy name too. Andy Nelson Burman. I guess that takes care of both genders. That was easy.
The other suggestions that the kiddo has come up with consist of things like Bernard (no offense to people named Bernard, but we aren't naming our kid Bernard) and today it was Buttertoes. Buttertoes? Hmm. I don't know where she gets these things. Buttertoes Burman? It has a ring to it.
I guess we are not alone in the 6-year-old world as today another mom informed me that her daughter wanted to name her not-yet-conceived child Cornelius. This is why young children do not have a say in the naming of other human beings. Although sometimes I'm not sure parents always have it right either.
I once heard of a child named Shithead. Not Shit head. Shithead. Pronounced Sha-heed. Really? And you think that kid grew up without torment? Come on.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Baby Names
Posted by honestgrl at 5:22 PM
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You need to read Freakonomics - there are a couple interesting chapters on names and the outcome of your child. It's really fascinating! There was also an article on msn today about children with non-common names being more likely to be juvenile delinquents so that's something to keep in mind... ;) Good luck in the name choosing! Don't listen to anyone when they knock your choices (except for me, I have good taste) because all that matters is what you think.
WTH?! So apparently "Stephanie" is out of the pretend running? Sad day. :-( (I don't like my name, I wouldn't force it on any child).
You should name it, boy or girl, Andi Nelson Burman. Haha. That's great. Good name, and definitely better than Buttertoes. Haha.
I almost wrote a blog about this- well, baby names. Great minds. *tear*. ;-)
People are weird with names. As in, they don't think enough when they are choosing. I mean shoot, this is a human we're talking about here. They're going to have to live with it forever. Or at least until they have the opportunity to change it. But until that day they're going to have to walk around with some lame ass name like Huckleberry. And yes, that's a person's name. Recent. The Man vs Wild's baby- I believe. Too bad.
yikes, shithead is a terrible name. I like Andi, but Nelson sounds a little masculin. Would you change the spelling if it were to be a boy? (Andy)
You know I'll have to agree here with Natalie, Nelson is so incredibly, supremely, and utterly damsel in distress rescuingly masculin. I'm not sure it would be such a good fit for a girl ;-) Now Andi Buttertoes Burman... You're on to something there.
While I am a fan of Andi, I have always been partial to Emma but I haven't yet had one of the dozens of friends who have been popping out kids in the last year bite on that name.
Bummer.
"incredibly, supremely, and utterly damsel in distress rescuingly masculin"... hahahaha. Good stuff.
Emma is a good name. It's on my "list" of names. You know, for the imaginary kids that I'm never going to have. Ha. :-)
What are the boy names that you've come up with? Or are you keeping that a secret? Waiting to make an announcement... (I told you about that, right? "and Furthermore...". Ughhh).
Please never name that child "Orissa". Yes, apparently that's a name. Poor, poor Orissa. The child with the crappiest name ever created. Next to Shithead, of course. Eww. What's wrong with people?
Am I wrong here? That's god awful, right?! :-p
Have you heard of those people that named their child "Adolf Hitler"? Apparently, the cake decorator wouldn't put "Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler" on a cake or something like that... I guess the parents are now in trouble for something or other...
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