Names

I actually have a favorite boy’s name. AB seems to like it, but doesn’t want to put too much thought into names at this point since we are planning to find out the gender. THEN we will worry about names.

 

 

But I came across a name I like. And AB perked up when I mentioned it.

 

 

We have always had trouble with boy’s names. It is good that Skadi wasn’t a boy… We can come up with umpteen girl’s names (though we have our two leading favorites), but boys perplex us. We knew early on that Leif would be Leif. We both loved it. Skadi was a last minute decision between her name and one of the two current leading favorites.

 

 

Now the issue with this boy’s name? It is currently ranked #183 in the US according to one website. In our world of names, that is popular. And therefore a little concerning. My kids don’t worry about having the same name as 10 other little kids around.

 

 

Skadi (common saying coming from her): “She is one of my Maddie friends.” (Because she has SO many friends named Maddie… kind of like Jennifer when I was a kid.)

 

 

Ugh.

 

 

I am struggling with this.

 

 

Oh and then it isn’t Scandinavian. It is Hebrew. Another complication?

 

 

And don’t even get me started on middle names. Middle names are family names by my family’s tradition. A tradition that AB and I have latched onto for Leif and Skadi. Leif John (after AB’s dad) and Skadi Jeanne (after me, my mom, my grandma, my great grandma…).

 

 

AB suggested my mom’s name for a girl’s middle name. I declined it in favor of her favorite girl’s name – she always wanted a granddaughter named after her grandmother. I might be able to slip it by AB as a middle name, but as a first name I could never get him to latch on.

 

 

A boy’s middle name? I may resort to pushing my maternal grandfather’s middle name again. Though unique, AB can cite 2 guys he has known with this name – yes and one I knew. And he was a bit of a doofus. He was one of my students in grad school who ended up working with AB after his graduation with a BS in chemistry.

 

 

But really, open to any and all suggestions on the middle name front.

 

And yes, we are sticking to our same tradition with the other two kids of not divulging names until the child is born. Though some who are close may be able to glean some hints on middle names.