Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Possible boy's names

Though by no means is this the final list of possibilities, this is just the closest we've come to agreeing on something. All names, of course, followed by Pontius Rankin.

The chosen girl's name is: Kathryn Neale

Possibilities for a boy:
Christopher Garrett
Ian McGaughey
Patrick Wyand
Philip Bredehoft
Samuel McGaughey
Samuel Bredehoft
Nathan Wilkinson

We made a list of first and middle names we liked and tried to see what would fit well together. Though we've considered having an ethnic middle name reflecting Floyd's place of birth (one good suggestion: Aurungzeb ... he could go by "Zeb" if he didn't like his first name!), that was a little too strange for Greg and didn't really match with William Carson.

I guess we're a little boring (conservative? traditional?) when it comes to names.

Addendum: 10 yr average of popularity of first names according to SSA website.
Christopher - 8
Nathan, Samuel - 25
Ian - 72
Patrick - 98
Philip - 310
Also, Christopher and William have been the top 3 names in DC (and top 5 in MD/VA) for the last three years. Strange, no?

3 comments:

Karen said...

I'll be thrilled to be Nana to any of these children. Can't wait to see which one arrives!

Elaine said...

Great job. I like Zeb but not so sure about the "full version." :) but since it didn't make the cut no big deal

La Petite Tricoteuse said...

I am particularly partial to Ian, but all of them are nice. Pammy, I really don't think of them as conservative/traditional per se, more like you are trying to start your own country club :-) Hope all is going well.