Ok, because I have been trying to be productive lately I have been avoiding this thread... Well now I have decided to stop that and join...

So first of all someone a while back commented on same names in chapters... Well my chapter was horrible... At one point their were 4 different Megan M's... We finally had to start refering to them by their last names... But we did joke that our chapter was full of M&Ms...

Now for names I like... I love the name Kaylee... unfortunately I cannot use it because it is too similar to my nieces name (Kayla)... I also love the name Nicole... But the problem here is a good friend of Mr. nauadpi and myself is named Nicole... I think she would take it to her head that we were naming a daughter after her... I do also like the name Octavia, using Tavia for short... But my husband is not real sure on that one... The hard part I am having with my husband is that he keeps wanting one of our future children's initials to be S.O.B... Our last name starts with a B if you couldn't guess... So on purpose he will come up with names that will fit those initials... One of these days I will break him from the habbit... Now for a little girls middle name, there is a good chance it will be Lynn... It is a family middle name... Most of us have it... Now if you can't tell I really have no idea of first names for a boy... I have been trying to discuss this with my husband but he is being no help... I blame the game Sims 2 for this discussion to be coming up now... Since I am about to start grad school it will be a while before we have kids...

The fun continues! Since we can't call the poor kid Buddy forever, we've started seriously thinking of names.

I started by finding the top 100 names for the US, our state, and the neighboring states for 2004 at the Social Security administration website. I'd like it if our son weren't one of three with the same name in his first grade class, but also not one of four in the phone book 20 years from now. So, any name in the top 20 is out! (We have a common last name.)

BIL Derek is offering help. Since my FIL suggested Derek's name while watching a Boston Bruins hockey game (the player was Derek Sanderson), Derek has suggested we continue the tradition and name the baby after Cam Neely and Ray Bourque: Cameron Raymond. (No!)

Then Derek suggested that we honor their mom by using her maiden name (Paton) and their dad by using his first name (Lawrence). Our last name begins with C. The resulting suggestion was Zachary Paton Lawrence C_______, and Derek recommends the nickname Ziploc. (That's out, since Zachary is #13 on our state's list. Phew!)

DH is nixing a lot of the names I've liked (like Garrett) because "they're last names." I reminded him that our nephew Graham has a last name, and he said "No it's not." ???

So, it defies logic that he thinks Cooper would be a cool name. This one worries me a little, since height is not a dominant characteristic for either family. We don't want the poor kid being called "Mini Cooper" all through elementary school. Great car, but a tough nickname!

Gotta love the DH logic, sometimes!! My DH still wants to give a son his name - but not with the CAT already bearing the name. I've now forbidden him from discussing names until we are actually in need of a child's name!

Macon
 

Have you thought of using Macon for a little boy? We did and have gotten lots of comliments on it's uniqueness. It's a nice "tribute" to ADPi's birthplace.:)