Well, I'm already a mother of two. My daughter's name is Courtland Elise and my son's name is Antonius Matrum. Now don't ask me about my son's middle name.
He's named after his father so he's a Jr. Hence we call him A.J. Now according to my mother-in-law, my husband's name (first and middle) are Italian (Now ain't THAT a kick in the head?
) and HIS god-mother (a Caucasian woman) named him. But I guess it all worked out.
I firmly believe that we often ATTEMPT to come up with names for our children years and years before we actually HAVE them---and that's alright. But for all GCers who don't have children, this is ONE thing that MAY make you change your mind: The child's LAST name. Believe me, names haveto FIT TOGETHER and often times, the name that you chose 5 or 10 years ago may not actually fit whatever your last name may be (that is IF you're married). For example MOHAMMAD FLEMMING (now does that sound right?)
I had NO intentions of naming my daughter Courtland. But after I got married, I realized that the name that I chose some years back did not fit my husband's last name. I actually found a first name for my daughter a month before I gave birth to her. All I did was open the name book, close my eyes, and proceeded to put my finger on a name. Wherever my finger landed, that's what I was to name my daughter. Now I know that I was taking a serious risk and I do believe that God intervened.
But it worked. My daughter's god-mother gave her the name "Elise" hours AFTER she was born.
Just something to think about.