Although it’s very much early days, we’ve been talking about names.
We both want a name that’s a little unusual. but not in a Spudulicca or Frogmella ‘it’s exotic’ kind of way, we just want a name that’s just a little less than common. We don’t want our child to be in a class at school with half a dozen kids with the same name but at the same time we don’t want his or her name to be so freaky that it gets them picked upon.
Girls names are easy. There are possibly six or eight names I like and the same for Bexx with maybe four or five overlapping. We both want Elizabeth as a middle name because it’s my Mum’s name and Bexx’s Mum’s middle name. We both like grace too, but it’s becoming increasingly common at the moment so we’re not so sure anymore and the same goes for Rose or Rosie which was always the name I’ve had earmarked for years for my first little girl. Having a pet Parrot a few years ago called Rosie put paid to that though.
The name we’re both gravitating toward is ‘Temperance’. It’s unusual but not freaky, it works as both a child’s name and also sounds classy on an adult. It has a cute short version in ‘Tempy.’
Much as I want our little bean to be a girl though, I have a feeling it’s going to be a boy and we’re having real trouble trying to think of a boys name we both like.
Boy’s names are a lot harder to get right because there’s a lot more to consider. It has to sound right for a child but also work for an adult. It has to be masculine but not macho and has to be as ‘bully’s nickname’-proof as possible. I quite like the name Gabriel, but I wouldn’t want my son to have to go through school being called gay for short!
Of course both have to avoid names that remind us of people in our past that we’d rather forget and we can’t give him the same name as another family member or friend without looking like we’re naming our child after them!
Personally I also dislike obvious Celtic names for anyone who isn’t actually from Ireland. I don’t know why. So that’s Connor, Reece, Callum etc out of the running.
I dislike what I think of as ’standard’ names too. John for example. I always think that it sounds like the parents couldn’t think of a name so they went with the default. It’s like calling a dog Rex or a parrot Polly.
Honestly we’re at a bit of a loss for a boys name, let’s hope it’s a girl!