Ooh, congratulations and best wishes for a healthy, happy baby. I love babies.
I love naming the babies, but since I'm an old fuddy duddy now, I have trouble with some of the names that are out there at the moment. I have a young friend and her three children are named Zachary, Ava and Landon (who are fraternal twins). Of course, Ava is an old name and I think of the beautiful Ava Gardner. I've liked the name Zachary for a long time, I wasn't so crazy about Landon, but it grows on you and now I don't mind it so much. Except that she just found out that a sister of hers is pg and she wants to name her baby Landon. But it's a girl. Isn't that weird? Now, Landon for a girl I think is totally dumb. My rule of thumb is that nobody should be stuck with a name that they constantly have to spell or explain or that it's not too unisex. My husband was named Billy. Now, all of his life he has had to say, No, not William, it's legally Billy. Same with his brother, Tom. He is Tommy. I don't know what his mother was thinking.
A cousin's daughter named her new baby Grace May/Mae (not sure how it is spelled). The middle name is after her mother-in-law. I don't like the combination because the names don't "flow". Two one syllable names don't sound good together. And with Smith being the last name, it sounds odd to me. Grace May Smith. But she's called Gracie, and I like that.
I like Owen Wilson's name. I kind of like the name Noah.
When I was about 10 or so, I think I had a little crush on a boy named David. I stuck with that name for my future son all the way. When I finally had a baby, and it was a boy, I got my David. My husband's middle name is Patrick. So he is David Patrick Collins, and I love his name. Very traditional, very old school, very Irish, but I always thought David was just such a nice name for a man. If we'd had a second son, I might have named him after our dads and he would have been Stephen Lloyd. The girl's name I changed and changed and changed. I loved the name Jennifer and thought it was different, and then everybody named their little girl Jennifer including my sister-in-law, so I couldn't have that one anymore. Never had the girl, so who knows what she would have ended up with. The last name that I liked was Laura Elizabeth. I like Lauren for a girl, too. See, it's hard for me to comment on what people are naming their kids now. Finley? Is that male or female? It sounds a bit priggish for a boy, to me, and too masculine for a girl. Then he/she would be called Fin, and then, what....that's part of a fish. It's all a matter of personal taste. When I was working at Penney's, a mother called out to her two boys to leave, and she said, "MacKenzie, Kramer, come on." I thought, Kramer? She named her son Kramer? All I could think of was Kramer on Seinfeld. That's criminal, I think!
Since some of the names that are gaining popularity remind me of names from the early 1900's you might consider my grandmother's name. Her name was Dessie Alma. The other one was Goldie Gertrude (I'm sure you'll pick that one! HA) My grandfathers were Otto Arleigh and John Elmer. Now there are some names for you! One of my favorite names in my family tree is Lafayette Bear. My mother was Ida. That's on the same order as Ava. Not too many Ida's out there anymore. Strangely, my son's first girlfriend was named Ida and their first date was Dec 20, which was my mother's birthday. Creepy, huh?
Best of luck to you and your new little one. Go with the name that speaks to you. I know somebody who had a name all picked out but when their boy was born, they changed it. She said, well, he looked more like a Joel. So, Joel it was.
Susan Lyn (see my mother did something different, but I always have to tell people, ONE N!) Ellison Collins (1946 was a big year for Susan's) in Vancouver USA,
Feel free to use any of the above.
Oh, and my Aunt's middle name is Re', with the little thingie over the e. She's had a lot of people name their kids after her and use that name. She is Joan Re'. (pronounced ray)
