Bloggranddaughter Irish Pixie of Pixie Dust Productions is riding the pregnancy train. As a happily childless man, I should know better than to get involved in this discussion, but Pixie brought it on herself by mentioning:

Speaking of names. I like-

Boy- Aidan Connor
Girl- Dakota Rayne or Dakota Leigh

Your baby, your call, but I'd highly recommend avoiding names found at this site.

Here's where the 3-part alphabetical list can be found if you want to do a quick check of your choices.

Rules of thumb:

Boys - Use more consonants than vowels.
Girls - Don't name her after a state that's west of the Mississippi.

Check this site to find something slightly less hip & trendy.

Don't let your boy to be the 7th Aiden in his graduating class.

Posted by: Harvey at 08:11 AM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
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1 Too true, Harvey. And good advice. But I'll tell you - it's easy to get caught up in the drama of trying to find just the perfect name for someone you've never met....

Posted by: Richmond at June 29, 2006 10:03 AM (e8QFP)

2 I hear ya... I've watched soap operas & reality shows... I know how it can happen :-)

Posted by: Harvey at June 29, 2006 10:07 AM (L7a63)

3 heh. When I read "Dakota Rayne" aloud to my husband, he thought she wanted to name the baby "Decoder Ring"

Posted by: caltechgirl at June 29, 2006 12:47 PM (Armyk)

4 Any relation to "Fargo North: Decoder"? :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Company#Regular_sketches

Posted by: Harvey at June 29, 2006 12:52 PM (L7a63)

5 hehehe.... My kids all have names starting with M....not that I planned it that way until the third one was born... ..now when I yell at one of them, I end up calling out the wrong name! I've started going to numbers....hey #1- Hey 2, You- #3 Or just by their nicknames...Boy, Little Man & Girlie. Why do we have to name them anyway? Parents call their kids by their nicknames usually anyway- so why can't we just let them grow up and pick out their own name?

Posted by: Rave at June 29, 2006 02:58 PM (Fir0Z)

6 "why can't we just let them grow up and pick out their own name?" They will, once I get them to start their own blogs ;-)

Posted by: Harvey at June 29, 2006 09:46 PM (L7a63)

7 A few names I've run across in my work with teenagers: Previous (always wondered if the next child was named Latter or something similar) Princess (siblings were all given normal names) A'Piffani (pronounced like epiphany) Ray-Vun (Ray - vahn) There are probably many more, but I think my subconcious has blocked the more evil children.

Posted by: LadyGunn at July 01, 2006 09:37 PM (3ieDU)

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