What's in a name?

People are always asking expectant parents if they have decided on a name yet.  With Em, we had decided on her name years before we were even pregnant.  With Annabelle, it took more than 24 hours past her arrival before we came to a decision.  To relive that fun story, visit this post.  FYI, we are the type of people (Dave mostly) who would not tell you the name, even if it were already set in stone.  He also hates it when siblings share the gifts they got others for Christmas before the gift is opened and I think Joel has his back on that.  He likes a surprise and will lie to you in order to protect the element of surprise.

With that, here are a list of names that we may or may not be considering for the coming manchild grouped by their characteristics.

Places

• Provo
• Wiltson
• Niles
• Khartoum
• Tlahualilo
• Eugene
• Pineville

Sports-based Names

• Lavell
• Dean
• Merckx
• Prefontaine
• Chipper
• Rick Flair
• Coach

Foreign Names

• Sander
• Mateo
• Boris
• Petronilo
• Lars

Historically Significant, Scriptural or Literary

• George Washington Carver
• Mr. Darcy
• Amalickiah
• John Jay
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Philo
• Faulkner

(In case you need a reason to not choose "Adolf Hitler" see this story from people who brought us Snookie, The Situation and the rest of the gang.)

Celebrity-type Names

• Gumshoe
• Androgena or Androgene
• Stargazer
• Squash
• Handlebar
• Kardash

So here's our starting point.  Or maybe we'll actually discuss names for real some time.  (But Dave won't tell you.)