Ok, Riley is officially off the table. On a lark, I stopped by the company day care center this morning, and there were five of 'em there (two male, three female). Ugh. I had no idea it had become so popular. So, that one is gone.
I like Trevor quite a bit, but Greg is rapidly growing on me. We’ll see.
Actually, if I had my way, we’d be going with “Dread Overlord”, but the wife is against it for some reason.
Joaquin McLaughlin?? Ummm, thanks, but I’d rather wait until the kid is old enough to appreciate psychological abuse before I start in with it.
If we went with grandpa’s name, the kid would be Joseph Joseph McLaughlin.
Heh…actually, that was very high up my wife’s short list. I shot it down, though, because every Matt I’ve ever known was a grade-A asswipe (present company excepted, of course).
Can I just say that that is fricking brilliant?
That’s why I’m not going with Atheist Princess’ suggestion of Bailey. I’m sorry, that’s a cat name.
No can do…that’s my brother’s name (Robert and David are also disqualified for the same reason).
Noboby ever likes my suggestions:
Beelzibub for a boy.
Brunhilde for a girl.
They will grow up with fortitude and nobody will ever forget their name, once they learn how to pronounce it. They probably won’t find a lot of coffee cups with their name on it a souvenir shops, but…
Regarding your choices:
Use the simple, masculine variation of the name - Gregor
(not Gregory and please, not Greg as it sounds far too Brady Bunch).
Before Michaela was the Yuppie Name of the Year, it was fine. But only when spelled right. Poor little “Mickaela” (why would you want to saddle your child with a misspelled name?) and all her similarly-named friends . . . it’s strange how efforts to be different always manage to be all the same.
Hal, your real first name ends with M, according to your webpage. Howabout creating a name, the initial of which spells out a word? H.A.M, C.A.M., W.A.M., B.A.M. Thank U. M.A.M., etc.
One warning. Trevor is the name of Neville’s toad in the Harry Potter books. As these will still likely be popular when he gets to grade school, you might want to avoid it.
My nephew has two middle names, after his grandfathers (Johann Ezra). He has what I consider a rather silly first name (Broderick, nickname Brody), though I’ll probably call him Rick just to be the ‘weird aunt’
Well, if I ever have kids, no one will stop me from giving him that middle name (i say him because I don’t think it would work right for a girl.) If my wife (i would assume I’d have a wife) objects, then I will allow her to name the next child whatever she wanst (or if the first chidl is a girl, she can have that one and I’ll name thr boy.)
Sure, seems silly at first, then you take a step back and realize it’s no more silly than half of the other names people are using these days, and it’s just his middle name.
Gregory is good. I’ll throw out Marhsall, also, as I’m set on naming my first son Marshall. I’m a big fan of classic names, like the ones ** Shirley Ujest** posted.
Supreme Court Justice Joseph Edward McLaughlin.
I like it. Pays equal homage to both grandfathers (both Joseph), and Edward is a good, solid middle name that works well with the first and last. Joseph Gregory McLaughlin would work better than Gregory Joseph McLaughlin, I think. You could then still call him Greg or Gregory. My nephew is named Henry Taylor J*** (don’t feel correct in revealing an actual living family member’s name without asking, and the kid is 10!) after his grandfather Henry Taylor, and is called Taylor.
If you DO go with Gregory as the first name, I think you need a single-syllable middle name, perhaps a family name like Kent or Reed or some such (assuming you could dig up one in the family tree).
