# Welp, I'm-a be a daddy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 13, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622 "2009-10-13T03:48:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/1 "2009-10-13T03:48:55Z")
For the first time, no less. Some time in late February, it would appear that Ogre and the Ogress will have spawned a wee, uh, Ogreling? Name suggestions will be entertained. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/2 "2009-10-13T04:20:20Z")
Well, there’s Shrek, of course! Congrats to the Ogre clan! ---
**Author:** ![Rachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@Rachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachi)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/3 "2009-10-13T04:30:40Z")
I’m right there with you… well, I’m gonna be a mommy not a daddy, but yeah, 6 and 1/2 dozen. Due in late March. We’re thinking Willow if it’s a girl and Phineas if it’s a boy. Feel free to steal one of those if you dig 'em. Congrats and good luck! ---
**Author:** ![pharris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@pharris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pharris)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/4 "2009-10-13T04:53:15Z")
MAJOR congrats, dood! Is this your first child? Babies are kind of weird little lumps at first but get cute very soon. It doesn’t last long though, they grow up so fast! Take lots of pictures and video! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/5 "2009-10-13T04:54:25Z")
> [@pharris](#): > > Take lots of pictures and video! He knows how blackmail works, sheesh. He _is_ a Doper after all. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pharris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@pharris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pharris)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/6 "2009-10-13T04:58:11Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > He knows how blackmail works, sheesh. He _is_ a Doper after all. 😉 I’ve been waiting for a good giggle all night - much appreciated (she said, not at all ironically!) ---
**Author:** ![Enniaunus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b2d939/32.png) [@Enniaunus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enniaunus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/7 "2009-10-13T05:04:02Z")
Congrats! Speaking as a fellow Alabaman, I believe you have a generational obligation to name your Ogrette “Paul,” “Bear,” “Bryant,” or some combination thereof. ---
**Author:** ![pharris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@pharris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pharris)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/8 "2009-10-13T05:28:21Z")
> [@Enniaunus](#): > > Congrats! > > Speaking as a fellow Alabaman, I believe you have a generational obligation to name your Ogrette “Paul,” “Bear,” “Bryant,” or some combination thereof. Don’t you realize that southern folks need two names? I’m Pamela Ellen (pronounced pamlaellen, my whole life), my brothers are Bobby Joe and Johnnie Mack. We wouldn’t think of calling them anything else. Yep, two first names are a southern essential! ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/9 "2009-10-13T05:29:34Z")
Congrats! May the Ogreling be healthy, also may Ogress have a quick delivery and recover ahead of schedule. Gwynedd (pronouced Gwyneth) is a wonderful middle name for a girl - she can use it when she goes through the “I must be different” phase, then return to her first name. Uriel is also good of a boy’s middle name for the same reason. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/10 "2009-10-13T05:32:32Z")
Congratulations!!! Kids are wonderful, except of course when they are not. I’ll leave the naming to you… ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/11 "2009-10-13T07:35:23Z")
Many, many congrats!! We had our first 2.3 yrs ago, and yes it changes your life entirely. It is no doubt the best thing that ever happened to me and my wife. Btw, the first 3-6 months were very, very hard. After that it got much better, and now it’s a frickin’ joy. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/12 "2009-10-13T10:21:33Z")
YAY!!! Whatever sex, the middle name should be Earl. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/13 "2009-10-13T11:08:50Z")
Wishing you a lifetime of love and joy with your new family! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PandaMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@PandaMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaMom)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/14 "2009-10-13T14:08:38Z")
Congrats! Is Bubba too cliched? Bubba-John? Hmmm, I’ll think more on that later. My only advice is to NOT teach them to talk! Once they learn, they never stop, and eventually learn to talk BACK!!!😛 ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/15 "2009-10-13T14:19:09Z")
Congrats! I hope your wife survives her [John Hurt moment](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhmE-f2GKIs) with relative comfort and ease. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/16 "2009-10-13T14:20:40Z")
Huge congrats, Ogre! Guess you’ll be putting your electric guitar away for a year or three! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/17 "2009-10-13T14:30:08Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > YAY!!! > > Whatever sex, the middle name should be Earl. I thought the middle name should be Wayne. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/18 "2009-10-13T14:34:51Z")
> [@L. G. Butts](#): > > I thought the middle name should be Wayne. Only if you want them to be a murderer! :o The middle name has to be Bob, because it goes so well with many first names for that two name pairing. (Full disclosure: I do actually have a cousin from Texas who, as a kid, was called Jim-Bob.) Joe is a close second, because you could use “Jo” as the feminine version. And congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/19 "2009-10-13T14:35:30Z")
Congratulations! 😉 > [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Whatever sex, the middle name should be Earl. Or Earline. What? Paul, Pauline; Earl, Earline. Perfectly cromulent! ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622/20 "2009-10-13T15:39:05Z")
> [@Rachi](#): > > I’m right there with you… well, I’m gonna be a mommy not a daddy, but yeah, 6 and 1/2 dozen. Due in late March. We’re thinking Willow if it’s a girl and Phineas if it’s a boy. Feel free to steal one of those if you dig 'em. Congrats and good luck! Congratulations! I suppose I should also disclose that we have found out it’s going to be a boy. The baby name grinder is already in full swing. Whew. **Enniaunus** , “Paul” is definitely on the list, and although it’s not _explicitly_ a reference to Bryant, it really kinda is, yanno? 🙂 Speaking of Southern names, we’re strongly inclined to go with a normalish first name, and a family surname as a middle. We’ve considered Talmadge, Brewer, Ussery, Crawford, Ellerby, Webb, and a whole host of others. I kinda like “Emerson” (thus my recent kvetching about the yuppies attempting to feminize it. Somebody even PM’ed me an amusing story of a friend of hers naming their two daughters “Carsyn” and “Emersyn”. Good Christ.) > [@WordMan](#): > > Huge congrats, Ogre! Guess you’ll be putting your electric guitar away for a year or three! Geez, I hope not! I’m supposed to be doing some Nashville session recording soon! That’s huge enough that I do NOT want to see it go away. > [@Ferret Herder](#): > > Only if you want them to be a murderer! Too true. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welp-im-a-be-a-daddy/513622.md?page=2)