Monday, December 22, 2008

Desperately Seeking Baby Names

As you may know we are blessed to be expecting a baby boy in early March. I must say that expecting a baby does not get any less exciting the fifth time, in fact it is just the opposite. I think after having four children it is just easier to relax and appreciate the experience. There is one aspect however, that is giving us trouble and seems to get worse and worse with each pregnancy: we are running out of baby names!
My book shelf is full of those What Should We Name the Baby? books, their spines taunting with me with titles such as 4000 Names for Baby, 3000 Unusual Baby Names, and 35,000 Baby Names. I'm not hyperbolizing on that last one, that really is the name of the book. You would think with 35,000 plus names at our disposal my husband and I would be able to pick just one or two that we both like. But you would be wrong. Our desperation has sunk to new levels, on our road trip to New York we resorted to getting name ideas off of street signs. We might end up with a kid named after Ashtabula, Ohio or the Major Deegan Expressway.
Now I am turning to the internet for help. Please help us name our child. He is a baby boy, last name is Gray. We like a more unusual first name coupled with a traditional middle name, preferably a saint's name. The name must go with the names of our other sons: Reagan, Avery and Jameson. As I mentioned, we are getting desperate. Two months to go and we've got NOTHING. Here are some ultrasound photos for visual inspiration:









4 comments:

Angel said...

I'm no help at all with boy names; my husband and I go through the same routine that you are going through every time. (Girl names we have stored up in abundance, of course.) Names that I like that my dh does not are Anthony, Owen, Dylan, Michael, Joshua, Noah, and Henry. Names that he always pulls out are Emmitt, Evan, Thomas, Jedediah, and Jeb. Names that we have agreed on are Garrett, Ethan, Jacob, Nathaniel, and Elijah. we both like Martin, Daniel, and William, but we can't really use those names. :-/ Every time I'm pregnant we threaten to name the boy "Smorgas" -- ;-)

Shannon said...

Eli Isaiah Gray

Katrissa said...

I love the name Brendan, but Marty doesn't, so we always throw that one out when we're discussing baby names. Brendan Thomas (or Matthew, Michael, Joseph, James... lots of middle names would fit! :))Gray has a nice ring to it! :)

Elizabeth said...

One of my brother's son's names is Sebastian. I always thought that was a very cool name. They usually call him Sebastian, but sometimes Seb. Great saint too!