No, this isn't an announcment, I have just been thinking about baby names lately because Sabina and Bobby just found out they are having another boy. They really don't know what they are going to name him, expect that his middle name is going to be Jose, after her father.
Just like a lot of girls, I had some names picked out for my future kids when I was in high school. Since I was already nuts about Chad then, the boy name was his middle name as the first name, and his best friend's name as the middle name - and yes, sooo cheesy, that name was bestowed upon our firstborn six years later. The girl name that I had picked out will never ever be used. It was Katrina Breanne. This name was dropped as a possibility even before Hurricane Katrina, and it is definitely out now.
Each time we have had a child, we have picked out a boy name and a girl name before the ultrasound, so that the little one could be labelled as soon as we caught a peek of what lay between their tiny legs. If Colin had been a girl, he would have been named, get this.....Cosette. Now, I still think it is a cute name, and if I had a Cosette, I am sure I would still like it, but we won't be using it in the future.
If Gabe had been a girl, he would have been named Ivy Blythe. I still like this name, but Ivy sounds too snooty-trendy now, so we probably won't be using it. Some people balk at Blythe because it is a very ugly little town, but it is what brought Chad and I together, and for me it is also about Anne Blythe. Plus it has a great meaning. So I still like.
Gabriel was the only boy name we could agree upon last time, so we don't have any boys named reserved either.
I know people that have all of their future kids named, like my sister
Ashley. I am just too fickle for that, at least with girl names. My taste changes too much.
Notice that both of my boys have pretty ordinary names. Not too trendy - they are not in the top ten, and I was relieved to see recently that
Colin is actually dropping in popularity, but both of them sound pretty ordinary.
And then there are the girl names.....kinda off the wall. We go for more traditional male names but seem to feel more freedom with the girls. We aren't alone in that though. Girl name trends are all over the place, while boy names like Jacob and William have been in, or near the top ten forever.
When I look at girl names, it can't be anything remotely trendy. I like my own name, but I did not like growing up at Katie J. I don't want my girls to have to worry about attaching their last initial to their name in every class they are in.
I also care more now about the name having significance. Both of my boys are named, at least partially, after family members (Gabe's middle name is Robert, after my dad.)
How about all of you? Do you have future names picked out? Do you care if the names are popular already? Do they have to have significance? Do you find your tastes changing?
