I just ran across your blog today and am so excited for your input!
My husband, Dominic, and I are expecting our first child around October 9th. We opted to keep the gender a surprise so we won't know the gender until he/she is born. Our goal is to have 2-3 boy and 2-3 girls names picked out ... that we agree on, then we'll decide for sure once we see their smiling face :)
Our name goals are:
-Unique, but not crazy (per Dominic's request ... I love crazy)
-Flows well with our last name, Bossio
-Perhaps incorporate our heritage ... German and Italian
We are on the same wavelength when it comes to girl names ... our top ones are Tallulah (we'd nickname her Lula, still searching for a good middle name), Elsa Kathleen, Jemma Janell, Belle Francine and Petra Louise.
Boy names have been the trouble, we don't agree on much and the ones we do agree on don't POP for either of us. This is what we have considered:
AGREE
Miles
Dean - family name so could be a middle name
Rocco (Dom's #2), I'm concerned about it sounding too "mobster" with our last name
Noah
Liam
Reid
Dominic's Favorites
Peyton (Dom's #1)
Anthony
Cooper
Gretchen's Favorites
Wilder (my #1)
Bennett
Lennox
Koehler (Koehl, prounounced Cole)
Brodie
Reuben
Edgar (Eddie)
Ryder
I'm thinking we are to the point where we just need something fresh ... any ideas?
Thanks for your help!
Name update 10-07-2010! Gretchen writes:
Thank you so much for the help ... turns out our little surprise was a girl, born on October 2nd! I loved reading all of the boy name input though and will definitely tuck them away for future children. We decided on Jemma for our little one. We just knew the moment she was born ... she wasn't a Tallulah or Elsa, she was a Jemma! We chose Janell as the middle name after her paternal grandmother.
