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There's something about picking the names for your kids that is just so fun and special. For those of you for whom this app may be relevant, I hope you have eve
by mynameisash 5y ago
There's something about picking the names for your kids that is just so fun and special. For those of you for whom this app may be relevant, I hope you have even half as much fun as my wife and I did picking names.
Ever since my wife was little, she had a particular name chosen for her son. So when we got pregnant, we already knew what the boy name would be. But we had fun coming up with a girl name, and that fun was both serious fun imagining a world in which we'd have a Megan or a Lily or a Lydia or whatever, and it was also very playful and ridiculous. We would one-up each other with what we thought were ridiculous names that just don't make sense (given our language, culture, etc.).
So then our son was born, and she got her wish for the name she's always wanted. Then when we got pregnant again, we got to go through the fun a second time around. One day, when my dad was over and was playing with our toddler, my wife and I were joking about silly names. "What about X if it's a girl? What about Y if it's a boy?" I got a call that night from my mom, very concerned.
"Have... have you decided on baby names? ... What did you decide?" I told her the two names we had (seriously) decided on. "Oh. Your father thought he heard some very bizarre names that you were thinking about." We had to explain our little game to her so she understood the situation.
- whimsicalism 5y agoWhat would be the very bizarre names warranting a call from your mom lol?
- epage 5y agoGirl names are been relatively fun but boy names have been a challenge. The options feel limited if you want one that isn't overdone but isn't ... strange.
- veb 5y agoMy son was born in 2013. For some reason I immediately blurted out "Archer" when we found out we were having a boy. My wife did not like it, I loved the name! I kept referring to him as Archer, and then soon she couldn't think of him as anything other than Archer, haha. It's a great name and it suits him so well, and it's unique enough (it was not a popular name back in 2012-2013) but I'm seeing it become more popular now. He's still the only Archer at his school though. (no, I hadn't even watched the Archer TV series or heard about it, but one day I will...)
- jquery 5y agoArcher is also the main hero protagonist of the incredibly popular (globally) and sprawling Fate series, which you should also check out, starting with Fate/Stay Night.
- lowbloodsugar 5y agoMy wife and I were trying to think of a middle name that my grandmother would approve of. We were heading back from Gatwick and hadn't come up with anything. Sighing, my wife said, "We need a sign." Just at that moment, we pulled into the London station, where a giant, 5 meter high sign announced "VICTORIA"...
- testplzignore 5y agoGood timing. She could have ended up being named Clapham Junction.