More names we’re considering or rejecting

To ensure that the names we consider stay under wraps I won’t be mentioning any of them in this blog. However, there are a few names which definitely won’t be on our list.

The way we’re going through names at the moment is simple. When we have some spare time (not much of that around here) we sit on the sofa and go through the 40,001 Best Baby Names. I’m more convinced than ever that some of them are made up. The last three days since I started waving the magic burning wand over Charlotte’s little toes (see my blog from a few days ago) have given us two 20 minute sessions a day where we have been able to kill two birds with one stone by sifting through names. The way it works is Charlotte reads out only the most stupid names which will make us laugh and also the names that she likes. That way I say yes or no to whichever names I like too and we add only those ones to the shortlist which we both like. Although we rarely find a name which we both like, we only need to find four for each gender. The plan is that all our children will have a second name. I never had one because, as I explained in a blog before, my parents were children during the Second World War and, consequently, were conditioned to ration everything. They carried this conditioning over to choosing names for my brother and I although I notice that my sister was given a second name so I’m not sure exactly what happened there. As we don’t know the gender of the twins yet we have to prepare for the possibility of two girls or two boys, hence the need for four boys’ names and four girls’ names.

So, we have now reached the letter “L” in the girls’ names section and in the last few letters we have only just managed to find one name that meets mutual approval. No, I’m not saying what it is.

But here’s a list of some of the rejected names:

Egypt

We haven’t even considered Niall either……………..Niall/Nile, geddit?

Iona

No, no, no, no, no. Iona, Iona, I-own-a bicycle etc

Jamaica

This reminds me of the old joke:
“My wife’s just gone to the Caribbean on holiday.”
“Jamaica?”
“No, she went of her own accord.”

Jaylo

Yes, really. Named after Jennifer Lopez - so not a chance we’ll be using that one thanks.

Jinx

You just wouldn’t do that to your own kid if you loved them, would you? Apart from the obvious connotation that goes with Jinx, I can see that a girl’s schooldays would forever be ruined as classmates would always be running up to her and saying “Hi Jinx!” and then fall about laughing hysterically.

Lilette

Again, for pity’s sake who would name their child after a tampon - I think that should be considered child cruelty and abolished forever.

So, we’re still at the stage where we’re compiling our shortlist. More to follow in due course…

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