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[jay-ell]

Lord forgive me if I ever have a daughter because I swear I will name her after my great grandmother Amazon Caldonia.  I love that name, it's so cool, but certain adolescent hell for the poor child stuck with it.

I fully intend to name my daughters Hero Elizabeth, Jamilyn Anka, and Catherine Grace.  (OK, so the last one isn't so wierd.)  My boy names are Pearce, Robert Eugene (Red), and Justin Elijah (Jed).  I only hope that little Robbie inherits his great-grandmothers' red hair.  And, for the record, I only hope to use four of the six names, but I figure having three of each gender is pretty safe.

[V-Adore]

I fully intend to name my daughters Hero Elizabeth, Jamilyn Anka, and Catherine Grace.  (OK, so the last one isn't so wierd.)  My boy names are Pearce, Robert Eugene (Red), and Justin Elijah (Jed).  I only hope that little Robbie inherits his great-grandmothers' red hair.  And, for the record, I only hope to use four of the six names, but I figure having three of each gender is pretty safe.

If you have twin boys, will they be Red and Jed? Because I'd find that hard to pass up, but I am weak and all.

Personal favorite baby name that I might wuss out instead of using: Enrique. (It's actually a family name -- my dad's side of the family has some Hispanic blood -- but any son of mine will be so, so white that I'm not sure I could include Enrique in his name with a clean conscience.)

[jay-ell]

I've considered some of the more creative family names on both sides of the family, including (but not limited to): Eugene, Stanley, Donald, Josef, Marysia, and Francis (on the Polish side); Ignacio, Siegfried, Graciela, and Perla (on the Argentine/German side); and Elton, Willis, Burle, and Uberto on the English/Irish/what the heck was great-grandma thinking side.  But Pedro and I decided to go with cruel and unusual names of our own devising.  We've already scrapped "Annabel Lee" and "Jackson Daniel" as just   too   cruel.  

As for twins, neither of us have them in the family so I haven't even thought about it.  If it came to that, I'd probably just call them "Him" and "Her."  

Even if they were both boys.

[CortJstr]

What's so back about Jackson Daniel? Unless Stargate turns into a Trek-like obsession in a few years.

Besides, I've already met: Jim Beam, James Bond, Jimmy Dean, and James Dean.

Not to mention a Poindexter.

Okay, Jimmy/James are the same guy, but it works both ways.

[jay-ell]

What's so back about Jackson Daniel? Unless Stargate turns into a Trek-like obsession in a few years.

Jack Daniels.  I hadn't been aware of the Stargate connection, but it's oddly fitting since Pedro took me to see Stargate (the movie) on our first date in 1994.  Actually, they are family names, but the booze correlation just seemed like a horrible thing to saddle a kid with.

[jough]

I've been thinking up baby names for years, too.

Girls:

Helvetica (Who could be "Helvy" for short)
Elizabeth ("Liz" as a nick name)
Desdemona (just "Mona" for short)
Janine
Lucinda ("Lucy")
Tahoma
Eurydice
Verdana (EDIT - was on my mental list, I just forgot to add it here)

Boys:

Jough Jr.
Alexandre (who we'd call "Lex" for short)
Thor
Hakon (one of the chosen race in Norse mythology)
Enrique (shortend - "Rick")
Jean-Pierre (who would be called "Johnnie")
Friedrich (who would go by "Freddie")

[jay-ell]

My favorite part is that two of your girl names are fonts.  

How about "Arial?"  Or "Garamond?"  Also: Georgia, Lucida, Verdana, Trebuchet, Eras.  

The best part about Arial is that if she marries the right person, she could be Arial Black.

Also, I once got a massage from a woman named "Thyrudice."  She was hot.

[slink]

The best part about Arial is that if she marries the right person, she could be Arial Black.

Also, I once got a massage from a woman named "Thyrudice."  She was hot.

Or Arial Narrow.
If she married a real eccentric she could even be Arial Italics.
Arial 14pt is a little less likely.

Thyrudice kind of sounds like some sort of disorder. Thyroids and all.

I've forgotten all the names I had come up with for my kids.
My ex wanted to name our kids Louradana Sky and Rain. Needless to say I wasn't planning kids with her!

Also - my life has just been a warning to people calling their kids stupid things - my parents saddled me with Grover Tormad!

[jough]

My favorite part is that two of your girl names are fonts.

Three, now.  I had "Verdana" on my mental list but forgot to add it.

I just happen to think that "Helvetica" is a really pretty name.  I've written three plays and there's a character named "Helvetica" in each of them.  Of course, all three plays had the same title, too.

[CortJstr]

I dunno, a kid named Thor had best be able to defend himself.

[jay-ell]

I remembered another one Pedro and I had talked about -- Jaelin.  It sounds so...Ren Faire.  

Clarification: Thyrudice (I'm not sure on the spelling) pronounced her name to rhyme with "Paradise."  Which is keen in and of itself.

Also: Jough, if you name your kid Thor you shoul make his middle name Hammerhand or something.  That would rock.

[V-Adore]

Besides, I've already met: Jim Beam, James Bond, Jimmy Dean, and James Dean.

Not to mention a Poindexter.

I once knew a kid named Johnny Johnson. (He was apparently also a Junior, which means that his father must have wanted to pass the misery on down.)

[andalucia]

I once knew a kid named Johnny Johnson. (He was apparently also a Junior, which means that his father must have wanted to pass the misery on down.)

I'm friends with a Ben Benson... then there's sociologist Erik Erikson... It's a cruel world.  I'm not revealing my full real name here, but its pretty brutal.

[CortJstr]

I work with Jimmy James.

I went to camp with a guy named Gerard Larkin III. He went by Chip.

[V-Adore]

there's sociologist Erik Erikson... It's a cruel world.

There's also, of course, the prominent professor of anthropology Lionel Tiger. What were his parents thinking?

(On the subject of "prominent academic figures with giggle-worthy names," a friend of mine in high school once had to cite an expert named Norbert Wiener in a paper. Admittedly, there are very few things you can do with the last name "Wiener," but "Norbert" was still dodgy. One wonders whether he was Nobby Wiener in elementary school.)

I'm still reluctant to pass along particularly odious family names after seeing what it did to my mother and her siblings, who came from a background where they were more or less required to receive as middle names the first names of their godparents, various aunts and uncles. This resulted in names like Clarence and Herbert reoccurring for yet another generation. I feel I should avoid this if possible.