Better set of names for baby boys:

[BlueIris]

Poll question: Better set of names for baby boys:

[progmom]

1. so are you thinking of having one of these critters sometime soon?

I highly recommend it. :) I love my little critter.

[NewJeffCT]

2. Try the Social Security website

you can get the top 1000 names for boys & girls by year going back for a long time. That way, you can find something that is not too common, but not too unusual. Just do a google search on "most popular baby names" or similar.

The only thing I would advise is not choosing a name that could be either sex... it could result in a boy being made fun of as a child in school.

[BlueIris]

14. Um...that's literally exactly what I did last time and y'all fried those.

Nice icon, by the by. GO, NED!!!

Hmmmm. Ned...

[rbnyc]

3. Skuli!

I met a little boy in the park the other day names Skuli (Schooly). That's one of the best names I've ever heard.

[progmom]

4. btw

I really like Paxton.

[RetroLounge]

5. Oswin? Casimir?

Do you *want* him to get his ass kicked?

RL

[Deep13]

6. Captain Buzzkill says:

Sorry for pointing this out, but the one this this world does not need is more people.

[asthmaticeog]

9. Interesting...

your sig line seems to indicate a fondness for evolution. How do species evolve without producing successive generations?

[Deep13]

10. Are you kidding?

There are eight billion of us! Do you think we will stop reproducing any time soon? Besides, one way evolution works is to render species extinct.

[MissMillie]

12. zero population growth means

that every 2 people can have 2 offspring... right?

[ForrestGump]

18. Evolution doesn't really work "to render species extinct"

but, yeah, there're too many of us.

Though I wouldn't mind one day before too long passing on my genes to the next generation...that is more how evolution works, even if everybody before me doing it as much as they've done it is sealing our fate. Maybe my kid(s) will solve the world's problems, though, so their addition would be a net benefit to this beleaguered planet -- at the very least, they'll be polite and wash their hands after using the bathroom.

The Selfish Gene strikes again.

[Midlodemocrat]

26. More babies! More babies! More babies!

:yoiks:

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

7. If my mom named me any of those, I'd change it myself AND "divorce" her.

Do him a favor and stick to "Joe" or "Mike" if these are your only choices.

[zanne]

8. Yep. Joseph is a great name.

He can be called Joe, Joey or Joseph. Not too trendy and it would stand the test of time.

[femmocrat]

11. Cameron and Leo seem like the ones least likely to cause

future tormenting. (Take it from a teacher.) There are too many Codys and variations thereof right now.

[Stockholm]

13. Is it only me or is coming up with prospect girl names easier than

boy names. And if so why?

[BlueIris]

15. Not just you. I am having a HELL of a time with that.

Which...bites, because I'm increasingly certain I will have only male children, or at least, that the first one will be male.

[Stockholm]

16. When are you (or your wife)

due?

We are expecting our first on the 13th of November!!!

:bounce:

[BlueIris]

17. Not pregnant. Not going to be pregnant for a looooong time.

If ever. I'm getting a head start on the naming process though, just in case.

But congrats on your impending arrival. November 13th (or thereabouts) should give you a nice, cunning, charming, sensitive 2nd-or-3rd deacon Scorpio (or two...aren't you and the Mrs. having some twins?). Scorpios are my favorite.

[radwriter0555]

19. HAH! I thought my child was a boy until I saw clear evidence of NO PENIS.

Right up until birth, absolutely no clue.

She's all girl, my girl.

I couldn't name her until I met her face to face. Then her name was immediately evident...

I can never name a pet or a child until we've been properly introduced.

That's why you can't "pick a name". You haven't met your new little human yet.

Relax, let it go, wait until you meet your progeny and can look him or her in the eye.. then the name will come to you on the spot.

[BlueIris]

20. See, that's what everyone here keeps telling me. I'm trying to get the

putative future offspring to speak up NOW, just so we can get that worked out.

But that's interesting that you didn't know if it was a boy or a girl. I have always been able to tell like, 99% of the time what other pregnant women around me are going to have (and lately, I've been 100%) but I have this sinking suspicion that I will not have any reliable clue when it comes to my own kid or kids.

[radwriter0555]

21. I realized later that I hadn't been able to come up with any reasonable

choices for boy's names. I think now that's because I "knew" she wasn't going to be a boy...

[LeftyMom]

28. I was the other way around

I made a point of not finding out the sex when pregnant with my son, but all along I had a feeling he'd be a boy and never could think of or get interested in girls' names at all. I also know what I'd want to name a future kid were he male, but female I have no clue at all. :shrug:

[Stockholm]

29. We haven´t found out the sex either

Most hospitals in Sweden do not give out that information.

It´s just that my wife and I try to get the "no way in hell names" of the table before november and we both found it hard to come up with boy names.

Boy or girl does not matter at all.

[LeftyMom]

32. I had to constantly remind people not to tell me.

Also, family was constantly nagging to find out so they could buy a bunch of gender-specific clothing and toys, as if newborns care if thier shirts are pink, blue or white.

[kwassa]

22. How about .... Fred, Steve, Tom, Rich, Dave, Sam, John, Dweezil ..

like, normal names.

[Richardo]

23. .

:applause:

Signed, Rich(ardo)

[Misunderestimator]

24. Osama, Adolf, Poughkeepsie, Mao, Tron

[Richardo]

31. "Tron"

:rofl:

[Spider Jerusalem]

25. Well...

what are your criteria for choosing a name, anyway? Are you trying to find something that's got actual cultural and family significance, or just something that sounds good? I'd say that the former approach is better than the latter, especially given the tendency of 'trendy' names to be both overused and slightly ridiculous.

Bit odd to name your kid 'Angus' if you're not Scottish, for instance; and naming your kid 'Hayden', 'Cameron' or 'Paxton' is kind of weird, too, unless those are family names. 'Casimir' is fine, if you're Polish, but it's a bit strange otherwise; and I'd say 'Oswin' is right out, unless you're a tenth-century Anglo-Saxon.

[arwalden]

27. ROFL!! Oh my! You slay me!!

The first time I thought you were probably serious... now I have the feeling that you're pulling our collective legs.

Heh-heh! Good one! :thumbsup: :rofl:

[JVS]

30. Olaf

[CoffeeCat]

33. Go with your gut and your heart...

We named our daughter Campbell--as our relatives kicked, screamed and made
jokes through our entire pregnancy. "Don't name her that...the soup jokes
will never end!"

We ignore them and we named her what we wanted. It's the only way to go.

Hayden and Cameron are awesome names!

[arwalden]

34. How About... Paxil?