Friday, September 19, 2008

I christen thee 'Paste'

A while back, I posted about baby names on Ravelry. That thread grew and grew and grew. Opinions are like ---holes, and everyone is very sensitive about what they name their children. My brother is going to bring a small one home at the end of the month. They've got a delivery appointment, but if left to his own devices, this kid could pop on my Dad's birthday. Of course, THAT can't happen, because everyone's standing in line for the OB. He emailed us about names today.

They have decided they won't name him after Dad. Ok. They've selected Brandon as a first name, but they need help with the middle name.

"However, everyone can have input on his middle name. The choices are Michael, Justin, Jacob or Tyler."


Those are nice names, but Brandon is SUCH a common name, and all the middles are super common too. I am slack-jawed and drooling, here. This is like a random sampling of baby names from the Social Security Administration Baby Top 40 of the past 10 years.

6 comments:

smariek said...

You must be so excited about becoming Auntie to a wee little one so soon. Maybe you can persuade your bro that it is an old family tradition for the Aunties to name their nephews...

Della said...

Just what I thought "Brandon Justin?!?!" lol Of the choices of blandness, I think Jacob goes best with Brandon.

junior_goddess said...

Out of all of them, I like Michael best. Brandon Justin is just yucky. I had to put my two cents in for Brandon Charles, because my dad actually liked Charles (we had this conversation once) and it sounds kind of soap opera-y, so she might go for it.

smariek said...

Brandon Charles, I like.

Suzann said...

I dunno Bets considering the names, some parents are dumping on their kids. These have a "normal" sound to them. I like Michael myself.
Charles Michael?

CatBookMom said...

Brandon Michael or Brandon Tyler. Though the monogram of Brandon Michael might be too bad. New babies look just a tad unfinished the first day or two. Just IMO