We've decided on BABY NAMES (sort of)

[underpants]

So my wife and I brainstormed through the weekend on names for our (knock on wood) baby. BTW- NO we aren't going to start referring to it by name before the (knock on wood) birth.

One of my main duties was trying to figure out what/how their name might be construed into some sort of stupid little joke as children often do. Oh and -Why three names?- I always said I would give my children three names and let them figure out what they wanted to go by....I just hope it doesn't change every other week.

If it is a girl ( I think it will be)we have decided on

Josephine Virginia Kelley ______

My last name is two syllables if that helps any.

The Josephine part is just a name my wife likes, I do to. Aside for "Josie and the hehehe Pussy-hehehe-cats" and the Napoleon thing I determined it to be safe. The Virginia part is not for the state really it is for two women in our families or connected to our families. The Kelley part is sort of a family name.

If it is a boy (my wife thinks it is going to be a boy) we had decided on

John Daniel Jacob ______

John is for my grandfather and an uncle. Daniel is family name in her family. Jacob is my brother's name.

I told my wife that JohnJacobJingleHeimerSchmidt.... came to mind but she said she had never heard of it :shrug: well she got to her office today and as soon as she told everyone about the names every single guy started singing JohnJacobJingleHeimerSchmidt....

Apparently Barney the stupid Dinosaur sings it all the time too so EVERY kid will know about it. I thought the Daniel in the middle might take care of it but it seems not to be the case.

We are sticking with John Daniel but we have to find a third name-BTW my brother HATES the name Jacob anyway.

We should find out the sex on Wednesday. Stupid Barney.

[gollygee]

1. I like them

Josephine is one of my favorite girl names :)

[underpants]

3. Cool

We might go with Dwight or Joseph as the second middle names if it is a boy. We haven't decided.

[Lavender Brown]

2. They're great

I wouldn't worry about anything with the boy's name; it's not like the middle names come up on a regular basis anyway.

[underpants]

5. Are you kidding?

It almost always leaked out especially the funny ones.

[Lavender Brown]

15. Oh.

:shrug: I just hadn't heard that song, and the names seem pretty normal to me.

[kick-ass-bob]

4. JohnJacobJingleHeimmerSchmidt!

:7

I thought it was heimmer - not meiner.

:shrug:

oh, and good luck finding out on Wed.

[underpants]

8. Ooops typo

You are right it is Heimer

[LynneSin]

46. wow, his name is mine name too

go figure!!

[Bunny]

53. Whenever you go out,

Do your friends always shout:

JOHNJACOBJINGLEHEIMERSCHMIDT!!!

[redqueen]

6. Aww, that's nice of you to try to minimize the teasing, but...

you know they'll just make something up, right?

Sounds like you're having an easy time picking names so far... good luck finding the replacement for Jacob. :hi:

[kick-ass-bob]

10. you have to minimize teasing.

It's the law. :D

[redqueen]

28. Oh, is it?

Well someone needs to be enforcing that law! My sister's told me of names such as Toiletia and Aquanetta (works in a nursery)... so clearly someone's dropped the ball somewhere.

[Left Is Write]

48. It can't be done.

Kids will ALWAYS find ways to pervert other kids' names. That's the law of kids.

[underpants]

13. Well neither of us had to put up with it

but I saw some cruel examples of it back in the day.

[redqueen]

30. I did.

And my name's common and plain. I gave my kids fairly unique/could possibly be considered weird first names and more traditional middle names, in case they'd like to escape any obvious teasing.

Kids are cruel... of that there's no doubt. Heck... one kid I knew would even make jokes out of other kids' initials. All in good fun, of course. :)

[underpants]

31. Oh I considered that too

SO far they seem to be okay. I worked them forwards and backwards and every way I could imagine.

[Left Is Write]

49. I got a little teasing over my last name.

Nothing horrible - just an unfortunate reference to...er... underpants.

[underpants]

50. HA!

Oh the irony

[SCDem]

7. Good names

My son if he wasn't a boy was going to be Josephine Mae after his grandmother and my grandmother. But He was a He so his name is Jonas Bernard!

Congratulations on the upcoming arrival!

[underpants]

29. THAT is a really cool name

Jonas Bernard very cool

[xmas74]

9. I really like the name Virginia.

And John, Jacob and Daniel are all family names for me.

[underpants]

45. Yeah I just hope it isn't too trendy

I don't think so though

[xmas74]

65. Check out the Social Security name index.

It will give the rank of the most popular names for each year.

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

[caledesi]

11. Are you of Italian descent?

Because in the Italian tradition, the first boy is named after the grandfather.

I like John Daniel, dislike Jacob (getting very trendy, ugh)

I don't like Josephine at all, but love Virginia Kelley ___.

Good luck to you both for a healthy baby

[underpants]

17. Scotch/Irish and Welsh/Irish

Turns out (found out working the campaign at the Highland festival) that MY people were set to Ireland to kill HER people, which is nice.

Yes we wanted to stay as far as possible away from the trendy names. Jacob is trendy?

A few years ago a friend named his son Henry and the nurses thought it was the coolest thing ever all they heard was Justin Taylor Jordan Carson etc. the traditional name was actually out of the ordinary. I don't understand it.

[stellanoir]

12. according to some legends

there is a magical process of naming children where the child's spirit whispers their name to their mom right around the time of their birth.

I heard my kid's name around the 5th month of pregnancy but patience truly is not his strong suit.

I waited to tell anyone until I saw the whites of his eyes though.

Those are lovely names.

Have a great baby !

Congrats.

on edit- one of my fave people on the planet's named Josie.

[underpants]

18. No whispering yet

Really? I had never heard of that.

[Richardo]

14. You and Mrs. pants should read this book - it's hilarious...

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=mHu1JdP9zH&isbn=1581821913&itm=1

Thesis: There's something wrong with EVERY possible name you could choose, and the logic they use is much like what you employed - what names would the kid be called at school.

I looked up my name: Richard - "It's what this book was written for: Dick....etc etc etc" this great rant about what a crappy name Dick was.

Don't buy it - just browse it in the cafe at B&N. It's a good hour or two of fun.

Congrats again, pants family! :toast:

[underpants]

21. No I was planning on just dropping in to check out the names

I know all the hazards that "Richard" entails I was able to keep it hidden for most of my childhood.

ON EDIT- I was named after my doctor (middle name anyway) and my mother is aware that I wasn't really crazy about either name she gave me.

[no name no slogan]

16. What, no Ruddigore for the lad?

BTW John Daniel is a fine name combo-- it's the reverse of my own, which is Daniel John.

I like those semi-obscure names, too, Like Josephine. A close friend of mine has a child named Iris.

Just whatever you do, do NOT give the girl child a middle name of "Marie". We suffered through that in the 80s.

[underpants]

23. My wife is already trying it out

JOHN DANIEL YOU GET IN HERE RIGHT NOW!!!

It has a great classic ring to it IMHO

[auburngrad82]

19. I always wanted someone to name their kid "Frank Zappa" ____

If it's a girl it could be Francesca Zappa _____.

If you can't do that name it Dirty Bastard after me...

[underpants]

25. Generalisimo Francisco Maximillian went out the window pretty quick

I had plans to nuture him to be a South American dictator leading a puppet government that I controlled from the background with an iron fist....but apparently that is out too.

[babylonsister]

20. How 'bout John Daniel

Barnaby aka Barney? :shrug:

Seriously, much happiness to all three of you!

[UrbScotty]

22. What about George Herbert Walker?

:evilfrown:

[underpants]

26. "Herschel Walker" didn't make the cut either

Damn!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

24. Good names, not trendy

Not trendy is good!

[underpants]

27. Cool thanks

Yaaaaaaaaaaay!!!

[matcom]

32. i like Lucifer

if its a girl

CAN I NAME YOUR BABY??? HUH??? HUH??? HUH??? CAN I??????

[underpants]

33. You? Hell I couldn't!!

From my post above.

Generalisimo Francisco Maximillian went out the window pretty quick

I had plans to nuture him to be a South American dictator leading a puppet government that I controlled from the background with an iron fist....but apparently that is out too.

[matcom]

34. so, as far as the Missus is concerned.....

Lil' Kim is out too? x(

[underpants]

37. No "Mookie" either

:-(

[shesemsmom]

35. What about Daniel John Jacob that would help do way with the

HeimerSchmidt thing.... and that was the first thing I thought too

[underpants]

36. That makes it worse

:grr:

[shesemsmom]

40. Sorry just a suggestion

[underpants]

43. No problem

:hi:

[Midlodemocrat]

38. Very, very nice names

and they go well with a two syllable last name.

Oh, and that John Jacob thing is spot on. My daughter has a friend named that and they are always singing it. Even when he tried to just go to John, it didn't matter....and they are now in high school.

[underpants]

39. I knew it

My wife may just be the only person to have never heard that song growing up.

I actually thought it was a midWest thing but apparently not.

[Bouncy Ball]

41. When I read the last line of your post

I thought it said "We should find out we have sex on Wednesday. Stupid Barney."

And I thought WHAT??? What does Barney have to do with that?

Oh. Slow down, Bouncy Ball. READ it.

The FIRST thing I thought when I read John Daniel Jacob was that song. I didn't even GET to the next part and I was singing it in my head.

What are you going to call the (knock on wood) kid before it's old enough to decide what of the three names it wants? New person? Baby? Tot? Kid?

[underpants]

42. "The Boy" just like my hero

No we will probably call it by its first name but let it know that it can go by what ever it wants.

[Bouncy Ball]

44. Good idea, but you realize how hard it is to change

after you've been calling it by that name for a long time, right?

My daughter decided at the age of seven she wanted to go by her middle name. And we tried, we really did. We even got her teachers in on it, because she was so serious. But even she kept putting her first name on her school papers, forgetting, etc.

Finally she just gave up.

But hey, maybe it'll be different for you! It's always good to have choices.

What we DID do, though, was give her a "convertible" first name. There is the official version of it, the nickname she uses now, and there is another nickname for it that is more sophisticated and older sounding. So if she is ever a suit in the corporate world (God forbid) she can just switch over to either the longer, official first name or the more sophisticated version of the nickname she's using now. That solved that.

(I don't want to say what the name is, but think of the example of William, Bill and Billy. Like that. She's going by the "Billy" version now, but can choose Bill or William when she's older if she wants. Obviously her name isn't really William for anyone confused by this.)

[RetroLounge]

47. So you've ruled out Skidmark then?

:hi:

RL

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

51. Virginia Kelley was President Clinton's mother's name

So I think that's a good choice!

[underpants]

52. Oh crap I totally for got about that

Oh that even makes it sweeter.

[Bunny]

54. Cool names, I like them both.

Both of my girls have three names, too!

[deadparrot]

55. Both names are very nice!

I always like names that are timeless. You can imagine a baby Josephine and an older Josephine. Same with John.

[LeftyMom]

56. John, Daniel and Jacob are all very traditional

I'd replace one of them (sounds like you could drop Jacob, since your brother doesn't like it) with something longer and more unusual, although not outright wierd. You might need to rearrange the order to get it all to sound right.

Keep thinking about it until something feels right. Then keep quiet about it until the birth, it's more fun to surprise everybody, especially if you keep the sex a secret, too.

[minerva50]

57. Josephine was my choice

back when I was confirmed (about 40 years ago) for my confirmation name. I got a lot of flack, mostly from my parents and those of their generation. They associated it with Josephine the maid.

I found a very cool graphic site on baby names: http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html">http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html

[underpants]

58. Great link

All of those (except John and Jacob) are not used very much anymore.

[jus_the_facts]

59. what about John Daniel Lawrence.....

....call him LARRY...*wink wink* :hi:

[underpants]

60. No no LAwrences in our families

I'm not really crazy about that name-no offense to anyone named Lawrence of course.

[jus_the_facts]

61. Ahh just thinkin' 'bout your Celtic pride s'all....

:evilgrin:

[underpants]

62. OH!

Zing right over my head

No it would have to be Cedric or "Cornbread"

[jus_the_facts]

64. hehehe...there ya go....J. D. Cornbread....

:D

[MrsMatt]

63. Isn't Fifi

a nickname for Josephine?

FYI - Josephine is on our list too (I'm 22 weeks along).

[underpants]

66. It is? You are?

Fifi? Yikes!

Congrats hope you are doing well.

[LiberalEsto]

70. Well, there's also JoVee

or Feeny, for nicknames.

Seriously, the names sound just fine, and best of luck to all of you!

I gave my kids (now 21 and 18) multiple options in case they didn't like their first names: Tara Ann Merike and Hayley Mai Elizabeth. The Merike and Mai are Estonian. Ann and Elizabeth are family names on both sides.
Luckily, they tell me love their first names.

[BigMcLargehuge]

67. I love Josephene!

That's such a lovely name! Would you nickname her Josie (which I also love as a name)?

[underpants]

68. Probably yes

And no she is NOT named after Josey Wales--one of our favorite movies BTW

[BigMcLargehuge]

69. or the lead singer of The Pussycats?

Actually, the first image that came to mind was of Josephene Baker doing the Banana Dance for Napoleon....

I guess I need more coffee!

I have a deep love for classic names that have fallen away from common usage. We named our daughter Margaret Grace Whitney McLargehuge.

Margaret because we both love that name.
Grace because Ian (her big brother) picked her first middle name.
Whitnet because it's Mrs. McLargehuge's mom's maiden name.

[underpants]

71. NAME: Freda McDonald aka Josephine Baker

She was a FREDA!!!

http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/bake-jos.htm