First off…no, I don’t have an announcement.
Baby names…they’re so tricky, aren’t they?
They can’t remind you of that awful bully from school…
or that clinically insane patient of yours…
and it can’t be a complete failure in the name song (so long Tucker)
BOTH parents have to approve…
it has to be a name you won’t mind repeating over and over and over and over and over…
it has to “jive” with your last name (so long Nicholas)
it SHOULD fit with your previous kids’ names (Hmm…Cooper, Allison and Beauford?? Maybe 
)
maybe you consider it’s meaning (So long Calvin – Meaning: Bald (Latin). I don’t know, perhaps it might be fitting?? Love you hun!)
watch those initials lest they be taunted down the road (sorry Patrick Michael Sanders…at least you brought a chuckle to our small group, if it’s any consolation, mine isn’t far off: Becky J Nicholas, hehe)
some family names are just out…wouldn’t it be awkward if you named your kid after your sibling’s kid? (Shane, like ya, but no longer an option for our family)
See? Super tricky, right?? Well let me clue you in on a little secret that contributed to both our kiddos names.
*************MOVIE CREDITS************
Yes, as in…
See Allison up near the top there?
It’s no secret that my husband and I love to watch movies together. You could say it’s one of our favorite past times.
Our son’s name, we totally agreed on after seeing it in movie credits. We obviously chatted over many others, but kept coming back to Cooper. Don’t ask me which movie. I have no idea at this point, don’t even think it was from a Bradley Cooper movie (although I do know that it was Cooper as a last name, not a first, but I still love it!).
But knowing how crucial picking the right name is, if I’ve got the time, I’ll scan credits as I watch them in hopes of catching the right name. I may or may not even have a running list of names I like in my phone. I know, potentially laughable if we don’t have anymore kids. hehe
But hey, you could even do it for dog names!
So…there’s a reason for you to watch the credits…plenty of VERY “unique” names, if that’s what you’re looking for. Tolga, Ferdi and Mach just 3 from the credit page up above.
Good luck with your own baby name ideas!
Given that we had 8 hours to come up with a name and a plane ride from Nebraska to NC, my hubby and I were searching the Southwest Airline magazine at the names in the stories or the author's name. Definitely found a few we didn't like!
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