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What to Name the Baby...
Wow! There's a lot of
names out there. After surfing MANY sites and
reviewing 5000-6000 names, we're still looking.
One of the more interesting sites is
http://www.babynamesworld.com because it'll show you
information about the name and make a favorites list.
All for free (with a requested donation if you liked
it).
Our Naming Criteria: Preston
grew up being not terribly fond of his name. But
once he hit college and the work world he learned to
love having an unusual-but-not-weird name. It would be nice if
the name wasn't easily shortened to a common nickname so
that Thor doesn't get used to the common name as a
munchkin and then miss out on the benefit of the unusual
name when he gets older.
So, here's our thinking along
the way...
NOTE THIS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. The most recent
thinking is at the bottom of this page.
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Name: Preston Allen
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Meaning: Preston = dweller at
the church or priest's house; Ethan Allen was one of the
Green Mountain Boys during the revolutionary war and
comes from the Goss line (Preston's mom's line). |
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Diane's Thoughts: He should
have his OWN name and not be named after Preston. |
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Preston's Thoughts: Not matter
WHAT you all say, I'm not trying to name him AFTER me;
this name turned out to be a good one and I'm willing to
SHARE it with him. Besides, it's easy! I
could stop reviewing all these name lists... |
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Verdict: TBD |
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Name: William
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Meaning: this is a family name
from Preston's side; in this case it's intended as a
tribute to Preston's beloved
Uncle Bill but it also goes back to a Goss ancestor,
William White, who was one of the signers of the
Mayflower Compact in 1620. This also provides a
nice tie back to Diane's paternal grandfather, Willie
Dorfman |
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Verdict: Leading candidate for
middle name, though we'll see how it works with the
first name that we pick |
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Name: Aiden
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Meaning: Variation of Aidan;
gaelic for little flame or fire |
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Diane's Thoughts: |
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Preston's Thoughts: This
struck us both as a pretty cool and unusual name, but as
soon as we decided that we liked it we started seeing it
everywhere. |
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Verdict: Apparently not
unusual enough. It's out. |
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Name: Jackson
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Meaning: literally, son of
Jack; suggested by Susan as a combination of Diane's dad
(JACK) and Thor's dad (preStON). |
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Diane's Thoughts: |
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Preston's Thoughts: Jackson
William Cooper; it has a nice ring but I'm not a fan of
the feature that this name can EASILY be shortened to
Jack. Jaxon would be one way around that, but a
synonym for a name is just confusing. |
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Verdict: Still in the running |
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8/31/04 - We're now looking at the list a bit
differently. Yes, Preston's a geek so we put it
into excel and are scoring and performing a weighted
average on each name. Here's the lastest (a "*" in
the SSA column indicates that the name isn't anywhere in
the top 1133):
Name |
P |
D |
P score |
D Score |
Total Score |
5 yr SSA Rank |
Galen |
y |
? |
2 |
0 |
2 |
* |
Rigel |
y |
? |
2 |
0 |
2 |
* |
Rylan |
y |
? |
2 |
0 |
2 |
513 |
Aiden William |
x? |
y |
-1 |
2 |
1 |
77 / 170 |
Aldwin |
y? |
? |
1 |
0 |
1 |
* |
Griff |
y? |
? |
1 |
0 |
1 |
* |
Orion |
y? |
? |
1 |
0 |
1 |
560 |
Sheridan |
y? |
? |
1 |
0 |
1 |
* |
Talon |
y? |
? |
1 |
0 |
1 |
686 |
Thor / Tor / Thorin |
y? |
? |
1 |
0 |
1 |
* |
Apollo |
? |
? |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
Edan |
? |
? |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
Preston Allen |
y |
x |
2 |
-2 |
0 |
153 |
Preston William |
y |
x |
2 |
-2 |
0 |
153 |
Ronan |
? |
? |
0 |
0 |
0 |
949 |
Taz |
? |
? |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
Tycho |
? |
? |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
Wolf / Wolfgang / Wolfe |
? |
? |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
Aragorn |
x? |
? |
-1 |
0 |
-1 |
* |
Dalen |
x? |
? |
-1 |
0 |
-1 |
* |
Devlin / Devlon / Devlyn |
x? |
? |
-1 |
0 |
-1 |
* |
Everett |
x? |
? |
-1 |
0 |
-1 |
592 |
Jackson William |
x? |
? |
-1 |
0 |
-1 |
61 |
Bladen |
x |
? |
-2 |
0 |
-2 |
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Blaine |
x |
? |
-2 |
0 |
-2 |
455 |
Blaze / Blaise / Bleyes |
x |
? |
-2 |
0 |
-2 |
839 / 889 |
Dylan |
x |
? |
-2 |
0 |
-2 |
23 |
Eghan |
x |
? |
-2 |
0 |
-2 |
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Garrett |
x |
? |
-2 |
0 |
-2 |
83 |
Jasper |
x |
? |
-2 |
0 |
-2 |
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Owen |
x |
? |
-2 |
0 |
-2 |
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Prescott |
x |
? |
-2 |
0 |
-2 |
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Reese |
x |
? |
-2 |
0 |
-2 |
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Ski |
? |
x |
0 |
-2 |
-2 |
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Adler |
x |
x |
-2 |
-2 |
-4 |
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Ajax |
x |
x |
-2 |
-2 |
-4 |
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Alerio |
x |
x |
-2 |
-2 |
-4 |
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Arden |
x |
x |
-2 |
-2 |
-4 |
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Darvel |
x |
x |
-2 |
-2 |
-4 |
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Donar |
x |
x |
-2 |
-2 |
-4 |
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Pyralis |
x |
x |
-2 |
-2 |
-4 |
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Tristan |
x |
x |
-2 |
-2 |
-4 |
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