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01/28/08

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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

 

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  
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  
Garrett x ? -2 0 -2 83
Jasper x ? -2 0 -2  
Owen x ? -2 0 -2  
Prescott x ? -2 0 -2  
Reese x ? -2 0 -2  
Ski ? x 0 -2 -2  
Adler x x -2 -2 -4  
Ajax x x -2 -2 -4  
Alerio x x -2 -2 -4  
Arden x x -2 -2 -4  
Darvel x x -2 -2 -4  
Donar x x -2 -2 -4  
Pyralis x x -2 -2 -4  
Tristan x x -2 -2 -4  

 

   
   

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