The Name Game

I'm not sure how in the heck this process of selecting a name for your child is done. I say this because I have 2 books, both given to me, one which has 30,0001 names and the other which has a whopping 100,000 names... Recently I was in a book store and saw a book with one hundred thousand and one names - insanity. They had to have one more than the 100,000 book. (I wonder which one name they added?)

Usually I've been alright at coming up with names. Much to the future chagrin of my young newphew, his name was one I came up with. However, these name books have thrown off my whole thought process. I mean, how in the heck do you come up with one name out of a list of 100,000? I'm half tempted to just write down a bunch of names, put them in a hat, and then let our soon-to-be daughter reach in and grab her name out. That seems as reasonable as anything else.

I'm fearful of choosing a name because honestly, I think most kids question their names sooner-or-later wondering how they got that name. (Don't worry mom, I like my name just fine, and in light of the current circumstances, I realize naming a child is a no win situation.) Heck, they even wrote a novel/made a movie about an Indian kid named Gogol, who cannot stand the name his father had given him, until his father dies, and he understands just how important it is. Not to be dramatic, but seriously...this naming stuff is in a word, crazy.

Maybe we should do it just as Picaboo Street's (famous skier) family did it. The parents told the children to name her. GENIUS!

I'm wide open, kids, if you have ideas, send them on. I don't garauntee that I'll use any of them, but you never know. I've thought outside of the popular thought stream for some time, so I'm not closed off to the idea of using a good name you come up with.

As for Samran, she is working diligently on the Thai name our baby will have, which will most likely be the first name. But as for the English name, she's pretty open. It will most likely be the name that our little girl will go by.

Here is a short list of western names that I've come up with in case you are interested:

Bella
Nina
Pricilla
Sasha
Emma
Nissa

Now see....I just realized that everyone of those names has the letter "A" at the end...this job of parenting is already proving its impossibility. :)

Love,
Pops J

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