Name Game

Shakespeare once wrote “What is in a name? If a rose were called by any other name it would smell as sweet.” I do not think this applies to our children. The name is one of the most important things we do for our child. It starts everything off. The wrong name can damage that child for the rest of his or her life.

I think a lot of people forget this responsibility to their children. I am sure everyone has read in the news a few weeks back about the poor little girl who was cursed with the name Lula Who Liked To Do The Hula In Hawaii. Thankfully a judge in Australia saw fit to have the child's name legally changed. We need something like that here.

In my search for perfect name for my child be it a boy or a girl, I just had to see what the rich and famous decided to name their children. Here are some of the "winners"

Here is for all those spice girl fans...Bluebell Modonna....daughter of Ginger Spice and Scary Spice named her daughter Angel Iris.

Daisy True...Meg Ryan

Banjo Patrick...Rachael Griffith and Andrew Taylor....yes this kid will never hear the end when he is in grade school and they sing that song about someone playing a banjo on his knee...

Ever Gabo...Milla Jovovich and Paul WS Anderson

Everly Bear...Anthony Kiedis

Laird Vonne...Sharon Stone

Ptolemy John..Gretchen Mol and Tod Williams....I mean at least pick a name the kid will be able to say before he is 15.

Puma and Seven Sirus...Erykah Badu...Andre Benjamin is Seven's daddy.

Ruby Sweetheart...Tobey Maquire...Ok Ruby is fine, but why the sweetheart?

Story Elias...Jenna Elfman....Why mess up the kid's first name and give then a decent middle name, at least Tobey only messed up the middle name

Sunny Bebop....Flea from the read hot chili peppers...can't even comment on this one....Bebop, really?

Taa-Jah Summer...Sara McLachlan

Sailor Lee... Christie Brinkley

Alcamy...Lance Henrikson

Free...This is the son of Barbara Hershey and David Carradine

Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily...Paula Yates and Michael Hutchence....This is Paula's better choice...scary...wait til you see her other child's name

Spec Wildhorse...John Mellencamp

Poppy Honey & Daisy Boo...Jamie Oliver

Reign Beau & Freedom...Ving Rhames

Sage Moonblood...Slyvester Stalone...this name started off so well, but what more can you ask for from Sly

Kyd...David Duchovny and Tea Leon... yeah real creative here...name your kid Kyd?

Blue Angel...The Edge from U2

Moon Unit & Diva Thin Muffin...Frank Zappa

Tu....Rob Morrow....yes the kid's name is Tu Morrow.

And now for what I would say is the top 10 worst baby names ever

10. Zolton Penn...Penn Jillette from Penn and Teller
9. Pirate...Jonathon Davis
8. Racer Maximilliano...Robert Rodriguez
7. Rocket Valentin...Robert Rodriguez
6.Ka-El...Nicholas Cage....yes that is after superman...
5. Fifi Trixiebelle...Paula Yates...told you this was way worse than her other kid's name
4. Jermajesty...Jermaine Jackson
3. Moxie Crimefighter...Penn Jillette
2. Pilot Inspektor...Jason Lee
1. Audio Science...Shannyn Sossamon

Ok now that was all fun and everything and distracted me from what to me is the most stressful decision in my life as a parent, what to name my child. This is not an easy task. There are thousands and thousands of names out there, but as you can see from above not all of them are good. So as all soon to be parents do I sorted through name after name and tried to pick out the ones I liked. Pretty names for a girl, strong names for a boy.

When your eyes finally fall to a name and you think about it, there are several checks you have to go through before it can be placed on the list of possibles. Do I know anyone with that name? Was that the name of and ex girlfriend/boyfriend? Wasn't that the name of a kid I found annoying when I was back in 3rd grade? Is that the name of someone in the family? Didn't so and so name their kid that? There are too many kids with the name starting with letter. That sounds to close to so and so's name. Oh yeah so and so told me they wanted to name their kid that so I can't be mean and steal the name. Oh can't choose that name its too easy to rhyme bad things with, the kids in school would have a field day with it. Now all of this shortens the list even more. You would think that would be a good thing, but it pretty much eliminates all the names I like. Damn my friends for having kids first and actually picking out good names. You took all the good ones!

Now I do know that I have a lot of time to find the perfect name, but I like to get things done. This is something I can get off my desk so to speak, so I want to get it over with. I think I have the girl's name narrowed down just not the right order yet and the boys name I think we are pretty set on, although I do have some other options I might present on the off chance this is a boy. Now I am not going to tell you the names I am thinking that I like, but I will tell you ones that got eliminated and why.

Samantha....this is the name I always wanted as mine when I was little so I was going to name my girl this, but Husband said he wasn't to fond so I said ok.

Izel....I really really liked this name and thought I had found the one, but Husband brought up a good point that it is too close to the daughter's name of someone we know.

There have been many lists made by me and there have only been certain names that have appeared on every one. That is how I narrowed it down for girl names, but I am not telling until we know if its a boy or a girl and once Husband okays the name.