Names!

I've always been super interested in names. My first question when I hear a new little one has come into the world is...What's the name? I think most people are curious to hear the name as well. But I perhaps am slightly more curious concerning names then the average person. I've always been interested in current name trends as well as origin and meanings of names. I've been known to do a bit of research on names despite the fact that I haven't had a pending reason for needing a baby name. Long before Brad came along I had a short name list going in my head. I never wrote any down but a list has been forming for years inside my brain.

One thing that has changed since getting married is my opinion/anxiety concerning names.  Before it was simple curiosity when a new little one was born now it's different. Now when I hear of a new baby being born I wait with bated breath to hear the name, upon hearing the name I either do my best to hide a cringe or do a silent cheer within myself.  Why those reactions now?  Well it's simple...we might need a name at some point in the not so distant future. I now worry about someone else using a name we want to use. 

This past Friday Brad was off work. He's been enjoying a 4 day Labor day weekend. Since he was able to he got up early on Friday morning to go on the long walk with his wife and his pug sons. During the walk the subject of baby names came up. Brad mentioned 2 names he really likes. I quickly reminded him both of those names are currently in use. He responded by saying, "we can't avoid a name just because someone else has it." I suppose he has a point but at the same time I don't want it to seem we named our little one after someone unless we are truly meaning to honor someone. Just my opinion! To me almost all names currently in use within the family are off limits. There's a slight few I might consider. However, I would definitely consider names to honor family members that are no longer with us. I guess to me names are a dime a dozen, so to speak. Why repeat a name when there's so many to choose from?

Well during the wee hours of this Sunday morning, just a mere 2 days after Brad and I had the conversation about repeating names, I had a cringe worthy moment. One of my cousin's shared the good news EARLY this morning that him and his wife have welcomed their 2nd daughter. Upon hearing the name I cringed just slightly! Mind you not in necessarily a bad way. It wasn't the first name that brought on the slight cringe it was the middle name...June!  June has been on my radar for a super long time, many years. So perhaps a dilemma has been ignited in our household for sure. Give up June as a middle name for a possible future daughter or repeat it?

We have plenty of time to debate this. Especially since we have no bun in the oven.  We are getting closer to wanting to add a "human" sibling to our crazy mix of "kids". But we aren't in a huge hurry. Perhaps, Brad is in somewhat of a bigger rush than I am.  I'm getting there.  Would really like to enjoy the first 2 years of marriage without a little one.  Once that baby comes life is FOREVER changed.  Want to make sure I'm ready for that! Since thinking up baby names has started to become more of a fave pastime of mine, I'm perhaps inching closer and closer to being fully ready.  And instead of having the names circulating in my head like they used to do, I now write them down.  In case anyone is curious the baby name list is in my top drawer of my nightstand. And a back-up list is carefully tucked away on the bookshelf in our living room. ;) Lol!