Naming your future child

People love naming their children strange things - Apple (Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter) is generally my go-to, though there are plenty stranger. Jena Malone from The Hunger Games Series had a son earlier this year and named him Ode Mountain DeLorenzo Malone. Sam Worthington thought "Rocket Zot" sounded like a good idea when naming his son. And of course there's the Kim and Kayne's "North West" debacle. Apple actually doesn't sound so bad anymore...

Admittedly choosing a name that half your kid's classmates share isn't ideal either. While Jessica, Elizabeth, James and Michael are good, solid names, they're also...well, a little boring. Some of the more recently popular ones are fun options - Liam (one of my favorites) and Emma feel a bit more classic than say, Hunter. Or Tanner. Or any other job related name...though if I ever met someone named Blacksmith, I would give them the highest of fives. :)

I've always been a fan of normal but unusual names. I feel like I've written about this before, but I couldn't find anything after scrolling back through old posts. I also definitely lean Celtic in my preferences.

Girls names:                                                      
Christine/Christina                                               
Riley                                                                       
Kelly                                                                       
Reagan                                                                    
Isabel/Isabella (Ella)                                              
Keira                                                                       
Nora                                                                        
Zoey                                                                        
Alexandra                                                               
Brooke                                                                    
Haley                                                                     
Sophia/Sophie                                                        


Boy names:
Anthony
Quinn
Liam
Xander
Aaron
Colin 
Jasper
Jude
Christopher
Xavier
Patrick
Sean

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PureWow posted a "What Should You Name Your Child" quiz (which is what precipitated this whole post), so I took it for the fun of it. While I don't like either they came up with, I do think it's a little funny that they're at least in the ballpark theme-wise. I looked up Eamon, because quite frankly I wasn't sure how to pronounce it. It's Irish for Edmund and is pronounced AY-mon.

What name did you get when you took the quiz? And what are some of your favorite baby names in general? 



~ Katie

Song of the day: I figured James Taylor's "Sweet Baby James" would be rather fitting. :)