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Posted by: Ferg Oct 7 2004, 02:20 PM

Ferg wife and I are about 7 weeks from baby D day! We don't know what we are having, hopefully human. Anyhow we have only a few names so far, see if you can spot a trend...

boy:

Hudson
Pierce
Cooper
Bennet

girl:

Paige
Carmen or shall we say, Karmann

Any thoughts on the above or other good one's?
My full last name is Ferguson, so it should sorta go with that...

Ferg.

Posted by: fiid Oct 7 2004, 02:23 PM

Congrats! Mine (Boy - Benjamin) is due on Chrismas day. (!)

Posted by: URY914 Oct 7 2004, 02:25 PM

Portia for a girl.

Pronounced "Porscha"

Posted by: bondo Oct 7 2004, 02:56 PM

Ferdinand?

Posted by: Rhodes71/914 Oct 7 2004, 02:56 PM

It's great that you don't know what you are having. We didn't want to know for both of our kids (oldest, boy, turned 3 yesterday), it is a great surprise.
Don't get to set on a name until you actually see the kid, neither of ours had a name until a couple of days after they were born.

Oh yea their names are Alec and Sailey and I still can't believe how great they are.

Posted by: Toast Oct 7 2004, 02:58 PM

Wolfgang

ummm, how about

Eric for a boy

Cindy for a girl


Eric Ferguson
Cindy Ferguson
sounds like they would work ok.

Guess I just like basic names.

Posted by: Thorshammer Oct 7 2004, 03:00 PM

If your wife is like mine you won't have a choice, but i will tell you this, Have two names picked out prior to going to the hospital, because after childbirth you will let your wife win no matter if you hate the name or not.

My name pick:
Boys
1. Magnus, meaning The great
2. Christian
3. Cameron

1.Alexis
2.Brit
3.Portia, already mentioned
3.a. Cameron

Good luck dad to be!

Erik

Posted by: James Adams Oct 7 2004, 03:00 PM

Our #3 is due December 21. I could use help with some boys names, too.

Posted by: SirAndy Oct 7 2004, 03:04 PM

if it's a girl, call her "Weber" ...

Andy

Posted by: Ferg Oct 7 2004, 03:05 PM

Congrats James

Posted by: Cano Oct 7 2004, 03:08 PM

Congrats! My first was born 6 weeks ago. The wife and I just went through millions of girl names and settled on Lydia. Other names that made our final cut were Lillian (Lilly), Julia, and Claire.

Posted by: skline Oct 7 2004, 03:12 PM

How about Tara Lanae Ferguson. I think it goes well together for a girl

For a boy, I have no clue, all I made was girls with the last one being a boy. There wont be anymore for me. His mom named him Daniel Scott. I had no say in that one.

Posted by: ArtechnikA Oct 7 2004, 03:13 PM

i can only suggest that you do a couple of Google searches for any name you are considering...

a couple i knew back in Nevada - very straight-laced Mormon couple - named their daughter 'Ashley Renee' and i will bet a zillion bucks they didn't check out that name first ...

Posted by: Scott Schroeder Oct 7 2004, 03:13 PM

Senator
King (or Queen)
Tiny
Wolf Boy (or Girl)
Famous
Oscar
Felix
Leather
Skreetch
Gunnar
Thor
Captain (Tenilie?)
Cher
Polly

.....Bursch!

Posted by: ! Oct 7 2004, 03:23 PM

Joe Bob or Bobbie Joe....

Posted by: Joe Ricard Oct 7 2004, 03:27 PM

Bursch Now that is perfect. Since I also am not having any more youngin's. I need another dog. Current dog is "Come er damn it"

Posted by: Pnambic Oct 7 2004, 03:41 PM

Speaking of doing the Google search, check out the initials first too. While pregnant with our last child, my wife had her heart set on Tiffany Nicole. Our last name is Anderson.
I wasn't too thrilled about having a daughter with the initials, "TNA", ya know?

Hmm...Monica Irene Lenae Ferguson



By the way, I kid you not, I spoke with a man named Jack Russell today. WHAT KINDA PARENT WOULD NAME THEIR KID AFTER A BREED OF DOG?!?!?!?!?!?!

Posted by: SirAndy Oct 7 2004, 03:44 PM

i had no idea who that is, did a google search, this is too funny ...


Andy

Posted by: SirAndy Oct 7 2004, 03:48 PM

yeah, "Weber" might not be such a good idea after all ...

her nickname in highschool is probably going to be "Triple Throat",
and that just doesn't sound right ...

Andy

Posted by: Jenny Oct 7 2004, 04:02 PM

Congrats Mike!

For girls..
Celeste
Debren
Dominique
Madison
Sheridan
Samantha (Sam)
Fiona
Abigail (Abby)
Brenna
Ella
Makayla
Zoey
Summer
Eva
Charron
Hannah
Aura
Jenny (Hey! It's good enough for me, so it's good enough for your little girl!! _

Boys...
Devin
Hunter
Logan
Tanner
Aidan
Nathan
Greyson
Colton
Seth
Maximus

I work at a Dr's office. See some cool names come thru here.

Jen

Posted by: bob91403 Oct 7 2004, 04:27 PM

How 'bout Hella? The kid would be bright, but loud.

Posted by: PorscheTom Oct 7 2004, 04:28 PM

Hey, I thread I can contribute to...

Anyway, our 1.5 year old daughters' name is "Jessalyn". My wifes middle name. Some sort of relative name combo somewhere on her side.

Anyway, we like it and I'm sure she'll be the only one answering when they call that name in her class.

Congrats on the new addition to the family.

Posted by: GTeener Oct 7 2004, 04:28 PM

TNA is better than GAG! Unfortunate initial coincidence my parents made with me

Kids are cruel, so try to pick a name that doesn't rhyme with anything mean

Like:

Chuck

...and isn't the butt of a joke.

Like:

What do you call a quadrapalegic at your front door?
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Matt

Posted by: rezron Oct 7 2004, 04:49 PM

I've got a son who is now 8 years old.
We named him Brock- the name fits perfect and there
does'nt seem to be alot of other Brocks around.
There are alot of good names out there- not an easy
choice!

rezron

Posted by: bob91403 Oct 7 2004, 04:53 PM

Sure, just name him Conan, or Arnold, after the Governator or that pig from Green Acres.

Posted by: lapuwali Oct 7 2004, 04:59 PM

Last name Ferguson, first name obviously has to be Massey.

Ferguson was also the name of the company that produced a 4wd system in the 60s, used on a few racecars. Jensen used the "Formula Ferguson" name on their Jensen FF road car around that time, which suggests Jensen or Formula as possibles. Could even go with Jensen Formula Ferguson as the full name...

Don't saddle the poor kid with some name that will get it beat up. A friend who was involved in aerospace named his girl Allison (two Ls, not the usual 1), after the WWII-era aero-engine manufacturer. This was sufficiently innocuous that even his wife didn't know the real reason that name was chosen until long afterwards...

Posted by: Headrage Oct 7 2004, 05:01 PM

How about Massey for a boy or a girl? Get it Massey Furgeson.

Posted by: Headrage Oct 7 2004, 05:02 PM

OOPS, already picked

Posted by: Mark Henry Oct 7 2004, 06:19 PM

We named our kids Elizabeth and Ethan

That makes them our Elizabethan children.

Posted by: gregrobbins Oct 7 2004, 06:49 PM

Girls:
Aubrey
Allison
Catherine

Boys:
Brandon
Matthew
Christopher

Congratulations and good luck!

Posted by: spare time toys Oct 7 2004, 06:49 PM

named our girl Elizabeth Nicole Dildine. She is our last (snip snip) initials are E.N.D. get it

Posted by: sj914 Oct 7 2004, 07:43 PM

How bout a name that'll fit for either a boy or a girl
Jesse
Pat

Posted by: iamchappy Oct 7 2004, 08:07 PM

I vote boys names

Qarl

or Miles

the club extremes



My daughters name is

Frankie

Posted by: Meredith Oct 7 2004, 10:01 PM

I already have my kids' names picked out (first and middle). My future husband probably won't have any say, but we'll see. I would need to have 2 boys and a girl to make the names work, though.

Mer

Posted by: ! Oct 7 2004, 10:06 PM

My last monster was to be named....Daniel Michael or Danielle Michael....easy.....

Posted by: BatAc Oct 7 2004, 10:16 PM

One syllable, solid sounding and not cute, holds up for the long haul. Remember how other kids will call (shorten) the multi-syllable ones.

Posted by: CCLAY Oct 7 2004, 10:27 PM

How 'bout.........Seven.

Posted by: Levi Oct 8 2004, 02:03 AM

Boy= Levi
Girl= Jessica

Posted by: Ferg Oct 8 2004, 08:24 AM

Lot's of great names and Idea's, i will have to print this out at some point and show the ferg wife.

Posted by: seanery Oct 8 2004, 08:30 AM

how 'bout "Sixer" or "Karman"

really, I'm serious.

Posted by: Ferg Oct 8 2004, 08:34 AM

carmen, karmann is on my orig list, wife actually really likes that one for girl so I may only have to convice her to spell it goofey.

Posted by: itsa914 Oct 8 2004, 08:37 AM

For a boy how about Garold When asked how to say my name I tell everyone its like Harold but with a G. I have only met one other Garold in my 39yrs and he was from Sweden.

My boy will be 3 on Dec 11th and we named him Nathan Earl Shaffer, Earl was my fathers name. We also liked Mitchel John.


For a girl we picked Samantha.

Congrats on the little one, they are a true joy. Well most of time, there are some days when we want to pull our hair out, but it is fun.

Posted by: Mrs. K Oct 8 2004, 08:41 AM

How about Michelle for a girl after her daddy ( Michael)
What is the wife's first name?


Lisa

Posted by: Ferg Oct 8 2004, 09:00 AM

Wife's name is Christine, she was a twin... so it was chris and christine, as far as we know, theres only one in there, whew.

Posted by: ninefourteener Oct 8 2004, 09:25 AM

Girl: Bertha
Boy: Poindexter



J/k... My daughter's name is Paige. Can't go wrong there. I also like Crystal, Jewel, and Portia.

If I ever have a boy, he's already named:
Pierce Alexander

Pierce Alexander Ferguson...... sounds pretty good. I won't be mad if you use it.

By the way.... CONGRATS!!!

Posted by: Mrs. K Oct 8 2004, 11:24 AM

Nice name your wife has...my daughter is Christina!

How about for a boy...Evan Michael Ferguson (EMF)
And for the girl............Samantha Elyse Ferguson (SEF)

When is the baby due?
Good luck on "Labor Day"!

Lisa

Posted by: davidcalvin Oct 8 2004, 11:57 AM

Male:
Punk (Thats what my dad called me most of my life.. )

Female:
Grace

Unisex:
Seven
Soda

Posted by: lagunero Oct 8 2004, 12:20 PM

Congrats! Ferg and Ferg Wife! Ferg you're a cyclist remember? I believe names do have an influence in the formation of a childs character. What name would you choose for yourself? Johnny Cash named his boy Sue.

Posted by: seanery Oct 8 2004, 01:01 PM

My first dalmatian was named Mavic. I think that's a cool name.

Mavic Ferguson has a ring to it, but folks would probably want to call him Maverick.

Posted by: DougC Oct 8 2004, 01:09 PM

I spent 2 days (after his birth) trying to come up with an exceptible name for my son after he was born 2 yrs ago. It's one of the hardest things to do, I had no idea. We finally all agreed on Luke for a first name and Dimitri for his middle. My wife is due again this coming April and if we have another boy, I'm thinking Vincent or Patrick or Paul...there are a few others too. I think it's important to not follow trends, go to the soccer fields on Saturday and listen to names being called out - there are some that you hear over and over and those are the ones to steer away from IMO. For a girls name we came up with Giselle, like the model - don't know if we're still crazy about that one though. My wife loves the name Chloe (Clo-y) but I can't make myself like it..

Doug C

Posted by: phantom914 Oct 8 2004, 01:16 PM

I think you have to picture a boy as a man and then come up for a name for him. Some boys names that are trendy today and seem OK or cute for a baby boy don't work too well when you picture calling a man by that name.

Just my ignorant opinyun!

Andrew

Posted by: Meredith Oct 8 2004, 01:25 PM

I completely agree. So maybe pick a name that will fit as an adult, but can also be shortened to a nickname.

Mer(edith)

Posted by: ArtechnikA Oct 8 2004, 01:35 PM

needs the umlaut ( Chlöe ). Umlauts are very in.

and it has the built-in diminuitive familiar form. you'll call her 'Clo' anyway, and when you're being familiar, you'll add the "ie" which is - ta da - already her name ! i love it ...

Posted by: Carl Oct 8 2004, 01:55 PM

There's always "Jr." Wouldn't work quite so well for a girl, though.

In general, since you've got 3 syllables in your last name then a one or, preferably two syllable first name has better rhythm. Example: Ronald Ferguson has a good flow to it and can be shortened to Ron for daily use. I'm not advocating "Ronald" but just thinking about the syllable patterns.

Longer first names can go with shorter last names to give them distinction. Archibald Smith would be OK but Archibald Ferguson is a bit much.

Barnum & Bailey has a nice ring to it.

C