Naming Your Son - A Guy's Perspective

I loved your article, very well written.

I know my husband would have loved to name on of our boys something like "Wolfrider" but once again I got my way!! 

I liked getting the man's perspective.  Very good indeed.  Although, from my experience, when it comes to choosing a baby name, the women always seem to win out in the end!

Francis Luke is our sons name....

Francis to me when it was first suggest was a girls name.. I said to my husband no way it is a girls name... I am Australian, my husband is French.  I insulted my husband as it was his grandfathers name....  And when we told my parents they tried not to laugh until we told them that it was my husbands grandfathers name and a nice name in French... Hubby's father was beside himself with excitement that we would choose his fathers name....   I must admit that I have grown to realy like the name Francis for our son.  But when we go to Australia I think the'll call him Frank.....

The Luke came from my husband talking to my belly one day.... He said..... "I am your father search your heart you know it to be true!"  Yep if anyone knows starwars.... My sons second name comes from Luke Skywalker. We were thinking about spelling it the french way but when you write LUC back wards in french it means butt....

when choosing a name for your child is hard cause at the time the little bundle of joy has to go threw life with the name u both pick.

in picking a name u have to think is your child going to have difficulity in spelling or writing there name.

there name calling in school to there nothing crueller than children.

i am very lucky cause i choose to names that my children can spell and write easily in life and wont get picked on in school for...

My cousin has got a a little boy at nearly six months old and shes called him Henry I thought what a name but he actually looks like an henry which sounds silly hes so cute and adorable.

good luck in picking your little ones name...

I had Kian for katie if she would have been a boy

Apparently, "Cyril" was most popular in 1910 (308th) but then quickly dropped in popularity until 1970 when it wasn't even on the radar. "Tom" however has been fairly popular up until the 1990s, now it's less popular (but a nice balance between common and uncommon). For common baby names, check out this funky application (needs Java): http://www.babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html

The trick is to find something that means something to you. My wife and I looked to two people we both loved, my grandfathers Milton and Leo. Both are kind of old fashioned, so we combined them into something that we think has a "classic cool" vibe to it, Miles. But some people really like the "out-there" names...and its hard when you know the kid won't really appreciate it until they're older, like 18ish, and not even then because they got made fun of in school.

I don't know how it is in other parts of the world, but if you haven't got an unusual name, you're unusual. Hence, 'normal' names are the ones showing individuality as a result. I can't speak - our daughter is Leala (pronounced Lee-La) and our son Nyle. I decided that, having given her a name she will have to spell out and correct the pronunciation of for the rest of her life, I ought to do the same for him! Not the only reasons, of course, but I remember as a child my sisters had unusual names of Kaeren and Naomi, and I got stuck with the boring one - Helen. Always felt a bit miffed about that. Still, as you say, your child will no doubt hate you for their name at some point, but as long as they mostly love you, that's great. I mean, I knew a Martin Martin (first name, surname) once. Poor kid! You can't go wrong with Tom!