Comments on: De-stressing the naming process?

By: Baby names - Things to consider when naming a child

Baby names - Things to consider when naming a child — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:10:44 +0000

[...] what name we end up choosing the only thing I can guarantee is that it won’t be chosen 1.) by using an iPhone app, 2.) with careful consideration of the expense of necessary therapy for said child and 3.) that we [...]

By: PJ Mullen

PJ Mullen — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:39:05 +0000

My wife spent days on babynames.com, fortunately we had very similar favorites, which made the process a lot easier, but still stressful.

By: Mocha Dad

Mocha Dad — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:16:19 +0000

My wife and I had intense debates about our children's names. After reviewing family names, the Bible, and visiting every baby name website, we finally came up with names that were meaningful and relevant to our family.

By: PJ Mullen

PJ Mullen — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:28:37 +0000

I think you could get enough traction for your plan through a few well placed blog posts and/or an ebay auction. Or, you could shoot for tie ins from Disney/ABC, Nintendo or Gerber. And, of course, Espn (espenn) has a nice ring to it.

By: steelydad

steelydad — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:03:31 +0000

This is seriously hilarious! One of your best posts, I reckon. We have two kids, and fortunately, Steely Wife and I agreed on both. However, if we have a third, considering the financial strain that adding another player to the roster will have on our salary cap, we will employ the strategy of the San Diego City Council when they were short of funds for rehabbing the “Murph”: sell naming rights! They got Qualcomm but we think Johnson & Johnson, Coke, Sempra Energy and Sprint Mobile all have a nice ring. The contract will be for a period of 20 years at which time we will accept RFPs from a new batch of Fortune 500 companies. So the kid will have a new name several time throughout his or her life. It's a small price to pay when the bank account should be flush.

By: PJ Mullen

PJ Mullen — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:43:26 +0000

That's why they call it 'practicing medicine'. Even after they told us we were having a boy, I made sure we had a girl's name at the ready because I didn't trust what they said. Wow, how did you get away with that?

By: PJ Mullen

PJ Mullen — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:41:37 +0000

We both had our favorites long before we found out we were pregnant the first time, which is definitely a key. This time around the second and third place finishers are still in play, so hopefully it will just as easy. Unfortunately, I'm much too Type A to wait until the birth day to find out.

By: PJ Mullen

PJ Mullen — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:39:28 +0000

BWAH! I'm kicking myself for not thinking of that one.

By: PJ Mullen

PJ Mullen — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:39:07 +0000

It's like the Herschel Walker and Ricky Williiams trade all rolled into one giant cluster.

By: PJ Mullen

PJ Mullen — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:38:23 +0000

No doubt, we're all about the classics – like darts and a dartboard and auctioning the rights off on ebay