Tuesday, April 12, 2011

What's in a name? the remix

My second pregnancy has almost come to an end. Here I am at the top of the ninth. And as of last Wednesday Daniel and I had no names for this coming baby. Really none. So we took a suggestion from my friend Jolie who's life path echos mine. At her mother's suggestion, she went out to dinner with her partner and with no distractions came up with a list of names.
So last Thursday after Joaquin was in bed and my friend and neighbor Erin was at the dining room table, Daniel and I went out for Japanese food. I brought along a lovely book called "What shall we name the baby?" published in 1935. The result is a list of boy and girl names since the gender of this coming pup is unknown.
Here are some of the parameters for names we will choose. It must sound good with Joaquin. It must be pronounceable in French and Spanish. No last name first names. Which are your favorites?

Boys Names
Javier
Sebastian
Matias
Mateo
Francisco
Enzo*
Andres*

Girl Names

Alma
Calista
Catalina
Celeste
Celestina
Mirabelle
Nora
Simone
Raquel
*middle name choices

And here are two recent pregnancy pictures.