Naming Names

We've checked the top 100 names of 2008, and none of the names we have come up with are on the list. For example, if Scooter is a boy, he will not be named Jayden, Cayden, Brayden, Hayden, or Aiden.

If Scooter is a girl, we've made sure to choose names that will not lead her to a life of lite porn (Summer), dirty porn (Amber), weight trouble (Claire), or reckless endangerment (Roxanne).

Here are the possible names we have come up with for Scooter the Fetus:

Boy:

Elliot Javier Eaton
Javier Danger Eaton
Dashiell Dexter Eaton
Spencer Thomas Eaton
Dexter Norman Eaton


Girl:

Wylie Rose Eaton
Sasha Rose Eaton
Elizabeth Rose Eaton


We were discussing ethnicity as it relates to names. Neither Michael nor I are Latino, but we still like the name "Javier." I like the name "Erik," but I don't think we're blond enough to name our child something so Nordic. We don't want Scooter to have a frat boy name, and we don't want him to be picked on because of his name (Is Dexter Norman pushing the envelope?). We'd like him (or her) to have a name that's interesting, but not "Hollywood."

If you look at our backgrounds, the largest portions of our nationalities are English, German/Austrian, French, Russian (Jew), Italian, and Native American. Name-wise, this means that Scooter, should he be a boy, can be named:

Claus Luciano Greenfield-Eaton
Vladimir Jaques Greenfield-Eaton
Carmine Cloud-Keeper Greenfield-Eaton
Chauncey Ira Greenfield-Eaton

And so on...

It's nice to have such a diverse background...

Of course, if you do have one of those names (like Summer, for example), the best revenge is to subvert the stereotype. You know, like Summer Laine, Esq.