The Name Dilemma

So Kiwi and I took a bit of an unorthodox approach to the naming of Razz.  We have already picked out what his God given name will be, we just haven’t released that information to the authorities.  There is so much that goes into the naming of a new person.  Is the name we’ve picked out appropriate for the personality of our son?  Will his name be made fun of by his peers?  Will it properly honor his heritage?  When he is grown up will his name still be accepted as an “adult” name?



Those are some serious issues to tackle in a nine month span of time.  We don’t want to be the parents that you whisper about after you’ve met their twin sons Michael and Jordan.  You have to weigh the family histories, the socially acceptable names of the period and then, finally, personal preference.

So here comes the unorthodox part of our naming process.  Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last twenty years during the month of March, you are aware of the phenomenon of the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament.  Some of you may have even filled out a prediction of the tournament bracket, either in hopes of bragging rights or a big pile of money.  Being the sports minded parents to be that we are, we picked out 64 potential names of our future son, whittled them down to one and presented the bracket to our friends and family as a college fundraiser for Baby Razz.  The results to be released when Baby Razz decides to come to visit and stay a while.

We have had some winners turned in, some off the wall entries and some that were "pretty close" to the actual name.  It's made the naming process fun, but I think that this part of parenthood may be one of the most stressful I've faced to date.