Wednesday, July 8, 2009

What's in a name?

Even though we now know the baby' s a BOY... it's brought us no closer to any real names. The original idea was to come up with a name that started with the letter "M" to match Matthew (cousin's name on the Si family side) but there are so few "M" boy names! Granted, I could name him Max but Max Si... yeah, I don't think I can afford the psychiatrist bills that would accumulate as a result. Messiah... no. Oh, famous Moses... again no. What else?

Li has come up with NUMEROUS Chinese names that start with the "M" sound such as ma ling su, ma ti kao, etc but those aren't good either. A friend liked ma ling su (potato) and when I reminded her that in English, it starts with the letter "P," the name was promptly modified to Motato. Cute but as an official name? Bottom line, we are without a name. Who knew it'd be so hard! I remember naming myself Kelly in no time... why is this a billion times harder?

So... I'm begging anyone and everyone for suggestions. My only criteria is no ethnic names (e.g., Carlos, Tyrone, etc), no "common" names. (I grew very tired very quickly of always having at least one other Kelly in class growing up. I think my son would appreciate my consideration.), and no unisex names (not for a boy). Otherwise, I don't even care if it starts with the letter "M" anymore! HELP!!!!