Sunday, June 7, 2009
What's in a name?
Well, matt and I have discussed baby names since before I was pregnant. And we haven't really followed "the rules" when it comes to not telling people you're pregnant until after the 3 month mark, and all of that. So I think we're not going to follow the rule of don't talk about baby names until the baby is born b/c people will make comments about the names you like and discourage you, and then you won't want to use them. I don't care. Let's talk about them. Top runners for a girl are: Zoe (I forgot which middle name we liked for Zoe) but we liked this b/c of the Greek word zoe, as in zoe life. Ooh, i just had a thought. Maybe we could do Zoe Aiysha (b/c aiysha means life in Arabic!). Our other favorite girl name is Maya Grace. Maya means water in Arabic. We really want to chose names that will enable us to talk about what is true when we share with people what our kids' names are. We would also love to use Arabic if we can come up with names that sound ok to people like you guys back in the states. For boys we are really struggling. The last name Jacobsen limits first names b/c you don't really want to have a first and a last name that end in the same sound (like Jason Jacobsen, Jackson Jacobsen, etc.), so that kind of rules out all en/on ending names. We don't like most Arabic names for boys b/c there are very few that aren't very Islamic, that sound good to us, that have a good meaning. We like Noah, and there's an Arabic pronunciation for it that we like. But that's about all we've agreed on so far. Not even a middle name. So, we are open to suggestions. What do you think?
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i think this new design makes it really difficult to read your posts. where the polka dots are on the left, there is text as well and it's brown...and hard to read. just sayin'. lorenzo, hugo, paolo, angelo, diego, emil... those are the only names that i can think of that don't end in "n" i vote for diego.
ReplyDeleteyou are funny! i changed the backdrop--i was being technologically thick and i kept trying to change the background, but i was actually just adding layers and layers of background before i finally figured out that i needed to remove all of the old ones. how do you like this new one? diego? i'm not sure. . . i don't really like any on that list, sorry. but hey, keep the ideas coming.
ReplyDeleteKimberly and I just had a talk last night where I tried to make her promise not to name her kids any odd names that are spelled in the most outrageous way and she would. not. do. it. I think because you live in a faraway country , you have an exemption from that, but it's hard for us to come up with a name since we would not know what the Arabic equivalent will sound like. I like "Mo" Jacobsen, myself. I also like Todd and Andrew. Or Todd Andrew. I think the one sylable ones sound good with your last name. LIke, Sam, Joe, Beau, Mo. Wait...scrap Mo altogether. I just realized it is not good. naDA. FORGET ABOUT IT. It sounds like a shortened Moham.......
ReplyDeleteNo matter what you come up with, there will be some reason why somebody wont like it. The kid will hate it eventually, you can bank on that!
I re-read your post and I do like Noah. It sounds good with your last name. keep that one on the list for sure!
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