What are your rules?

[Bathsheba]

This is a copy of what I posted in my Pregnancy Journal for my third child:

* I would have to feel comfortable introducing myself with the name if it was mine.

* Can't be a name of a relative or friend (or preferably even acquaintance).

* Can't rhyme with our surnames (we have hyphenated surnames)

* Preferably doesn't share the initial of our surnames or other immediate family members (if something arrives in the mail with just a first initial I want to know who it is for without having to open the letter, plus it is nicer doing cross-stitch sampler with each family member having their own initial).

* Is short, preferably one syllable (our surname is long, hardly fits onto Medicare card!)

* Is reflective of our Irish/English/Swedish heritage.

* Isn't a name of a child that i have worked with (Early Learning Centre) that was challenging.

* Isn't popular. I don't want my child to be an Alex J. or Alex B. at school (No offense to those called Alex but it was a highly popular name at the ELC I worked at between 1999-2003.

* Won't cause too many spelling/pronunciation issues. I am forever having to spell/say my name and people are always getting it wrong.

* Preferably can't be shortened or commonly corrupted eg Edward/Ted.

* Has to have an ok Numerology chart.