I have loads of rules too, most of which already mentioned by Jordie or Bath. But to add to the complexity, our names have to be pronounced the same in English and Flemish (Dutch), as my DH is from Belgium. ie we couldn't use Jane, as that is pronounced Yana, Jasper is pronounced Yasper. And they have to be names in both languages too, obviously. This is causing us sooooo much grief. All my favourite names seem to have some weird meaning in Dutch (ie Tasman = Bag Man, Zac = slang for scrotum). We are never going to agree, especially if this new bean's a boy!!