Monday, April 26, 2010

What's in a name?

While browsing through the baby aisle in a store recently, I realized there aren't very many gender neutral baby items out there. This may effect our decision to tell friends and family Baby's gender. We shall see. In the meantime, I plugged our choices for baby names into a "Baby Name Advisor*" and found the results pretty interesting. The Advisor somehow 'calculates' the personality type of a person by their first middle and last names. Our name choice for a boy sounded a little like Jason, and the choice for our girl's name sounded more like me. :)

Boy:

Responsible, caring, loving, nurturing, healing and comforting, the name ______ is warm and makes one feel loved and special. Harmonious and peaceful, the name ______ feels good to anyone, but doesn't call up any particular feeling strongly. ______ is neutral, suitable for those for whom stability and harmony are high priorities. Good sense of business, but slow and not particularly adaptable. Strong sense of beauty, but not passionate. Idealistic, with a strong sense of justice. The name ______ makes one feel like a home away from home. It offers protection and love. It takes away anxiety and fears, and heals the broken-hearted. If you want others to feel like this is their home, this is their safe haven, then this is an excellent name. The name ______ attracts money slowly, predictably, the result of effort and common sense.

Girl:

The name _____reflects drive, a pioneering spirit, leadership, independence and originality. The energy behind this name is strong and forceful and promotes an unconventional, innovative, and decisive approach. Highly focused and self-reliant, the name ______ carries with it an unmistakable "can do" attitude. It reflects confidence, energy, strength and perseverance. There is a definite sense of danger and risk-taking as well. The name ______ does not inspire patience and sensitivity, and does not promote cooperation or a diplomatic approach to problem solving. Think of this name as a masculine, aggressive, creative force. This name makes one think of strength, originality, courage, imagination, creativity, and confidence.

* If you want to try it out, here's the link: http://www.babyzone.com/babynames/baby-name-advisor.asp

7 comments:

  1. The name Shelley Autumn Juneau induces a sense of freedom and adventure, risks and rewards, gambling and daring acts of courage. The name has passion and excitement.

    One senses that Shelley Autumn Juneau can do anything, is extremely capable, and a true survivor. It is also highly flexible, can adapt to new circumstances quickly, and has excellent reflexes; often, important decisions are made in seconds, seemingly impulsively even. But due to sharp intuition and even sharper intelligence, those decisions are almost always right on the money. Youthful, dynamic and energetic, this name draws people who want things to be "different," and don't like the tried and proven.

    Social, outgoing, something skirting the acceptable - or even pushing the envelope of what is legal.

    Shelley Autumn Juneau's most positive characteristics: Productive, dynamic, adaptable. Good at promoting self.

    Shelley Autumn Juneau's most negative characteristics: Can be unorganized, scattered. Lacks direction. Needs discipline.

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  2. You could always pick out yellow and green baby things. I think those colors are pretty neutral. I know I'd wanna keep the gender secret too :)
    -Christina

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  3. That is true Christina, that was the original plan, but baby clothes aren't easy to find in gender neutral yellows and greens :( They always seem to lean one way or the other.

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  4. I could send you a bunch of UT baby stuff :p

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  5. Haha, I'm sure Josh would be happy about that, but my sister who lives in College Station may have a few negative words to say :)

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  6. Ok, I'm a little behind in my blogger reading but I've now got this bookmarked so I can keep up. By the way, I know that boy's name. I put in what I thought it was and got the exact same thing you posted. So HA! :) And if you don't want to give away the genders (because there's probably two in there) ask for gender neutral things where you can find them and then ask for gift cards for the rest.

    Sidenote: My apartment is now covered in various UT paraphernalia fresh out of storage from Kirk's college days. Only now do I feel like I'm officially living in Austin.

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  7. Hahaha, UT... meh. Go Bearkats! Tell Collier he's outnumbered :)

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