A veritable minefield this, especially in a mixed marriage such as ours.
"Can your mum and dad say this name?"
"Can yours?!"
Apparently Wayne Rooney and Coleen have named their kid Kai Wayne Rooney. Now, my wife tells me that we got engaged at roughly the same time as them, got married at the same time as them, went to the same hotel in Miami as them for our honeymoon (the very bling Shore Club, check the link on the right), and now my wife is giving birth at roughly the same time as them. Her WAG-abee dreams are coming true. The true footballer's lifestyle is surely within her grasp.
Does this mean we're going to call our bundle of joy Kai? Not too much laughter at the back there! We had thought of traditional Indian names (not great if Expectant Dad can't pronounce them), we had thought of Jewish names (I have a Jewish name even though I'm not a Jew), we had thought of old testament names, because they sound vaguely Jewish. And then we thought of Roman names - pretty much because they sound bling and for no other reason. Ergo, we had actually thought that if it's a boy, we could call him Caius, which you could shorten to Cai. Does this now automatically come off the list?
So, here are a few options we have at the moment.
Boys:
Cassius (shortened to Cass, maybe?)
Caius (it stays up there...)
Girls:
Suri (yes, as in Cruise. Traditional Jewish name, that actually sounds remarkably similar to my wife's late mother's name)
Chandra (you know, the Indian Sandra)
Naya/Naia
Nayum/Naium (variant spellings of. Sound a bit 'African' where my wife's mum was from, but not too ethno-specific)
Can Expectant Dad get some feedback please? Are there any clear favourites? Or have I missed out on a humdinger? Answers on a postcard please (well, actually just post a comment!)
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
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Cassius and Chandra are both lovely names. Have you thought about Vikram?
ReplyDeleteThe wife says no. It sounds a bit too traditional and sounds like Vicks. Also, Vs and Ws are difficult to say in Panjabi dialect. You got a preference for it?
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