Opinions, please

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

We have some friends who now have two daughters: Hannah Kathleen and Addison Rebecca.

They kept both names a SECRET until the birth announcements went out. When Hannah's came, I was totally unimpressed and kind of disappointed. I thought it was the most boring name EVER to have been such a big secret. I don't like Hannah OR Kathleen (though the little girl makes up for it she's so durn cute!). I LOVE the name Addison though, and I like Rebecca just fine, but I'm not sure they go together that well...all in all I thought Addison was more worthy of surprising everyone.

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[thiscantbesoy.livejournal.com]

And I guess my point was that very few names would ever actually be "climactic." Their intent was probably not to causes maximum suspense followed by the bombshell of a lifetime: BAM! BEST MOST OUTRAGEOUS NAME EVER! ya know? Just to have the whole thing be kind of a surprise, where the only outcome is going to be, "Oh, you named her that? Cool."

My family knows I'm not going to tell them the name until the baby is actually born, but I'm quite sure no one is expecting a bizarre, shocking, climactic name reveal. Just a moment of "Woo! Cool, now we know."