Derivatives

I love nicknames. Always have. Always will.

My name-game has influenced my Mister to join in in the callings of our dear baby boy.

Here is a current list of some of the ongoing names we use.

We added the cultural derivative of each name for fun.

Bundt Cake =Scandinavian

Bundty-Bun = The Land Down Under

Boot-Lace = The Old West

Boot-Legger = 19th Century Smuggler

Bing Bong = Asian

Little Ticktick = Native American Tongue Clicker

Stookenhägen ('Stooky' for short) = Deutschland

Boo-Tee = African

Little Black Eyes = Hip Hop Rapper

Ahjai = Indian

Ajay-Roni = Italian Bambino

Bunty Bun = American

What's in a name?

"What are you gonna name your kid?" My 6 year old nephew, Evan, asked walking toward me.

"Well, I like the name Levi for a boy."

"Why?"

And here I sit in the 21st week of pregnancy and Chris and I have not agreed on any names that we love or that Evan loves. Here we are when he was about 18 months.
We like original, artsy names, but not old fashioned ones. We like 'L' names and 'J' names and names with letters like, 'v' or 'z' in them. We have a very hard sounding German last name, so a softer, but not wussy, first name is something we're considering. But at the same time, for a boy, a masculine name is a must. Thankfully we have 40 weeks...nope, 19 weeks to decide.