Baby Names .... the Quarter Finals

Saturday, the sun it's shining outside...
some misguided people will think it hot,
(22 degrees maybe make it hot at the north pole) but here i think it barely qualify for short sleeves

but here in the Canziani- Chiesa house hold we are preoccupied with much more important issues than the heat and what to wear ... we are deciding on the name for our child
(can i please say unborn child, i was told it is cold and callous to say that but i really think it warm and fuzzy...)
It is a very important decision, something that will shape the future and possibly the personality of this new human being for all of his/her life....
Modern studies attributes a lot to names, so much so that Freakonomics dedicates a full chapter to talk about how names can shape a person, it is easy to go crazy, I must admit Gandalf and Galadriel did seem very appealing ... but further analysis make them qualify for early child abuse....
So we started our own name championships...
we are now up to the quarter finals, the names still in the run are as follows (we start with girls,because let's face it LADIES FIRST :P)

so, let's think about them ...
Cordelia ... she is not going to be a vampire slayer assistant so possibly a no ... but i really like the name.... (Richard in the back ground ..) "not even my gran ma would choose such an old name... she is not an 80 year old woman....
so on to the next name...
Giulia .... lovely name, i can see flowing red hair fluttering in the wind, green eyes and then suddenly, out of nowhere "tu ha le puppe a peraaaa" is playing through my mind, damn Francesco Nuti and damn Caruso Pascoski .... Giulia is gone out of the race ... forever
Amanda....
Amanda.... lear???? Ok ok she was a muse for the rolling stones, but mostly people thought she was a man... not something you want your child to carry through... so no Amanda.....
Penelope ... it only conjures images of a poor woman doing a tapestry for about 10 years, waiting for a man to return ... OMG ... no please if it is to be a girl make it so that she will look at man with the right amount of lust and contempt, not like a lap dog waiting for one to appear on the door to make her "a woman" or any of this macho bullshit..... so i take it is a NO...
and there we have it.... our four names for the semifinals.... 12 weeks to go ... time to think and ponder... these are the possibilities for girls:

 

But what if it is a  BOY ?????

Considering old wife tales it might well be a boy (more to come on another post)... So Where were we with the boys' names????

Gordon ...  mmmm like Richard's Grandfather, would be very traditional to use it for the nephew... love the sound of it... but Gordon's Gin??? Gordon Brown??? Gordon Ramsey???
mmmm the more we say it Gordon Chiesa does not sound appealing at all .... so Gordon is gone, no gin for our baby :P
Thomas ... Thomas Chiesa, this si one fo Richard's favourite and to me it is only Thomas the tank Engine .... no, i do not like nor want Thomas Chiesa... OUT of the RACE...
Julian ... Again would have the family connection (Richard's second cousin is called Julian and he is AMAZING!!!!), but .. but .. OMFG what if it turns out to be as idiotic as that famous Julian????? THANKS, but NO THANKS ... and then is sounding so so so roman... NO NO NO Julian is out as well.....
Frederick .... i can't find anything wrong with Frederick... Frederick Chiesa .. Frederick.. Fred... Freddie...No, i can't stomach the idea of Freddie Chiesa ... sounds like a bad footballer ... images of football on a sunday and subsequent soccer mums' activities NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
so we take Freddie out of the race, which leave us with the possible names for boys:

 

MMMM still 12 weeks to decide on a name... i hope it is going to belong enough, we are going to take some time on these names and do proper research.... and we will see...

will keep you posted

:)