What to do with the baby?

26 April 2009

I don't know how I feel about those cutesy books full of babies sitting in giant flower pots, or dressed like fuzzy snails, or just sitting, naked , sleeping with giant hyacinths on their heads. But I do know these pictures seem but a minor offense when compared with the names found in Anne Geddes' book Baby Names. These are just a few of my favorites:

Girls
Albina (white)
Bryony (twining vine)
Clover (from name of plant) you're kidding me
Drusilla (dewy-eyed)
Eugenia (well-born) hope she's blonde and blue-eyed...
Flavia (yellow)
Germaine (brother)
Hippolyta (Queen of the Amazon)
Iolanthe (violet)
Jael (wild goat) "It's like Jail, only with an E"
Kezia (Cassa tree)
Lettice (mid-evil)
Mignon (darling) bet she'll grow up vegetarian. Friends with Lettice.
Nerys (lord)
Oonagh (one) seriously, who will ever spell that one correctly?
Prue (provident)
Quinella (5th)
Rasheeda (wise)
Sigrid (victory)
Tryphena (delicate) sounds like a dietary supplement
Uta (diminutive form of Ottalie) better Uta than Ottalie
Valmai (mayflower)
Wilhelmina (protect)
Xaviera (new house)
Yseult (midevil)
Zephyrine (west wind) I think that's the name of my allergy medicine...

... and a few good ones from the
Boys
Auberon (elf power)
Easter (from the Christian Holiday)
Granville (high place)
Kain (var. of Cain) seriously? Cain?
Marmaduke (servant of Maedoc)
Urien (privileged birth)and no one will make fun of that one at scout camp
Zilcomo (thank you) another allergy medication?