Baby McGee has remained unnamed -- until now! We have been tossing around several names since we found out it was a boy 10 weeks ago. We narrowed it down to the following:
Drake - Dave's choice. I think it's cute but just couldn't picture myself with a Drake.
Jack - love it. My dad's father, John, was called Jack his whole life, and I just think it's a great name. However, Jack has become SO popular in recent years, that we just didn't want something so common.
Alexander - he would have gone by Alex. We know too many Alex' both boys and girls, that we just didn't want it.
Cole - this was our second choice. I really like it, still do, but not as much as our first choice.
Sam - we chose Sam! I know it's a very common name, but it's not that popular right now, nor has been in the last several years (it's in the top hundred, but near bottom.) It's classic, timeless, and we (Dave, Isaac and I) all love it. Isaac helped us seal the deal by refusing to acknowledge any of the other names that we presented. Although, we will have to negotiate with him a little, because he thinks it's SamMcGee (all one word.)
We are pretty certain that the full name will be Sam Daniel Vala.
Daniel is after my father. Isaac's middle name, Jiri, is after Dave's father and brother, so it's fitting that we have a Daniel and a Jiri.
So, unless we have some epiphany, Sam will be our boy! Hooray for having a name ready to go!
6 comments:
I love the name Sam! Hooray for getting to cross one more thing off the list of things to do before Baby McGee arrives! I also liked how you honored both dads!
Love it! I think boy names are so much harder to come up with for some reason. Sam and Isaac....sounds good together! :)
I was guessing Sam would win out, but I'm really surprised about the middle name (and deeply honored). Don't get angry with me if I slip up now and then and call him Danny!
Love you guys! Dad
Sam is a cute name, and I like how you named the middle after your dad. I love when babies come out to a name.
All great choices but my favorite is Sam. Plus it will be a funny story when he is old enough to understand that Isaac helped choose his name.
Good choice! Love it!
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