My husband and I are expecting our first bundle of joy at [name]Christmas[/name]. We aren’t finding out what we’re having, and aren’t going to pick one boy and one girl name ahead of time. We both agree that you need to see the baby before definitively saying “Oh, yes, that’s a ________ for sure”. So we’re narrowing our lists down to our top 3 or 4 for each gender and taking all those names with us (girls are proving to be difficult, but that’s another thread).
Currently we are both in agreement for [name]Caspian[/name], [name]Leonidas[/name], and [name]Elias[/name]. No matter what, the middle name will be [name]Alexander[/name], after my grandfather (he’s the only living grandparent between the two of us, the only one that hubby has ever know, and he also has 17 grand children, and 30+ great grandchildren - none of which have him as their namesake).
Here’s the dilemma - I am above and beyond in love with [name]Bear[/name]. Back story - two of our favourite people in the world are [name]Bear[/name]'s - [name]Bear[/name] Grylls, the outdoor adventure man, and [name]Bear[/name] [name]Reinhart[/name], the lead singer of our favourite band (coincidently, that’s also the VERY first concert baby has ever gone to, in my tummy, before we even knew he/she existed!). My husband actually also loves the name, but is uber nervous of it being TOO out there. We consulted a few of our friends before we were even pregnant, and they have all said that they think it’s pretty cool, and some went as far to say that he’d NEVER be beat up with a name like that.
But, they’re our friends, and maybe not impartial. So I’d like honest opinions about [name]Bear[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] as a name. For those of you are into initials, they’d be BAM (how awesome is THAT?!). I’m not interested in switching it to [name]Baer[/name] to soften it, as I think it’d be misspelled way too many times. [name]Just[/name] an unnecessary change for such a common word. For those of who you are visual, in all probability, he’d come out with thick, tight curly black hair and brown or blue eyes (husband if Egyptian, and I have curly hair) which I also think is a good description of a [name]Bear[/name]. If we were having a blonde haired blue eyed doll, I likely wouldn’t even be considering [name]Bear[/name] as a name.
Sorry, I’m a writer and write a lot - so just the basics, what do you think of [name]Bear[/name] [name]Alexander[/name]?