If you would like to read me on a paper page for a change, you can get your hands on a copy of the November issue of Pregnancy & Newborn: there's baby name talk just inside the back cover, and I'm one of the talkers.
T.- I'd be willing to do that---but my most recent name list is six years old! It wouldn't be the same as the list I'd make if I were making one now. And if I were making one now, I'd have a REALLY hard time: these years of baby-name blogging have sent my tastes in all different directions!
Want us to tackle your baby-naming problem? Email Swistle at Gmail dot com and tell me all about it. Include details such as finalist names, estimated arrival date, surname (or a name that sounds like the surname, for trying names out), names of your other children, names you've considered and rejected, names you'd use if the baby were the opposite sex, how many children you plan to have. But be sure you only send me information that's okay to post on the site---or specify which parts should not be posted. (Private consultations are also available.)
The volume of emails we now receive means we can't answer all the questions. We tend to give priority to questions that (1) give a surname or a surname stand-in (like Neelsin for Neilson, or "it sounds like Donson, but with a J"), and (2) ask for help with a boy name OR a girl name, and (3) ask for help with a name for a USA baby (I don't know much at all about how names sound / seem / are used in other countries).
You will also need to email an update when the baby is born and named, or else our lives feel like an exercise in sad unsatisfied futility.
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Congrats on being in print!
Congrats Swistle!
I have a suggestion for a blog post. Could you perhaps share your name list with us? I'd LOVE to see it, and I'm sure many of your readers would too!
T.- I'd be willing to do that---but my most recent name list is six years old! It wouldn't be the same as the list I'd make if I were making one now. And if I were making one now, I'd have a REALLY hard time: these years of baby-name blogging have sent my tastes in all different directions!
SWISTLE! YAAAAAY!
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