Choosing a Baby Name: How Googleable Will He/She Be?

My wife and I play this game fairly regularly. Just for the record - we're not pregnant, we're not trying to get pregnant... but - it must be a girl thing! - every so often she'll come home from work and say, "So what do you think of _______ for a girl's name? It's SOOO cute!" To which my non-committal male nature will respond, "It's an option..." (unless I really don't like it - then I'll just say it like it is!)

Well, I came across this post the other day by author and blogger extraordinaire Clive Thompson. I've been somewhat immersing myself in the blogosphere as I've just officially launched my new business - check it out at www.blogsites.biz - and I've been reading one of Clive's books. I checked out his blog and this post jumped out at me. According to a Wall Street Journal article back in the beginning of May, it seems that tech-savvy parents are choosing unusual names for themselves and their children so that they'll be more googleable.

I can TOTALLY see myself googling potential names for our future children. When my parents named me one of their concerns was to choose a name that didn't rhyme with anything, making it impossible for the kids to make fun of my name on the school playground. That was then... now we have reference Google to make sure it's a good name. Crazy how the world changes!

Any name suggestions?

Comments

[Jeremy Thiessen]

Great names, Kara! My niece is actually named Ella - and she's a beautiful little girl. Congrats on the engagement - your wedding day will be glorious! Good luck with everything...

[Kara]

I've always liked the name Ellie Mae for my first girl. (I forgot about Elly May Clampett though.) :(

I had chosen it because Ellie is a variant of Ella (as in Fitzgerald). Mae is a version of May (my aunt's name. So its a combination of my love of music and my aunt's name. :p

I've got my first boy's name planned out too. (I'm getting married in 15 days. :p It must be a girl thing.) Evan Riley. Simple, not hard to spell or say and super easy to yell out over the next 18+ years. :p "Evan Riley, you get back in here for dinner!" :p

[Jeremy Thiessen]

Bill, thanks for the input. I will pass those suggestions on to my wife... Blogsheba and Blogolomew - the good news is that so far Google is unaware of any Blogsheba or Blogolomew... looks like there's some potential there!

[Bill]

Jeremy - I can think of a few for you:

If it's a girl - Blogadette, Blogagail, Blogalena,Bloginda, Blogacia, Blogalaide, Blogalene, Blogatha, Blogadonna, and my favorite, Blogsheba.

If it's a boy - Blogaby, Bloggiam, Blogaham, Blogton, Blogquila,Blogadiah, Blogison,Blogazar, Blogregard, and my personal favorite, Blogolomew.

I know I missed the point - just thought I would have some fun with this. Blog on....

[Holly]

Hmmm... Good thoughts! Robert enjoyed playing that name game too... before it really mattered! :-) I haven't thought about trying the Google idea... I'm going to have to do that!