Conference oass::babynames

    
    I'd vote for Amy or Amelia if you have a girl. You could have
    the option of Amy as a nickname if you give a girl the name
    Amelia. My wife and I like these names and coincidentally
    are thinking of using them if we have a girl. I think that
    Amelia is more uncommon than Amy as a given name. Amelia
    sounds a bit more old-fashioned than Amy though.
    
    As for boys' names, it shouldn't be hard to come up with one
    you like that sounds good with Thompson. None of the boys' names
    listed struck my fancy. Boys' names are harder to choose
    than girls' names. How about Mark? Michael is okay, but a very
    popular choice. It would do, but if you want something less
    common, ...  
    
    Good luck. There's a wealth of good names from which to choose.

   I note that for boys names you seem to prefer celtic names (Sean/Rory/Angus
   /Cameron/Alexander).  How about Alistair, my favourite and what I was going 
   to call my son (I got a daughter instead and called her Aydine Fiona).

   There are many spellings for this name Alasdair, Alister, etc, etc.

   It seems to go quite nicely with your surname, I think.


   Garry

    Oh please...  try to talk your husband out of Angus!  That name
    brings up images of an old, old man playing the bagpipes!
    
    Everyone in this conference who knows me can already guess what
    I will suggest for a boys' names:
    
    Ian (my favorite)
    Evan (my second favorite)
    
    Good luck and congratulations!
    
    - Kathryn
    

    Of course you can always take the first list presented and pick
    a first name from one side and a middle name from the other.
    
    For example:
    
    Amy Natasha
    Ilana Natalie
    Amy Amelia
    Leah Natalie
    
    Charles Rory
    Alexander Michael
    Benjamin Alexander
    Cameron Phillip
    
    etc.
    
    Maybe the mom-to-be can pick the first name for a daughter and middle
    name for a son and the father visa versa!   Just a thought.
    
    Chris
    

    How about Natasha Amelia Thompson?
    
    

I think we've decided on Amy as the first name now.  Problem is, I don't want to
use up all my favourite names as middle names because I'm planning on having a
large family!

I think we'll choose Amy as the first name, possibly Natasha as the second.

For a boy, don't worry I think I have made my feelings about 'Angus' quite clear.
I think he was half suggesting it to wind me up anyway!  But I still think
Rory is quite nice. 

We've also come up with Sebastian, which we both like.  We might end up with

Amy ? Thompson
Sebastian George Thompson

Incidentally, I read in my latest 'baby book' that Cameron means 'Crooked Nose'
Is this true???!!  If it is we may end up using it, as crooked noses run in my
family!!

It also said that Cambpell means crooked mouth...

    Amy Natasha Thompson = A.N.T.
    
    I also like Sebastian, but wonder what kind of nickname he would
    end up with.  Maybe George Sebastian to eliminate any concern of
    a nickname (unless you have already figured this one out)!

You have just given me an idea(indirectly)....

The reason I have been humming and haa-ing about Sebastian is that it gets
shortened to Seb (as in Seb Coe - the runner).  I really don't like Seb as a
nickname.

I think I'm going to suggest 

	Charles Sebastian Thompson 

I think that has a nice ring to it, and he can always use Sebastian as his first
name if he wants something more unique than Charles.  

I like the nickname Charlie, and I think Charlie Thompson sounds quite good too.

We thought we might include the family name of Kirk (on my mother-in-law's side)
so that might go something like:

	Charles Sebastian Kirk Thompson

and similarly

	Amy Natasha Kirk Thompson

if it's a girl, although I'm not decided on this yet as it's a nice idea but a
bit of a mouthful!

Thanks for the idea!  Now the tough part - I'll see how the other half likes it!

[Ruth]

P.S. 17 weeks to go!

    Oh, I don't know...  Sebastian is a distinguished name, but I
    can't get the image of Sebastian Cabot out of my head.  Remember?
    He was the fat guy who played the butler on 'Family Affair'...
    I can hear Buffy and Jody yelling "Mr. French!  Mr. French!"
    
    - Kathryn
     

    I hear Sebastian, and I think of the cat on "Josie & the Pussycats". 
    At least he was a COOL cat!  ;^)
    
    K.C.

    I recently saw the name "Zachary" and really liked it.  If you are
    still open to other suggestions...
    
    			Zachary Kirk Thompson
    
    The nickname, if you use it, would also sound good... Zach Thompson.
    
    Chris

    When I hear Sebastian I think of the cute crustation in the movie
    "Little Mermaid".  He was great!  The funniest thing I've ever seen!
    
    Lori B. - who_may_be_a_mom_sometime_next_week!