Conference oass::babynames

Tom,

First, congratulations!  Of the names you've listed, my favorites are:

Timothy or Brady (none of the others sound bad though!)

and

Shelby Marie or Heather Marie (the initials HEL are a bit risky...)

I really like Holly, too, but Holly Lighton doesn't flow as well due
to the L's... unless you always call her Holly-Ann.

Yes, Shelby is a girl's name (or can be) - the character Julia Roberts
played in the movie "Steel Magnolias" was named that, and I've also
seen it used in a few books.  I like it, but it does now have a Southern
connotation for me ever since that movie...

What is your heritage?  I think it's important to consider when playing the 
name game.

Good choices! (yes, your favorites will come and go from now til March!)
-Cori  

    Tom,
    Congratulations to you and your wife.
    
    My nephew is named Alexander William, and it suits him very well.
    But I think Alexander and Andrew are both being used a lot recently.
    Therefore, of the names you listed, my favorites would be Anthony 
    William and Brady William for a boy.  
    
    I really like Shelby for a girl.  Shelby Marie is pretty and so is 
    Shelby Rae and Shelby Heather.  While Nicole is pretty, I don't think 
    it flows well with your last name - the "L" sound at the end makes it 
    hard to say with Lighton - almost comes out as a stutter.  
    
    Best of luck to you playing the name game.
    
    Chris

    I also know a male Shelby, so I guess it can be used for either.
    

RE: .1

	Well, since we live in VA, I'm not too worried about any "Suth'rn 
flav'r".  I looked in the baby names books my wife has last night and it was 
only listed in the boys names, but I also thought about a country singer 
(woman) named Shelby.

	I was pretty much thinking the same things about both Nicole and Holly. 
We don't mind nicknames though so Nicole would probably be Nicki.  I hadn't 
thought about the initials with H E - good point.  My friend did point out that 
if we decided on Nicole, on forms she'd be N. Lighton - an interesting pun.  
She suggested Thunder N. Lighton since most of my friends when little called my 
parents Mr. and Mrs. Lightning.  Don't worry - that was quickly ruled out.

	My biggest concern with Shelby is the number of S's in our family.  
Along with my wife, Sharon, we have dogs Shadow and Sierra.  I'd really go nuts 
trying to add another one and still figure out which one I was trying to call!  
But, I've survived three...why not a fourth...btw, both dogs are females as 
well, so I'd be out numbered in more ways than one.

	Thanx for the input so far - its a big help for a big decision!  Please 
keep 'em coming y'all!

				Tom

    
    Good luck and congratulations!!!!
    
    I really like the name Alexander.  Why not try Alexandria for your
    daughter??  Shelby is nice.  I like that one the best of your choices s
    far.  
    
    Is there any pattern your are going for or trying to stay away from?
    Are you interested in popular names or different names, or what??
    
    -raquel
    
    

    I really like Timothy William Lighton.
    
    -Tracy 
    

	I kind of vetoed Alexandria since we live right near Alexandria, VA.  I 
had thought of Alexa or Alexandra, but my wife doesn't care for the nickname 
Alex for a girl.  I'm having a hard time trying to determine how traditional or 
untraditional we're looking for.  I guess that depends a bit on your 
perspective.  I'd say we're probably a bit more on the traditional side with 
the boys names, but I don't think we have anything too far out on either list.  
My wife came up with Nathan this weekend, but I'm afraid there are a few to 
many Ns in there, especially with the last name.

	Thanx for the ideas...please feel free to suggest some of your own!

				Tom

    Tom -
    
    How about William Vaughn Lighton?  Then you could use some of your
    father's name and some of your wife's maiden name [hence her father
    too].
    
    Little girls' names are harder.  I have two boys, Alexander Jordan and
    Noah Thomas but no girls.  I do like biblical names though... like:
    
    Rachel Lighton
    Rebekah Lighton
    
    One unusual girl's name that I like is Kendra.  I haven't thought of a
    middle name that goes though... Kendra ______ Lighton?  Maybe a little
    too unusual!
    
    Hope this helps,
    
    Kathy
    

    
    Kendra made me think of the name Sandra.  You had mentioned all
    the S's in your family already.  How do you like this one?
    
    Chris

	Just thought I'd update you...

	All continues to proceed well.  We had the sonogram about two weeks ago 
and it was a wonderful experience.  Guess we can rule out twins :*)!  They 
offered to see if it was a boy or girl, but we decided to wait until the big 
day to find out.  The baby gave us a "thumbs up" in the sonogram...all you 
could see at one point was an arm with a fist and a raised thumb...so I'll take 
that to mean that all is well with him / her.

	We've narrowed down the choices and seem to be coming back to some of 
the same names we've been considering over the last several months...

	For boys:
		Anthony William (Tony)		my favorite
		Andrew William (Andy or Drew)	Sharon's favorite

	For girls:
		Heather				my favorite
		Shelby				Sharon's favorite

	We're leaning towards Marie as the middle name, but may use Elizabeth 
for Shelby.  As was suggested, we decided to avoid the initials HEL...of 
course, SEL would be a good one for a Digit these days...

	I think we'll end up with Anthony or Shelby.  I'm pretty set on Anthony 
and Sharon is pretty set on Shelby.  We're both waivering a bit on our other 
choice.  If you have any other suggestions, please feel free to speak up.  
Anything you can provide would be a great help to us as we get deeper into the 
craziness of planning for the baby's arrival.

				Tom

I met a guy once named Shelby.  I really like that name for a boy or girl.

My choices:

I LOVE the name Felicia and am planning on naming my child that (If I have a 
girl!) so my favorite is Felicia Nicole.    I also like Felicia Christine.

For boys I like Alexander William (sounds very strong!).

Best of luck with everything and let us know!

Nancy

	Thanx for the input...we're getting closer all the time...I'm sure 
we'll have the baby at home before we know it...she's due March 5th and all is 
progressing on schedule at last report...

	Right now the current favorites are Anthony William and Shelby ???.  We 
just aren't sold on any middle names yet.  Current options are Marie and 
Elizabeth.  I'd welcome ANY suggestions for a middle name to go with Shelby...

			Shelby ... Lighton

	Of course, we're still thinking of the other choices I've listed as 
well as considering others, but we've been pretty well sold on these for awhile 
now.  Please keep the suggestions coming...I'll keep you posted...

				Tom & Sharon

    Hi,
    I was rereading this string and found that a few notes back Shelby
    was your wife's choice and Heather was yours.  Since Shelby is still
    a front runner for a first name, how about Shelby Heather?
    
    Other choices for a middle name:
    Shelby Jane Lighton
    Shelby Amanda Lighton
    Shelby Christa Lighton
    Shelby Rebecca Lighton
    Shelby Victoria Lighton
    
    Chris

How about Shelby Anne

Claudette

	Well, Sharon came up with a middle name for Shelby that we both loved...
I actually think we're set on the girl's name at this point:

			Shelby Rene Lighton

	Now the tough one...We had pretty well decided on Anthony William for 
the boy's name until we got back to discussing girl's middle names.  Now we're
about back to square one.  Anthony has basically dropped out of the running.
We will be using William as the middle name.  I tried to talk Sharon into using
it as a first name, but I ended up agreeing that Bill or Will would be WAY too
many L's with Lighton as the last name.  

	We're currently looking at all names with Andrew and Timothy as the top
two.  Others we're considering so far include Christian and Colby.  From all the
notes I've read, it seems everyone who has trouble with a boy's or girl's name
figures that's what they'll end up with.  Those who've expressed an opinion on
the matter are running 2:1 boy:girl, so I guess we're right on track with about
4 weeks to go before the due date.  I suggested we could at least narrow it down
to a couple of choices and then decide based on the child, but the suggestion
barely got out of my mouth before it got vetoed.  Sharon is set on deciding on 
the boy's name ASAP so we're all set when the big day arrives.  Any help from 
the experts here will be appreciated.

				Tom

Tom,

Okay, you asked, so here goes with a few more suggestions (by the way, I
think I like Timothy and Andrew equally so would probably go with Andrew
just to avoid the Tim/Tom similarity):

	Jeffrey William Lighton
	Victor William Lighton
	Dennis William Lighton
	Scott William Lighton
	Gregory William Lighton
	Stuart William Lighton
	Clifford William Lighton
	Keith William Lighton

Regarding Christian - I personally don't like the rhyming factor of the
endings, and Colby - I just can't get past the cheese image, I'm afraid!
(although the similar Cody sounds okay).

Best of luck as the big day approaches!

-Cori

    
    Hi,
    
    I have known only a few guys named Christian in my life, and they
    have all been nice people.  But I don't think Christian Lighton
    sounds very good together.
    
    A close name is Christopher Lighton.  That sounds fine, to me, and
    the nickname will still be Chris.  Christopher would match to Andrew
    and Timothy, too.  Christopher Andrew Lighton
                       Christopher Timothy Lighton
    In fact, your first name could be used in this combination as well:
    		       Christopher Thomas Lighton
    
    Chris
    

Howdy All...

	Again, thanx for all the help so far...We think we've got a list of 
finalists for the Boy's name...

			Daniel William
			Nicholas William
			Timothy William

	Any opinions from the experts?  Sharon is dead set to have this decided 
before too much longer.  I haven't had any luck with, "If it is a boy, we can 
see what fits him best..." line.  I'd say she's leaning towards Daniel and I 
haven't got any opinion as yet, though I guess in a pinch I'd lean towards 
Timothy.  Thanx in advance...

				Tom

    Hi Tom,
    
    Daniel William Lighton sounds like a lot of L's to me.
    
    I would go with Nicholas William of the names listed.  Timothy is
    also nice.  But then you would have a Tim and a Tom.  Don't know how
    that would be.
    
    Just my opinion of course,
    
    Chris

	I came home one night and my wife caught me off guard with her 
statement...nah...not, "It's time"...she wasn't very happy with any of the boys 
names and wanted to scrap the list and start from scratch.  She'd even picked 
up a couple of new name books for us to go through.  Well, in a couple of 
evenings, we'd finally picked out a name which was some what of a compromise 
between us.  We decided on Tyler William Lighton.

	Just a few days later, Sharon ruined our dinner plans with some "pains, 
but don't worry...not labor".  Well, she was not quite acurate with that last 
part...less than 6 hours later, at 11:42 PM on Feb. 27th, Tyler entered the 
world weighing 7 lbs 15 ozs and 22 inches long.

	Mom and Tyler are doing wonderfully.  My thanx to all for your 
assistance.  Bouncing names around with you helped us find exactly what we were 
looking for in a name.  Looking at Tyler, its funny, but we ended up with the 
right name.  I don't think the others would have have fit him.  

			Tom, Sharon and Tyler

    What a great story.  Congratulations on Tyler William's arrival.
    
    Best wishes,
    
    Chris