Name the Baby

to my kids...

In all honesty, I'm worried for your little boy. I'm sure you have your reasons for Galt, but if you go with it he's going to have one hell of a time growing up. Maybe he won't be teased endlessly if he's a cool kid and can get away with it, but do you really want people to ask him, "So what does Galt mean anyway? Is it anything like Malt, or Salt, because you know, it rhymes and all. Or maybe Walt. Did your parents misspell Walt hahahaaa..."

[Not to mention all the anti Ayn Rand people he will inevitably meet in his life.]

As for Zito, I guess it's okay for a middle name. I'd be more fond of it if you were having a girl, you can kinda get away with naming a girl Zito because it's edgy.

I'd stay away from John unless you were specifically naming the baby after someone. It's a nice name and all, but it's so common. Your kid will either be "one of those four Johns in the class" or they'd rebel to be different. You don't have to answer this, but when you say John, do you mean John-only, or would it be Johnathan?

Wallace is perhaps kind of outdated, but maybe that's just a personal thing. It's a cute name and I don't have anything against it. [My yearbook adviser had a pet rabbit named Wally!]

Logan is a pretty cool name, and my favorite out of all options. Gordon Gordon Gordon would be pretty sweet though... Logan is unique enough to stand out, but not so different to the point where it confuses people. If I could take parts of the names you suggested and stick them together, I'd go with Logan Zito Gordon. It has a nice ring to it, don't you think? [Galt Logan Gordon, on the other hand, is a tongue-twisting disaster.]

And before anyone else asks, why don't you just name him Eric? ;)

Anyway, congrats and hope you share pictures with us next month!

Of the names on the poll, the combination I like is Logan Zito Gordon.

I actually really like the Middle name Zito, not a fan of Galt. I do like the name Logan. So my vote is for Logan Zito Gordon.

1. congrats
2. get ready to pay up dude. IF you pay us all, i'ii try to talk to the others are maybe we'ii give you a $500 babygap gift certificate.

when she's carrying the kid.  You must have negotiated that before whe started having morning sickness and showing.

Anyway, Galt, though a tribute to a fine book, does seem awfully "Galt-y" (I wouldn't want it for a moniker).

What about "Eric Byrnes Gordon"?

Actually, of the ones you listed in the poll, I like Gordon G. Gordon (with just the middle initial though) the best.  

may i suggest Willy Galt?

it could be Glt22?

Or maybe you could go with "Mark Kotsay Gordon," in honor of (drumrolls please...)

.264/.313/.404 vs.
.207/.273/.331

Ouch.

If you want a more common name, at my school I.P. Freely seems to sign up for a lot of after-school clubs.

Eggbert Pernicious Gordon has a nice ring to it, too, if you want to go eclectic.

If you prefer something more generic, why not stay with the baby's original name, e.g., "Baby Girl Gordon"? True story: a mom once named her baby girl "Female" (pronounced feh-MAH-lee) because she saw the tag on the baby.

I've never read Atlas Shrugged, and I don't necessarily endorse Ayn Rand, but the name Roark is pretty sweet (not Howard though, too plain/old-school)

And this diary is recommended x 10, when do I get my "I name children at Athletics Nation" t-shirt?

PS: Is Eric Brynes going to be the baby's godfather?

you might want to hold off until he is re-signed.

of the ayn rand names, i like John Galt Gordon, but ctm. is right, Roark is a sweet name.

decide for yourself and don't tell anyone until after the baby is born. No matter what you choose, somebody will have a reason they don't like it. And if you live in the Bay Area, don't worry about unusual names, there are kids from all parts of the world here with different names, kids get used to them early now. I'm more concerned with how the name flows. The middle name will rarely be said aloud, so Zito, or whatever, is fine. I like Logan for a first name, but when combined with Gordan, the two "en" sounds at the end don't flow well, imo. Nor do the double G's of Galt Gordan. I like Wallace, but it will certainlt be shortened to Wally by other kids, and let's face it, you might as well name him Poindexter and settle for P-Dex as his final moniker.

So, my advice is to ignore all others advice and just name whatever you like.

Logan is pretty popular these days, especially locally. Check out the SSA website to see where names are ranking--keep in mind that it's national, and locally things may look a little different. "Jackson" is ranked 48? It's more like #3 among my friends.

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

- Emily, whose name is ranked #1 since 1996.

Not to rain on the parade, but in Patricia Cornwell's novels about Kay Scarpetta (a medical examiner who solves homicides), the serial killer through out the books is named Temple Galt; they call him Galt throughout the book, so that's ALL I can think of; sorry!

I think Logan is an awesome name. I also think Hudson is an awesome name. Zito is a little strange. I do love the nickname "GQ", but you have to be pretty creative to get a good first/middle combo to register that one.

My two cents! (Anyone else want my opinion on anything? I LOVE being needed! :))

I have no particular love for John ... but you seem pretty fixated on Galt and so I wouldn't want to discourage that. The best way to get your creative name on the kid without ensuring that he will be miserable through his entire childhood and hate you because of it is to give him a fairly generic first name and the creative middle name. That way, if he is feeling too generic, he can always start going by his middle name - but, until then, he can rest in the reassuring bosom of normalcy.

Honor thy master...

You have to go with Wallace Galt Gordon.  I love the name Wallace because of Braveheart.  

I am William Wallace!

FREEEEEEEDDDOOOMMM.

He'll never stop thanking you...or something.

...well, not really, but if you like Galt, and your wife likes Galt, and you think Galt is appropriate, then darn it, go with Galt! :)

I'm never sure if naming a child after a sports celebrity (sports or otherwise) is a good idea unless you really know the celebrity. We think Barry Zito is a fine person, but I kind of think naming a child should be based on something more than a knee-buckling curveball -- even if he does do many charitable works and appears to be a great guy. I bet there are some folks out there who regret giving the name "Kobe" to their kid based on his tribulations.

But then again, that's just me -- I don't even like getting player-specific T-shirts...

I could so imagine some eight years down the road, when young Gordon Gordon Gordon (or Logan Galt Gordon) is terrorizing AN, and discovers this old thread by his father called "Name the Baby."

Then he reads on, and finds that we weren't even thinking in his best interest... oh boy, that'll be a site.

"Dad, how was I named?"
"uhm..."
"Dad, what is this thread (and why is it over 200 comments?! I hate it when threads go over 200 comments!)?"
"uhm..."
"Dad?"
(silence)

I love that name. I think you should go with that one.

In deference to Hank Rearden, why not Henry "Hank" Gordon. Cool name that references Atlas Shrugged and happens to be the name of one of the greatest sluggers in baseball history :)

If you're looking for something other than Galt I'd suggest Seth.

If you're going to keep Galt as the first name (and I think it's kinda cool) than all I ask is that you do not give your son a middle name that starts with "A"... he will hate you and it will lead him to a life of crime and who needs that?

Keeping with the Zito theme.