what ruhiel and i did was sent an email back and forth adding and subtracting names (for both our children) until we were down to an even dozen and then we started a debating.

one of my primary criteria was to see how easy it would be to make fun of any name on the list. if i could do it in a few second, i knew it'd only take an 8 yr old a few minutes to do the same. they have enough to deal with growing up without parents making it easy for them to be picked on by giving them names that rhyme with various farm animals!