The art of naming a child

Once again, Irene and I find ourselves with a newborn and no name. With Brady, we took the whole four day stay at the hospital before making the final decision. And what was interesting was how often names moved up and down in the list of top choices, not to mention how many 'flyers' (names that were not on the list going into the hospital) rose up to get consideration on the list. Some spent time in the top 3 spots.

It's all very similar to the NCAA basketball tournament, with the big name schools getting all the attention going in, but several unknown Cinderella's stepping up and getting noticed by hopping over one of those big names.

Then once you think you have a name, you have to run through all the nicknames that the child could be called - especially when their last name is a noun, like Chin. For instance, if you name him Charlie, then he'll be called Charlie-Chin his whole life, as if that is his full first name with no second name. Or Chuckie-Chin, which quickly turns into Chunky Chin with just a bit of bad luck. Or if we name our little girl Violet, then her name would be Violet Chin. I can just see kids on the bus saying "Are you sure you have a Violet Chin? Or do you have a Blue Chin?" Then some kid will pick up on that and take it one step further and start calling her Blue's Clues. And once your into the ether-space with a nickname for a person, God only knows what nicknames arise from there.

Anyway, some people may have a knack for this, but we clearly don't, so we want to get your opinion (and you only get one day to respond!). Any ideas?????? If it helps, we had a baby girl....