Sue turned out alright.
I would avoid “Jeeves.”
My wife and I view with great amusement the names given babies in our area printed in the local rag every week. For a while it seemed there was an endless amount of babies named Kayden, or Ayden, or Caden, or Bailee, Baylee, Kaylee,etc. In short, all the supposedly liberated new parent baby-namers followed the herd. We both like traditional names. They never go out of style.
When they choose their babies name they should consider that the baby could choose their retirement home.
Sue turned out alright.
Love this one at #5, right after the authors say that the rules have changed, just three 'rules' earlier.
Fact of the matter is that naming little darling something that you think is special and beautiful has no bearing whatsoever on whether the child actually becomes special or beautiful. That takes actual parenting.
In the meantime, regular names for children are just fine, thank you. The 'special' comes from the child, not the name.
Name them whatever you like but don’t get upset when people can’t pronounce the name correctly or roll their eyes at it.
I met a woman at a meeting once; her name was “Tonic”. She told me that her brother’s name was “Gin”. Her parents were going to name their kids “Gin” and “Tonic”, no matter what sex they were; the first kid born would be “Gin” and the second, “Tonic”. True story.
The Social Security Administration has a website for tracking the popularity of baby names by birth year. You can also look at a specific name and see how its popularity has changed over time.
http://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/
Replacements for Some Super-Common, Overused, Tired, or Overly Trendy Names
http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/advice/replace.html
8) Planning for a girl, but having a boy.