Instead of a Prima Ballerina and a Geologist, you could end up with a Belly Dancer and a self appointed groupie for the leading hard rock band. Bird names have also become increasingly popular Falcon, Raven, and Eagle top the list. These sound a little like secret agent code names, but at least the extinct birds like Dodo and Pterodactyl remain sacred. Some parents choose to name their babies after the month in which they were either born or conceived. These are very pretty names but they must match well with the Surname.
Surnames lead to trouble with other first names as well.
Perhaps you ll know their father aspires to be a poet if their name is something like Lisa Batista, or Shelly Carelli. I always assume a parent, nervous from the realization of their new responsibility, stuttered their infant s name to the County Clerk when I meet a John Johnson or Dan Daniels. As legend has it, Bob was the chariot mechanic preferred by the apostles. Some parents use acronyms from their combined names to award to their offspring. Robert and Sheryl Greene will inevitably christen a Sherbet Greene.