I have a name!
Jan 11th, 2010 by admin
I’m sure heads of state have spent less time and energy on S.A.L.T. negotiations or GATT trade agreements compared to the time and effort we spent on deciding on a name for our baby! Part of the problem was that we had a couple of names that we all kinda liked, but that were relatively common, while one of the names we all liked in particular was a bit unusual. Ultimately we went with the unusual name. So without further ado, our baby’s name is (drum roll):
ADAIR ANTHONY (First name, middle name)
Adair (a-DARE) is a somewhat common last name but very rare as a first name. The name is Scottish/Celtic in orgin, and means ‘from the ford by the oak trees’, which is kinda neat since there is a small tree-lined creek right behind our house. The story behind the name for us, however, is that the name pronounced in Japanese sounds like ‘thank you’ in Turkish…and we did spend Easter holiday last year in Istanbul. Hmm. -
Anthony is my middle name, and I’ve always liked it.
After deciding on the name, I did a quick Google search to see if there was anyone out there with that name – found lots of people with Adair as a last name, but only turned up one first name…but it was pretty impressive – Lord Adair Turner is the chairman of the FSA, the UK equivalent of the SEC in the US. So a big name in UK finance, with a title of nobility to boot! Hopefully that’s a good omen!
