Okay, I'm so excited! I just got off the phone w/my best friend,
Mel, who is expecting to give birth to her first children, twins -- boy and girl -- in
September. She has been battling with names forever, and she just called me and said it is official and final -- their names are (drum roll please):
Beowulf Xavier (m)
and
Lux Amadeus (f)
Wow!
She said, "
My children will have no choice but to be extraordinary. Their names will demand it."
She said she would order
Beowulf ("Wulfie" for short) a little custom-made onesie that says, "I've come to kill your monsta." (
Said like
Ray Winstone in the awesome
Beowulf movie.)
Mel has long studied and been fascinated by the
Beowulf legend -- by myth and legend in general, from
Gilgamesh to the X-Men (hence the
Xavier)-- and she is one hell of a unique individual, so I'm not surprised she made bold choices for her kids. Knowing their parents, I'm sure
Beowulf and
Lux will snuggle right into their unorthodox names.
M.