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Name the new baby according to each family's criteria. I'll judge the first 15 entries only. (Mine doesn't count, obviously.)

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The Aberdeen Family

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Kristen and Joe are expecting their fourth child, a girl. Their first three children have names that begin with M, and they don't want their new daughter to be left out of the tradition, so they want to give her a first name beginning with M, with a nickname that begins with another letter. (The nickname should be derived from the first name, not the middle name.) They don't have any specific criteria for the middle name, as long as it sounds good with the first name and their other children's names.

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DW: Kristen Mary
DH: Joseph Rodney "Joe"

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DS/DS: Michael Forrest "Forrest" / Maxwell James "Max"
DD: Mary Jacqueline
DD:

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The Barrett Family

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Molly and Luke are expecting twins, a boy and a girl. They have settled on the name Lydia Anne for one twin, but can't decide what to name the other. They like names that are slightly matchy but not confusing or cheesy.

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DW: Molly Anne
DH: Luke Alan

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DS: Jeremy Luke
DD/DS: Lydia Anne / ??

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The Covington Family

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Natalie and Keith are expecting their first child, a girl. Natalie is an artist and musician, so she wants the child's first name to reflect her occupation somehow. Keith wants to use an Irish or French middle name.

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DW: Natalie Mae
DH: Keith Walter

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DD:

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The Donovan Family

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Jane and Louis are adopting twin boys from Russia. They want to give them Russian first names that will be easy for English speakers to spell and pronounce, and English middle names.

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DW: Jane Ellen
DH: Louis Avery

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DS/DS:

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The Elliot Family

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Carrie and Will are expecting their third child, a girl. They want to use Biblical names, and like common first names paired with very unusual middle names.

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DW: Carrie Ophelia
DH: William Seamus "Will"

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DD: Hannah Gethsemane
DS: Adam Zacchaeus
DD:

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The Finch Family

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Nina and Sam are expecting their first child. Nina wants to honor her sister, Christa, and Sam wants to honor his grandmother; trouble is, they're expecting a boy. Since they don't plan on having any more kids, they want to find a boy's name that honors both women. It can be derived from their first, middle, or last names.

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DGreatGrandma: Emily Joan Robinson
DAunt: Christa Maxine Huntington

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DW: Nina Roxanne
DH: Samuel Gordon "Sam"

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DS:

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Sometimes I just feel like smacking people with the dictionary, just to see if they absorb any intelligence through osmosis.
-My friend Emma

This message was edited 5/26/2006, 2:59 PM