It was very kind of you guys to send name suggestions for my last baby. I pinky swear that it was a serious plea for help. As you know, we went off and named him after his grandfather. He is now the sole heir of his grandfather’s estate, and if we would’ve known that was going to happen, we would’ve named one of our girls after him.

The truth is, we are settled on a boy name for this next baby. It is arguably the top contending name many of you sent in last year. The problem is, we don’t have a girl name. We’d settled on “Lydia” a long time ago, but when we found out it means either “from Lydia” or “strife,” we had to find another name.

Without further commentary, here’s our loose rules for The Scott Girl Naming Criteria:

    • 1. It has to mean something. Something other than “from Lydia.” If you know the name for “Sleeps through the night and obeys her Mama,” I will take that one.
      2. It can’t start with “S” because Greg isn’t into alliteration.
      3. We prefer 3 or more syllables because it sounds old-fashioned and goes with our other girls’ names.
      4. It can’t have a form of “anna” like Susanna, Hannah, or Elana, because we already have an “Annalise.”
      5. Nothing trendy.
      6. Nothing that sounds made up.

    • Please help. We’re T-minus 9 +/- days. When we meet, I want to tell her about her name, about her future, about the plans and love God has for her. I do not want to talk about how she made me languish in vomit for so many months. Yeah, so I need a name.