The Name Game

We've been playing the name game around here. With the impending Committee date (which our worker assures us is soon) it's beginning to sink in that we may soon have another son (or 2). Now, the question: Tristian is 3 years old. Do we change his name? Our first line of business is to assess if we like the name itself and if it goes well with our other children's'. Nope. Then we move on to the meaning of the name. Do we like it's meaning? "Cry of sorrow". Absolutely not.

So, we've now established that the name is going. I was considering leaving it in, but the whole, "cry of sorrow" thing has me anxious to get it off him.
Now, to The List. The List has been around for ages (the first names on the list were put there by our teen aged selves). The List holds some of the coolest names on the planet, if I do say so myself. Names laying in wait for our children to claim, giving them one of the aforementioned coolest names on the planet. These names are carefully chosen not only for the name itself but for symbolism and meaning. Most are Hebrew.

So! To The List, then! We hold his picture next to The List and begin.
We eventually reach the end of The List. Our potential son still smiling back at us from his spot on the Waiting Children Bulletin. He's not on The List. None of the coolest names on the planet are his. I can't understand this! Surely one of these must suit him! Can we make one fit?
Nope.
None of them are this child.

After days of consternation a few arguments we came across a name that we had never considered before. We hadn't even really liked the name until now, but...it seems right. It sounds different than it ever did before. I went to get his picture and was surprised at the rightness of it. How can you argue with who your (potential) child is? We just looked at his smiling face and said, "Well, look at that. That's him, alright. That's who he is. Huh."

It's a good name and it continues to grow on us as we look up it's meaning.....Yes, that's who he is! It's perfect. Absolutely perfect. That's his name....
one of the coolest names on the planet.