Weird ways to pick baby names?

The Bump Editors

We're writing an article on baby names and want to know...

Have you used/heard of any interesting, strange or surprising methods to picking baby names (i.e.) picking it out of a hat?

Post to this board and let us know!

TheWop

DH and I had a bet for March Madness with baby boy names.  If his final pick won, we would use his #1 name if our baby was a boy, if my final pick won, we would use my #1 name if baby was a boy.  Neither of our teams made it to the end, and we found out we were having a girl, so none of it mattered anyway, but it was still fun. 

TheWop

I thought of another thing we're probably going to do:

We're going to hang a small white board or poster board outside our delivery room and let nurses and passers by vote on our short list.  It should be interesting! 

starlight8323

mj.reilly:

Bump Editors, read our FAQ section for ideas. These threads may help:

 1. How did you and your SO decide on a name?

 7. How important do you think middle names are? How did
        you choose? 

8. Sibsets. Do you take your other children's names into
        consideration when choosing a name for the new baby? 

11. Family names and traditions! 

 17. What is your child's name, and what is his or her name
        story?

 18. What is your best baby naming advice?

 

This.

And after you've read through those, you might also like to keep track of our daily Name Horrors Thread. There's not much in today's thread yet, but we often get stories of people choosing crazy names for crazy reasons.

teachergal05

I've heard a lot of names over the years as a teacher. Granted, this has ruined some names for me, but it has also inspired me to add some names to my list of favorites.