Naming Button's Sister

When Luke was on his way, we looked to America's Founding Fathers for name inspiration. And entertainment. Some signers of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution had very interesting names: Lyman, Caesar, Elbridge, Oliver, Josiah, Gunning, Pierce, Rufus. But the most interesting was "Button Gwinnett," and we started referring to him as Button. (I'm glad it didn't stick.)

So now we're looking for inspiration for our little girl.

I think Swedish names are interesting: Trind, Valborg, Agda, Arnborg, Aslog, Bengta, Bothild, Gunilla, Solvig. (Kirsten knew a wonderful woman named Gunilla.)

A cool thing about Swedish names are the non-english letters, too: naming her Åsa would make her the darling of everyone who had to put her name into a computer.

Here's another treasure trove. Know where these came from? Arial, Verdana, Maiandra, Lucida, Sylfaen, Vrinda. Font names!

But Kirsten's source takes the cake: she looks through her junk-mail folder for interesting names! All those junk mails are worth something after all.

Anyway, naming a baby is a big responsibility. So we gotta laugh a little along the way. (And please forgive me if one of those names is yours or a loved one's.)

Where do you get inspiration? All suggestions welcome!