Him: Let’s name the baby Minerva, goddess of the hunt.
Me: Diana was goddess of the hunt. Minerva was a wisdom and war goddess.
Him: Even better.
Me: Ok, first of all, if we were going that route, I prefer the Greek equivalent Athena. Minerva sounds like an old lady name. You complained about Cora being an old lady name and came up with Minerva?
Him: Cora is an old lady name.
Me: Anyway, Athena was born from her father’s forehead.
Him: Really?
Me: Yes, and tell you what — when you can birth our daughter yourself, you can name her Minerva.
Best argument. (I think Cora is a pretty name…)
I think I won that round, even if he still dislikes my name suggestions.
And then I chortled, scaring the crap out of the cat. Well done, you!
I’m hoping the child inherits my wit.
Ha! I’m with both of you. In your defense, Cora is a beautiful name, and was our second choice for our daughter. In your husband’s defense, I love Cora in part because it was my great great grandmothers name, a very old lady indeed.
When they heard we were adopting twins, people suggested, among other things, Luke and Leah. So helpful…
So far most people have suggested I name the baby after them.
Yeah, just avoid Venus or Aphrodite or guaranteed stripper. And I’m thinking the Nordic goddess “Frigg” would be an unfortunate choice, though every time you were annoyed with her it would be REALLY easy to come up with epithets.
I’ve already nixed the potential stripper names. I feel like this would be so much easier with a boy.
HA! I love how you ended that. And I totally agree-Minerva is an old lady name. And not one that you can bring back into fashion either.
After rereading this, I would just like to say that I always thought Nemesis a pretty name for a girl, and startlingly appropriate, especially when she hits the teen years. That might just be my nieces, though.