So, I have been reluctant to blog about this. Although, I hear some people already heard via a mass e-mail (ahem, ahem) we are changing the baby’s name. We have always joked about how we are really glad we like our dog’s name because we yell it ALL DAY EVERY DAY.
When Josh and I first started dating he declared that one day his son would be named Jacob Dylan. In many ways I knew that by accepting a proposal from him meant this would be my son’s name! So, naturally we came out of the gate calling our son Jacob Dylan.
After a few weeks of calling the baby’s name a lot, we decided it wasn’t what we were going for. So for weeks we have been trying to agree on something again. I have been trying to masculinize my grandmother’s name and was shooting for a middle name of Galen, after Gail, but Josh wouldn’t have it. And I completely understand now that we both have a name we love. He was pushing for Manu, a name that means wisdom. He also campaigned for Maximus and Hendrix.
I went and got a baby name book. What was I thinking? Those things just confused us more!
But, we have settled! His name will be Dylan Cash Brown. We knew we wanted it to have to do with our love for music. Bob Dylan is one of Josh’s all time favorites, and we listen to him a lot at night. And who doesn’t love Johnny Cash. I will never forget driving to Athens one morning for class and hearing the Hurt cover for the first time. I literally almost had to pull my car over to the side of the road I was weeping so hard. It was so moving. And Josh and I have made Johnny a staple in our lives.
So there you have it, Dylan Cash Brown. Although, we still have the right to change it until it is on his birth announcement. No monograms, please. 
June 21, 2008 at 9:03 am |
A+ on going for the music inspirations I want our kids and dogs to have music inspired names. That is of upmost importance.
Love the name. This kid is going to be cool whatever you name it though.
How crazy are names? I think about names all the time and we totally already have our boys name picked out, music insprired of course.
Word.
June 21, 2008 at 9:06 am |
that was leslie
June 23, 2008 at 2:42 am |
Awesome, particularly on the Cash part. That was the only thing that put my little one to sleep 9 months ago when he first came out. I called him the Baby in Black and sang him Jackson and Folsom Prison Blues.
He went right to sleep. : )
June 30, 2008 at 7:26 pm |
This kid will be cool regardless, I agree, but that name is really going to add to the coolness factor. So many possibilities… congrats!