I don't really have a restricted name zone, but I did make my sisters promise not to use Madeline. My husband doesn't like it, so it seems I won't get to ever use it either. He, of course, favors Shazam for any child he has, which I always answer with this: "That's a great name for a DOG."

Tom would like to name our never-to-born children Influenza and Plague.

that I find this incredibly amusing is a testament to our decision to not have children.

Influenza's equally-unlikely girl-twin to be named Cholera?

He also finds Echinachia pretty.

Gabriel

Ooh! Favorite name and an excellent first-last match!

It is, and it goes well with Emmett's name, too. I get disconcerted by families that have some kids with really trendy names and some kids with more traditional names.

I don't really have a restricted name zone

We couldn't do any names ending in an "ee" sound, because with our last name it's too singsong. Of course, I still have to deal with it, being an Amy.

I still have to deal with it, being an Amy.

This is one of the major reasons I didn't change my name.

Nora--hee. BF's chosen kids' names are Eucalyptus and Ocarina. Our children-never-to-be could be great friends and social outcasts together!

We couldn't do any names ending in an "ee" sound

Well, both of our last names are vowel-heavy, so there is a lot of opportunity for illiteration. My initials are EAE and I have another girl name in mind for our fantasy child that would make her AEA -- I like the idea of how it balances out.

Tom would like to name our never-to-born children Influenza and Plague.

Mark Russell once did a comedy riff on what "genitalia" really sounds like. One of the options was, a woman's name. (Another was, IIRC, a type of pasta.)