what's in a name

office conversation today is centered around the naming of the baby - we've examined all of the harry potter character names, family names including beaureaged - the painfully unfortunate [almost]name of an esteemed colleague..and then -

these are the ones that roll around in our heads when minni and i are lying in bed half awake at four in the morning -

my dads middle name:

AMANCIO
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: ah-MAHN-syo (Spanish), ah-MAHN-thyo (Spanish) [key]
Spanish and Portuguese form of the Roman name Amantius which meant "loving" in Latin. The name Amantius was borne by several early saints.

we also dig:

JAMES
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: JAYMZ [key]
English form of the Late Latin Jacomus which was derived from Ιακωβος (Iakobos), the New Testament Greek form of יַעֲקֹב (Ya'aqov) (see JACOB). This is the name of two apostles in the New Testament. The first was Saint James the Greater, the apostle John's brother, who was beheaded by Herod Agrippa in the Book of Acts. The second was James the Lesser, son of Alphaeus. Another James (known as James the Just) is also mentioned in the Bible as being the brother of Jesus.

MILO
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English
Pronounced: MIE-lo [key]
Latinized form of MILES

LILI
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German
German pet form of ELIZABETH

ELISE
Gender: Feminine
Usage: German, English
Pronounced: e-LEE-zu (German), e-LEES (English), e-LEEZ (English) [key]
Short form of ELIZABETH

AMAYA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Basque, Spanish
Variant of AMAIA
(but it translates to "the end" and that sucks)

AMIRA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Jewish
Other Scripts: אַמִירָה (Hebrew)
Pronounced: ah-MEER-ah [key]
Feminine form of AMIR (2)

oh and - our fairfax package arrived in austin at 6ish this morning

so now we're waiting on the biological alignment..

the more we read about how diet and nutritional factors may influence the gender of the baby, the more i am certain that he'll be a she. which is fine.

i'm too weight/calorie/sodium/carb conscious to provide an embryo with the nutrients required to build a baby boy..so says some researchers in chicago and time magazine.. we'll see.

i'm pretty sure i'm getting a sore throat and an earache.