I am SO SORRY for the long break in posts. I guess going over names again and again, trying to find the right one for the boy just takes a lot out of me at times. 
And no, we are not close to choosing a name quite yet. 
Anyway, I wanted to post to keep things going, so I thought it would be fun to do a “baby name survey.”
There is a cool name book that took a survey asking people what they thought of when presented with a name. I really enjoy looking through the book and always wanted to do a little mini-survey of my own.
When I say the following names, how do you picture the child/adult? What does he/she look like? What are his/her abilities, temperament, and/or characteristics? Any description you can think of would be great! (The names below are just a random selection of names. And BTW, I really need the new edition of The Baby Name Wizard to come out soon… my copy of the first book is looking really shabby right now.)
Allegra
Ashlyn
Charlotte
Elodie
Gemma
Ivy
Jocelyn
Maisie
Piper
Samantha
Tatum
Willow
Alden
Dexter
Ellis
Grady
Holden
Jasper
Jedidiah
Miles
Pierce
Seth
Tyler
Walker
Filed under: survey
Allegra – sickly
Ashlyn – gender-confused
Charlotte – noble
Elodie – confused
Gemma – angry because she will continually have to tell people that the ‘g’ is hard or maybe it is soft
Ivy – likes plants
Jocelyn – bright
Maisie – an Indian
Piper – annoying
Samantha – rambunctious
Tatum – a drug addict
Willow – a midget or a lesbian on some vampire show
Alden – old
Dexter – someone who likes dogs
Ellis – someone who was never hugged
Grady – athletic
Holden – will have overprotective parents
Jasper – a giant wuss
Jedidiah – his parents couldn’t decide what they liked more… the bible or starwars
Miles – a wealthy, nerd
Pierce – presidential
Seth – Egyptian
Tyler – probably a lunatic
Walker – will end up in law enforcement in TX
Allegra – spaced-out hippie who dresses in all natural fibers
Ashlyn – a stripper
Charlotte – (chlld) lonely with upper-crust Hampton-type parents; (adult) my 5th grade teacher whom I loved
Elodie – spoiled rotten
Gemma – British 20-something, slightly overweight but OK with it who has bad luck in love
Ivy – clingy
Jocelyn – someone who all too often frequents renaissance festivals and is proud of it
Maisie – cute little girl, slightly precocious
Piper – high-school cheerleader and not the token nice one
Samantha – probably goes by Sam and is a tom-boy
Tatum – experimental lifestyle, musician
Willow – very, very creep, could star on remake of the Addams Family
Alden – popular, athletic
Dexter – computer geek or someone known on the ComiCon scene
Ellis – something of a wimp
Grady – redneck!!
Holden – all-american boy
Jasper – creepola who hits on anything with a pulse
Jedidiah – old geezer in overalls, rocking on the front porch and spitting tobacco in a Chock Full-o-Nuts can
Miles – socially awkward boy
Pierce – upper-middle class businessman
Seth – rowdy
Tyler – player
Walker – poor thing is the child of parents who are way too into bad TV and Texas — a bad combo
This was too much fun!
Allegra–spoiled rotten brat as a child and adult, but absolutely gorgeous and everyone tells her so.
Ashlyn- Gets called Ashley constantly and hates it, but rarely speaks up. She’s very smart, but always in her own little world.
Charlotte- A sweet, sincere person with good hair.
Elodie- Likes to fight, she’s always causing trouble.
Gemma- Artsy and funky, she wants to design things.
Ivy- Really tall.
Jocelyn- Thinks she should be treated like royalty.
Maisie- Everyone says she is so cute.
Piper- athletic
Samantha- obnoxious and mean-spirited
Tatum- gets called tater-tot.
Willow- the shyest person you’ve ever met.
Alden- drives a race car.
Dexter- likes science.
Ellis- the quiet one.
Grady- all the girls are crazy over him.
Holden- kind of geeky
Jasper- is kind of a punk.
Jedidiah- grew up in the country
Miles- really cute, but annoying.
Pierce- super athlete
Seth- is a dancer
Tyler- is really rambunctious
Walker- he’s an adorable kid, and a very smart grown up.
Ok, I’m coming into this one pretty late, but it’s pretty fun.
Allegra – ballet dancer, tall and statuesque
Ashlyn – “Hi! I’m Ashlyn and I’m going to be your server today.” Ponytail and tight t-shirt.
Charlotte – young: smart, reads the Anne series, adult: impeccable boarding school manners. Perhaps is a pilates instructor as a side job
Elodie – reads the “Eloise” books and wonders why her parents didn’t just call her that.
Gemma – British. hates her real name, Jemima.
Ivy – went to Madeira, pretty shy around anything but a horse
Jocelyn – a reader
Maisie – born to be a detective.
Piper – topless dancer
Samantha – really nice and good-natured
Tatum – dad had a crush on Tatum O’Neil as a boy
Willow- buys a VW van to travel around Europe when she turns twenty.
Alden- future Wall Street lawyer
Dexter – the five year old who is aleady practicing his comb-over.
Ellis – aspiring writer, perhaps a journalist
Grady – football player with brains, doesn’t go for the cheerleaders
Holden – prep school rebel, drugs? Much like his namesake Holden Caulfield
Jasper – Pansy
Jedidiah – Tall, really tall. Likes heavy machinery
Miles – piano player
Pierce – Named after his father, so goes by his middle name
Seth – really nice guy.
Tyler – Definitely a boy born in the 1990’s. Also nice
Walker – either a cool kid who grows up to be even cooler, or the kid who becomes a small-town cop with attitude.