bouncing baby

I am obsessed with baby names. On the two bunsen burners in my brain, I've got my thesis on one and baby names on the other. I should be more specific - it's just boy names on that burner.
Not that we know yet if we're having a boy or girl, that will come on our doctor's visit March 2nd. It's just that I want a girl, and therefore think I will probably have a boy. Or at least I'm mentally preparing to have a boy. My whole life I basically only imagined having girls (because I was ten when my sister was born, and I helped raise her? Because I adore little girls? Because I don't like mean, rock-throwing, hockey stick boys? Hmm...) At least I'm open about my bias, right? I'm sure I will love baby no matter if it's a girl or boy.

Anyway. Trev and I have few boy names we both like. I like Gilbert (my Dad's middle name, and Gilbert Blythe baby!), Trevor hates it. Trevor likes Lincoln, I think its the name of obnoxious car. We both think Sawyer's cool, but it means "wood cutter." I am constantly plagued with doubts like: "Could he survive junior high with that name?" "Could he apply to a prestigious job interview with that name and a handshake?" "Would he have to spell it more than once on the telephone?" "What kind of associations do others make with that name?"

Amy M. suggested we look through genealogy to find some names. So tonight I went through our binders filled with Trevor's (mostly Welsh) genealogy, and I've compiled a list of names from it we like, with pros and cons.

Any comments, thoughts, opinions are much appreciated.

1. Peter. We both l o v e this name. But it's the junior high issue. My brothers inform me he may never survive being named Peter in a junior high locker room.

2. Elias. Cool. But too heavy?

3. Morgan. Trev's genealogy is littered with this name. This fills the criteria for the interview and handshake thing.

4. Henry. Trevor's favorite boy name. I vacillate between "it's okay" and "Mleh." Maybe a middle name?

5. George. I like it, Trev is okay with it.

6. Charles. Yes, I'm serious. I like Charlie for short. But there's so many famous Charlies (chocolate factory, blockhead, Prince, he bit me) that maybe it's no longer viable as a real person's name.

7. Alexander. We both like this one. Alexander the Great was a really interesting historical figure, and had severely cool hair in his portrait busts. Xander would be a cool nick name.

8. Graham. I adore this name. But Trevor says everyone would call him "Graham-Ma." And I'm not sure if living with "cracker" following his name throughout life is a good idea for a white boy.

9. Daniel. We both like it, but maybe not the point of loving it.

So there it is, so far. I'm constantly adding and subtracting. I guess we could just narrow down to the ones that stay on the list longest.

Seriously, I'd love some help.