| n I was pregnant with my first child, I toiled and | | | | this began as an English surname for Matthew. It only |
| toiled over the "perfect name". Nothing I came up | | | | became a popluar girl's name after the 1984 movie |
| with was acceptable to my husband, and vice versa. | | | | "Splash" in which a mermaid was named that after |
| While many things in a marriage can be compromised, | | | | seeing the Madison Avenue sign in New York, |
| your baby's name isn't one of them. You must both | | | | meaning wealth and prosperity. |
| agree, and that is an undertaking to say the least. | | | | My son, Madison, has turned out to be a very |
| Nine months into my pregnancy and approaching | | | | mature and intellectual boy, but with much |
| home base, we were still without a name. I'll never | | | | personality. Kinda like the name implies. When I hear |
| forget the moment when we choose our son's name. | | | | it, I think of PRESIDENT, or CEO, or something |
| We were driving up to the North Georgia mountains | | | | equally impressive. We all know in today's world, |
| for our anniversary, and I was reading from a Lewis | | | | names are more and more interchangable betwen |
| Grizzard book (how fitting.) I'm not sure what | | | | male and female. As a parent, I believe you know |
| possesed me to grab this book on the way out the | | | | you've chosen the right name when it accurately |
| door, but it must have been fate. In one chapter he | | | | describes the personality of your child. How will you |
| writes about the importance of names, and that | | | | know this before you meet your child? Although you |
| there are a few names which throughout history | | | | can't know for sure, I think you somehow inately |
| have a reputation for success. The names included | | | | combine the qualitites of your husband and yourself |
| classics like Caroline, Anne, Sarah and so forth. For | | | | to form the name that "fits". The same way a |
| boys, James, William, and MADISON. Hmmm, Madison, | | | | woman knows before her child wakes up at night, or |
| I thought. I liked it, it was easy to spell, easy to | | | | when something is wrong. You just know. And I've |
| pronounce, can't be shortened into a weird name | | | | yet to meet a parent who has regreted the name |
| that he'll forever be made fun. So it was settled. | | | | they chose for their child. |
| Madison it would be. Now, of course you are | | | | That was seven years ago, and in my son's first |
| probably thinking, "Isn't that a GIRL'S NAME?" Well... | | | | grade class there is a Dylan, Parker, Ashton and |
| yes, in the last decade or so, it has been on the top | | | | Taylor, and it might surprise you to know which is |
| 50 of most popular girl's names. As a matter of fact, | | | | male and female. He has not been made fun of, and |
| I'm willing to bet my house on the fact that you | | | | he likes his name. And as a side note, if I didn't |
| probably know 2 or 3 girls named Madison. However, | | | | already mention, my husband's name is Casey. |