A Game Just For Fun
Patrick. Samuel. Ethan. These three names have something very definite in common, other than the fact that they all have two syllables and are the names of the three cutest boys I know! The ironic thing is that Andrew and I didn’t even realize this common theme between the three names until someone pointed it out to us. We used Patrick and Samuel because they were family names, and Ethan because we liked it. But apparently someone thought it very obvious that there was a general theme going with the names we were using, so I thought I’d play a little game to see if it was that obvious to anyone else!
Here’s the game: Without googling it (I know it’s tempting… instant info at your fingertips!) guess what the commonality is between the three names, and then give us some suggestions to keep the theme going by giving us suggestions for a girl’s name and a boy’s name for our next child! So, leave us a comment if you think you know the answer. I changed the settings so that the comments won’t appear right away, so I can give everyone a chance to guess!
This was a hard one! I can only think that it must be the number of letters in the names:
Patrick – 7
Samuel – 6
Ethan – 5
Your next baby will have to have only 4 letters, like Jane, Anne or Rose. And if it’s a boy, Joel, Axel, or Rudy.
January 9th, 2008 | #
Since I knew it had to be something that one didn’t need the internet for, I figured fairly quickly (though it never occurred to me before) that all are names associated with the American Revolution: Patrick Henry; Samuel Adams; Ethan Allen.
My suggestions for a girl: Elizabeth (Betsy Ross). For a boy: well, it won’t be a boy!! 🙂
January 9th, 2008 | #
I give up! I even googled it. I admit it!
I have NO idea!
January 9th, 2008 | #
This is hard…but I suggest:
Benedict (sp?)
Paul Revere
January 10th, 2008 | #
oops, not Benedict!
Abigail
January 10th, 2008 | #
haha this is too hard so i think i cheated. you should name the next baby george or ben.. would that be right??
January 10th, 2008 | #
Is it that they’re all Irish names!?!?! If so, you could name your daughter Bonnie, that’s Irish, right?
I always love your name games, and no, I didn’t google it.
January 10th, 2008 | #
haha why does my last post not show up?? is it because i cheated? 😀
January 11th, 2008 | #