dude. Congratulations. I, personally, would not invoke the Internet in the naming of my kid. There's no fun in that. What we did was post post-its on the glass door with names on them, and let friends and family add and comment (this is how you find out that one of the names you love, when pared with your last name, "sounds like a stripper"). Even when we knew she'd be a girl we left the boys up. Provokes discussion and you learn things. Even then, you don't know. I used my connections to reach out to George RR Martin to ask him if he was going to turn Arya Stark into, you know, Hitler (after all, he's got two more books to really piss me off). Never heard back, and decided not to risk it, despite the fact that Game Of Thrones is literally the series that convinced me prose was worth writing and Arya literally the character that made me want to do so. So we'd settled on two or three other names, nice names, great names, and then the kid camed out and Looked pissed OFF. We knew she was an Arya within about 5 hours.
Ah - but it can be useful for eliminating names, finding out what is too popular for example. If you get half a dozen people telling you that "Candyfloss" is the perfect baby girl name, you'll know that she probably won't be unique in the playground (if that's an aim). For me, I particularly like Ancient Greek names, for both boys and girls. Orion and Apollo are two particular favourites, and I also love Corydon and Thyrsis. You kind of want to use both of those though, ie for twins or brothers, not just one.I, personally, would not invoke the Internet in the naming of my kid. There's no fun in that.
as an individual with a name unique in the playground (in this country, and particularly paired with my last name), i would like to say that, based on my interactions with actual people and their apparent perceptions/first impressions of me, i absolutely love having a pretty-sounding name that is pretty uncommon. makes me seem all interesting and exotic. unfortunately, all of my shoddy uninformed internet activity is now easily linked to me. i wish i could easily undo or escape what i have done to myself. i actually decided today that any kid of mine will be named something akin to a john doe.
What an awesome story! You have a leader of men there, be proud. Thanks for the link too, according to the wizard, there were 179 Atticus' per 1 million babies in 2012. This is where we are still leaning. As for involving the Internet, I suppose I'm allowing people I "hang out with" somewhat often to stick their virtual "post-its" on our glass door. -An idea that I really love btw.