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Sorry for the last minute edits!

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DH: FN is classic; MN is one-syllable and old-fashioned; NN is short for the FN and not often used for young children (i.e. Chuck rather than Charlie)
DW: FN is French but in use in the U.S.; MN is a surname not often used as a personal name

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DS1: FN is three or four syllables; MN honors someone you consider a great man
DD1: FN is short and stylish; MN is three or four syllables
DD2: FN is old-fashioned revival style; MN is a word that is not much used as a personal name
DS2: FN is an invented masculine version of a girls' name (i.e. Selena-->Seleno); MN is related to birds
DS3: FN is Biblical and sweet-sounding; MN is one-syllable and modern
DS4: FN is a Spanish name you think could work in a family that doesn't speak Spanish; MN is Irish, but spelled in a way that won't confuse English speakers
DD3: FN is a Hawaiian name that could work in a family that isn't Hawaiian*; MN is filler
DD4: FN is a Russian name that could work in a family that isn't Russian; MN is classy
DD5: FN is a nickname with a slightly kre8iv spelling; MN has skyrocketed to the top 50 in the past decade
DS5: FN and MN are trendy and/or popular and start with the same letters as DD5's FN and MN

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*Hint: for the Hawaiian names, use this link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_name#List_of_common_Hawaiian_names) rather than the BtN database.

This message was edited 5/27/2009, 3:51 PM