Naming a child can be one tough decision, probably one of the toughest decisions in life. The person named will have to live with the name for their entire life. Names can shape people into who they become. It?s not a decision to be taken lightly.Every so often, my husband and I think of names for future children. We change our minds over time, so we like to go over our thoughts and opinions every once in a while. We like names that sound strong, so we tend to choose one-syllable names. Saint was a favorite of ours for some time.There are a few names that are off-limits to us due to our last name. That?s one thing to keep in mind when naming a child - determining whether you want to use a commonly known first and last name combination. (In our case, we love the name Michael, but with the last name of Jordan, the child may be in store for some ridicule or silly comments for the rest of his life) We often consider naming a child after someone in our respective families. Honoring the memory of a relative who has passed is an idea that we love. We consider using the first initial of a relative or an alternate spelling of a name of a relative.We also love the classics. We like names that come from previous eras (like Adelle and Delores, which are our respective grandmothers? names) and we?ve recently chosen the name Dante for