The Name Game

Zog, Zog, Bo Bog, Fa-nananana, Fo Fog, Me Mi Mo Mog - Zog!

Shirley Ellis - "The Name Game"

With LZog now at over 37 weeks (and me at over 37 weeks of enormous, oy!), the name game reigns as the favorite in the Zog household. As I imagined, we have not landed on the magic name that all our friends and family like, but we have what we consider a few solid selections for either LittleBoyZog or LittleGirlZog.

I have struggled with whether or not to share full names and/or photos of LZog on the blog, as I have serious reservations concerning the over-use of social media. For about four years I participated in Facebook; however, I deactivated my account in the summer of 2012 upon acknowledgement of my utter lack of self-control in checking it, along with my realization of greater need for discipline if I wanted to ever finish my dissertation. Also around that time that Facebook began changing and minimizing privacy options every few months. While I recognize the blog (and Facebook, Twitter, etc.) as valuable possible ways to share photos and information about one's life, I worry about posting much specific information about my kiddo. Slightly paranoid? Perhaps. Conspiratorial? Maybe.

For now, I will divulge that we have chosen names solely from our family tree. Since we have managed to trace each of our respective branches to the mid-1700s, these boundaries provide us with myriad, though not infinite, options. We have fairly settled on TZog for LittleBoyZog, though the middle name remains undecided; LittleGirlZog will likely either be LZog or MZog.

The "T" hails from KZog's side of the family, as a derivative of the middle name of one of the earliest Zog arrivals on American shores. "L" comes from my family - the maiden name of someone very important to me. "M" covers both sides, though I favor it because of a particular great-aunt with whom I share an affinity for learning. "T" and "M" fall into the category of more traditional names, while "L" qualifies as the most unique of the the three. Of course so far we've/I've changed my mind about the leading names once every two weeks. So, depending on how much longer LZog decides to kick it in womb land, we may have another completely different set of names . . .

XO,
JZog