I know a woman named Iona Dick. Go on - say it out loud. The kicker is she took her husband’s surname when she married so actually decided to become Mrs. Iona Dick.

I have a friend whose little boy is named Owen Vary. Nice name, lovely kid. Two weeks ago, Owen’s poor mama got hit with the realization that his first initial with last name makes the word “ovary”. She is hoping the kids he ends up in high school with don’t clue in.

It’s fair to say that we Mabel mamas are mildly obsessed with baby naming. It’s a bit of a sport around the office. We get irrationally excited by names and you can often hear squealing in the Mabel’s Labels production area when someone comes across a new or unique name.

My last pregnancy went very quickly and a fast pregnancy qualifies as a good one. The one drawback was that I kept thinking I had loads of time to come up with a fun and clever name. It’s tricky business to name a baby when you’re in the baby name business. It also doesn’t help when you’ve already named a handful of your own kiddos.

I’m generally pretty satisfied with my kids’ names so was worried about finding a sixth name I would be happy with.

When our little boy arrived four weeks ago, we had settled on “Finian Aloysius”. Daddy-o and I think we are both funny and clever because it shortens to a very cool rapper name (think J.Lo or K.Fed). Confused? Well, take the first part of both names and you get “Fin Al”. Yep, you got it - FINAL, as in last one, done, no more babies! I figured with a rapper name like that I would be immune to any future temptation to go for baby #7. I’ll let you know how that works out for me.

Have you got a funny baby name story? How did you name your kid? Tell your story and receive an entry for a Mabel’s Labels Camp Pack giveaway. Find details here: http//:www.blog.mabel.ca

Want to stay current on the Mabel name trends AND get some free product? Just add the Popular Baby Names application to your Facebook profile: http://apps.facebook.com/popularbabynames…Invite your friends to add this application to their profiles and for every 5 friends who do, you will receive a coupon code entitling you to 15 free Classic Sticky Labels.

**Big thanks to Nicole for the awesome Finian image that went of the very cool cards she sent me. Check her stuff out: http://NSCcards.com

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