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The obvious solution, of course, is to think things through.

How do you figure?

Remember that a child's name should also be intention-revealing. "George" doesn't do much for you there. Consider some examples--

* Pat: one of the least intention-revealing names possible. The name is androgynous; can we assume the child is as well? Should we assume the child does not wish to buck the status quo (wishes to "stand pat")?

* George: doing better. It reveals the sex, at least. There is still the problem that it doesn't say much about what the child does.

* Paul Jr.: This is much clearer. The child's sex is clear, as well as its purpose: a lighter, faster implementation of the original Paul Graham (the original, of course, is kept around for reasons of backwards-compatibility).

To test a baby name: Imagine a second, very different baby. Will the name work for both babies?

Other examples of good baby names include mCarryOnTheFamilyName, fBiologicalImperativeToReproduce, and Buck.