Archive for the 'Baby Name Tourney' Category

Today’s Name: Sean Sheonan Gupta

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

He is here, he is named: Sean Sheonan Gupta.
Tired now.  More info on the name soon.  Tomorrow?  Who knows?  Only Sean.

The 2nd Annual Baby Name Face-Off, ROUND 4

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

We’re down to 4 names!
…and amazingly, one of the 4 is mine. I thought I’d be thoroughly wiped out by now. The baby-naming-gods must be keeping an eye on me.
Oh! We did think of another name to add to the list: Raul, Jr.
Isn’t it brilliant? That way, no one will [...]

The 2nd Annual Baby Name Face-Off, ROUND 3

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Man, it’s been tough to update this on the right day of the week…
I’m back (again) from traveling (again), and so am late (again) to update the tournament.
We had some tight battles this week, with some not-so-surprising results. All of my names have now been knocked out of the tournament but one. You [...]

The 2nd Annual Baby Name Face-Off, ROUND 2

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

Whew.  What a week.
We’re having so much fun in Golden, we’re a day late updating the competition.
So let’s get caught up:  You guys are all crazy.  In all but 3 of the sixteen pairings, you people chose Sarah’s names over mine.  Even on Mason vs. Mason.  What’s the matter with you people?
I guess I’m going [...]

The 2nd Annual Baby Name Face-off BEGINS!

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Friends, Family, Ladies and Gentlemen, the 2nd Annual Gupta Family Baby Name Face-off has begun!
The tournament consists of 32 names: 16 picked by Rahul and 16 picked by Sarah. We asked Tatiana if she had any ideas, and she said “ackitow” (which translates to “tractor”), so we decided she wasn’t taking this seriously enough.
Each [...]

Coming up for air…

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

So, obviously, this hasn’t been a good year for updating this site, but like many an earnest blogger, I intend to do better.
I was trying to come up with nice sounding excuses, like I’d rather spend time with Tatiana and Sarah than write about it, but, really, it probably comes mostly down to my travel [...]

Today’s Name: Tatiana Amelie Gupta

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

The Baby Name Face-off, The WINNER!

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

Now, I won’t say our tournament is quite as prestigious as, say, Wimbledon, but with over 70 voters, I must say it was a more successful tournament than I had expected.
Now, without further ado, the winner of the First Annual(?!) Baby Name Face-off:
Amelie
Amelie faced a host of tough competitors, but when it came to the [...]

The Baby Name Face-Off, The Final Round

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Well, I guess you all proved me wrong.
Natalie beat Jasmine.
Let’s see who else Natalie beat to get here: Circe, Noemi, Alia
Amelie (of course) beat out Grace.
Let’s see who else Amelie beat to get here: Claudette, Lily, Jasmine
In both cases it looks like they got a free pass on the first round, but the competition got [...]

The Baby Name Face-Off, ROUND 4

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

Seriously, people?
Grace and Natalie over Penelope and Alia?
Seriously?
Well, at lease Alia was close to making it…
At any rate, here we are down to the final four. It appears if we’ve got a couple of Dark Horses going up against a certain fan favorite, Amelie, and the most divisive name in the tournament, Jasmine.
It seems [...]