Searching for a name

mom just made an announcement in the comments for another post:

We're rethinking the name Olivia, by the way. Too many Olivias out there right now. We'll come up with something soon though.

So here's dad again, with some name ideas.

• Olivia Temujin John, with references to the '80s, Genghis and her grandfather;
  
• Isabella Donna, with a version of mom's preferred first name and the name of Mike's friend;
  
• Kathryn DaGrate, with a grandmother's name and something vaguely Italian;
  
• Genghis, simply Genghis.
  

Some of you may be wondering about the Lil' Genghis thing, anyway. Here's the plan: People can raise a child and not know for years how that child will turn out. I mean, you can wait until adolescence and not have a good idea. 15, 16, starts to drive, still no idea. 18, leaves the house for college or a job. 22, maybe graduates college. Only around age 25 will your child set out into the world and prove to be a loser or successful.

On the other hand, name the kid Genghis. Playground ridicule is certain to follow. But by the end of kindergarten, you'll know if your child is going to be a sniveling loser, or will have risen above it all to rule the playground. By the end of second grade, you'll see leadership skills as the kid forms a gang. Give the name Genghis to a girl, and you'll find the first female American president. (Or first female Brazilian president; she'll have dual citizenship.) From there, can "future world leader" be far behind?

Some children are successfully raised by wolves.

I'm not saying that if the kid fails in kindergarten you should completely write him off, you know, maybe to let him or her live among the wolves. -- even this method can offer the children a second chance at success. No, you can just ... refocus ... additional efforts on the second child.

So, Genghis. Dig it.

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Edited by mom: I'm at a loss for words. And names.