My husband chose the first name for my daughter: Jessica
He said it was the closest name to my name(Jennifer) that he liked.
I chose her middle name, it was my middle name and also my mothers middle name and also my Great Aunt's middle name. I think it's cool that we all have the same middle name.
I chose my son's first name: William after my cousin Bill. My husband chose his middle name: It's his first name.
In my husbands family the son instead of being a Blah Blah Jr., they give the son the father's first name as their middle name. They've done that for at least four generations. I thought it was interesting.