re: How much input did you have on your child's first name?

First born is named after me. For the others, we both wanted classic names, so to narrow it down, we went through our family trees until we found one we both liked.

Not that we had any deep reasoning for family names, it was just an easy way to narrow it down. I'd start there and expand if you don't like any of them. It's certainly easier to swallow a unique name if it's based on a grandparent, great grandparent, etc.