Names

A conversation on the way home from school:

Seth: [something about his friend Elijah]

Carolyn: Is Elijah a girl name? It's pretty.

Beth: No. It's actually a boy name from the Bible; a prophet in the Bible.

Seth: Then it's a boy name! Is Obama a girl name?

Beth: No, it's the last name of our president. He has a wife and her last name is Obama too. and I think they have two little girls and their last name is Obama too. So it's not a boy name or a girl name. It's a last name.

Kids: Oh.

Beth: His first name is Barak.

Seth: Barak?

Carolyn: Eww. That's a nasty name! 

This is not the first 'boy name' 'girl name' conversation the kids have had.  They're very interested these days in what is for boys and what is for girls and what is ok for both.

She's quite opinionated. Where does she get that from??