My husband didn't have a preference, he did say that he new our first would be a girl tho, and he was very right. That's pretty cool how they handle the last names in Norway. I'm 2nd generation out of Norway, my maternal grandmother was born there.

I will say that my dads family was very pro boy, and my maturnal grandfather had "him" named when I called to tell them I was expecting. Some people are just very old fashioned. I now have a daughter and a son, ten fingers ten toes that's all that should matter.