I think its a great idea to have approval for names... someone has to protect the children from idiot parents.
Personally, I have a few rules which have not always gone over well with the woman in hypothetical discussions:
1. No names in the Top 10 for the past 5 years. My kids aren't getting the dubious distinction of having the same name as half the room they're in. I had to deal with that and its annoying.
2. Ethnic names should be limited to the ethnicities of the parents, and preferably jive with the last name. Ie: I'm Italian-German, so I could drop a Guido or a HELMUT in there (not going to... maybe a Wolfgang... thats an cool-ass name), but it would be lame to name my kid something from a different ethnicity like Spiro, Mohammed or Joao. Furthermore, something like Stefano Di Nero fits more than Declan Di Nero (names chosen at random).
3. No stupid spellings. Especially ones that make one sound illiterate, or take all the vowels out to sound funky.. things like Krys (pronounced Chris), Aeyrn (Aaron), Mehgan (Megan).
4. Nothing that sounds like a stripper, or something a stoner would call their child. No Brandys, Candys, Moonunits....
5. Firstborn son should have the same full name as the grandfather. My grandfather pissed my mom off, so that got skipped for my generation (I got his name as my middle name) but its one of those traditions that should remain intact.
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