Our first son is Anthony.   I am Italian and my husband is Jewish.  I always loved the name Anthony growing up...not Tony.    And when I got pregnant with our first son, I knew I wanted Anthony but I never told my husband this.  So when we found out we were having a boy, my husband said his only request was that the name start with the letter "A".   It's a Jewish traditional to name your child after someone that passed in your family using the first letter of the name.   My husband's Dad died right after we were married and his name was Al.   It was just meant to be to have Anthony!  
Our second son was a little more difficult.  I like Jacob or Jake and my husband didn't.  We wanted to use my fathers  initials TJ but instead call him JT.   Well,  my husband picked Jack Thomas and we were going to call him JT.   JT never stuck...he's Jack!