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Baby Names

dmw007 said:
No offense to anyone with a name like this, but please don't name your child something along these lines- it can be quite damaging for them growing up. Kids can be cruel and will without mercy taunt and tease your poor child for having such a name. :eek:
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Speaking from personal experience I'll second, third, and fourth that motion. I was cursed with such a problem and couldn't get to a judge fast enough as soon as I became an adult to have the problem remedied. I'd also add in a reminder not to try to be cute like some parents these days and give the child some bizarre, outlandish spelling of an otherwise normal name.
 
CorvusCamenarum said:
Speaking from personal experience I'll second, third, and fourth that motion. I was cursed with such a problem and couldn't get to a judge fast enough as soon as I became an adult to have the problem remedied. I'd also add in a reminder not to try to be cute like some parents these days and give the child some bizarre, outlandish spelling of an otherwise normal name.
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What was your name and what did you change it too?
 
I like Taylor for a boys name. My wife and I have Dean Taylor picked for a boy, but we're still not sure about any first names for girls.

Anyway, a suggestion sell the naming rights to a quirky friend for a couple of thousand (or million) bucks. The kid might have get a lousy name, but his college will be paid for (or somewhat). I say this because we have a friend who insists that we name our kid "Mark Christopher". I told him that for 2 million, we'd give our kid 4 names... his 3 names and our last name. He declined, but it was a good laugh.
 
Just a note for people considering 'different' names or alternative spellings of normal names, recognize that people will constantly misspell them, which is annoying. So if you think it'd be fun to name your "Gimm" instead of "Jim", think of the lifetime he'll have to deal with it...

My name is legally spelled "Adrien", but I no longer care whether it is spelled "Adrien" or "Adrian". I do, however, object to "Adrienne". ;)
 
josh.thomas said:
I've always liked Alana. But now I'm now fond of Alayna, too. :)
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That is my wife's name. Alana pronounced "Alayna"

So far we for boys we like:

Caleb
Landon
Gabriel
Mason

Girls:

Ella (my late grandmother's name)
Abigail
Addison
Riley
Grace
Hayley
Hannah
 
CompUser said:
Boys:
-Erik
-Eric
-Eriq (yes this is a spelling)
-Erick
-Erique
-Airrick

:)


What is your last name- that might help. Because some times names just don't flow right- like Joe Jones, Joe Buda (my spanish teachers son), and Dawson Teft.
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haha you frogot Erich

Reccomend:
guy:
Caleb
Andrew
Eric
Fred


Girl:
Lauren
Patricia
Heather
Anna
 
Whatever you decide on, pick one that people can actually spell and pronounce correctly :rolleyes:

I'm sick of either having to correct people or being called by the wrong name.
 
njmac said:
What was your name and what did you change it too?
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Haha, no. I'm not telling. Ever. It was positively horrible and the worst curse of a name a child could ever be given. I'll tell you if you can guess, and no it wasn't Rumplestiltskin.

I changed it to my grandfather's middle name. Much less ridicule.
 
CorvusCamenarum said:
Haha, no. I'm not telling. Ever. It was positively horrible and the worst curse of a name a child could ever be given. I'll tell you if you can guess, and no it wasn't Rumplestiltskin.

I changed it to my grandfather's middle name. Much less ridicule.
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Oh come on CorvusCamenarum, please tell us! :)







Okay fine, just give me a pm with what your name used to be. I won't tell anyone, you have my word as a spy. ;) :D
 
CorvusCamenarum said:
Haha, no. I'm not telling. Ever. It was positively horrible and the worst curse of a name a child could ever be given. I'll tell you if you can guess, and no it wasn't Rumplestiltskin.

I changed it to my grandfather's middle name. Much less ridicule.
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Let me know so that I don't accidently name one of my kids that. We won't ridicule you... and maybe it will be theraputic to get it off your chest :p
 
CorvusCamenarum said:
Haha, no. I'm not telling. Ever. It was positively horrible and the worst curse of a name a child could ever be given. I'll tell you if you can guess, and no it wasn't Rumplestiltskin.

I changed it to my grandfather's middle name. Much less ridicule.
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Well, you're too old to be named GoldenPalace.com ;) Was it D'artagnon, or Oedipus, or Toolio?
 
it doesn't really matter the name as long as you add an epithet:

Ayla "the terminator" Brown
Clarence "poopy" Watson
Taylor "ironclad" Williams

:)

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dietcokevanilla said:
Whatever you decide on, pick one that people can actually spell and pronounce correctly :rolleyes:

I'm sick of either having to correct people or being called by the wrong name.
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whats so confusing about dietcokevanilla? :confused:

:p
 
My stepdaughter (Nicole) and husband (Gareth), both excellent names, chose "Morghan Chelsea" for my first grandbaby. I hate the 'h' in Morghan, but I like the name. Very Welsh. I have a problem with Ella as a baby's name 'cause that's one of my cats.:D

Congratulations by the way. How exciting!!!!
 
If you have a really long last name, a short first name is nice.

My parents named my brother and I with short names that could not be "nicknamed" easily (like Robert, Rob, Bob).

I like some of the older names.

Cora (My neice)
Kermit
Allene

If you get a chance, check out the book "Freakonomics". The last chapter is an interesting look at baby names...
 
njmac said:
Let me know so that I don't accidently name one of my kids that. We won't ridicule you... and maybe it will be theraputic to get it off your chest :p
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Getting it changed was catharsis enough, thanks ;) And barring you snorting enough cocaine to put an elephant down, it's a name I don't think anyone could stumble onto by way of accident. If you want to guarantee that much ridicule to a child, you have to come across it on purpose ;)

njmac said:
Well, you're too old to be named GoldenPalace.com Was it D'artagnon, or Oedipus, or Toolio?
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No, it was worse.
 
CorvusCamenarum said:
Speaking from personal experience I'll second, third, and fourth that motion. I was cursed with such a problem and couldn't get to a judge fast enough as soon as I became an adult to have the problem remedied. I'd also add in a reminder not to try to be cute like some parents these days and give the child some bizarre, outlandish spelling of an otherwise normal name.
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Lemme guess.... lemonjello (pronounced leh-MONj-ello) or orangejello (pronounched oh-rahnj-ello)?

Or is it something like sh*thead (pronounced shih-theed)?

My old roommate's sister was a teacher in NJ and came across those names in her classes. Imagine calling roll with those names on it.... :eek: :eek:
 
floriflee said:
Lemme guess.... lemonjello (pronounced leh-MONj-ello) or orangejello (pronounched oh-rahnj-ello)?

Or is it something like sh*thead (pronounced shih-theed)?

My old roommate's sister was a teacher in NJ and came across those names in her classes. Imagine calling roll with those names on it.... :eek: :eek:
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There was a girl in one of my undergrad marketing classes whose name was Shithade, and yes when the professor called roll he said "*****head". Truly amazing how the mind plays tricks on you when you're reading, but I pity that poor girl.

And no, my parents knew better than to name me after Jello, just unfortunately not much better than that.

Tangentially speaking, I've noticed in my limited observations that it's an uncommon occurance when parents with weirdo names give weirdo names to their kids. Maybe it just takes one generation to learn the lesson.
 
We're planning to name our soon-to-be-born son Sam... and while thinking about middle names, discovered that if we wanted to be horrible, horrible people, we could make his middle name Beaux. :D
 
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