Gender-neutral baby names are all the rage for 2015

Boston Globe ^ | June 23, 2015 | Kristin Toussaint

[pepsi_junkie]

Personally, I like gender-specific Biblical names.

Yes, that's why we named our boys Nebuchadnezzer and Onesiphorus.

[Qiviut]

Somebody beat you to “Nebuchadnezzer” but Onesiphorus is one you don’t hear very often :-)

My idea of a “Biblical” name:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3303285/posts?page=20#20

[NorthstarMom]

My husband said no to Aine for our daughter, mostly because no one would ever be able to pronounce it correctly. I think that was just an excuse because the Irish name he agreed to isn’t much easier for people to pronounce.

Love, love, love the name Aine.

[NorthstarMom]

The parent’s of a former classmate were Luverne and Shirley.

[Steely Tom]

This woman is a fool.

I agree, but the fools are running things now.

[miss marmelstein]

I know a difficult person on FB whose name is Aine. She is always called Anal. Be glad your daughter was not named Aine.

[NorthstarMom]

Ha! Hadn’t thought of that one.

[Politicalkiddo]

A woman in my Bio class named her kid “Dynasty”.

[AuH2ORepublican]

I like Germany’s law: http://mentalfloss.com/article/25034/8-countries-fascinating-baby-naming-laws

[Impy]

In Germany, you must be able to tell the gender of the child by the first name, and the name chosen must not be negatively affect the well being of the child. Also, you can not use last names or the names of objects or products as first names.

Big thumps up.

[Impy]

I’d like to ‘thumb’ myself for that typo. ;D