Posted on 06/27/2007 7:56:35 AM PDT by Millee
Self-obsessed parents-to-be have one more thing to worry about: What to name the little testament to themselves once Mommy poops it out. You don't want your little angel to be like every other Madison in her class. The solution? Baby-naming consultants.
Last fall, John Bentham, 36, a Las Vegas theater producer, and his wife, Shannon, 29, who runs a nonprofit foundation, says they felt "enormous pressure" to find a strong-sounding boy name. "I wanted a name that would look good on a marquee or a political banner," Mrs. Bentham says. Though they had agreed on the letter "j," none of the names they came up with -- Jude, Julian, Jake, Jason, or John Jr. -- seemed original enough. They hired Ms. Walker and Mr. Reyes, who produced an 11-page list of possibilities, including Jackson. In March, the Benthams welcomed little Jackson Dean into the world.
Walker and Reyes are a couple who offer "name consultations and workshops," and charge you fifty dollars a pop to help make sure that your Paolo isn't some pedestrian Paul. One California woman dropped nearly $500 to have a numerologist make sure the name she chose had "positive associations." Parents of America, we implore you: Save your money for the nursing home you're going to need when your offspring, bitter about a lifetime of "Anderson"ness, refuses to take you in during your declining years.
Don't ruin my new profession.
There are also online databases for free.
Her cousin, a male, was named Dimple Dewdrop. (Dewdrop was the middle name.)
Somebody should have consulted with my Granny!
I named my youngest “Zachary” but I called him “Atilla The Baby”. I called him “Atilla” after his mother “Atilla The Wife”. (I will never understand why that woman divorced me)
.....Bob
“Ashlee, it’s time for your laxative”
“Taylor, come on and take your insulin”
It seems that over time, boy names become girl names, and last names become first names.
Those names have character! Me likey!! :o)
Zoltar
Amadeus
Gaston
These are the same people who last year hired a consultant to tell them what color to paint their house.
What oafs! I usually just bug my online friends for their suggestions.
Of course you can. Where do you think lawyers come from? ;~))
Too stupid to name their own kids? Maybe too stupid to have kids, as well. If they were at that much of a loss as to what to call the little tyke, they could have bought one of the numerous baby-name books or, better yet, checked one out of the library. And if they were really dead set on a name starting with a “j”, all they needed to do was keeping going down the list a bit (their being professional creative types, I’m sure that could have done that right out of their heads) and they probably would have hit on “Jackson” completely on their own. Probably.
Pathetic..
Hummm. Might work.
My labs are named after their colors. Midnight is black and Herschel (Hershey) is chocolate. In the dark I just holler, “Dog!” and they both come. They also answer to, “Cookie?”
All three for one person, RR?
I think they should spell it “Jaxon” for that extra oomph.
I thought of naming my first kid, “Dammit.” After all, for the first 10 years of my life, that’s what I thought my name was.
What do you call a dog with no legs?
Doesn’t matter, he won’t come.
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