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Some Parents Regret Names Of Kids
KSAT.COM ^ | 03/05/2008

Posted on 03/05/2008 9:08:01 AM PST by Responsibility2nd

Many parents want a distinctive, appropriate, special-but-not-too-special name for their children, and 58 percent believe the right name contributes to success. Some would even pay people to help find a name.

Even with all the thinking that often goes into the decision, 3 percent of parents regret the names they chose and would change it if they could, according to a survey by BabyCenter.

They often said they would make a switch because a name has become too popular or gets mispronounced. A few parents felt that the name just doesn't seem to fit their child, the company said.

"Many parents view selecting a name for their baby as one of the most important and most difficult decisions they've ever made," said BabyCenter editor-in-chief Linda Murray. "Parents want to find a name that conveys their child's unique identity and will suit their personality throughout their lifetime."

Parents of boys said they wanted to convey strength and individuality, while femininity was the top concern for parents of girls.

Other findings included:

9 percent of new and expectant parents would pay someone to help them pick a name 48 said celebrities don't influence baby naming trends 26 percent said mom's vote has more weight than dad's when it comes to baby naming

People also said they look for different things in a first and middle name. The most important thing for a first name is sounding good, parents said. For a middle name, it was honoring a family member or carrying on a naming tradition.

However, 57 percent of parents said their kids are not named after anyone or anything in particular.

In December, BabyCenter released lists of the top 10 names for boys and girls.


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: babynames; childrensnames; lemonjello; orangejello; psychology
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To: Xenalyte

That was cool. Except for Daniel (everyone’s got a Daniel) I seem to have chosen all my children’s names at their least popular point.


241 posted on 03/05/2008 11:30:45 AM PST by Tax-chick (I am snide and not intellectual today. How are you doing?)
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To: All

Sometimes I wish I were named Tiger and could golf.


242 posted on 03/05/2008 11:32:00 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: ShadowDancer

see post 130


243 posted on 03/05/2008 11:34:59 AM PST by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: 1Old Pro
Sometimes I wish I were named Tiger and could golf.

His name is actually Eldrick Tiger Woods

244 posted on 03/05/2008 11:37:51 AM PST by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Responsibility2nd

someone should tell MODOT so they can
change some of their hwy signage.


245 posted on 03/05/2008 11:37:57 AM PST by urtax$@work (we have faced tenacity before....& The Best kind of Memorial is a BURNING Memorial)
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To: Slapshot68
I have a friend named Bill Williams, two of them actually.

Plus, I knew twins named April and May, who were born in July.

246 posted on 03/05/2008 11:43:05 AM PST by razorback-bert (Eco-wackos make love by candlelight, it is the only light they have.)
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To: Slapshot68; All

I know an EMT. He told me about a call he was on a few years back, to Chicago’s south side. A woman at the residence he was sent to had named her daughter LaTwat.


247 posted on 03/05/2008 11:43:26 AM PST by redstates4ever
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To: Responsibility2nd
I went to high school with a January (who wasn't born in January). And I had an English teach in high school named Mrs. Knee

Her husband's name was Harold.

Harry Knee.

248 posted on 03/05/2008 11:45:20 AM PST by redstates4ever
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To: null and void

No.


249 posted on 03/05/2008 11:48:45 AM PST by GSWarrior
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To: PapaBear3625
Oh yeah...I love that song.

I do get tired of people singing the chorus of Rawhide when they hear my name.

250 posted on 03/05/2008 11:49:56 AM PST by GSWarrior
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To: Sloth

how’d u find that? sigh


251 posted on 03/05/2008 11:53:29 AM PST by Rightly Biased (Courage is not the lack of fear it is acting in spite of it<><)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Here ya go Sloth found what I was looking for
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Hillary is Most Poisoned Baby Name in History
* A posting by Matt

According to data published by the Social Security Administration, the name Hillary is the most severely poisoned baby name in history. Hillary had been steadily climbing the baby name charts since the 1960s, when it first graced the Top 1000, becoming the 136th most common name for baby girls in 1992. But the name sharply reversed course in 1993, smashing several longstanding records for name contamination in its plunge from the Top 1000 girl names last year.

The title for the most rapid case of name contamination had been held by Ebenezer and then Adolph, names that were shunned by parents after they became associated with Dickens’s miserly banker and the Nazi dictator Hitler. But while Ebenezer and Adolph each took over 30 years to fall from the Top 1000 after they were negatively associated with their prominent name sakes, Hillary dropped off the charts in just 10 years, upsetting the prior records in less than 30% of the time. Besides this achievement, Hillary also set records for largest drop in a single year (295 places in 1994), two years (420 places in 1993-1994) and ten years (>864 from 1993 to 2002). These titles taken together constitute the grand slam of name poisoning.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/976819/posts


253 posted on 03/05/2008 11:56:48 AM PST by Rightly Biased (Courage is not the lack of fear it is acting in spite of it<><)
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To: Xenalyte; theDentist

As does our own Dennis T


254 posted on 03/05/2008 11:59:42 AM PST by null and void (I slept better when I thought our betters actually were better...)
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Some names from my company's directory...

Ferlino
Shuntrelle
Tamela
Coffee
Daquita
Zalinorvia
Tanicia
Poonam
Latisha
BJ (it has to be a combo of 1st and 2nd, but all corp info refers to her as BJ)
Shagofa
Shontrail
LaKrystal
Shavonda
Edwina
Latrecia
Joniko
Shantika
LaKeisha

255 posted on 03/05/2008 12:04:25 PM PST by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Phantom Lord

For some reason, picturing someone looking at their new baby and naming him (her?) Coffee has me LOL right now.


256 posted on 03/05/2008 12:06:51 PM PST by redstates4ever
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To: LongElegantLegs

Got to tell you that my aunt named my twin sister and me. Parents were in shock that they had 2 instead of 1. They named my sister Jacklyn and me Kathlyn, therefore forever damning me to have to spell my name.


257 posted on 03/05/2008 12:08:25 PM PST by texgal (end no-fault divorce laws return DUE PROCESS & EQUAL PROTECTION to ALL citizens))
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To: Ditto
I know a guy named Richard (don’t call me Dick) Hertz. What were the parents thinking?

I met a scientist once named Dr Richard Head. He went by "Rich." He was very old and had crazy white scientist hair and wore short sleeves shirt with a tie and pocket protector - a true nerd long before there was a word for nerd.

258 posted on 03/05/2008 12:09:22 PM PST by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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To: Xenalyte

Was she....

Nope. Not gonna finish that thought.


259 posted on 03/05/2008 12:15:09 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: redstates4ever

And her sister was Valgina?


260 posted on 03/05/2008 12:17:32 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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