Posted on 11/10/2010 6:06:04 PM PST by ransomnote
Rejecting the top names of the past century, more and more parents are choosing gender-neutral boys' names. SNIP
When sportswriter Peter Richmond, author of Badasses, was expecting his first son 25 years ago, he didn’t want to name him Tom, after his father, or Burgess, after his grandfather, and he certainly didn’t want to name the poor kid after himself.
Instead, Richmond and his wife wanted to give their son a name that was unmistakably male yet broke rank with all the masculine names that came before it. Robert, William, and John have dominated boy-baby naming since statisticians began keeping track. SNIP
“Naming your kid Hunter or Breaker is like saying *expletive* you to the world that invented feminism,” said Richmond. “It’s a desperate cry to hold onto an archaic and useless form of masculinity, whereas naming your kid Robert III after your grandfather who invented the flyswatter and bought the house in Newport is a very different kind of holding onto an outmoded form of masculinity.”
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I pity any baby boys born to sick scumbags like these parents.
I like Gunner myself.
I call my son “Da Vinci”. Is that wrong? : )
Megan is a well used girls name. Reagan is not a male first name. It fits my daughter perfectly and now everytime she hears Ronald Reagan’s name on the tube she gets excited. If I wanted to name my son after Reagan I would name him Ronald, but aside from Ron himself I dont particularly like that name.
Maxell... yeah, I've still got a carton of new unopened cassettes. Strange name for a boy! Then again, the current generation would probably never get the connection.
My eldest son is named Christian.
How ‘bout I say “yes”—
—though as we approach a childless 50, my wife and I have basically given up.
The whole discussion sounds like the “boy named sue”...
well, it could be worse.
When I adopted my oldest boy, his “original” name was Ovideo (a common name in Colombia). But I didn’t think he would survive seventh grade, so we changed his first name at adoption to my father’s name, and kept it as his middle name.
And yes, his new name is a biblical name.
It's self-centered and lame.
Secondly, "Tug" was McGraw's nickname. His given name was "Frank".
Great minds ...
You mean like Taylor?
During my residency, on the ob rotation, there was a baby born on the night shift and promptly named Daquan-Demetrius (two-part first name). What prompts people to do this?
Well Psycho, I am glad you cleared that up for us. I’m sure we will all have a better day for it. I guess that child should be happy his mothers wasn’t named Theresa. :)
But hey, at least that shows it IS a name!
=)
George Carlin: “Soft names make soft people.”
I’d say the parents of Brock Lesnar really took that advice to heart, and look at the result.
I feel sorry for any child born to parents who think the child is simply an extension of themselves. One of the most difficult aspects of being a parent is to take the responsibility and still realize that that little person is a complete and separate individual, not a pet, not a toy, and not something to be made into what you wished you had been, or into something to entertain or impress your friends. I wonder if someone has done some sort of psychological profile of parents based on how they name their children. Might be interesting (if it was more than just a quick and agenda driven thing).
Hahahahahaha!
No, don’t!
I’ve taught two Hunters, both all boy.
My son’s middle name is Hunter.
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