The 7 Biggest Mistakes Newbie Baby Namers Make

Parent Dish ^ | Apr 7, 2011 | Pamela Satran and Linda Rosenkrantz

[max americana]

Just don’t choose homosexual names like..Barak or Obama’.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Deborah

[Ophiucus]

Screw diversity - traditional names never go out of style

[ansel12]

TheDingoAteMyBaby, I understand why this article attracted you, luckily my parents were normal and named me ansel12.

[shibumi]

Never begin a first name with the syllable “La-” or “Da-” or “Ka-” or “Ta-” and never put a capital letter in the middle of a name.

[Slings and Arrows]

Baby name ping!

[FrogMom]

Mine were into amphibians and KNEW I’d be a mother some day.

[mylife]

I named my kid “Oliver Boliver Butt”

It was a toss up between that and “Marvin O’gravel Balloonface”

Was I wrong?

[TheDingoAteMyBaby]

I would add: Giving a common name with one accepted spelling a different spelling. “Maddisyn” instead of Madison, for example (my cousin did this with the name Emily for her daughter).

[mylife]

There is a gal at work named Anita Head

[mylife]

Also a Dick Roy....

[TheDingoAteMyBaby]

LOL! Seriously though, I’m probably not going to have children of my own, so I have this desire to name a child. If a couple really wanted to honor me, I would like to be able to suggest names for their baby.

[MindBender26]

I knew her brother Richard (Dick)

[EDINVA]

Yeah, we were pretty boring name givers. My 3 kids all have Biblical/Saints names. Utterly boring. Not an Ophiucus in the house ;)

[mylife]

Actually I dont understand what the problem is.

My parents could never get our names straight

It was always “Bleepdang diddly darn KIDS!”

[mylife]

That guy was a real jerk LoL

[anton]

Prison attracts the names Dashawn, Rashawn, and Rayshawn. Its a proven fact. Parents should be aware of this evil force and protect their children by skipping those choices.

[mylife]

Amanda Lynn

[Smokin' Joe]

Traditional names had meanings, now virtually lost. There are still a scattering of Biblical names out there, and a few folks who carry on names of ancestors in their memory.