If I were to have another boy Richard Cranium ***** would be my choice.
I love how #2 and #5 directly contradict each other.
Watched a Thai film in which one of the characters was named Terd. I said nothing to my Lao friend.
Filipinos have the best nicknames. Bong, Girlie, Joker, Jinkie, hundreds more.
I know another mother that has three males all named Peter. Guess papa's name. Today, they are Pete 1, 2 and 3.
My middle name is James, I was first born in 63’
My brothers middle name is Kirk, second born in 64’
Guess what my mothers favorite show was back then...?
In my first grade class there were six Michaels with M last names and another with a C. There were three Michale McDonald's and two Michael McCarthy's.
I get a laugh thinking about it today. Every time the teacher said “Michael”, half the heads in class would turn.
The only mistake is caring what anyone else thinks about the name you give your child. Foolishness.
Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen
Dweezil
Moon Unit
Ahmet Emuukha Rodan
“Deangelo Vickers”
Best name, ever!
A little girl spoke up and said her name was "LaDasha ...the 'dash' don't be silent."
We used to have a female wildlife officer here named Fonda Payne. Eventually she married, and we had some fun imagining different married names for her. Peters was a favorite. Very nice lady actually.
But the most unfortunate I knew of was a girl named Anita Eaton.
Best names in a series... four brothers named Dallas, Austin, Tyler, and Houston.
All true stories.
I forsee years of intense counseling for the poor kid.
CC
#8 biggest mistake: Taking advice from moronic articles whose authors have no more expertise in naming kids than you do.
When naming a child, the final test should always be to go out your front door and scream the whole name at the top of your lungs.
Sometimes last names can have some strange results. I knew a urologist ..Dr. Dick. However you can also find some interesting names in your family tree. I have maternal grandmothers named Sophrona and Mahitable.
Hat tip to Elsie
For instance:
Dr. Ruth Winter, Code blue East Wing.
....or....Dr. Honeybunch Winter, Code Blue East Wing.
I have to chuckle at the lack of creativity in naming children sometimes, or at least some thought should be given at reviving ancient naming customs, where men are simply named “So and So” son of “ So and so.”
My scottish husband has relatives named Lachlan Maclachlan, and knew a Magnus Magnuson...
I made a snide comment to him about it... but then I ended up working with a John Johnson...
When we named our kids we decided to skip the trendiness; aside from one very popular Biblical name, I have never met a kid among all the Nevaehs, Bishops, and Pipers with the same name as one of mine.
I call them “Ouija Board” names. Seem like a bunch of random letters to me.
We named our daughter Kehaulani- and we live in West Texas. I’ve not heard any reports of other kids making fun of her name. The family calls her “KK” (which is also her initials).
The teachers and kids all call her “Kayalanee”. We think it’s a beautiful name, she likes it, and we never have to explain which Kehaulani we are looking for!
If we’d had a boy, we were planning on naming him after his grandfathers- “Clark Alvie”. :)
Antigone Porphyrios Betsy-Wayne Ng