[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

"Bible Belt Omnomastics and Antipedal Baptism" was a small article on Naming children in places where there are not priests to protect the child from Parental whims and child abuse.

Along those lines:

Easy start to your child's name....use La, or De. LaTisha, LaTonya, LaAnna, LaToya, LaDeeDa, etc. DeAndre, DeJohnna, DeAntony, etc

How Mothers who want a thin veneer of "learning" incorporated in their childrens' "unique" names, but keep the birth order straight in their heads.....

Darius, Bidarious, Tridarious, Quadarious, Qindarious, Sexdarious, Septdarius, Octdarious.. Aisha, Biaisha, Triaisha, Quadaisha, Quindiaisha....Sexaisha....

You know the thing!

[chajin]

Darius, Bidarious, Tridarious, Quadarious, Qindarious

Dave Brubeck named his first child Darius after Dave's favorite professor, composer Darius Milhaud.

Thank God he didn't name his second son Bidarius...

(FYI Darius Brubeck taught jazz in Kwazulu-Natal for 20 years, now lives in London, total TDS sufferer, meaning his jazz is good and his politics are insufferable.)