Brand names: Some Americans are naming their children after consumer products

WORLD ^ | 11/15/03 | Gene Edward Veith

[Fzob]

Another reason to kill your TV.

Six boys were named "Cashmere.

I'd sue my parent to change my name if they named me that.

[ovrtaxt]

Yeah, fzob is much cooler than cashmere.

[drlevy88]

"Courvoisier."

Talk about "stump the teacher"

[ovrtaxt]

This has got to be one of the most disturbing articles ever posted. It reminds me of Hannity or Leno doing a 'man on the street' interview-- ignorance on parade.

The people who named their baby 'Del Monte' are allowed to vote! Gee, I wonder if think Dan Rather is telling the truth?

[JZoback]

I wonder when the first chidren will be named "Big Mac" or the "Whopper"

Son: "What's your full name" ?

BigMac nopickles Smith

[Fzob]

Yeah, fzob is much cooler than cashmere.

I think so to. : )

[BunnySlippers]

Velveeta, Dinty Moore, Nabisco ... I like it!

[rhema]

"Cashmere" just doesn't have the cachet of "Butch," does it?

[drlevy88]

Cleveland Evans, a psychology professor at Nebraska's Bellevue University and a member of the American Name Society, studied Social Security records for the year 2000 and found that many children today are being named after consumer products.

Social Security??? I didn't know they even kept a publicly viewable list-of-citizens.

[kenth]

What is wrong with people?

Rayon? Del Monte? Naming your kid after liquor? Good grief.

Sounds like that Seinfeld in which George wants to name his kid Seven.

How about the natural, Oscar Mayer. Having a song about him could really boost his self-esteem, which is most important in school these days.

My offspring has a first name,
It's O-S-C-A-R,
My offspring has a second name,
It's M-A-Y-E-R...

[drlevy88]

Just call me 'Cash'!

[drlevy88]

I'm glad I'm not an Oscar Meyer wiener,
That is what I'd never want to be-ee-ee,
For if I were an Oscar Meyer wiener,
There would soon be nothing left of... me.

[rhema]

For the teacher's sake, let's hope little Courvoisier Hennessey (why stop with one cognac?) prefers to be called C. H.

[Grit]

Forty-nine boys were named "Canon," after the camera.

What makes the author think that this name has anything to do with cameras?

[Qwinn]

Soon the Jones' family will be naming their little boys Dow.

The matriarch of the Lynch family will be named Merrill.

And they'll go to school with best friends Miramax, Toyota and Mickeydees.

By the way: True story. My sister knew a family by the last name of Tissue. Now that's unfortunate enough. If you could think of the worst realistic name to give that male child, what would it be? Yes, believe it or not, in their eternal wisdom, they named their child Scott. Personally, I think it would make a Menendez brother out of me.

Qwinn

[rudy45]

Is this trend really bad? What if the Sauer family named their son Sigfried? His nickname would be fine with me.

Isn't the German spelling of "Walter" "Walther"?

[Grit]

"Cashmere" just doesn't have the cachet of "Butch," does it?

Future Metrosexual. :)

[DeepDish]

I guess you could name the kid who never leaves home and spends all your money Drano. And the kid who never quite completes toilet training is named Hallmark.