Open Editorial: You Named Your Baby WHAT???

Onyx Magazine ^ | March, 2006 | Josephine Hammond

[colorcountry]

I forgot Mohonri or Moriancumr....

[Don Carlos]

I'm a man of few words. Brevity, my friend.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Probably named after the little girl character in "To Kill a Mockingbird." I like that name.

Agree. Atticus, from the same movie, is also a great name. Boo Radley? Not so much.

[CzarNicky]

I once read in a National Graphic magazine about Easter Island that there was a man named Hitler that lived there. He was born in the 1930's and his parents heard that name on the radio alot. Apparently it would turn the heads of the tourists when islanders would greet him with a friendly, "hola Hitler!"

[Don Carlos]

LOL!

[greyfoxx39]

Good one! How about Pri'losec? I take Lotrel, and I betcha that's already in use. Also Narvasq (there's that Q) and Toporol...could be spelled T'prol. Oh, I could go on and on, LOL

[DuncanWaring]

I recall a young black girl named Placenta!

Don't forget the real name of ATF agent "GG" in Unintended Consequences.

[linda_22003]

That's how (the late) Margaux Hemingway got her name.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Ace is just wrong.

I know an "Ace" . . . short for "Asa," an Armenian first name.

I don't know if he's Armenian, though:

[linda_22003]

And if Wayne is the MIDDLE name, he's a killer.

[CherylBower]

I worked in a small company where we had two people who had the same (virtually) first and last names.

Mike Mikes
Robbin Robbins

[linda_22003]

EVER cared for the name? You know OTHER people named Condoleezza?

[OldEagle]

I had a client once who was telling me about his grandson. Called him something that sounded like Finch-er-ol. Bravely I asked him how that was spelled and he said he did not know. More bravely I asked where they came up with the name. He said the boy was named after the president John Fincherol Kennedy.

[Armed Civilian]

I have actually met Peter, he came to my office looking for our company to market his cd. Remakes of his popular song, I can't remember what it was, and Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra songs. We didn't see a market for it.

[esquirette]

I have done adoptions for years and have never - ever - been able to convince parents to change the name to bless instead of curse the child.

It is criminal what parents do in marking their children for failure in this manner.

I am so glad to see an article on this important topic.

[Kokojmudd]

Another column needs to address what white people are naming their babies. Some of the dumbest names I have ever heard: Laramie (named after a county in Wyoming), Rain, and Nevaeh (heaven spelled backwards) are a few I have heard lately.

Nothing against those cute kids but there sure are a lot of Conners and Hunters out there

[BunnySlippers]

I like the name "Angus".

[Don Carlos]

Never heard of those two.

I have several "Parley", and "Pratt" named relatives, from guess who?

[beelzepug]

My wife knew of someone who named her daughter Placenta. Apparently heard the nurses use the word in the delivery room and thought it had a nice ring to it.
I see you added some Indian pictures to your home page. No offense intended, the headress made me recall a cockatoo we used to have. Very clever bird, too much so for his own good.
"Hey" to Salty from Elmo the Old.

[greyfoxx39]

Congrats on your daughter's accomplishments. I loved the book "The Yearling" and in 1963, named my son Jody Wayne after the book, and added the Wayne in case he wanted to use it instead , which he never did. Of course, in the next few years, everyone in the country started naming their daughters Jody, Jodie, Jodee, etc. My ex-husband was named Gayle. I do think this thread is fun, though.