Open Editorial: You Named Your Baby WHAT???

Onyx Magazine ^ | March, 2006 | Josephine Hammond

[freedomlover]

Dick Hand
Dick Trickle

I knew the first guy. Big big corporate type.

I worked with a paralegal named Honey. It got so uncomfortable working with her with client I avoided that as much as possible.

I could never get used to saying "Honey can you bring me that file?".

[beyond the sea]

We used to have a mayor in Pittsburgh named Joe Barr. He named his daughter Candy.

And, I actually had a girl friend back in the 60's named Tini Dickey....... really.

;-)

[nopardons]

Personally, I HATE"THE GREAT GATSBY", but you might like it...many people do. Perhaps you should try seeing the movie first and if you like it, read the book.

Jordan and variations of that name, began life as a last name. And yes, the last name was taken from the Bible. It is a common French, Dutch, and Afrikaner last name.

[pepperdog]

"caucasion friends who give their kids seemingly "normal" names. Then you find out they are spelling it some really strange way"

I've noticed that spelling things, it affects me like fingernails on a blackboard, or plastic squeaking if that is more expressive to the younger generation. I do not understand why this is happening unless it's an example of personal expression or personal stupidity. Regardless, they will come to regret it, their children will someday tell them how embarrassing and illiterate their names look when written.

[Dashing Dasher]

I was right!


;-)

[Revolting cat!]

You named the baby 'Poison'?!

[freedomlover]

I once dated a girl named Letha Latham. Not Lisa, Letha. White chick too.

[lawdude]

"Reading something true 17 times is annoying. Reading urban legends passed off as true 17 times in a row is slightly more so."

So you are calling me a liar? I saw this child with my own eyes. I am so offended!

FOAD

[TheSpottedOwl]

Giovanna is a beautiful name : )

My neighborhoods in adulthood have always been populated by Hispanic names. They're beautiful names like Socorro or Esperanza, but they just don't go with our last name, lol!

I'm sure your father resented others trying to hide, instead of having some kind of ethnic pride. My maiden name is Irish, and Dad related how when he was a boy, there were signs in Fall River, MA stating "no dogs or Irish allowed". Didn't change his name, though.

No, Laquita, LaToya...those aren't the names coming up. Some of these names are bizarre, make no sense, and injure the child. Some of the yuppies trying to be original are just as idiotic. It is rare that teachers will recognize a Biblical name, and the parent should take care.

I think the first rule of thumb for parents is that you shalt not subject your child to ridicule. Now if Giovanna doesn't exactly fit with her last name, why not Joanna? How about a middle name choice? Compromise is one of the glues that keeps a relationship together : )

[AnAmericanMother]

Psalms . . . oh my!

That reminds me of the old comedy routine (I think it may have been a Jerry Reed bit) about the country preacher who preached a whole sermon about the "Peasle Tree" (i.e. the Psaltery in Psalm 150). I remember it had two mules and a Studebaker wagon in it . . . and the people filled their pockets with the leaves of the Peasle Tree.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I suppose you would not like to hear about all the girls in Louisiana who are named Love or Lovely would you? :)

[jocon307]

Leslie Howard also died for his country in WWII.

And played Ashley Wilkes better than anyone could ever have imagined. I mourn his loss to this day. And I get REALLY MAD at Rush Limbaugh when he calls that nut Wesley Clark, Ashley Wilkes Clark. Or whatever he does, it really steams me.

Sorry, I know it's off topic. But Ashley/Leslie, whatever, when we are talking Mr. Howard, we are talking REAL MAN.

[stands2reason]

I didn't mean to call you a liar. Sorry I grouped all the mentions of Placenta together with the apocryphal jello twins.

The Placenta mentions just got tiresome after awhile.

[Fred Hayek]

I KNOW that's right.
Merdedes
Alexis
Madison

Merdedes?

[jocon307]

"Why are girls named Brandi generally hussies? Usually Cherrie too."

It's a well established fact that all girls named Susan/Suzette/Suzanne/Susie, etc. are HOT. And I'm a girl. And Susan/Suzanne is a good Bible name. But it's still true.

[pepperdog]

Personally I think family names are the best, it gives the children a feeling of continuity and identity.

[AnAmericanMother]

The original Cassius Marcellus Clay was quite a man in his own right.

When he was a young man and U.S. Ambassador to Russia.

The Old Lion. He was a fearless abolitionist in the middle of the South. Held off a mob all by himself with an old field piece stuffed with nails and a shotgun.

[freedomlover]

There is an Atlanta retal surgeon named Dr. Grablowsky

[jocon307]

"I want to name one of my girls Giovanna but Petronski disagrees."

How about Allegra? I love that name. And it is in the great (well, not great, but old fave) Longfellow (I think) poem, "The Children's Hour". Giovanna is nice too, I love Italian names.

[AnAmericanMother]

If you know Daniel Ch. 13, you know that Susannah was an extremely beautiful and virtuous woman, who was saved from an unjust accusation of adultery by Daniel (who apparently was the first to employ the art of separate cross-examination of witnesses.)