I can't stand Gwyneth Paltrow, but I don't see what the hell is wrong with the name Moses. Why is Moses bad and Peter good? They're both Biblical names. I mean, Judas would probably be a bad choice, but Moses is ok. Moses Malone is a cool name. I mean, if everyone were named Bob, Jim and John, that'd be pretty f-ing boring. Sure, celebs come up with dumb names (Moon Unit springs to mind), but then again, using the same old names over and over is pretty dull. There has to be a middle ground somewhere.
Some "old" names are on revival. Hannah, Abigail, Phoebe and Jacob happen to be very popular now. I would've thought Angelina would be popular by now.
My second child was supposed to be a girl, and therefore there was nothing but girls names picked out when he arrived with "external" plumbing.
At that time I was making my living as a cop and cops are supposed to be macho, right? So I went to work and told everybody I had a new son and they asked what his name was. I told them I was going to name him "whatshisname", and they all laughed. I said by the time he was 3 he'd be the toughest guy on the block.
The mother wouldn't let me name him "whatshisname", so I figured I'd give him a question mark symbol ? for a first name and he'd have a simple signature (my full legal name gives me writer's cramp when I have to sign anything.
The mother wouldn't let me do that either. So I named my son Christian Marc (and then the last name). Christian Marc is close to "question mark", and that's close to "whatshisname".
He still gets a tad emotional when I explain to people how he got his name. Semper Fi
He will get nicknamed Mo anyway....
susie
Well, some Biblical names are better than others. The groom listed on the bridal registry above mine was 'Nebuchadnezzar Stamps'. Wonder what they named their kids.