[qam1]

And ENOUGH of these weak, gender neutral names given to boys

[Mikey_1962]

I agree.
Vinny, Louie, and Mikey will kick little Forrest's ass and take his lunch money.

[lafroste]

I think a great name for a girl is "Jillian Rose". It has a ceertain star-power to it, don't you think?

[.cnI redruM]

I went for Constantine Nicholas myself. I wanted the name to have a certain heft and authority.

[qam1]

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Ping list for the discussion of the politics and social (and sometimes nostalgic) aspects that directly effects Generation Reagan / Generation-X (Those born from 1965-1981) including all the spending previous generations (i.e. The Baby Boomers) are doing that Gen-X and Y will end up paying for.

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[agooga]

My curent faves amongst the AA set is: (wait for it...)



LEMONJELLO and ORANGELLO

Pronunciation key:

Luh-mon-jelo and Or-ahn-jelo promounced as one word.

KILLER!!!

[Alouette]

My newest granddaughter is named Sarah. I just love that name.

[Gefreiter]

If I'd walked into an elementary school in 1996 and called for "Tyler", I think all of the kids would've turned around.

[r9etb]

And ENOUGH of these weak, gender neutral names given to boys

Not just gender-neutral ones, either. The "brand name" aspects of naming your kid are wayyyy overboard. I know a kid named "Talon." I mean, really ... what kind of criminal stupidity drives a mother to name her kid "Talon?" (She has another kid with an equally awful name, but I can't remember it.)

[ziggy_dlo]

I knew of a kid that was named abcde
pronounced "absidy"
of course there have been some that I have known such as
Straight Crazy-real legal name, not a joke
james "billy the kid" Lopez
James "007" Bond
the list goes on

[elc]

We went with an Irish name for our new daughter (mr. elc is Irish) - Neave - and boy do we get some looks and boy does it get butchered. We didn't realize it would be so hard for people to understand.

But we still love the name. She will always be our wee Neave.

[r9etb]

The best response to horrible naming I've ever seen is here: Baby's Named A Bad, Bad Thing.

It's side-splittingly funny.

[sheana]

who named their girl Suri.


Suri is a very old name. I had an aunt who has been dead for many years now named Suri. When she died she was around 80.

[psychoknk]

Why do people give a damn what others name their kids? Oh wait, do we need the government to step in and make a law about this?

[marmar]

Shiloh......I believe means peace, I like it.

[.cnI redruM]

If you read Freakonomics, there's a whole chapter on whether baby names impact how kids turn out. They give the example of a mom who named her kid "Shitteed". No data available on darling, little Shitteed's SAT scores yet.

[GOP_Party_Animal]

There was a study relesed recently that strongly indicated "made up" names doom people to low-paying jobs and low expectations. Wish I could find it. I always wonder why people saddle their kids with names like "Krymzen" or "Shaniqua".

I picked "Joseph Paul" for my little guy. Classic.

[Seruzawa]

They got it wrong. Celebs give their kids names with weird spellings because so many celebs are illiterate. If you think I'm kidding just talk to someone who's worked with celebs on set. They need script coaches to tell them what to say because they can't read simple English.

[Graymatter]

I have an unusual name, and gave my kids unusual names too. It hasn't been a hardship.
When I was little, everyone was Mary or Susan or Cathy or John.
When my children were little, you couldn't swing the old cat without hitting a Jessica, a Jennifer, a Jason or a Christopher. Maybe that's a hardship.

[martin_fierro]

Dweezil, Moon Unit, Ahmed and Diva Muffin Zappa.

All grown up.

[ErnBatavia]

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