My current bf's last name's an unusual German one. Doesn't roll off the tongue, and it'd be quite a mouthful with my favorite names, like Gabriella and Rosalie (hypothetically speaking, of course). I'm not crazy about his first name either, but there's already a Jr. so at least that's taken.

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chitowngal:
When I was growing up I wanted to name a girl child Sage Mary or Eponine..

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Originally posted by KatieJD:
In about 5 years there are going to be a half dozen Aragorn's running around the playground!

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Originally posted by crowjoy:
Remember when nicknaming kids that they may eventually do the same to you. My former MIL was called Bernie by everyone because one of the grandkids got Grandma wrong and it stuck. For 30 years it's stuck. I have to really struggle to remember her real name.

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Originally posted by bekkaboo:
I was just reading back in this thread, and had to throw in that one of my cousins, when she was very young and couldn't really talk yet, referred to my grandfather as Didi. (we don't know why.) So in her family, and when referring to them in front of her, my grandparents were called Didi and Nana for quite some time.

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One of my roommates in college, she called her grandmother Gobby. I still don't know the her grandmother's real name, but we all just call her Gobby.

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Originally posted by bekkaboo:
When my brother was just learning to talk he called me ... Beppy. I thought that was cute, but it didn't stick.

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That's too funny! My sister/roomie is 6 years younger than me, so she called me Beppy as well when she was just learning to speak (My family/closest friends call me "Bethie" and she couldn't say the "th.")

I have a relative - who I hope never finds these boards now cause I hafta use her name - who in her mid-twenties changed the spelling of her name from Maria to M@rieyeh.

Edited cause now I'm scared of searches.

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Originally posted by minxx:

Ohh, my Mom had problems speaking when she was little and couldn't say her brother's name (Jeff). She just called him Dawpy, instead. To this day, she still calls him Dawpy.

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This happened in my family too - my cousin couldn't say his brothers name - Jeff. It came out Buff. So that's what they still kind of call him.
And my grandma's brother was Broth (not like the soup - but like Brother without the ER sound) when I met the man (and he was well in his 80's by then.

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I was just wondering about all the Tolkein names actually. My sister in law is due any day and is a huge LOTR freak - I was just thinking "oh god - what if she names the baby something bizarre from the movie?" and then wondering of course what my reaction would be....
"oh - Aragorn LongGermanLastName.... what a unique name....." ugh.

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Originally posted by yam:
I've met a Kern, he's at least 30 years older than me, so it's a real name. Maybe not a GOOD name, unless you're a corn farmer maybe...

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Originally posted by afrovio:
Ironically, my friend and I were making fun of people who name their children after commercial products because it, "sounded good." I actually know this poor kid named Rolex (yep, after the watch!) and another named Chardonnay (you guessed right).
We were saying that soon we’ll be meeting kids named after bottled water, like: Evian, Desani, Aquafina and Perrier. What’s really insane is that I found myself also thinking these names sounded cute! – for pet animals, maybe, just not for kids

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I did meet a Tequila once (poor girl). And I was in the store one day & heard a mom calling her kids "Lexus, Mercedes & Deutoromony" (spelling on the last one?)

My fiancé's Polish grandmother's name was Cashmira and his Lebanese grandmother's name is Jamilie. I think they are such beautiful names. (Especially since my grandmothers are named Donna and Mary- which there's nothing wrong with but sorta bland.)

I've always fancied long, pretty girls' names, and traditional boys' names like William and Thomas (which I picked for my brother). But I'll probably end up with a John III.

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Originally posted by meggo:
I don't think people look past their kid being 3 when naming them. It's okay if you want to name your kid something - but think ahead to if the kid goes to law school. Can you see them being taken seriously with a name like "Tequila" or "Aquafina"? I just don't get it...

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Originally posted by afrovio:
The kid I know named Rolex is only 7, but you can tell he's already very self-conscious about his name. He's extremely intelligent and quite serious for his age and he actually cringes whenever he has to introduce himself.

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yeah, that's one set of parents who are going to end up in the battery farm of retirement villages. And rightly so. Sorry, Mum & Dad, I would have put you some place with cable TV and central heating if you'd called me Robert. Serves you right for giving power of attorney to the person you named after an ugly overrated watch. Maybe you could start calling him Rollo, which is a fine old English name, and not nearly so embarrassing.

There was a birth announcement in the paper this weekend for a Kung Hei Fat Choy Surname. "Kung Hei Fat Choy" means "Happy New Year", and it was Chinese New Year on the weekend, but really. At least they didn't call it "Year of the Monkey", Monkey for short. In the announcement it said "a sister for Chanel", so there must be a real global trend among stupid people for calling their children after aspirational brands. I think I'd rather be called Happy New Year than Chanel, though.

edited to add that children with silly names inevitably rebel against the values of their parents. I have a friend called Rainbow, whose parents (obviously) are hippies. He's an economist, and is thinking of buying a Maserati to further piss off his parents.

Aubrey Katrina
Bryn Elaina
Anastasia (Anya) Coralie
Mara Lorelei
Aria Josephine

Lance Jacob
Colin Seth
Thad Kieran
Iain Cade
Rhett Matthew

I like the more unusual names, but definitely not Rolex, Chanel, etc.

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Originally posted by sneakers:
Speaking of brand names, one of my anthropology professors told us about a study somebody did where they searched US social security numbers and names in the last 3 years. Remarkable names were: Prada, Porche, Cheverolet, Lexus, and there were 2 boys named "Espn" (as in after the sports network). I suppose that would be pronounced "Espen" or something like that.

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Originally posted by afrovio:

Interestingly, a group of people called "Kabalarians" believe that first-names determine people's entire personality. Now that's scary! (I would put a link to their website here, but I don't want to give obsessive people like me any more reason to loose sleep. )
According to them, name your kid "Roger" and he, "will always be involved in other people's problems as a result of an overly sympathetic nature." I also looked up the name, "Rolex" and it seemed he wasn't so bad off after all. They said he would have the, "ability to understand people and to merge conflicting viewpoints to create harmony."
Either way, there's a good chance he’d have a much easier time, “merging conflicting viewpoints” if he went by "Bill" instead.

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Originally posted by briezee:
[B] I'm actually familiar with the website. The analysis of my full first name fits me to a tee, especially the face I show to others. B]

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Me too! Which is why I think I'm both addicted to and freaked out by their site.
I went through and analyzed the names of my family and friends and, with only a few exceptions (mostly names that weren't based on the English alphabet), I was shocked at how dead-on the descriptions were!
That said, I'm not the type of person to be into astrology - I won't even touch a Ouija board (way too scared - ghosts don’t need to convince me that they exist.) I read the "science" behind how the "system" works and I wasn't sure what to make of it - besides the fact that it's just plain correct.
In a way, the name analysis tool was like a hidden key into what is going on inside the people around me (talk about saving me a lifetime's worth of interpersonal exhaustion/confusion). It really did shed light on what pushes them to act and react the way they do. Which has gone a looong way in helping me to just accept them the way they are. – Sheeesh! I'm beginning to sound like a testimonial on an infomercial.
Unfortunately, now, out of the blue, obsessive compulsive me, finds myself having the uncontrollable urge to look up random people's names. I rationalize this by saying its giving me, “a better idea of who they are,” but, in a way, it feels a lot like cheating. If I can surf the web and find out what makes them tick, why bother getting to know them at all!

Techie Names First Son Version 2.0

HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) - Tacking Jr. or II onto a boy's name is too common, a new father decided, so the self-described engineering geek took a software approach to naming his newborn son.

Jon Blake Cusack talked his wife, Jamie, into naming their son Jon Blake Cusack 2.0.

Version 2.0 was born Tuesday at Holland Community Hospital, and the proud parents took him home Friday.

``I wanted to find something different to name him besides Jon Blake,'' Cusack, who is self-employed with Westshore Design and Cusack Music, told The Holland Sentinel.

He said he had the idea for a few months, and spent the better part of that time persuading his wife to go along.

Jamie Cusack said she didn't concede until the week before the birth. She said she had ``picked out the theme of the baby's room and done other things. I decided to let Jon have this.''

After 2.0's birth, the Cusacks sent out an electronic birth announcement.

http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/index.html
Hysterical.

I've been poking through these sites just for fun.

More baby names, people!!! I don't even have a clue yet!

edited to add: how the heck do you pronounce Vvhs? It has no vowels, people! Give your children vowels!!!