Think twice before you name your kid what you think is unique or strange

Maniac · 09-03-12, 09:05 PM

Yeah seems to be far too many Apple's, Peaches, Harper 7's etc - and thats just the kids of famous people, really makes you wonder why everyone is so determined to call their kid something different. Whatever was so wrong with the likes of John, Jack, Dave, Adam etc !

chilidog · 09-03-12, 09:11 PM

My son's name is on the top 5 list. Can't get any safer than that.

Rich Boy · 09-03-12, 10:46 PM

Just give them a unique name that has an easy abbreviated nickname, preferably 1 syllable

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InTheDrink · 09-03-12, 10:51 PM

where does dante fit in here on the name list?

GOIRISH · 09-03-12, 10:53 PM

I love the people who name their kids after things theyll never be able to afford. And for boys, the name may be cute now, but think about when their 30 and if anyone is going to take them serious with the name angel ( #52 on the list for boys names in 2012)

dante1 · 09-04-12, 10:05 AM

Originally posted by InTheDrink

where does dante fit in here on the name list?

Really, how is that comparison even valid? I knew this wouldn't get many responses but I just was attempting to provide you people with some insight because obviously many parents don't consider the cross they are giving to their kids when baptizing them "Tuesday", "forever" and "not me".
And dante is a fairly popular name especially in Italian households. But, that was the name of my dog.

dante1 · 09-04-12, 10:10 AM

Originally posted by GOIRISH

I love the people who name their kids after things theyll never be able to afford. And for boys, the name may be cute now, but think about when their 30 and if anyone is going to take them serious with the name angel ( #52 on the list for boys names in 2012)

I think parents in an attempt to start their kids on the road to being "special" make this mistake. Often those kids are special because they get teased and they often become a special problem in class. I am sure many of you guys have teacher friends, ask them about this issue especially if they have been teaching for any length of time. I am sure many of them will relate the exact same story I have just told.

chilidog · 09-04-12, 10:26 AM

In Costa Rica, it is becomingly increasingly popular for poor families to give their babies American names. It's annoying, because they don't pronounce them right anyway. It was hard picking an American name that my wife and I liked for our son, that locals could also pronounce the correct way.

HoulihansTX · 09-04-12, 11:00 AM

I'm naming my first son, Rico. He will either be a drug dealer, or the toughest sumbitch @ recess.

robmpink · 09-04-12, 01:07 PM

Powatuhdapeeps is an up and coming name.

ttwarrior1 · 09-04-12, 01:37 PM

coco is becoming a popular name

bb_skoots · 09-04-12, 08:03 PM

The book "Freakonomics" by Steven Levitt has an entire chapter on this subject.

Vesuvius · 09-04-12, 08:40 PM

personalities are closely related to a person's name

InTheDrink · 09-04-12, 10:59 PM

Originally posted by dante1

Really, how is that comparison even valid? I knew this wouldn't get many responses but I just was attempting to provide you people with some insight because obviously many parents don't consider the cross they are giving to their kids when baptizing them "Tuesday", "forever" and "not me".
And dante is a fairly popular name especially in Italian households. But, that was the name of my dog.

just a question guy

the only dante's ive ever heard of off the top of my head were dante calabria, bichette and hall

i wouldnt say it's "fairly popular"

dante1 · 09-05-12, 10:54 AM

Originally posted by InTheDrink

just a question guy

the only dante's ive ever heard of off the top of my head were dante calabria, bichette and hall

i wouldnt say it's "fairly popular"

check it out, you will be surprised.

dante1 · 09-05-12, 10:56 AM

http://www.babycenter.com/baby-names-dante-1203.htm

If you live in an Italian area you will find many.

TheCentaur · 09-05-12, 11:45 AM

Ok I'll address the 800 pd gorilla in the room. It isn't middle class people naming their kid Johan or hippies naming their kid Starburst that this is relevant to. It's uneducated black women that name their keed after the company that makes the hospital bed she gave birth on, or the women who make up some word that includes a Q and a Y and preferably starts with La. They were dumb enough to not care about their kid and give it a respectful name, and what a surprise their kids aren't geniuses and don't end up getting straight A's and being model students and citizens. Chicken or the egg?

Try growing up named Eike, Sheldon, and Rupert. They're some of the richest people in the world.

Then there's Moon, Joaquin, Eldrig, etc. who seem to be doing well.

dante1 · 09-05-12, 12:39 PM

Originally posted by TheCentaur

Ok I'll address the 800 pd gorilla in the room. It isn't middle class people naming their kid Johan or hippies naming their kid Starburst that this is relevant to. It's uneducated black women that name their keed after the company that makes the hospital bed she gave birth on, or the women who make up some word that includes a Q and a Y and preferably starts with La. They were dumb enough to not care about their kid and give it a respectful name, and what a surprise their kids aren't geniuses and don't end up getting straight A's and being model students and citizens. Chicken or the egg?

Try growing up named Eike, Sheldon, and Rupert. They're some of the richest people in the world.

Then there's Moon, Joaquin, Eldrig, etc. who seem to be doing well.

I taught in an almost all white rural district and the black student was rare. I imagine that minorities probably do this to a greater extent but it is not just their domain. Some of these names I am sure originate and belong to old family and nationality norms. Just like Dante, obviously that is a name not very familiar to at least one poster but in an Italian area it is quite common. I don't mean those names.
I am talking about really strange names, often common words but words never associated with names. It is difficult for me to remember many of these names but I do remember that those kids almost always had either an academic problem, social problem or behavior problem. I can't definitely say that this was the reason but it may have been a factor. Also, maybe a factor is the fact that parents that think burdening a child with a name like that may not be the brightest so it could also be partly genetic. Who knows for sure, I just think naming a kid something so far out is at the very least questionable.

TheCentaur · 09-05-12, 01:25 PM

Yeah I see what ur saying. These names could come from parents that are idiots or parents that are geniuses that think differently. Either way having this genetic disposition does not foster fitting in.

dante1 · 09-05-12, 04:47 PM

Originally posted by TheCentaur

Yeah I see what ur saying. These names could come from parents that are idiots or parents that are geniuses that think differently. Either way having this genetic disposition does not foster fitting in.

Sir, I think you nailed it with two sentences.

frogsrangers · 09-05-12, 08:15 PM

I know a family who have 3 sons, named Travisie, Blakie, and Evanie. This is a trend I have noticed lately, too many parents are adding the "ie" to their boy's names. It may be cute when they are little babies, but when they grow up, are you sure its still a good idea?

Also I went to school with a girl named Abcd, pronounced "Absidee", no I am not making it up

And I worked with a girl named P-A, pronounced "Pordasha". Again, not making it up.

And I volunteered at a kids camp one time, which was 75% hispanic, the most common girls names were Rihanna, Aaliyah, and Beyonce. I guess its popular in the hispanic community to name your daughter after black R&B artists.

Dutch · 09-05-12, 09:17 PM

About 5 yrs ago my brother named his boy Bane. And just recently named his daughter Solara after the movie 'Book of Eli'.

My brother is kind of a fuking idiot.

Dutch · 09-05-12, 09:24 PM

My sister named her daughter Sophia, after our grandma, which I liked...But it seems like I cant leave the house without hearing the name Sophia 5 times, wtf? I've never met a Sophia younger than 60 and now they're everywhere.

SBRMAN23 · 09-05-12, 09:27 PM

Funny thing is its either poor people or really rich celebs who name their kids some fucced up name lmao both IDIOTS