# Amy Schumer changes her son’s name **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 15, 2020, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829 "2020-04-15T06:33:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/1 "2020-04-15T06:33:45Z")
I’m not necessarily a huge fan of hers but I give her credit for admitting that she screwed up. She says she wanted to give him a middle name after her friend Dave Attell. The original name: Gene Attell Fischer They have now apparently changed the middle name to Dave. (I realize that the whole thing may be a publicity stunt but at least the kid won’t be punished for life), ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/2 "2020-04-15T06:52:38Z")
Love this - do you have a cite for it not dated April 1? 🙂 It’s just too perfect - even the first two names would be bad enough, but combined with the surname… ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/3 "2020-04-15T07:01:23Z")
I didn’t see any reports from April 1 but maybe it was a joke that just got picked up [Link](https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/2992664001) [Here](https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/1114620001) is a link from last year giving the kid’s name. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/4 "2020-04-15T07:46:36Z")
n i remember seeing something on yahoo or MSN where they regretted the name a few weeks after the kid was born and she even said it’s possible they’ll change it even had the bit about her mom pointing the obvious out … ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/5 "2020-04-15T08:15:56Z")
“_Gene Attell Fischer._” I don’t get it. Wait, I’m supposed to get from “Gene Attell” to “genital?” That’s an even further reach than Weird Al rhyming “deserved it” with “unheard of” in _Amish Paradise_. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/6 "2020-04-15T11:49:09Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > That’s an even further reach than Weird Al rhyming “deserved it” with “unheard of” in _Amish Paradise_. You should listen to _Gangsta’s Paradise_ maybe. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/7 "2020-04-15T12:16:21Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > “_Gene Attell Fischer._” > > I don’t get it. > > Wait, I’m supposed to get from “Gene Attell” to “genital?” > > That’s an even further reach than Weird Al rhyming “deserved it” with “unheard of” in _Amish Paradise_. It took me several minutes to get it too. I was thinking, “what’s wrong with ‘Attell’?” Definitely a prank or publicity stunt. Kind of weak. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/8 "2020-04-15T12:31:30Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > It took me several minutes to get it too. I was thinking, “what’s wrong with ‘Attell’?” Definitely a prank or publicity stunt. Kind of weak. It’s certainly not a prank or a publicity stunt. You don’t quietly drop the news on a podcast a year after the baby was born as a publicity stunt. You don’t change the name of your baby as a prank. There has been snickering about the name in the comedy word ever since. This is the NYC comedy scene where Attell is king and anything that is considered hack will get you eviscerated. If there was a hint she did this as a bit her comedy heroes Attell and Colin Quinn would never let her live it down. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/9 "2020-04-15T13:03:05Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > It’s certainly not a prank or a publicity stunt. > > You don’t quietly drop the news on a podcast a year after the baby was born as a publicity stunt. You don’t change the name of your baby as a prank. > > There has been snickering about the name in the comedy word ever since. This is the NYC comedy scene where Attell is king and anything that is considered hack will get you eviscerated. If there was a hint she did this as a bit her comedy heroes Attell and Colin Quinn would never let her live it down. Oh.I have no knowledge whatsoever of the comedy world so I’ll take your word for it. It just seems so hard to believe. I mean, I had to say it “aloud” several times to get it but once I did, it seems so obvious. You’d think new parents would have said it over and over again out loud, or at least once. “There he is! Gene Attell Fischer! Wait…what?” Anyway, if you ask me they should have lost the Gene, or switched the first and middle names around. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/10 "2020-04-15T14:02:34Z")
I had a math professor in college named Dr. Sprows. He told us once that when his first child was born, he was considering naming him after a famous mathematician, such as Bertrand Russel. But then he realized, well, Bertrand is a very uncommon name, and Russel is much more common, so the kid would probably end up going by his middle name. Which would make him B. Russel Sprows. He ended up going with a different name. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/11 "2020-04-15T14:02:49Z")
I had a math professor in college named Dr. Sprows. He told us once that when his first child was born, he was considering naming him after a famous mathematician, such as Bertrand Russel. But then he realized, well, Bertrand is a very uncommon name, and Russel is much more common, so the kid would probably end up going by his middle name. Which would make him B. Russel Sprows. He ended up going with a different name. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/12 "2020-04-15T14:28:01Z")
The office admin at my first job’s name was Tina Rial. She was getting married to another Portuguese fellow who’s last name was Gonya. We asked if she was going to hyphenate their names and we all thought a second. Gonya-Rial Probably not a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/13 "2020-04-15T14:44:04Z")
She names her kid after Dave Atell and then worries his name might sound like ‘genital’? Dave Atell resembles a genital. Who would name their kid after that freak? What’s the matter with traditional names like Dahmer and Gottfried? ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/14 "2020-04-15T23:51:46Z")
Yeah, I guess it is a bit too similar to genital fissure. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/15 "2020-04-16T01:50:39Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I had a math professor in college named Dr. Sprows. He told us once that when his first child was born, he was considering naming him after a famous mathematician, such as Bertrand Russel. But then he realized, well, Bertrand is a very uncommon name, and Russel is much more common, so the kid would probably end up going by his middle name. Which would make him B. Russel Sprows. > > He ended up going with a different name. Take that class twice, did ya? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/16 "2020-04-16T02:28:06Z")
When Tom Cruise was dating Penelope Cruz, a reporter asked her, “If you get married, will you take his surname, or hyphenate?” She chuckled, then changed the subject. ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/17 "2020-04-16T03:26:56Z")
Jeez Kira Nerys…I understand wanting to avoid giving the child an embarrassing name, but I always thought avoiding the obvious blunders was good enough. Like “Seymour Butts”, or “Hugh Jass”, or “Amanda Hugginkiss”. (C’mon, we’ve all watched The Simpsons! :)) Now we have to watch out for **legitimate medical terms??** Do you have any _idea_ just how many terms covering all the diseases, dysfunctions, disorders, imbalances, malforms, adverse conditions etc. etc. etc. there freaking _are??_ I took one little medical transcription course once, and by the end I felt like I’d been through three seasons of Chicago Hope. And what’s with the judgement? “HOW could she have possibly missed THAT?” Well, perhaps it’s because she honestly had no freaking idea what a genital fissure is, and it sure as hell isn’t a matter of intelligence or worldliness because _I_ didn’t know either. How far is a parent expected to _go?_ Should she bring in experts? Run everything through five Internet databases? Maybe it’s just my work in public housing. Believe me, if you don’t learn to get used to funny names _very_ quicckly, you won’t last a month. (My mother once had a professor named Charles Barclay. Every time I think about it, it strikes me how that’s actually a much more appropriate name for a quiet white middle-aged academic than…you know.) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/18 "2020-04-16T05:18:06Z")
> [@DKW](#): > > Jeez Kira Nerys…I understand wanting to avoid giving the child an embarrassing name, but I always thought avoiding the obvious blunders was good enough. Like “Seymour Butts”, or “Hugh Jass”, or “Amanda Hugginkiss”. (C’mon, we’ve all watched The Simpsons! :)) “Let’s see…Bart, cart, dart, e-art. Nope, can’t see anything wrong with that.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/19 "2020-04-16T07:21:59Z")
> [@DKW](#): > > (My mother once had a professor named Charles Barclay. Every time I think about it, it strikes me how that’s actually a much more appropriate name for a quiet white middle-aged academic than…you know.) Just like [Wesley Snipes.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a69pHYYUyx0) ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829/20 "2020-04-16T14:54:36Z")
Yeah, but her kid’s first name is still that of a 90-year old man, so… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-schumer-changes-her-son-s-name/851829.md?page=2)