I’ve gathered from threads like this – and from the painfully funny sites linked to in such threads – that giving girls a blatant boy’s name is popular right now. I’m not talking names like Leslie, or Shirley, or Robin, that have gone back and forth over time. I’m talking about horrors like little girls named Hunter. As a FIRST name. shudder
I could see why Leslie could go either way, and I can also see why it’s mostly migrated to the female side. I can’t see how Hunter is at all feminine, though. Or David. But I wouldn’t be surprised if there are a few little girls running around with my little brother’s name.
Yea, Atticus! Of course, I think of Atticus Finch when I hear the name, but if you’re going to name your child after a literary character, at least you chose a worthy one. I personally am delighted to see the name back in circulation (and I know that my endorsement is all the validation you’ll ever need, yes? )
I don’t get too worked up over the original meanings of names - I can’t remember WHICH name it was, but there was a boy’s name I considered that basically meant “has a large nose.” Amelia is a pretty name and I’m sure very few people now would ever associate it with its original meaning.
I’ve heard bazillions of weird baby names - this is a favorite topic hereabouts as well as in my “real” life - but the names I personally think are weird are the surnames you have no familial association with being used as first names, especially for girls. “Mackenzie” is a pretty-sounding word, but I completely do NOT get it as a girl’s name. But then, I’m a traditionalist. My daughter is Katherine and if she’d been a boy she’d have been Daniel. I don’t do trendy.
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Ten times out of ten, Nicky, Vinny and Tony will beat the sh*t out of Todd, Kyle and Tucker. </george carlin>
Binky and Diva were two girls at my school who were best friends. mainly because they were the only ones who didn’t laugh at their names.
Binky’s surname is Moorehead. Asking for porn stardom.
Also knew a family with 6 kids, the names ranges from the normal (Amy, John-jo) to the slightly bizarre (Crystal, Jemima and Shannon…who was a boy).
The worst name I’ve come across recently was the child of a patient.
Kerame O’Morain.
Methinks Kerame (ke-RAH-may) is going to have a tough life in inner-city Dublin.
Glad you approve! If nothing else, it serves as a fabulous test of how well-read people are. When I tell strangers his name there are two standard responses–either “Oh, like Atticus Finch!” or “Huh?”
A woman in my wife’s office is referenced on this site – she named one of her kids Festus, and two other names are almost as bad. My wife just about bust a gut when she was reading the site and came across that.
I love the name Dashiel, but I probably can’t use it for a future son, since my new daughter is named Dorothy. I think having kids nicknamed Dot and Dash would be a bit much.
And yes, I think the “mystery name” is probably Mindy.
I remember reading a story in a magazine years ago about identical twin girls who’d been named Whyvonney and Whyvettey by their parents, apparently they [the parents] were unable to pronouce the names Yvonne and Yvette :smack:
I know a fella who’s mother registered him as Cameron and his father registered him as John. Half his relations call him Cameron and the other half call him John. Gawd help you if you use the wrong name in conversation with whichever half…
My middle name (Madonna) is actually quite nice. What sucks is the fact that I started school less than a year after a certain someone had her first record come out.
My fiance’s mother works in an elementary school. She runs across all kinds of stupid names. There is the family who named all their kids after X-Men. Wolverine is a really dumb name for a 5 year old. Another kid in the school is Hercules. Sadly, I don’t remember the rest of the names.
My baby sister’s middle name is Philomena (the patron saint of birth defects) :eek: And yes, my father is religious enough that he most likely knows what the name means.
I once lived across the street from a family who had triplets. Girls.
Mindy, Misty and Mandy. There was a fourth girl younger than the triplets her name was Brandy.
When my mother used to teach at the Navy Base (she taught the recquired substance abuse class to new recruits) there was a young sailor in her class named Nojel. (I’m guessing at the spellng) The story goes that his mother had made a Jello mold for some event and went into labor waiting for the jello to set. Apparently it never did.
I named my daughter Jacqueline. She’s happy with that though I have to admit that she spells her nickname Jacqui.
My sister-in-law swears if she ever has a girl, she’s going to name her Brett. This brings to my mind none other than comedienne Brett Butler who is anything but feminine, IMO.
Richard Burns
Richard Small
Richard Long
Richard Lowe
Richard Major
Richard Miner
Richard Butz
Richard Head
I believe I’ve made my point: Parents…think! Please, consider: Some names have nicknames. Sometimes names are listed with the surname first; somtimes last. Children, by and large, are cruel beyond adult comprehension, and can show fiendish cleverness when it comes to the task of heaping ridicule on their peers. Name your children wisely, 'kay?
In January some friends of mine had a baby and I checked out the online cradle roll to see if I could find their daughter. While there, I scrolled through the names and came across a baby girl named Dasani Evian. No kidding.
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