My uncle Bobby and his new wife are expecting a child. It’s basically a honeymoon baby–they were married in early April, and their son is due in February. I named the last child born on that side of the family (my uncle Stan’s daughter, Shannon), so it appears that now I’m supposed to name this one as well. Problem is, the parents are incredibly picky. Here are their qualifications for a name.
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[li]The name must be manly.[/li][li]They are Jewish, and apparently there is a nice Jewish tradition in which you give the child’s name the same first initial as that of a relative who died. Here are the letters they have to choose from:[/li][list]
[li]B[/li][li]C[/li][li]G[/li][li]H[/li][li]J[/li][li]M[/li][li]S[/li][li]T[/li][/ul]
[li]Their last name is Cohen.[/li][/list]
So, help me name this kid! They don’t mind trendy names at all (I think Leslie’s favorites are Hunter and Chase, for example), nor do they mind Jewish names, as long as they’re really, really masculine.
Hate to point out the obvious, but a lot of people forget this. You probably don’t want to give a Jewish kid a “Christ” name, like Christopher or Kristen.
Too bad, really, because I love the name Christopher. But if I named my kid that, they joy of the birth would be seriously dampened by the sorrow of having my mother drop dead of a heart attack.
brad
beau
Benjamin
charles
carson
Gary
gideon (sorry, had a 7 brides for 7 brothers fit)
Hal
James
Jake
Jason
MIchael
Mitch
Sam
seth(my fav.)
Sean
Thomas
Terrence
Brian and I had a conversation today in which we both laughed our asses off over the hilariousness of naming the kid Christian Mohammed Cohen. We figured he could be the poster child for UU.
I don’t see why everyone is wasting so much effort on this. According to the OP, it’s already been determined that the kid has to be named “Manly Cohen”…
So, I decided to try to be helpful and looked up an old bookmark I had for a baby name finder.
I remembered that it had a feature: “Find It: Finding the perfect name for your baby has never been so easy. Get your own customized list – instantly!”
So I tried it. I input the criteria specified by Drain Bead. (Unfortunately, “manly” wasn’t an option.) Since you had to choose the first letter of the name, I just picked B, because it was first on her list.
