# Help Name my Baby **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702 "2011-05-04T15:13:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/21 "2011-05-04T18:26:39Z")
I’m not having any more kids, but if I did, they would be **Hester** and **Vladimir**. ---
**Author:** ![goodie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@goodie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goodie)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/22 "2011-05-04T18:27:30Z")
Sylvester. Works equally well for a boy or a girl. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/23 "2011-05-04T18:29:29Z")
> [@classyladyhp](#): > > Seriously? Throckmorton??? > > 😕☹ Well, it would work excellently if your last name was Torque. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Fat\_Harry\_Deal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@Big\_Fat\_Harry\_Deal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Fat_Harry_Deal)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/24 "2011-05-04T18:30:47Z")
Throatwarbler Mangrove! (But spelled Luxury Yacht) ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/25 "2011-05-04T18:44:06Z")
I don’t think **Ichabod** is currently overly used. Yosemite or how about Yosemity to be cute. Allopecia (al oh pee’ shiuh) Daphne (or Daffney) Calgon Eromeus (Air oh may’ us) Euclid (Yoo’ klid) Antigone (An ti’ go nee) * * * - Only some of those are serious, but I’ll let you decide which ones. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/26 "2011-05-04T18:46:24Z")
Maydylynn Maydysyn Ayshlyeyiygh But seriously… how about Peg? Nobody ever names kids Peg these days. Or Grover. Nobody does that. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/27 "2011-05-04T18:48:49Z")
I like Snargboinger. Too bad my eggs are all drying up. I suggest Harvey or Elwood for a boy. For girls there’s Veta Louise or Myrtle Mae. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/28 "2011-05-04T18:49:18Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I’m gonna keep pimping **Darth Volvo** as a name until somebody uses it, goddammit. I tried to convince Mrs Magill we should name our third one Davros. Ludy - I’m partial to Martha. I also like Isabella, but thanks to those damned Twilight books, everyone’s named their little girls Isabella. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/29 "2011-05-04T18:57:27Z")
I think half the girls in my daughter’s 2nd grade class are named Isadora or Isabella. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/30 "2011-05-04T19:13:34Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Well, it would work excellently if your last name was Torque. It’s actually one of my favorite false names to give: Throckmorton Grunthummer Wingergonger. They love me at Radio Shack. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/31 "2011-05-04T20:06:28Z")
I’ll give you the names from my list. Toussaint Telemachus Ulysses Rodrigo Girls Flavia Lucrezia Rosa Surprisingly my wife rejected all of these names.☹ My loss is your name! ---
**Author:** ![inkling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkling)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/32 "2011-05-04T20:09:42Z")
Trespassers W, after Piglet’s grandfather. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/33 "2011-05-04T20:22:52Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > I think half the girls in my daughter’s 2nd grade class are named Isadora or Isabella. That was why we were (a bit) relieved when #3 turned out to be a boy. We were going to name him after my Aunt, had he been a girl. ---
**Author:** ![Ace\_Weederman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@Ace\_Weederman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace_Weederman)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/34 "2011-05-04T21:06:50Z")
**Ace**. Wait, that’s one syllable. Um… **Acey**. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/35 "2011-05-04T21:13:35Z")
Edmund Rosaline ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/36 "2011-05-04T21:25:20Z")
Osama is currently open… ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/37 "2011-05-04T21:29:16Z")
As are Adolf, Benedict and Judas. Normal names, and I can’t think of anything wrong with them … ---
**Author:** ![OldnCrinkly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@OldnCrinkly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldnCrinkly)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/38 "2011-05-04T21:42:30Z")
For girls, I love Ruby, Sylvia, and Veronica. For a boy I like Henry, Stanley, and Martin. Best wishes. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/39 "2011-05-04T21:59:09Z")
I’ve always loved Galiana as a girl’s name, and the diminutive is Galya, which I also love. On second thoughts, you can’t have that one. I need to reserve it for my daughter if I ever have one 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702/40 "2011-05-04T22:31:37Z")
> [@inkling](#): > > Trespassers W, after Piglet’s grandfather. Cool. T. William has a bit of authority and a bit of mystery. I like it. GlaDOS would probably be a bad idea, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-my-baby/580702.md?page=3)