Hannibal is destined to be rhymed with Cannibal, references to popular culture notwithstanding.
We did! Our dog is Indiana Bones or Indy for short.
Our son is Christopher (named after his grandfather) and our daughter is Jennifer Lynn. In my defense Lynn is my wife’s middle name.
::: Hangs head in shame:::
Okay, this thread is getting huge, and it’s irksome names for CHILDREN. Why are we irked by what other people are naming their children?
Some people clearly WANT their children’s names to be irksome! River? Picabo? Madonna? Dweezil? and I mentioned Twist in a previous post.
SDMB, a great choice if you’re looking for an irksome name. But if you really want to annoy people, make the name up!
Your college must be the one that spams my hotmail account with all that Hot College Girl Free XXX Webcam Action spam. They are always called “Kristy” (or “Kristi”. And Bambi and Tiffani).
I agree with nearly every comment in this long thread re bad names. I loathe surname names. Save for naming the heroes in a Mills & Boon, they should never see the light of day.
Right now I hugely like Amberin as a girl’s name. I believe it’s Turkish, at least that’s the country where the only person I know called it is from.
I highly recommend Logan as a name for any child. I’ve only met one other Logan in my 21 years, and I even get the occasional “neat name” remark.
The only problem is with the select few who have seen Logan’s Run…which is where my parents got the name from(if they’d waited another year, I’d be a Luke…bleeech)
Hm. Logan, aged 21… your middle name isn’t Rose, is it? If it is, I think I knew your dad (not in THAT way, I mean I think I was acquainted with him.)
Oh, duh. You said you’d be a Luke if you’d been born a year later. That probably should have been my clue that you’re male, huh?
Please disregard my previous post. But I did know of a Logan Rose once, and she’d be about your age.
not caring what any of you may think, I will be naming a daughter of mine Syndel/ Sindel or Soda. Or I might just name a son Soda. (it stuck with me after reading The Outsiders, I think thats the name)
That’s great, Shirley, my neighbors have a dog named Bailey.
The last name-first name thing is something I make fun of a lot, which is very stupid of me given that my name actually is Marley. Oh well, there are a LOT of these last names passing for first names now, and if I can say so, many are less creative. (Of course, a great number of first names started life as surnames.)
To get more to the point, why are so many people naming their kids Mackenzie these days?
Some names are just way too popular. I think everyone here went to school with at least 15 Matthews, Johns, Jacobs, and Christophers, right? 
I like some of the popular girls names, but the good ones are getting overused. At school, I live in a dorm of 118 people, and there are FIVE Katies (four Katherines, all spelled that way, and one Kathleen). I’ve been meeting a ton of Emilys lately, too, including my girlfriend.
When naming kids - and obviously have none, so here goes nothing - the #1 thing to avoid is a currently trendy name. Some of the ‘classics’ are constant; there will always be Marys and such. But right now, for example, Dylan is WAY too big. I like the name, but enough is enough. Tyler - and I have a brother named Tyler (my parents lamented that they didn’t know EVERYBODY was going to name their child Tyler that year) - also needs a rest. K/Caitly/in (I also have a friend with this name) needs a break, Ashleigh/y/ley, Brit/tany/ey, Taylor (wtf?)…
Last thought: anybody naming their kid Britney is making a HUGE mistake. The famous Britney will be gone soon, and the name will linger as a joke identifying stupid parents who can’t spell Brittany right. =P
Ah, there were more posts to this thread than I thought. One additional idea: nobody should ever give a girl a name ending with an i. Only porn stars have names like that, it’s just not a good idea. =P
I make a lot of jokes on this subject, so this thread is just gold. Let’s see:
Think someday we’ll start meeting kids named DMX?
Maybe Ol’ Dirty Bastard?
People like to name their kids for stuff that meant a lot to them when they were younger - I think that’s why, for example, Dylan is so popular (for Bob). So what will happen when people more like my age and younger (I’m almost 21) start having kids? Will we see a lot of Buffys and Angels? Austin is already big… what about Kobe?
Lastly, I say the name Nicola should be shouted by Swiss guys in leiderhosen on mountaintops. 
Sadly, I think more of the Dylans swirling around my ankles as I make my way through the aisles of the Stop & Shop are named for the guy in Beverly Hills 90210. If I’m not mistaken both of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s sons have 90210 names.
A man at work became a proud grandpa to a baby girl named. . .Calyx. He would stop mid task for a few days to wonder aloud, “What’s wrong with names from the Bible?”
I have a 21-year-old friend who has a seven-month old. The baby’s name is Alexandra. There is hope for us yet!
Maybe so, gwendee. I only know one Dylan (approximately) my age, the rest are generally prepubescent. I’m tempted to ask ‘who would name their kid for a 90210 character,’ but then, who would name their kid ‘Baby?’ [Which, btw, is another major concern in child-naming: they’re not going to be kids forever; names that are cute for a 2-year-old can become MAJOR handicaps.]
sirkle it might just be a coincidence, but the nickname Hoss could be due to the fact that Hoss Cartwright, the character played by Dan Blocker on Bonanza was actually named Eric–Hoss was his nickname.
From this site: http://www.tvacres.com/nick_h.htm
NOW you tell me!
(My daughter’s name is Tahli Mai; out on both counts!)
So, what do Japanese strippers’ names end in?
Hmm. See, that oughta tell you something about me, I think that sounds pretty cool. It’s a major problem with ‘traditional’ English names. Your daughter, at least by this particular criteria, should be fine.
Ko (unfortunately, so do most girl’s names which were popular thirty years ago!).
BTW, that was a WAG. I’ve never seen a Japanese stripper. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that my daughter won’t be the first.
Many of you have probably read by now that I used to teach preschool. Allow me, if you will, to list my last class:
Girls first-
Regan, Ashleigh, Savannah, McKenzie, Maddison, Jaylen, Taylor, Hannah (which I like), Jordan, and Angelee
Now boys-
Harrison, Cruz, Weston, Cody, Branden, Tyler, Tyreek, Kyle, Jalen and Kalen.
:rolleyes:
I have had many “classic” names in the past (Megan, Allison, Rachel, Jim, Bobby etc.) but that class was a doosey. They were all three and four years old.
I teach preschool. Here’s my class for this year:
Girls:
Jordyn (yes, spelled with a y)
Madison
Elizabeth
Eliza
Juliet
Vanessa
Adrienne
Zoe (very popular)
Allison
Nina
I have been hearing about a lot of Olivias lately. Haven’t had any though. Seems like I have one Elizabeth (or variation) every year. But I really like the name.
Boys:
Eli
Peter
Bryce
Jack
Not too many boys this year. In recent memory, the most popular boy’s name I can recall is Jack.