# Man names newborn daughter Sarah McCain Palin-without consulting wife **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978 "2008-10-15T00:37:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/21 "2008-10-15T05:39:59Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Why should he “consult” his wife? Why shouldn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/22 "2008-10-15T05:43:06Z")
> [@Maradona](#): > > Kali..? Real sweet of him to name his daughter as a goddess who got a severed head in one hand and some weapons on the other.. This is somehow worse than a name which has Sarah Palin on both ends and John McCain in the middle? I’ve no doubt that there are some people who would prefer the latter, but I have special software that prevents me from seeing the Photoshopped images on their websites. ---
**Author:** ![Maradona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@Maradona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maradona)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/23 "2008-10-15T06:00:42Z")
> [@Terrifel](#): > > This is somehow worse than a name which has Sarah Palin on both ends and John McCain in the middle? > > I’ve no doubt that there are some people who would prefer the latter, but I have special software that prevents me from seeing the Photoshopped images on their websites. Once the Sarah/McCain loses this election, their names will be a distant memory for most of the people within about 2 years. Taken out of the their personalities, names it self are not that bad.. But Kali…unless he sends his daughter to south asia to become a black magic woman..! note - Kali is considered as a good goddess in India. But in my country people worship her to make black magic. ( Put a spell on a person etc ..) ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/24 "2008-10-15T11:33:46Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Why should he “consult” his wife? Because naming a child should be the decision of \*both \*parents. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/25 "2008-10-15T12:20:57Z")
i don’t know about other commonwealths or states, but in pennsylvania the mother has to sign before the name is sent off to official records, father does not. unless for some horrible reason the mother can’t. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/26 "2008-10-15T12:28:53Z")
> [@Maradona](#): > > Kali..? Real sweet of him to name his daughter as a goddess who got a severed head in one hand and some weapons on the other.. Don’t forget this is the US, most will probably call her Kayleigh or kaylee or kayli anyway not Kali. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/27 "2008-10-15T12:36:11Z")
> [@Maradona](#): > > Once the Sarah/McCain loses this election, their names will be a distant memory for most of the people within about 2 years. Taken out of the their personalities, names it self are not that bad.. > > But Kali…unless he sends his daughter to south asia to become a black magic woman..! > > note - Kali is considered as a good goddess in India. But in my country people worship her to make black magic. ( Put a spell on a person etc ..) [Off topic] **Maradona**? wow i had no idea that “El Diego” posted in the dope ;), where are you from? [/Off Topic] ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/28 "2008-10-15T12:50:34Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > [QUOTE=Maradona] > Kali..? Real sweet of him to name his daughter as a goddess who got a severed head in one hand and some weapons on the other.. Would you pick at her on the playground? I think not. [/QUOTE] Especially once she yanks out the school bully’s heart and has him lowered into the lava pit ! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/29 "2008-10-15T13:01:45Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Anyone know Diogenes’s real name? He has a new daughter— said he was going with Kali, but perhaps he figured one goddess of death was as good as another. Well played, sir. I fear that **Dio’s** daughter will have a propensity for sticking out her tongue… But what the hell. I didn’t realize that birth certificates could be amended, name-wise. I’ve had to have #2 son’s amended date-wise: they put the wrong date down. (how hard can this be?). ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/30 "2008-10-15T13:02:59Z")
Ironically, the mother’s name is Geraldine Mondale Ferraro. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/31 "2008-10-15T13:24:24Z")
I find this odd. In my state only the mother can fill out and sign off on the forms. The idea is that she is the only person that can conclusivly be proved to be the childs parent. ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/32 "2008-10-15T14:52:13Z")
With all the conflating of names that our culture does (eg Brangelina), I’m surprised I haven’t seen them referred to as McCalin. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/33 "2008-10-15T14:58:25Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > I find this odd. In my state only the mother can fill out and sign off on the forms. The idea is that she is the only person that can conclusivly be proved to be the childs parent. I’m pretty sure that is the case here in Illinois. After the amount of negotiating/arguing my husband and I did to decide upon names, he would be dead. meat. if he tried to pull something like this. [QUOTE=eleanorigby] At least Sarah is not a horrid name… [/QUOTE] Gee, thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/34 "2008-10-15T15:01:53Z")
Well at least he didn’t name the kid Major Major Major. ---
**Author:** ![Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a4c791/32.png) [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frustrated_Wonderer)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/35 "2008-10-15T15:02:42Z")
What a loser, this guy. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/36 "2008-10-15T15:22:54Z")
> [@Maradona](#): > > Once the Sarah/McCain loses this election, their names will be a distant memory for most of the people within about 2 years. Tell that to my nephew, Dan Quayle Kunilou. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/37 "2008-10-15T15:35:21Z")
> [@Sarahfeena](#): > > Gee, thanks. 🙂 Considering the alternatives: Bristol Trig, Track (or is it Tag), Piper etc–hell, call the baby Alaska! I was supposed to be named Sarah and be nicknamed Sally, but my mom didn’t like how it went with our last name. Names are tricky. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/38 "2008-10-15T15:37:13Z")
What a douche bag! The wife should change her name back to her maiden name and proceed without him. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/39 "2008-10-15T15:39:12Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Considering the alternatives: Bristol Trig, Track (or is it Tag), Piper etc–hell, call the baby Alaska! > I was supposed to be named Sarah and be nicknamed Sally, but my mom didn’t like how it went with our last name. Names are tricky. 🙂 OMG, that’s so funny…Sally was my nickname when I was a kid! It kind of reverted back to Sarah when I went to school (my sister Elizabeth wasn’t so lucky…she’s known as Betsy to this day!) My brother was going to be Eleanor if he was a girl, too. Our moms must have had the same taste in names. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978/40 "2008-10-15T15:42:19Z")
I’m still stuck on the “get the word out” aspect. Are there registered voters left in this country who have not yet heard of Sarah Palin or John McCain? Seriously, I just don’t get it. “Hi, this is my daughter, Sarah McCain Palin.” “Oh, she’s adorable. Who’s she named after?” “Why, this year’s Republican presidential ticket!” “Really? I had no idea - tell me more!” :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-names-newborn-daughter-sarah-mccain-palin-without-consulting-wife/467978.md?page=3)