# My grand daughter will be named Echo Marie. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 4, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411 "2004-02-04T01:24:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/1 "2004-02-04T01:24:02Z")
My daughter will have her first child next month. She is going to name it Echo Marie. Echo?? Help me convince her not to hang an odd name on her. I have an odd name myself and I got tired of explaining it so I went to my other name. Should I try to talk her into changing it? Or should I just go with her flow? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/2 "2004-02-04T01:30:01Z")
Oh no, here we go again. Echo?? I’d try to get your daughter to abandon the idea. Maybe if enough Dopers weigh in on this side, then you can tell your daughter that you surveyed … well no, I guess you can’t! Best of luck to you anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/3 "2004-02-04T01:32:33Z")
When I heard what my third niece was going to be called I cringed. At the time The name seemed to me like one of those American trailer-trash names. But it’s grown on me. (Rianne) Tell your daughter that your granddaughter is bound to be teased. (“Echo, echo echo”) ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/4 "2004-02-04T02:09:25Z")
“Echo” sounds kind of cheap. Maybe you can convince her to go with “Camry”, or at least “Corolla”. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/5 "2004-02-04T02:16:12Z")
They’re thinking of condemning a child to an eternity of “‘Echo’…‘Sorry, could you repeat that?’” moments… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/6 "2004-02-04T02:20:43Z")
Oh NO! She’ll never be able to quack like a duck! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/7 "2004-02-04T02:26:52Z")
If you can’t convince her to change it, at least have your speech ready when you’re interviewed by CNN: “Well, I told her naming my granddaughter “Echo” was going to cause problems.” “No, I don’t know where she got the rifle.” ---
**Author:** ![zoltar7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b38774/32.png) [@zoltar7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoltar7)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/8 "2004-02-04T02:50:25Z")
I kinda like it. As long as she spells it the regular way, and not Ekkoh or Eckeau or E’ko. ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/9 "2004-02-04T02:59:52Z")
If she MUST call the child Echo, perhaps she could be nudged into using a more traditional name, with Echo as a nickname. Rebecca would work. My first budgie was named Echo. Little bugger talked up a storm. ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/10 "2004-02-04T03:14:25Z")
It might be a little embarassing for her during role call when the the teacher calls out “Echo” and all the little wiseacres around her in gym class or homeroom start answering, repeatedly, “Echo-Echo-Echo.” Fortunately, she’ll only have to endure this two or three times a day for twelve or thirteen years. I don’t know. It probably won’t be that bad. Certainly there are names out there that are far worse. But she will get teased, of that I am almost certain. All that said, if I were to actually meet somebody called Echo, my first thought would probably be, “Wow, cool name.” Of course, I’m also the guy who named his online persona after Mephistopheles . . . ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/11 "2004-02-04T03:21:44Z")
Apparently they got off to the sonigram? ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/12 "2004-02-04T03:34:09Z")
Middle name suggestion: Lalia ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/13 "2004-02-04T04:01:40Z")
I dunno… my grade-school music teacher was named Echo Kowalzek, and she was in her 50’s or 60’s at the time, so it’s not totally unheard of. I always thought it was a cool name. ---
**Author:** ![Intent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5e9695/32.png) [@Intent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intent)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/14 "2004-02-04T04:08:56Z")
I think it would be neat, I’ve always wished I had a more unique first name. If she doesn’t like it, she can go by a nick name or middle name when she gets older. ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/15 "2004-02-04T04:11:21Z")
Echo? Damn, that’s just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/16 "2004-02-04T04:15:31Z")
It’s a bloody horrible name, it’s going to cause the poor little girl YEARS of grief, embarassment and shame, and anyone who would name a child that is a frickin’ idiot. I know everyone’s trying to be nice about this, but I’m going to just be honest; it’s a horrible, stupid idea. **Mephisto** made a point that cannot be emphasized enough; the girl will be teased about her name EVERY DAY at school, usually more than once, for at least twelve years. Twelve years. That’s over two thousand days of teasing and of being embarassed of her own name. Try to remember how you felt when you were teased. Want a not-so-common name? There are lots of names that aren’t overly common without being ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/17 "2004-02-04T04:21:11Z")
\ It could be worse. She could have been named A-ko… 🙂 \ (There’s an anime called Project A-Ko, one of whose main characters is a girl with a personality and a screech more nerveracking than a thousand algebra teachers squeaking chalk on the blackboard…) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/18 "2004-02-04T04:28:29Z")
There was a very pretty, um, _model_ a few years ago named Echo Johnson. You can look at pictures of her on Google Images, **but I’d advise against looking at them at work**. She also has a website if you Google her name. **Same caveat as with the photos.** And then [this charming little girl](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.starletsdatabase.com/pictures/dorothy_deborba.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.starletsdatabase.com/spages/x_0731D6B9F.asp%3Fname%3DDorothy%2520DeBorba&hl=en&h=180&w=240&start=11&prev=/images%3Fq%3Ddorothy%2Bdeborba%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26edition%3Dus) was called Echo in her early movie appearances. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/19 "2004-02-04T04:31:25Z")
No, this won’t work out for the poor girl. She’s gonna be called “Marie” in no time. At least Marie is a pretty name. Echo is just odd. My poor father got saddled with the first name of “Leslie.” If you wanted to piss him off and ignite a stream of curses, just call him “Leslie,” and that would do it. It didn’t help that there was the actor Leslie Nielson or other guys named Leslie. That meant nothing when he got phone calls or letters for “_MISS_ Leslie So-and-so.” He was always so mortified by that. Good thing he had a normal middle name. That’s what he went by for the most part. So that’s why I see this girl as going by “Marie” for most of her life. “Echo” just isn’t worth the grief. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411/20 "2004-02-04T04:46:46Z")
Suggest Emma or Ella instead. They have the same sound without being totally off the wall. Keep reminding her how cruelly this child will be teased and how it’s going to hurt her. I think that would probably be the best approach, rather than just, “I don’t like it.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-daughter-will-be-named-echo-marie/227411.md?page=2)