# Names you think are cool that you would never name your kids **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 12, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291 "2003-04-12T17:37:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/1 "2003-04-12T17:37:53Z")
“Crap Nelson.” I would never name my kid Crap, and my last name ain’t Nelson, but that just sounds like a really cool name. Say it out loud. Crap Nelson. I like the way it goes together. I also think “Chick” would be a really cool name for a guy, but everyone I’ve told that just laughs at me. I’ve always liked the old Hebrew name “Asher” but I think junior high could end up being murder on the kid. (“What’s up, _Asser_? Where you going, _Asser_?”) My girlfriend and I were talking last night, and we decided that you name a kid “Marlboro,” he’s destined to be an ass-kickin biker. Or a cowboy. Or just made fun of. “Brick” is another name I think is really cool, but just wouldn’t have the cajones to give to a kid. Any others? ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/2 "2003-04-12T17:43:47Z")
Aristotle. It just flows, man. ---
**Author:** ![burundi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ec8ea/32.png) [@burundi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burundi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/3 "2003-04-12T18:55:11Z")
Zebulon. Jezebel. Delilah. There’s some great Old Testamant names that I just couldn’t give my kids. Although if I ever have triplets, I’ll be giving serious thought to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/4 "2003-04-12T19:18:31Z")
Ali Babi Dadi Otis. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/5 "2003-04-12T19:27:11Z")
I used to _know_ a dude named Chick. I like the Indian names for some of our creeks. I used to joke that I would name my daughter any of the following: Fannegusha Atchafalaya Otoucalofa Chickasawhay Hickahala Homolochitto … you get the picture 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/6 "2003-04-12T20:08:21Z")
I remember a play reading I attended where the male lead’s name was “My Honey”. The only reason I wouldn’t nickname my son that would be because of the eternal explaining. That play had a lot of good names in it… 15 cool points to anyone who can id the title and playwright. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/7 "2003-04-12T20:13:56Z")
Polk County by Zora Neale Hurston How about the name Zora? ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/8 "2003-04-12T20:30:05Z")
My BROTHER’S name is Chick. (OK, it’s a nickname, but if you ask most members of my family what his real name is, you get a blank look.) ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/9 "2003-04-12T20:50:28Z")
:eek: does he live in CA ? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/10 "2003-04-12T20:54:23Z")
For a girl, I’ve always thought that Xanthe would be a beautiful name, but I’d hate for people to think she was named after the fantasy book series (Xanthe means ‘fair haired’ in Greek). ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/11 "2003-04-12T21:01:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NinetyWt \* > \*\*:eek: does he live in CA ? :eek: \*\* Nope. It’s not that uncommon a nickname - see Chick Corea and Chick Evans, for famous examples. In my family, there are two Chicks (male) and one Chickie (female). Their real names are Frank, Frank and Francesca. The nickname is similar to Cisco (from Francisco) in Spanish, but in Italian the first “c” is pronounced “ch”. ---
**Author:** ![fey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a5b964/32.png) [@fey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fey)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/12 "2003-04-12T21:05:46Z")
I always thought Willow was a beautiful name, but I thought it might be a bit much. So I went with the more “common” name of Ivey. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/13 "2003-04-12T21:17:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Happy Lendervedder \* > “Brick” is another name I think is really cool, but just wouldn’t have the cajones to give to a kid. I am indeed planning on naming any future son Brick. Names I love but probably won’t use? Phoenix - I love the symbolism, but it seems overused. Betty - I love this name, but it’s far too old ladyish now. Aretha Pearl - same reason as Betty Sappho Maggie - but if I name my children Maggie and Brick, that’s just mean Hamlet Ophelia ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/14 "2003-04-12T21:24:02Z")
“Amadeus”. I just like the sound of the name, but I probably wouldn’t choose it; what if my kid turns out _not_ to have the love of God? “Amadiablus” just doesn’t have that ring to it! ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/15 "2003-04-12T22:21:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Earl of Sandwhich \* > \*\*Polk County > by Zora Neale Hurston > > How about the name Zora? \*\* Good job, **Earl**. I saw the first reading they did of it after they dug it out of the LoC; my father’s from Polk County, so he wanted to see/hear it. The only thing about Zora is that it’s a name I would actually seriously consider. ---
**Author:** ![Thinks2Much](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Thinks2Much](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thinks2Much)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/16 "2003-04-12T22:35:44Z")
I love the name Sebastian for a boy, but outside of Europe he’d just get his ass kicked. I think Ariadne (air - ee- add - nee) is a beautiful (Greek) name for a girl, but everyone else I have ever mentioned it to says “yuck!” ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/17 "2003-04-12T23:05:09Z")
I knew quite a few little Sebastians in NZ. usually shortened to Bas. I like Amadeus too and when I mentioned it to my mother, she seriously thought we should use it. And the woman works in early childhood ed, you’d think she’d have a clue ;). She was also keen on Ambrosia. ---
**Author:** ![Pebbles131](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pebbles131](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pebbles131)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/18 "2003-04-12T23:17:10Z")
Beefy, for a boy. And before you laugh, put it with your surname…HOW cool is THAT!!! K ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/19 "2003-04-12T23:22:19Z")
chris72, I know a couple of Sebs, if you don’t like Bas. I’ve always liked Y’air for a boy…but not in Ireland methinks. I like Padraig (Porrig) for a boy, but know they’d end up as Podge. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/20 "2003-04-12T23:32:54Z")
I’ve always liked Wolfgang for a boy, but nobody I’ve talked to likes it. For a girl, I like Bronwyn or Bronwen but it doesn’t sound good with my surname(Brown.) Same goes for Barthelemew or Bart. Or Beatrice or Beatriz. I also like Eowyn and Arwen, but that would make me too much of a LOTR geek, which I’m not. I like many of the names of greek gods like Hesphaestus, Apollo, Dionysus and Zeus, but I wouldn’t give my kids those names. I would consider Athena or Artemis for a girl though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291.md?page=2)