# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![martin\_ibn\_martin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@martin\_ibn\_martin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martin_ibn_martin)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/41 "2003-04-13T12:54:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by chrisk72 \* > \*\*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!” \*\* I work for one, and his Uncle and cousin also carry the name. Usually it is shortened to “Subby” Not at all odd in an Italian, (or in this case, Sicilian) community Martin ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/42 "2003-04-13T13:45:08Z")
Zoltar, Destroyer of Worlds, Swallower of Souls, and Friend to All Puppies. I seriously doubt I’ll ever find a woman willing to name their kid that. If I had twins, I’d like to name them Jesus and Lucifer, but I think that would be stretching it a little too much. I always use Slade as a name for characters I play in video games. It kinda works if you live in a fantasy world and battle dragons, but in real life, not so usefull. Achilles is nice to, along with Astianax, but I don’t think those would go over so well. ---
**Author:** ![shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/43 "2003-04-13T13:46:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shana \* > Jasper or Jeeves for a boy would be nice I used to be in love with a boy from Jasper, Georgia. I just knew we would name any son we might have Jasper. Alas, a few years later I taught a Jasper who ruined it all for me. ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/44 "2003-04-13T16:14:09Z")
We wanted our son’s name to be Ignatio, but decided not to be that cruel. So we named him Kieran instead. Now everyone asks why he has a girls name. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/45 "2003-04-13T17:04:31Z")
For the longest time, I wanted to name a daughter Cicada Lilly, and call her “Cady” for short. Too bad the bug is _really_ ugly. Peace, ~mixie ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/46 "2003-04-13T17:19:09Z")
Stilton Cheesworth. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/47 "2003-04-13T17:19:12Z")
I know _two_ Sebastians and a famous soccer player in my region is called Kieron. But the worst name I’ve ever come across IRL is… Ann Key ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/48 "2003-04-13T17:22:26Z")
One of my older brothers used to claim that he’d like to name a daughter Aurora Borealis. There were a couple of aspects to this that were troubling…first, the name itself is one that I don’t like at all. Next, combine it with the last name and you get the initials A.B.C. …just something about that bugs me. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/49 "2003-04-13T17:23:52Z")
**godzillatemple,** I have a co-worker named Christine who just married a guy with a classic Jewish last name. It is, indeed, very cool. If I had a boy child, I’d be tempted to name him Wombat 'Druthers. Just because Wombat and 'Druthers are neat words and together they rock. But in reality I know it’d be rough on the kid. ---
**Author:** ![Zenpea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Zenpea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenpea)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/50 "2003-04-13T17:33:19Z")
uhh… Gastron the Magnificent. Or better yet, name all your children with the same letters. Planetoids Asunder Dandelion Pastures Desiderata Nonplus etc. -James ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/51 "2003-04-13T18:00:11Z")
**Happy** you reminded me of something when you mentioned naming a child “mayor”. I know someone whose name is “major”. I guess that’s not so weird, but one time another guy was dissing him and said, “just think - if his momma had named him General he might have made something out of himself”. I went to high school with a kid named “Merry Christmas”. He was a football player; we called hiim M.C. ---
**Author:** ![irkenDoom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c2a13f/32.png) [@irkenDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irkenDoom)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/52 "2003-04-13T19:21:58Z")
We had a foreign exchange student named Sebastian; everybody called him “Sea Bass.” Now if you’ll excuse me, I must find a cure for these extremely painful hiccups… Beefy… Crap Nelson… If ginger ale through the nose is the price I must pay… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/53 "2003-04-13T20:01:20Z")
Percy. I did a paper on Percy Grainger my junior year of high school and I really like it. Too bad the kid would get his ass kicked everyday because of it. Big Beatles fan that I am I also like George Harold, but no one, but me seems to like it. ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/54 "2003-04-13T20:12:36Z")
Pannonica. We would call her Nicky for short. ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/55 "2003-04-13T20:43:04Z")
**Happy** is my aunt’s name. She was born in 1940 or so. She uses her middle name instead because of the whole seven dwarf stigma. I always thought it would be cool to have a daughter named after me and call her Junior. Cool! ---
**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/56 "2003-04-13T20:55:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lsura \* > \*\*One of my older brothers used to claim that he’d like to name a daughter Aurora Borealis. \*\* I want to do this, now! The princess in Sleeping Beauty… wasn’t she called Aurora? ---
**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 13, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/57 "2003-04-13T23:49:34Z")
Oh yeah, forgot one: My grandmother’s name was Pinky. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/58 "2003-04-14T00:08:25Z")
There are some Shakespearan names that wouldn’t quite work. I wanted to name a girl Desdemona and call her Desi. I always thought Petruchio would be a great middle name for a boy. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/59 "2003-04-14T00:40:57Z")
Barcelona. ---
**Author:** ![c\_carol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@c\_carol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_carol)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291/60 "2003-04-14T01:05:33Z")
> [@](#): > > I also like Eowyn and Arwen, but that would make me too much of a LOTR geek, which I’m not. You forgot to mention Luthien Tinuviel. I would _almost_ be tempted to consider that one. Also Galadriel. (Someday I’m going to be known as “that crazy old lady who has a dozen cats named after Tolkien characters”.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-think-are-cool-that-you-would-never-name-your-kids/168291.md?page=4)