# Ruined First Names **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 5, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353 "2020-08-05T17:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mallard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353/21 "2020-08-07T18:41:33Z")
A boy named “Sue”? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353/22 "2020-08-07T18:48:04Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > I would probably choose a name I just plain didn’t like; it would make writing the character as a distasteful person easier. So, Roy or Wayne. Arguably, “Wayne” is already ruined as a middle name. > **[The Wayne Theory](https://www.swordandscale.com/the-wayne-theory/)** > > Are violent felons, particularly murderers, more likely to have the middle name Wayne? That's the rumor that's been swirling around true crime circles for some time now. When I first heard this, I immediately dismissed the idea as non-sense. Wayne... ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353/23 "2020-08-07T18:51:11Z")
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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353/24 "2020-08-07T21:23:54Z")
[Unknown quote] No matter what I name my kid, their name will probably be the name of the next Harry Potter villian ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353/25 "2020-08-08T01:17:48Z")
My dad’s middle name is Wayne, and he’s never killed anybody. I used to post on a medical (mostly nursing) board, and there were multiple threads like this. One of them said, “I’m a psych nurse, specializing in children and adolescents, and there’s one name where I can almost guarantee that if you give it to your baby, we’ll be seeing them in 10 years.” However, she didn’t say what that name was. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353/26 "2020-08-08T01:19:04Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > My dad’s middle name is Wayne, and he’s never killed anybody. …that you know of. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353/27 "2020-08-08T01:29:04Z")
I’d pick Jasper. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353/28 "2020-08-08T01:31:45Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > And now we know how many people only skim the OP > [@CairoCarol](#): > > Reading OPs appears to be more difficult than one would think. 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353/29 "2020-08-08T02:07:23Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > One of them said, “I’m a psych nurse, specializing in children and adolescents, and there’s one name where I can almost guarantee that if you give it to your baby, we’ll be seeing them in 10 years.” However, she didn’t say what that name was. Did she already know what your name was ? 😏 ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353/31 "2020-08-08T02:11:07Z")
Donald. Destined to be reviled for generations. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353/32 "2020-08-08T02:46:39Z")
“Hillary” was on the rise (for girls; it can also be a male name) until the 00s, when it nosedived. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353/33 "2020-08-08T02:49:08Z")
And your point is…? FTR, my first name is considered a “classic” name, and is also in the Bible. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353/34 "2020-08-08T02:54:16Z")
It’s a joke, implying that the reason she didn’t say the name is because she realized it was your name. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353/35 "2020-08-08T02:55:01Z")
I thought so. My name was not in my username there, either. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353/36 "2020-08-08T03:41:47Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > And your point is…? **BigT** is right, it was my pitiful attempt at a joke. The typed word makes it hard to get humorous tone across, sorry. I named all 3 of my kids with biblical names because I thought they were time-honored and would still be dignified when they were adults. My sons each have Apostle’s names. And their teachers always knew how to spell and pronounce them. None of my kids’ have ever told me they wished they had different names, so must have done something right. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353/37 "2020-08-08T05:31:18Z")
My brother and I both have Biblical names, and my sister’s name could be described as a feminized version of a Biblical name, but that’s not why we were named that. Our parents simply liked the names. Back then, there was no way to know the sex of a baby before birth, so they took a list of names to the hospital, and my sister was the only one named off that list! The earlier-chosen names just didn’t fit my brother or me, I guess. p.s. For me, one of those names was “Barbara Ann.” The Beach Boys song came out the following year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353.md?page=1)