Wasn’t Rowan the main character in Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches trilogy?
(Oh, and in case anyone asks about the odd spelling of “kathi”, I started going by Kathi in fifth grade, and I just wanted to be different). shrug
Are you whooshing us? Chelsea is a place name!
Thanks ** hibernicus**, I think I only saw it as “eagle” in one baby name book, and we know how accurate they can be. Interesting, the other meanings though, neither of which I had come across before.
When I was born, my mother wanted to name me after the weekday on which I was born - Sunday. Except I was born in Poland, to Polish-speaking parents. Were it not for the common sense my Grandparents wrestled into my mom, people would have to call me Niedziela.
I believe I have found the single worst name on babynameworld.com, though I think a good guideline for naming a child would be ‘If the name is on that site, don’t use it.’
It’s under ‘African Names’. ‘Kabela.’ The name alone, while unusual, is no worse than most. However, it means, “This child, too, shall die.”
“What a lovely and exotic name for your daughter, Mrs. Smith! But, pray tell, what does it mean?”
“Well, you see…Kabela, go out in the back yard. You don’t need to hear this.”
I think the worst ever (first and middle) was Bad Fuck. Mom said she named him after his father.
We are so tired of these stupid ass names. Sioban, Katelyn, Hewie…what are you people high? Whatever happened to regular names like Bob and Jenny?
Get over yourselves…just because your kid has Welsh name or an African chieftain name, doesn’t change the fact that your double-wide needs a new roof and welfare only gets paid twice a month, inspite of your $50-a-day crack habit.
Sincerely,
Lemonjello and Orangejello Smith
Thanks! I heart learning about WWII.
I think the previous poster needs to up the meds.
Personally, I like names like Billy or Mary. Call your fucking rugrat N’Gwanza or Still-Waters-Run-Over-The-Bowl and live with the consequences.
Well, according to Sue Browder’s New Age Baby Name Book (1985 edition) that I bought on holiday in Florida in 1985, the reason many African names have ‘negative’ meanings is so evil spirits will be fooled into not taking children (ie causing them to die) because said evil spirits will be fooled into thinking they are doomed anyway.
Don’t know how true it is, but that’s what that book says.
Also the newest Archbishop of Canterbury is called Rowan. Can’t remember his surname though. That’s how much interest I take in religious affairs. ooh! I’m such a heathen!
I’m a bit wary of these baby name lists.It took some solid negotiation with my sister to persuade to her to relegate the name Neo from my nephew’s christian name to his middle one (though he did still end up being called Cian).
I’m guessing that my desire to name a child Siencyn would not go over well with you people.
I loved that show… Miss Kisskillya was my hero.
Huh, you’re right. I never really made the connection. Sort of like the name Georgia or Shannon–those are places too, but when I hear the name I don’t automatically think “ew, place name…”
So to amend my statement, one of the naming trends that gets me the most is the newest wave of place names. Probably twenty years from now names like Dakota and Sicely will seem completely normal and people will be bitching about all the Ontarios and Nevadas running around.
I suppose I shouldn’t talk-I like the name Olga for a girl.
:o
The only reason I occasionally think “It’s almost too bad I never ever want to have children,” is because I really would love to name a daughter Cornelia Amethyst. Cornelia was my mother’s name, and yes, her nickname was Corny, but I think it’s a lovely name. And Amethyst was the name my parents had picked out for the girl my mother miscarried before having my older sister. But, the point is moot because when I think beyond the “ooh, pretty names” instinct, I remember that I have absolutely no desire to procreate at all.
I’m gonna keep encouraging friends to use those names, though. I almost had my friend Kim convinced to use Cornelia as a middle name, but turns out she’s having a boy. And naming him Thaddeus. Which I guess is an okay name…
Keep in mind, this is coming from a girl with the first-middle name combo of Antares Janeva… (which I rather like, thank you very much).
REASON #1,354,005 FOR SPOOFE NEVER HAVING CHILDREN:
It took me a month to think of a name for my computer, and a week to think of a name for my car… by the time I think of a good name for my kid, he’d be old enough to pick his own goddamned name. And I don’t wanna spend all that time shouting crap like, “Hey, what’s-your-face, don’t put the fork in the wall socket!”
Well, don’t leave us with worms in our mouths; is the correct pronounciation “Sauron” or “Saruman”?
Yes, I realize that I have ensured my eternal damnation with that remark, thank you.
Lee-vee?
ARe these people stupid?
It should be pronounced, " Lee-Five"
BTW, great OP with great links. I’ve wasted the better part of an hour reading the exact reasons why some people should be sterlized.
:smack:
That would be “Lee- Six”
Nuts.