I think there’s a “I know it when I see it” Supreme Court-type rule that applies here - sure, there isn’t an extremely clear boundary, but there’s a major difference between Muslim parents naming their kid “Mohammed” in a town where people don’t look kindly on Muslims, and a parent naming their kid “Hairy Elephant Trunk” or something. There just is.
Except that assholes and bullies are present in such overwhelming number that it would be a 24/7/265, lifelong battle for the kid. This is like poking a hornet’s nest and then scolding the hornets for rushing out to sting you. Maybe they *shouldn’t *sting you, but you would have been better off not poking the nest.
Well, I think Abcde is a cool name. Certainly a lot more interesting than Jennifer. I guess I’m weird. Of course, I wouldn’t name my kid Abcde but I can appreciate the uniqueness of it.
Once she’s a legal adult she’ll be able to change her name to whatever she wants, but you’re right, she’ll be dealing with plenty of hassle until then.
There’s a local store wherein one of the managers brings their dog to work each day. It’s name Nevaeh. Cruel thing to do to a Boston Terrier, much less a kid.
Back in 1888, on the day of the flood in Johnstown,Pennsylvania, there were three babies born in the town. Two were named Moses, one was named Flood. Moses might not be so bad, but naming a kid Flood proves the weird name phenomena is not new.
No; that’s her name. Her brothers are Dweezil and Ahmet and her younger sister is Diva.
And before you comment, you should know that Dweezil was named Ian Donald Calvin Euclid when he was born, but he was called Dweezil by his Dad (the hospital had refused to put Dweezil on the birth certificate). When Dweezil was 5 years old he found out that his name was not, in fact, Dweezil, and insisted that it be legally changed, which Frank and Gail proudly helped him do.
And she had a brother named Dweezil, although it turns out that’s really a nickname, not his legal name, which is Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa. I like the “Euclid” part.
“Jennifer” [URL=]Meaning, origin and history of the name Jennifer - Behind the Name is actually quite an interesting name. It’s Cornish, and so Celtic, from a language that died out and has been revived; it means “white phantom” (probably; white something, anyway, but possibly taking the colour word in the sense of “holy” or “blessed.”). It is the name of King Arthur’s wife, which survived in oral tradition long after the stories themselves got confined to literature (in Cornwall, anyway).
Speaking of Celtic, the ultimate source for the -en names currently popular among tykes is Irish, which forms the diminutive in -ín and -án. That brought you names like Aiden, Caitlin (Kaitlyn), Colleen, Doreen, Eileen, Kevin, etc., originally found among lower-class types (Irish families who switched to English in the 19th century, mostly, esp. immigrants; “Colleen” just means “girl”). Over time, those names got normalized, became granny names, got revived, expanded by people perusing baby-name books, and then the suffix got re-analyzed (-den).
Abcde is… well, not as clever as I think the people who bestow it think it is. But in a culture that allows people to make up names, you’re going to get a lot of stupid names. You have a lot of stupid people. I try not to judge them for it out loud.
I don’t think parents can avoid giving their child a name that will get mispronounced and made fun of. My name is Mark, and I got teased for it a lot. Really: puns with the verb “mark” and things like that. But I don’t think it was the name: I think it was the kid behind the name. I don’t recall anyone every making fun of (for example) Quincey’s name, which at the time was pretty unusual, or Percy’s.
My wife’s grandmother – 100% Norwegian, born in the middle of a mostly Scandinavian area of central Iowa – had the middle name “Juanita.” Her folks must have been a hoot.