Dagen means ”the day” in Norwegian, Swedish and Danish. If they had called him Dennis Dagen it could have been spelled D. Dagen and his buddies could have said: “hey, let’s go hang out with D-Day.”
Anyway I think it’s great you can pick whatever name you want in the US – even though the result apparently often can be called dubious at best. Would you believe there’re naming laws in Denmark?! Your name supposedly has to be on a list of allowed names, though mostly Danes don’t give a shit about that law. Wasn’t there a case of somebody calling his son PlayStation2?
Rune (my real life name)
ps. Tamerlane, is/was your first born called Attila? I suppose you can soothe him when he has scraped his knees with a little “aw, little Scourge of God, come to daddy.”
Classy reply. Very ladylike and impressive. Perhaps you could throw some more gutter language in there and browbeat me into groveling at your feet for forgiveness.
The poster said that her friend worked there. She said she told her what had happened. Given the mentality of those on the website that I showed, I don’t doubt in the least that something like this could happen.
Sneering “sounds like a UL to me” and “spare me” is the same as saying that the other person wasn’t telling the truth. If YOU know it’s a UL, then you think someone, whether the poster who originally said it, or her friend was not telling the truth about having actually experienced it.
Which IS BTW, what the other poster said (other poster, I’m sorry, I can’t remember your username), that is, that her friend had actually had this experience. What else COULD you have meant? You’re stupid? Just as bad as “you’re lying”.
And for the last time, given the posts of mom’s on the baby name site. I would not be the least bit surprised if it had happened.
I know of a family with daughter named Abby and Addy. No, that’s not confusing at all :rolleyes: It makes you think that they see their children more as matching accessories than as unique individuals.
Well said, I don’t see what the fuss is about. I have a tutoring job with kids and there are a lot fo different names, I like them. I think they’re kind of beautiful in a way. They’re your way of giving something to your child.
Of course, some of them are bad choices, which could get the child teased, but then so would some conservative ones, Dick and Nigel for example.
That’s a cool name, if borderline outrageous. Can’t help but think of the Marvel superhero…
I’m not sure why some people are getting so worked up over this. It’s a trivial topic to be sure, but it’s fun to grouse about. For the record, I’d much rather see an out-of-the-ordinary name then a trendy different spelling of a common name. (“Ashlee” for Ashley) These tend to draw attention to themselves in a show-offy way that is just irksome.
That’s not terribly uncommon-at least here in Texas.
Dad’s name is Ray-daughter’s name is Raylene.
Dad’s name is Joe-daughter’s name is Joelene.
The worse name I ever ran into however, was Bubbette.
Dad’s nickname was Bubba, of course.
Yep. The aunt I previously mentioned who’s name is Juanita, was a favorite of another of the sisters. Said woman is married to Don. They in turn had a daughter. Obvious result? Name her after the beloved sis -and- dad… Donita. Whew.
And as an aside, this is Texas we’re talking about too.
Exactly. It’s something we have in common – everyone has a name, and many of us have the opportunity to bestow a name. The thought (or not) that goes into the naming process and the effect a name has on the namee makes it interesting.
I grew up with three sisters named Marlene, Darlene, and Jaylene, and one of my best friends now is Bernita (she goes by Bird). These are all variations of family names. The “-lenes” didn’t like their names, because people kept getting them confused.
And all you soon to be parents—don’t forget about your kids’ initials! I didn’t think, and my son has the initials PMS… and although he has been a big pain, it wasn’t very nice of me.
I think the worst I’ve seen in person are two little girls, sisters, that are in my wife’s school.
Trashanda and…
wait for it…
Nastasia.
Christ on a Cracker. Actually, I think I’d rather name my child *Christ on a Cracker * before those others.
I think the major beef some of us have is that we genuinely feel BAD for these kids because their parents decided to be ‘cute.’ You have no idea how many students at the college go by middle names (usually handed down, so are conservative) to avoid some really messed up first names.
Wouldn’t it be funny if kids were named after where they were conceived?
Sure you’d have a lot of kids named ‘bed’, but then you’d get the ‘car’ and ‘washing machine’ and ‘coffee table’ also.
A friend of mine from Iceland told me that since kids there are named Firstname Fathernameson or Fathernamedaughter, there are quite a few people who were born in WWII era that have the last name ‘Soldierson’ or ‘Soldierdaughter’ in Icelandic.
Now, now - If you’re talking the real ME here, I am childless. And currently at least, I devoutly wish to leave this earth in the same state ;).
If we’re talking the historical “me”, his eldest son was Jahangir ( later the regnal name of one of the ‘Great Moghuls’ ), who pre-deceased him. And as I noted in the post below, I rather doubt he ever heard of Attila :
For the record, I’d much rather see an out-of-the-ordinary name then a trendy different spelling of a common name. (“Ashlee” for Ashley) These tend to draw attention to themselves in a show-offy way that is just irksome.
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