What's in a name?
 

What if Donald Trump had been named Donald Fold?

What if George Bush had been named George Merkin?

What if Brad Pitt had been named Brad Seed?

What if Ava Gardner had been named Ava Plumber?

What if Spencer Tracy had been named Spencer Freehand?

Would their lives have been any different?

I was almost named Scythia after a great aunt--the last female born in my family for 60 years before me... but at the last second my mother balked and they gave me an incredibly common name that I hate.

BUT my husband swears in all honesty that if my name had been Scythia he would never have approached me because I would have been too scary and weird. I don't get it, but he feels names definitely shape who you are.

What's in a name? Let's see... Apparently, quite a bit - that is actually a cool name after you get used to it.

Scythia

I always wanted to name my firstborn girl

Anastacia Kitchyrie

(Aun-ah-STAH-see-ah Kit-cheer-ee)

Call her Kit. :D

She ended up named with my sister's first name and husband's middle name. *sigh*

I had a friend who went by "Ed" but his first name was actually "Edison" rather than "Edward." I always thought it gave a bit of hidden class to a seemingly ordinary name.

Call me Al.
But to answer the question, their agents would have changed them. :)

"I'll be your long lost pal..." :D

OC, Piglet is probably very, very glad that you didn't do that.

I have to hunt down and kill all parents that give their girlchildren names like "Heather," "Amber," or "Crystal," as well as all misspellings of common or somewhat common names, including Ami, Staci, Jenaphyr, Alyce.

All of these young ladies are doomed to Borderline Personality Disorder, sometimes with anorexia or self-mutilation as primary symptoms. They may have successful careers if they learn some adaptive skills. The world does need hairdressers and cosmetologists. And perfume sprayers in the mall.

It seems like that to us laypersons, but is that really the professional view, too, Wolf? Wow. Or is it that people who chose those sorts of names are likely to rear those sorts of children :( ?

It is the experience of my nuthouse.

The experience of other nuthouses may vary.

Views of the line staff do not reflect the views of the management, who really have no clue about what's really going on.

Good god. That can't be real.
Heather is a nice name though.

I've known some fairly down-to-earth Heathers. Maybe it's regional.

Hy brother and his wife were going to name their first baby Tiara. Like the crown. Gah. All I could think of was JonBenet Ramsey. I swore I would steal the child if they ever tried to put her in one of those horrific pageants. But they switched her name to Alana. And she's nothing like a pageant baby, attitude-wise.

She is, however, the most beautiful child in the history of human reproduction, and is THE PRINCESS when at her uncle's or grandparents' house. Spoiled? Oh, hell yes. Let her parents discipline her, that's not my job, happily.

Yes, yes, spoil 'em rotten, keep 'em up late, feed 'em lots of sugar then send 'em home.
Bwahahahahahaha. :thumbsup:

btw- It can work with some dogs too. ;)

Actually, the morning news anchor on our Fox affiliate is named Jennaphr.

No, I'm not making this up.

I was supposed to be named Christopher Michael, but my father got to the records people first and gave me his name...the fucker.

Sometimes, the posts just write themselves.

well... so far as I know (and this isn't much :) ) i've checked the internet and smartpages and all that sort of thing, but so far I'm the only person with my name in the world...(or atleast above the age of 18 who does anything on the internet) although I don't really expect to do anything great... I know my last name doesn't have a large 'base' to work with persay. and in 35 years I've only met one other Brandt (as a first name)

Jennaphr looks like she has facial paralysis :eek:

Had I been born two days later, I would have been named Ray...Both my father and paternal grandfather were born on the 21st of Dec. Coincidence there. But my father always said I'd have been Ray III (Or Junior, grrrr) if I hadv't been so eager to be born!

Brian

My father has a non-standard "Ed" name. I have never heard anyone call him Ed. Maybe it's because he's a doctor, and has that Marcus Welby gravitas.

Yes, but the same could by said for Hillarys everywhere, and at least one blonde Hillary broke the mold.

What's the matter with the name "Heather"? Aside from the movie, anyway.

Besides, isn't Borderline Personality Disorder with anorexia and/or self-mutilation the normal thing for high-school aged girls? Sure was in mine (though I didn't know the term "borderline" at the time).

Any Kabalarians here?

They have a web site with a free name analysis thinger (and a jailed leader with a history of sexual assualt) which is pretty fun, in a horoscope kinda way.

So, if you run the leader's name through that name thinger, does it come out something like, "although you have charisma and leadership abilities, we must emphasize that you are also a violent, sociopathic sort of fellow who will probably end up incarcerated somewhere"?