Baby names - Page 11

monster · 08-19-2014, 07:51 PM

I kinda liked Lysander after a Jilly Cooper character, but it seemed mean...

Ripley is an awesome name btw. Jim, did you see that article about terrible names of 2013 and kids name Cheese? Two of the allegedly worst names were Rocket and Ripley -both for boys. I know a girl called Rocket irl and she is also awesome. And feisty

(still can't get with calling your kid Cheese, though. Bacon, I could understand

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Clodfobble · 08-19-2014, 09:05 PM

I knew a guy with a dog named Cheese. It's an awesome dog name, but for a kid not so much. I don't know why they'd say Ripley is a bad name for a boy, though. Nouns-as-names are always going to be worse than last-names-as-names.

monster · 08-19-2014, 10:16 PM

article http://www.thedatereport.com/dating/...wi-and-tintin/

monster · 08-19-2014, 10:19 PM

I do question the judgement, though, and am not holding up as something I agree with, I just noticed Ripley and rocket on there. probably because they are next to each other, are names of kids I "know", and are the other gender from the kids I know. I think they're great names

lumberjim · 08-19-2014, 10:30 PM

Ripley is definitely feminine. She's proud of her name. Her friends are all jealous. Her 5 friends named Hannah. Small exaggeration.

Just in case she hated it, though, we gave her Jane in the middle.

She's always gonna be Ippy to me though.

monster · 08-20-2014, 07:02 AM

I meant the judgment of the people deciding which were "odd" names, sorry if that wasn't clear!

glatt · 08-20-2014, 08:16 AM

Names are funny. You try to go for what you think is an uncommon but still traditional name, like Isabel, and it later turns out there are two of them in the same class with your kid. And then you figure what the hell, and name you son Adam, figuring it's still a good name, even if it's popular, and he winds up being the only kid in the county school system with that name. [/only a slight exaggeration]

You can't worry too much about what other people are doing when you are coming up with names. ymmv

lumberjim · 08-20-2014, 11:00 AM

Yah. We were not going for unique ness... Just a strong name that also sounds pretty. As though naming her after a survivor of a nightmarish sci-fi catastrophy had any bearing on who she will become in life...

But, I really think that if you name your daughter Raven or Cinnamon.... She's going to be a stripper.

fargon · 08-20-2014, 06:15 PM

I was named after Colonel Terry Lee, of the Terry and the Pirates comic strip.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_a...s_(comic_strip)

Gravdigr · 08-21-2014, 11:33 PM

One of the UnclesDigr, and myself (my middle name, uncle's first) were named after the same doctor that Grandmadigr lived beside when Momdigr was a little girl.

ETA: Popdigr and I share first names, also.

lumberjim · 08-22-2014, 09:35 AM

Do we know your first name? We could have fun guessing if we don't

infinite monkey · 08-22-2014, 10:28 AM

I think it's Luciano. Luciano Giovanni Diggaro.

Gravdigr · 08-22-2014, 01:12 PM

My name is Inigo Montoya...

I'll take Luciano. Beats the real thing.

lumberjim · 08-23-2014, 07:36 AM

Albert?

monster · 08-23-2014, 07:49 AM

From the UK I viewed the USA as modern and progressive so when I got here one of the shocks were how many "old-fashioned" practices there were in every day life. naming your oldest son after his father was one.

I was not named after an actress -allegedly- but everyone thought I was because the name was fairly unusual at the time except for this actress.

Grav: Philip or Rumplestiltskin

08-19-2014, 07:51 PM	#151
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I kinda liked Lysander after a Jilly Cooper character, but it seemed mean... Ripley is an awesome name btw. Jim, did you see that article about terrible names of 2013 and kids name Cheese? Two of the allegedly worst names were Rocket and Ripley -both for boys. I know a girl called Rocket irl and she is also awesome. And feisty (still can't get with calling your kid Cheese, though. Bacon, I could understand ) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-19-2014, 09:05 PM	#152
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I knew a guy with a dog named Cheese. It's an awesome dog name, but for a kid not so much. I don't know why they'd say Ripley is a bad name for a boy, though. Nouns-as-names are always going to be worse than last-names-as-names. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-19-2014, 10:16 PM	#153
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	article http://www.thedatereport.com/dating/...wi-and-tintin/ __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-19-2014, 10:19 PM	#154
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I do question the judgement, though, and am not holding up as something I agree with, I just noticed Ripley and rocket on there. probably because they are next to each other, are names of kids I "know", and are the other gender from the kids I know. I think they're great names __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-19-2014, 10:30 PM	#155
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Ripley is definitely feminine. She's proud of her name. Her friends are all jealous. Her 5 friends named Hannah. Small exaggeration. Just in case she hated it, though, we gave her Jane in the middle. She's always gonna be Ippy to me though. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-20-2014, 07:02 AM	#156
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I meant the judgment of the people deciding which were "odd" names, sorry if that wasn't clear! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-20-2014, 08:16 AM	#157
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Names are funny. You try to go for what you think is an uncommon but still traditional name, like Isabel, and it later turns out there are two of them in the same class with your kid. And then you figure what the hell, and name you son Adam, figuring it's still a good name, even if it's popular, and he winds up being the only kid in the county school system with that name. [/only a slight exaggeration] You can't worry too much about what other people are doing when you are coming up with names. ymmv

08-20-2014, 11:00 AM	#158
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Yah. We were not going for unique ness... Just a strong name that also sounds pretty. As though naming her after a survivor of a nightmarish sci-fi catastrophy had any bearing on who she will become in life... But, I really think that if you name your daughter Raven or Cinnamon.... She's going to be a stripper. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-20-2014, 06:15 PM	#159
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	I was named after Colonel Terry Lee, of the Terry and the Pirates comic strip. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_a...s_(comic_strip) __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

08-21-2014, 11:33 PM	#160
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	One of the UnclesDigr, and myself (my middle name, uncle's first) were named after the same doctor that Grandmadigr lived beside when Momdigr was a little girl. ETA: Popdigr and I share first names, also. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

08-22-2014, 09:35 AM	#161
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Do we know your first name? We could have fun guessing if we don't __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-22-2014, 10:28 AM	#162
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I think it's Luciano. Luciano Giovanni Diggaro.

08-22-2014, 01:12 PM	#163
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	My name is Inigo Montoya... I'll take Luciano. Beats the real thing. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

08-23-2014, 07:36 AM	#164
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Albert? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-23-2014, 07:49 AM	#165
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	From the UK I viewed the USA as modern and progressive so when I got here one of the shocks were how many "old-fashioned" practices there were in every day life. naming your oldest son after his father was one. I was not named after an actress -allegedly- but everyone thought I was because the name was fairly unusual at the time except for this actress. Grav: Philip or Rumplestiltskin __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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