Comments on: Don’t Be That Guy: Baby Naming 101

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:51:23 +0000

I just met a baby named Briar Rose. I’m guessing she’s going to like her name starting at about 3 when she sees the movie, and then once she hits school age and Disney princesses aren’t cool anymore, she’s going to hate it!

By: Ilene

Ilene — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:59:07 +0000

Normal names can go oh so wrong sometimes too. Went to school with a kid named Michael. Last name was Hunt. Think about that one….

By: Alicia

Alicia — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:51:26 +0000

My brother’s name is Gerry R. Gerry… his first name is pronounced Jerry and last name like Gary… poor dear. What was my father thinking when he named him!

By: Andi

Andi — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:31:35 +0000

Um…yes. And please keep away from inserting a “y” just to make a perfectly good name more special. Please avoid the following as a start: Maddylyn. Maddyssyn. Emmytt. Kamryn. Etc.

By: Shiloh

Shiloh — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:14:42 +0000

I think some of the problems come from people asking stupid questions too. I personally love my name. It is Hebrew meaning “peace”. It’s always been different, but not so different that it drives me crazy. The biggest problem is that people always ask me “So, are you named after the dog?” from the book “Shiloh”. I nearly lose it every time. Seriously? No, my parents did NOT name me after a beagle! Ugh. Plus, when Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie named their daughter Shiloh, everyone freaked out saying it was so weird. I had been named Shiloh for 15 years before that kid came around, and no one had thought my name was weird! But seriously, uncommon names are nice, just don’t overdo it, I think is the main point. Personally, I named my daughter Lydia because I have loved it since I was little. Old fashioned and not too common, but not uncommon enough for people to think it’s weird…

By: kristin

kristin — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:14:12 +0000

my german friend (hope she never reads this), once had a boyfriend called “brain”. i got to know about him through a text message, and later on told a friend that we had in common, of this funny mistake, where our friend accidentally had written her boyfriend’s name as “brain” (and not brian).
she then goes silent, and says “… no, it wasn’t a mistake..” (so glad i didn’t point this out to the girlfriend!)

apparently, it was considered very cool in the former east-germany to give your child a western name… (too bad the appropriate english skills didn’t follow the fascination..;) )

By: Marianne Roberts

Marianne Roberts — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:46:07 +0000

I have always loved the names Natalie, Brooke and Lily. Elizabeth is my all time favorite.

By: Marianne Roberts

Marianne Roberts — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:13:04 +0000

This is absolutely true. My uncle was a school teacher. He had a student named Female (rhymes with Tamale). When he asked her why her parents named her Female, she replied that her parents had intended to name her something else but when the nurse wheeled the baby into the room, her parents realized that the hospital had already named her – Female!

By: Marianne Roberts

Marianne Roberts — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:08:22 +0000

I absolutely Love the name Riley Paige!

By: Just Plain Peggy

Just Plain Peggy — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:34:34 +0000

In the ’80′s I had a job where I processed every name in the school district. We kept a list of unusual names. There was a girl named Abcde. Another memorable one was ‘Heherson’. Yes, He-Her-Son! I wish I could remember them all. I wanted to name my daughter after my grandmother Violet, but my sister nixed that idea as our last name is Holstine….yes, she would have been ‘Purple Cow’! So it’s her middle name.
I am always asked if it’s short for Margaret, but I was named after Peggy’s Bar and Grill, a cafe my folks always drove past as I was incubating. So, I tell them my middle name is Barandgrill! (It’s not; lighten up!)