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Congratulations and best wishes. My friend named her son Bear (early 1970s) and I thought it was a lovely name.
Have you heard of nominative determinism? Maybe your boy will have a great career in sports.
Pam
I was sort of wondering the same thing. There's a show on the Discovery Channel called Man vs. Wild with this guy named Bear Grylls. The premise of the show is that they drop Bear into the middle of nowhere and see if he can make his way out of it. Maybe Limewave's little boy will group up to be an adventure sport aficiado!Quote:
Originally Posted by PamNY
In any event, congrats Limewave. I wish you and your family all the best!
Winnie the Pooh wasn't that powerful. He got his head stuck in the honey pot ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by alpinerabbit
People can and will make fun of almost any name. My husband wanted a teasing-proof name: Delilah? "If she's chubby, they'll call her Deli." Drake, after Sir Francis Drake, an ancestor of mine who was a privateer, some say pirate. "They'll call him a butt pirate. Not that there's anything wrong with that."
So I chose the name, although Desi is a slang term for individuals of Indian descent (the country, not the one whose country we snagged). For me, the name is a short form of a poem that I love, a father's advice to his child, "Desiderata." It means "desired things" in Latin, and she was debated for a decade before we decided to have her.
Desi Alexandra Love Edwards was born on Dec. 19. I think she may be our one and only experiment with procreating, but I'm saving Drake for a boy if we decide to go down this road again...
Congrats, Limewave, and hope Bear arrives with a roar!
Pooh wasn't a Bear, he was a bear. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Zen
Oh, and I like both names, Bear and Sage.
Desi Arnaz
What a cutie! Congratulations. I LOVE the baby leg warmers! Reminds me of junior high school. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by CyclaSutra
You want to hear a bad name that will make you wince? I know someone whose son (last name "Ball") named his son "Cannon". Ugh. The kids will laugh - the grownups will laugh. As for Bear Bryan - its a familiar name to us, but to his contemporaries, probably not so much. I think it's pretty cute. Tokie
w00t! This one always makes me giggle :DQuote:
Originally Posted by alpinerabbit
It was the first day of school, and all the little first-graders came to school with a card around their neck with their name on. One small boy's card read "Fruit Stand". The teacher found this a a little unusual, but this was back in the 70s when every other hippy child was called Moonbeam or Sunflower or Raindance. He was quite shy, and didn't react much when talked to, but lots of kids are shy in the beginning.
The day over, he was ready to take the school bus home, and the driver asked where he was going. Little Fruit Stand just looked at him and pointed at the card round his neck. The driver turned it over, and there on the other side, printed in neat letters, was the name "Anthony".
again, a guffaw from me.
Fruit Stands parents were just recycling :)
Nice Name.
I knew a kid in high school named Bear. He was a real sweetie and a hugger.
It's a good legacy to give to a boy.
I know a guy named David (real normal, average name), he is in his 30's. His current nickname is "giggles". I don't think one's name has much to do with nicknames and various childhood torments. Although, for rhyming purposes, maybe.... anyway, I really like Bear, but you probably don't care too much about my (random stranger) opinion. Either way, congratulations and best wishes for your family and Bear (it really is a very huggable name) :)
Awww, congratulations. Enjoy your little cuddle bear.
And his name was "Pooh".Quote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
Not to be critical or anything . . . . :)
I like Bear....congrats!
Now how about this for bad...
We had a family in our district last name Schaffer
They named their daughters Kegga and Casa.....I kid you not.
I also went to college with a girl named Ivy Fern Moss
Limewave, it's a cool name :cool:. I can see many folks going "hmmm..ahhh! ok...hmm..interesting..hmmm..cool"
Beats my boring name!!!
Just saw this thread. Congratulations on baby Bear! "UK Elephant" on this list also has a baby Bear brother. Bjørn (which means bear) is a pretty common name here. So there you have my two kids: Elephant (not her name, but she uses it in some settings) and Bear (yep, his name). Sweetest "kids" on the planet, all grown up and far as I know quite happy with their names. We once told Bear that before he was born we were waffling between Bear and Wolf. He was shocked, and relieved that we landed on Bear. But I figure he'd have felt the other way round had he grown up with the name Wolf. ;)
Pooh was also an Astute and Helpful Bear!
May the new Bear grow up to be 'That Sort of Bear!'