What's in a name?

**crazycanuck** · 08-08-2007, 10:46 PM

Ummm..Remind me not to read this thread while eating lunch..

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**mimitabby** · 08-09-2007, 02:17 PM

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand couple is looking to call their newborn son Superman -- but only because their chosen name of 4Real has been rejected by the government registry.

**silver** · 08-09-2007, 02:30 PM

You have to get permission to use a name? I didn't know that. Hope some NZer's can explain.

**mimitabby** · 08-09-2007, 02:35 PM

it probably explained in the article. There IS a number in the rejected name.

**Trekhawk** · 08-09-2007, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by silver

You have to get permission to use a name? I didn't know that. Hope some NZer's can explain.

In Australia the registrar can reject names for certain reasons. Have a look at the link below:

http://www.abc.net.au/canberra/stories/s1987769.htm

**HappyAnika** · 08-09-2007, 03:04 PM

There's a book called Freakonomics, which I highly recommend, that has a whole section on names (and naming data). A couple of highlights:

A woman named her daughter Temptress, didn't know what the word meant. This came up at the daughter's hearing on prostitution charges.

A man named his son Winner, thinking this was a sure way to guarantee success for the child. Later, he named a subsequent son Loser. The book says something along the lines that Winner's most impressive acheivement was the length of the list of crimes he'd been charged with . . . Meanwhile Loser went on to become a well respected sergeant (or detective) with an overall contented life. His friends and coworkers had a hard time calling him Loser, I think it said he went by Lou or some such thing.

There is also a nice list of unbelievable names taken from public records, including things like Doctor, Lawyer, etc.

**margo49** · 08-09-2007, 09:40 PM

There is a tv reporter here whose name is "my miracle" and my son had a classmate called "miracle". A friend of mine called her (6th and last) Malachi ("my angel").

**mimitabby** · 08-10-2007, 08:09 AM

My neighbors are 3 generations living together. Grandma, my age: Josephine.
Daughter; my son's age; Cassandra. Baby son; Ananais. And I hear them calling him and talking to him, carefully pronouncing all the syllables.. and I wonder; what are they going to call him in the school yard??
Anna? Annie? Nias?

ps, didn't mean to imply there were no men in the house, there are but they have boring names!

**margo49** · 08-11-2007, 11:41 AM

Robbie (Predictor-Lotto) McEwen's son is called Ewen!

**Zen** · 08-11-2007, 12:30 PM

I like the name Anais for a woman(and i like Anais Nin) Hopefully he'll go by Nais (like in mayonnaise)
Ewen McEwan. It makes me dizzy to see it written. Michael? Mick?

**margo49** · 08-11-2007, 01:10 PM

At least it's not Euan McEuan!

**RoadRaven** · 08-11-2007, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Livin the Dream

I once worked with a guy named Jack Goff (say it fast). What were his parents thinking? My dad was a junior high teacher and had him as a student. He said the poor guy was teased constantly.

I have just read the whole of this thread for the first time, and two pages later I am still smirking about this one, Dream!

Originally Posted by mimitabby

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand couple is looking to call their newborn son Superman -- but only because their chosen name of 4Real has been rejected by the government registry.

Seriously? I missed this... just goes to show that Kiwis can be dorks too! (I can say this cause I am one - a Kiwi that is - hope i'm not a dork!

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Great thread!
I'll have to collect some of the ones from the Bay and post them here.
We would have liked to name our children in Scots Gaelic (their blood lines are about 3/4 Highlander), but settled for English equivilents...

Seoniach, Ruaridh, Donachidh for example - they would have been sentenced their whole lives to saying... its said like this... its spelt like that...

**rachelroo** · 08-11-2007, 04:08 PM

I've only gotten to page three of this thread but I had to post. Three of the children I taught Sunday school to Were named priest, priestess, and Furious. They also had a brother named... Edward.

This may be tmi but we have a running joke that if I'm pregnant (and I want to be) we'll call our child Parker because of how it was concieved.

**Mr. Bloom** · 08-11-2007, 06:51 PM

Yep! "Hemi D"

We'll be posting more from the Sunday Paper in about 12 hours!

**Mr. Bloom** · 08-11-2007, 07:33 PM

I just found this on the 'net at babyfit.com. A forum discussing unusual baby names...someone posted:

Female (pronounced fuh-malley). Her mom thought the hospital had named the baby for her when she was born.

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