What's in a name?

**BikeMomma** · 03-19-2008, 11:41 PM

My dad's name is Winston....and yes, he's smoked all his life. Winston brand, of course.

-BikeMomma

**Melalvai** · 04-06-2008, 04:48 PM

This seemed like a good thread to add this to.
I was in southwest missouri today, visiting my niece who was in a terrible car accident last Sunday--she is able to walk today, thank God--and we passed gas station after gas station called "Kum and Go". I am not kidding.

Some questions we decided we don't want to know the answer to--where was a marketing consultant? What names did they REJECT??

**Mr. Bloom** · 04-06-2008, 05:30 PM

**carpaltunnel** · 04-06-2008, 06:16 PM

My dad used to talk about a man he grew up with who was named U.R. Stuck. Nobody would accept his checks.

**Meaux** · 04-06-2008, 06:46 PM

My mom knew someone who had a OBGYN with the name...wait for it...wait for it...Dr. Beavers. Wow.

I've seen first names like Princess and Sparkle before. Can you imagine going to school with the name Sparkle??

**shootingstar** · 04-06-2008, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by shootingstar

I have a boring 1 syllable name from the 1950's when the name was more popular. I was born in 1959.

When you say hi to me, it sounds like hygiene. When you say hi to my partner, it sounds like hijack.

No kiddin'.

I do have a lovely middle name...in Chinese...which embarrassed me as a kid. It was so ethnic-sounding to me. Until I learned of its the English translation: "orchid". My first name in Chinese means, "precious" or "highly treasured". I am the eldest in my family so not surprising I was given this name. It bears no relationship to my English first name.

Orchid is a common flower traditional Chinese name for girls. Like rose or lily is for English/UK cultures.

I most strongly advise parents explain to their child about the meaning of their name, particularily if it is non-English language based. A child needs to be proud of their name.

and the next sister after myself, her lst Chinese name translates as Twilight or Dusk. so with her middle name translation is Twilight Orchid.

Another sister gave birth to her lst child, a daughter 2 months ago. My sister dithered over whether or not she wanted to give the child (that is half-Chinese) a Chinese middle name.

She consulted my father..who does have a more poetic soul than my mother..
So the girl is Ella, middle name is Mei (as pronounced "May). "Mei" means beautiful in Chinese.

By the way, the colloquial name for the U.S. by the older generation of Chinese immigrants is Mei Gok..or beautiful country. It must have the Gold Rush dreams...or something.

**shootingstar** · 04-06-2008, 08:13 PM

We knew a family where the parents named their daughters Mona and Lisa.

**Mr. Bloom** · 05-18-2008, 05:20 PM

OK, after intentionally not looking in the paper for months...I looked today.

Born in Evansville this week:

Azaria Jornye LaCara Finn

Scout Hardin Levi Howard

**cyclinnewbie** · 05-19-2008, 08:20 PM

I used to work for an OB/GYN. The most memorable name I can remember is......................Placenta. Yup. The mother was an immigrant from Mexico...spoke very broken English. When the doc was trying to explain a placental abruption, she missed the part about possibly hemorrhaging, and locked onto the beautiful name Placenta. We tried very very hard over the next couple of months, to discourage her from naming the baby Placenta, to no avail. Poor kid...She was an absolutely gorgeous baby with an absolutely hideous name.

**mickey223** · 05-19-2008, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by Mr. Silver

OK, after intentionally not looking in the paper for months...I looked today.

Born in Evansville this week:

Scout Hardin Levi Howard

Yep, that's ours.

Scout - my wife liked the name from To Kill a Mockingbird
Hardin - my grandfathers name
Levi - her grandfathers name
Howard - self explanatory

I was googling for his birth announcement and this site came up, so I registered to reply. If you don't like it, well thats just tough and I'll gladly PM you about it.

(Of course his brother's names are Slade Jaxen and Zane Michael)

**Tuckervill** · 05-20-2008, 05:05 AM

Don't be offended. It's an unusual name. (Well, Scout is now almost cliche', it's so common, but all the ones I know are girls, like in To Kill A Mockingbird). Might as well get used to total strangers raising an eyebrow.

Karen

**silver** · 05-20-2008, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by mickey223

Yep, that's ours.

Scout - my wife liked the name from To Kill a Mockingbird
Hardin - my grandfathers name
Levi - her grandfathers name
Howard - self explanatory

I was googling for his birth announcement and this site came up, so I registered to reply. If you don't like it, well thats just tough and I'll gladly PM you about it.

(Of course his brother's names are Slade Jaxen and Zane Michael)

That's really cool to get the explanation! The title of the thread is "what's in a name" and now we know. Surely you knew that the names of your kids were not mainstream and would get a little attention. And don't know if you read the entire thread, but your names are downright boring compared to some. Personally I like the names that you have chosen, although I'll agree with T'ville that Scout (as well as Zane) i would think of as girl's names.

Are you offended by our thread? We had wondered what type of reaction a parent would have earlier in the thread. Surely the parents with some of the most unusual names expect some comment?

**Mr. Bloom** · 05-20-2008, 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by mickey223

Yep, that's ours.

Congrats on the birth

I hope he has a long and fruitful life.

**activediva** · 05-21-2008, 06:56 AM

There is a women here named BigBeaver. That had to have been hard through High School!

**mickey223** · 05-21-2008, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by silver

That's really cool to get the explanation! The title of the thread is "what's in a name" and now we know. Surely you knew that the names of your kids were not mainstream and would get a little attention. And don't know if you read the entire thread, but your names are downright boring compared to some. Personally I like the names that you have chosen, although I'll agree with T'ville that Scout (as well as Zane) i would think of as girl's names.

Are you offended by our thread? We had wondered what type of reaction a parent would have earlier in the thread. Surely the parents with some of the most unusual names expect some comment?

No, Not offended by the thread. As an ER physician I see some interesting and unusual names as well. I sometimes wonder what parents were thinking when they name their children.

My wife and I realize that our children's names our unusual, but they are for the most part family names (Zane is my father's and Jaxen is her fathers middle name, Michael Is mine and only Scout and Slade are unique, but literary references were given for those). I may have worded it wrong, but my attempt was to prevent people from jumping in on my post and starting a flame war. As a member of other forums for several years, I try to keep additional comments to PM's versus tying up the boards with useless back and forth attacks.

Interesting that Zane and Scout would be considered names for girls, as Scout is english derived and neutral whereas Zane is a derivative of John and is considered masculine. However, I have also seen several girls named Michael.

We had thought about throwing in a few odd spellings and a few hyphens and apostrophes here and there in there names, but my wife thought that would be too much.

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