Quote Originally Posted by silver View Post
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.