Baby Name

[Zen]

Wow. I must have spent too much time on parenting boards lately because I thought everybody knew how incredibly rude it is to jump in and criticize someone's name choice when they've been generous enough to share it with you. (And haven't asked for opinions.)

Like Tulip said.
1- This is not a parenting board
2- I don't think anyone criticized the name
3- You know darned well you're going to hear opinions here
4- Good thing she didn't decide on "Mulva"

[solobiker]

Like Tulip said.
1- This is not a parenting board
2- I don't think anyone criticized the name
3- You know darned well you're going to hear opinions here
4- Good thing she didn't decide on "Mulva"

HaHAHa, Mulva...great episode

[Biciclista]

Although if i were the grandmother, I'd have a fit about that name, I know that names do not bear the stigma that they used to (unless they do sound like something silly like Les Moore or something) Children's names have taken on a life of their own, any spelling goes, city names, brand names, why not animal names too. (and you can probably blame it on MY generation!!
No more D I C K and Jane and Tom and Sally anymore, that's for sure. (Hey Susan, since you're reading this, how come we can't use D i c k, it's a perfectly normal name!!!)

[Susan Otcenas]

(Hey Susan, since you're reading this, how come we can't use D i c k, it's a perfectly normal name!!!)

Regrettably, the pornographers and spammers have forced us to simply disallow certain words, that being one of them. You'd be amazed at how much spam DOESN'T hit this forum due to the protocals we have in place.

Susan

[OakLeaf]

I'm still laughing about whoever tried to refer to the D I C K van D Y K E show last week!

[channlluv]

I like the name Bear. It makes me want to hug him right off the bat, and I don't even know him. <g>

There are some really creative names for kids at the school where I work, including D'Artagnan, after the Three Musketeers hero. We had a Dakota, too, last year. We have a handful of Mikaylas with various spellings, a couple of Edens, a couple of Noahs, lots of sky/weather names (Esther, Stella, Summer, Soleil, Sunshine), one Czarina - what a name to live up to, huh? - and so on. DH and I gave our DD a simple, old-fashioned first name, Danielle, because her last name is five syllables and Hawaiian. Most people trip over it the first time or two, and I've got a fellow mom-friend who has known us since Kindergarten and she still refers to me as "Mrs. Ohum-o-whatsits."

Let's just hope little Bear grows up and into his name, happy, healthy, and with great self-esteem because he's got such wonderful, active, healthy, loving parents. Congratulations!

Roxy

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I'm still laughing about whoever tried to refer to the D I C K van D Y K E show last week!

That was me....the poor **** Van **** show!


See?- it did it again!!!!

[Aggie_Ama]

I was made fun of to no end for my last name (a fun German name that could be made fun of in many ways). My mom named me Amanda and my brother a normal name because she was teased for being named Pansy. You know what, didn't help one dang bit to have a "normal" name. I also got called Amanda Panda, which I hated. Manders, hated. Mandy, hated. And when they figured it out that it annoyed me, they did it more.

So you know he might get made fun of or everyone might think he is cool for having such a neat name. I am sure all the Tom/John/James/Jason/Roberts of the world get made fun of. Kids just are mean, isn't that part of growing up or something? If it isn't a name it is buck teeth, pale skin, freckles, etc.... Can't change those anymore than a name (well, I guess there are braces at some point).

I like the name. It is fun, of course it does sound like a jock but maybe he is the next rockstar pro-mountain biker like Tinker or Jeff Kabush. Of course he might be the president in 36 years, all the politicians will have names we might not have thought were normal today.

[limewave]

Although if i were the grandmother, I'd have a fit about that name, I know that names do not bear the stigma that they used to (unless they do sound like something silly like Les Moore or something) Children's names have taken on a life of their own, any spelling goes, city names, brand names, why not animal names too. (and you can probably blame it on MY generation!!

I asked my mom about naming him "Bear" before we put the name in the hat, and she really liked it. We even had her secretly poll her card group. They've been friends for more than 30 years. I knew we'd get honest feedback from them, and they all loved it. Funny because we got tons of negative comments from them on DD's name, which is Sage. I didn't think her name was that weird.

[Tuckervill]

It's not Bear, it's Bear with Bryan that I would avoid if it were me.

I was in a mass job interview once when a guy introduced himself as Bob White. Of course, some one whistled the bird call, and you could tell he was totally disgusted and annoyed, once again! There are way worse names, like I said, but the connotation the name brings to mind is always a consideration.

Karen

[sfa]

I really wouldn't worry about the football thing. Very few people ever hear/use both of their names in combination, so all the worry that parents have about whether a first and middle name "flows" or if there is some connection people will make with it is really a waste of time. People *won't* connect Bear Bryan with Bear Bryant because they will almost never hear him called Bear Bryan. And in spite of football fans thinking that their knowledge base must be shared by everyone on the planet, I'm betting that only a small fraction of the people who DO hear the whole name will have heard of Bear Bryant. Whoever he is. I hadn't heard of him before this thread.

A friend of mine had people warning her not to name her daughter Sarah Michelle because when she was born, Sarah Michelle Gellar was all over the place. But they wanted that name to honor relatives, so that's what they chose, figuring that the full name would only be heard at baptism, graduation and her wedding. Sarah Michelle is now seven or eight and no one thinks she's a vampire slayer.

Now if it's a given and a last name that might make people think of other things/people, then I might hesitate over a name I like. Bob White would have done well to go by Robert.

Sarah

[Aggie_Ama]

Yeah, we have a lot of southerners here and I am an Aggie. So of course I know who Bear Bryant was! You ask my SIL who is a Southerner but despises sports and she wouldn't know. Her husband loves football but not Aggies or Bama so he won't know because he only knows Darrell Royal as far as old football coaches go. So I agree, he will hear it if his full name is mentioned to some people but otherwise it really wouldn't matter! And again how often are you going to be calling you son Bear Bryan?

I worked with a guy named Michael Jackson, he was older than Jacko but what the heck after the 80's no escaping the weird looks!

[alpinerabbit]

I asked my mom about naming him "Bear" before we put the name in the hat, and she really liked it. We even had her secretly poll her card group. They've been friends for more than 30 years. I knew we'd get honest feedback from them, and they all loved it. Funny because we got tons of negative comments from them on DD's name, which is Sage. I didn't think her name was that weird.

It's perfectly fine, bear is a very powerful animal (read up on native power animals and such?) - sage is also a very powerful plant. Good stuff.

[ny biker]

My college basketball team used to have a star player named Michael Jordan. No, that that one. But he was number 23.

Anyway. Unfortunate names, courtesy of the BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7909561.stm

I personally would like to meet Hazel Nutt.

[mtbdarby]

Congrats Limewave! May you have a very healthy baby - please keep us posted when the time comes