Baby Name

**tulip** · 03-02-2009, 03:39 PM

1. This is not a parenting forum. Many of us do not have kids. We don't know the rules. Thanks for informing us.

2. When you put something out there, you get reactions that you may not want.

3. Guess I'll bow out of this one now, lest I become the new Smurf.

**solobiker** · 03-02-2009, 03:42 PM

Congrats!! I like the name. Unique names are great and poeple can say whatever they want to about the name "Bear" and that he will be picked on. Kids will pick on others with traditional names as well or for whateve else they may want to...for lack of a better explaination on my part. Heck, years and years ago kids picked on my Mom (in the late 1930s and early 1940s) for her middle name because it was the same name as the elephant at the zoo. So I guess what I am saying, nothing seems safe with children and how they pick on others. So to make a long story short...Conrgats once again!!! I am so happy for you and thanks for sharing.

**Zen** · 03-02-2009, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by xeney

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"

**Susan Otcenas** · 03-02-2009, 04:41 PM

Lime, I think Bear is a fabulous name. An ususual choice, for sure, but then again, I've never been one to follow the crowd.

What I especially like is that's it's unusual without setting your son up for people to be kidding him about it too much.

I *do* think parents should give a thought to what their kids will have to go through if they have a name that other children could be cruel about. My brother in law recently graudated from Arizona State. One of the other graduates was named Lucas Skyler Walker. Each name on it's own is fine, but I do think his parents might have considered the implications of naming their son after a Star Wars character....

I grew up with Hamburg as my maiden name. As a child, I was called pretty much every name on the McDonald's menu. I even had one teacher who insisted on calling me Hotdog throughout 7th grade. Kids (and even some adults!) can be cruel. Now I simply have a name no one can pronouce.

xeney, I don't think anyone intended any harm. Hopefully Lime didn't interpret it that way.

Congrats again, Lime, on the impending arrival of Bear!!

**solobiker** · 03-02-2009, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by Zen

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** · 03-02-2009, 04:55 PM

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** · 03-02-2009, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by Biciclista

(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** · 03-02-2009, 05:29 PM

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

**channlluv** · 03-02-2009, 05:46 PM

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

**Mr. SR500** · 03-02-2009, 06:15 PM

Interesting way to pick. Regardless Paul "Bear" Bryant, was one of the most famous college football coaches of all time. While not exact, I'm sure as he grows up, the name comparison will be made. Not bad to be named after a legend... even if it was pulled out if a hat. Congrats on the birth to be.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp6N__pA8Jc

http://espn.go.com/classic/biography/s/Bryant_Bear.html

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 03-02-2009, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by OakLeaf

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** · 03-02-2009, 08:31 PM

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.

**Selkie** · 03-03-2009, 01:53 AM

Lime

Congrats on your little Bear.

Name him whatever you please!

**xeney** · 03-03-2009, 05:32 AM

I'm pretty sure that if you posted a photo of your new bike on a parenting forum, nobody would say, "Why'd you get THAT one? What were you thinking? That color, man. Hideous!" Manners of this sort are generally fairly universal. And the fact that people will share negative opinions does not mean that it is polite or kind to do so.

TE is not, as has been noted elsewhere, the board that it used to be.

**Tuckervill** · 03-03-2009, 06:49 AM

No, but I might say I really don't like PINK!

Same thing. Just giving my opinion. No one's bound by it. And a baby name is WAY more important than a bike.

Karen

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