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S/O What is the most "out there" name you've heard on a child recently?
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Ivo
Personally I love it that there are no two names alike in my kid's kindergarten class. Actually, the most common name is Xavier, which one kid has as his first name and two have as their middle names. |
Anonymous
| I kind of like Xavier. I also like Ulysses which would qualify for an "out there"' name I would think. |
Anonymous
| I had a friend who if they had a boy swore it would be "Atticus" |
Anonymous
I think that makes it better, not worse. She'll probably go by Jamie. |
Anonymous
I haven't been able to check out all the names in the K classes at my daughter's school. I have yet to meet another little girl with her name in the under 20 crowd, and that is EXACTLY what I was going for. Her name also isn't "out there" at ALL - it just isn't being used much right now. A celebrity recently used the name (with one of the more common spellings) for her daughter, and that is the ONLY person I have seen using this name in the past 10 years. I feel like we hit the jackpot for our daughter's name - practically unused but not a name that gets you the side-eye when you meet someone for the first time. I usually get "Great name - don't hear it a lot these days" |
Anonymous
Now I'm dying to know what this name is. |
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Ulysses
We asked the parents whether he was named after the James Joyce character, the general, or the historical greek character and they were mum. Frankly, the characters are not exactly heros and I don't know if I'd name my kid after them. But to each his own I guess. |
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This isn't a weird name, but Joy. I'm not really a fan of naming kids after attributes, for the following reason:
There is something ironic about the name since the Mother has terrible moods and not a very happy person (apparently it was the Dad's idea). It'll only be weird if the kid turns out to be not a real 'Joy.' |
Anonymous
haha - FWIW, I like names like this. But you're right, it could come back and bite you in the butt. |
Anonymous
Then why are you too chicken s _ _ t to mention it? |
Anonymous
I think it's worse because 1.) it makes it more obvious that they were hoping for a boy (which they were and everyone knew it) 2.) it seems narcissistic to name your DD a very masculine name just because you want a child named after you and 3.) Her two older sisters have very feminine names - think Isabella, etc. then there's. . .James. . . |
Anonymous
Seneca is a traditional name in my family. There's a Seneca in every generation for the last 200+ years. We're Anglo-Saxon mutts, been in the US for 300+ years. It's a male name, however. People assume that a name ending in "a" must be female, but they are wrong. It is both the name of a Roman philospher, and a American Indian tribe. Hence why there are a lot of places in the Mid Atlantic with Seneca in the name. |
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| I think Seneca is pretty, but definitely unusual, hence the inclusion in this thread. |
Anonymous
http://nameberry.com/celebrity-baby-names/2011 Search this name list -it's in there. |
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Phucker
Beeyahtch I'm like, soooooo glad I didn't name my kids this. It would, like, totally not go well with the girls at my country club 'cause I'm like just too classy for that. With a names like these, it would be hard to like, you know, get in with the 'right' people in this town. I'd be all, "Hi this is my daughter Phucker, would you be up for summering at my house on the beach?" Can you like imagine? I'd totally die of embarassment. Or how about, "Dahling, isn't your daughter in my little Beeyahtch's ballet class?" OMG. I could not deal! You have to have the right name, one that hints of money and class. But not too much. That would be crass [tsk tsk tsk]. You don't want to be like the Smith's down the road who named their son, Caleb. <<snort!>> Poor kid will never get anywhere. Or how about the girl down the street named Sophie. {{more snorting}}. It's too bad they can't be like us. Poor, poor, stupid children [shaking head]. It's a good thing those stupid children don't (or perhaps can't) read this. Oh my, I shouldn't say that. That would be mean. Those poor stupid children can't help themselves...... |