baby name Salem-am I crazy?
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Anonymous
Nah, it's a NASCAR race! |
Anonymous
| I think of a beautiful Massachusetts town. I say go for it. |
Anonymous
| How about Lucky Strike boy or girl? Or Pearl Harbor for a girl? |
Anonymous
| OP, not a bad name, but I honestly could not tell if it is a boy or a girls name. Feels like an "it" name to me for some reason. |
Anonymous
Salem Wichita or Salem Bernwich ? We have to live with our names forever. |
Anonymous
| Horrible...and the basis for really not funny "jokes" from strangers where the poor kid has to chuckle ha ha and cringe inside. More like an albatross than a name. |
Anonymous
| I also think of the town in Massachusetts. It is a lovely town. And so I like the name too. |
Anonymous
| i like the way it sounds but also immediately thought of salem witch trials. |
Anonymous
| Is the kid going to have a career as a fortune teller, spiritist, psychic, soothsayer, witch doctor, herbalist, mary kay cosmetics seller? |
Anonymous
| OP here. thanks for the input! Salem Witch trials never even entered my mind when I was writing the original post. I guess when you grow in another town called Winston-Salem, you don't think about the other connotations. I definitely don't want witch trials to be the first thing people think of! |
Anonymous
| Not a fan, although we do know someone who named their kid that. |
Anonymous
| OP, Salem is a super-common Muslim name so get ready to explain why you named your son an almost-Muhammad name. |
Anonymous
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I think it sounds like a character on The Bold and The Beautiful.
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Anonymous
| I could be wrong, but I think the Arabic name/word is not pronounced Say-lem, but rather Sah-lahm. And as a PP mentioned, when given as a name, it's a boys' name. |
Anonymous
| I guess I'm crazy and hormonal too. I like it for either gender. |