The Coolest First Name you ever heard

[Anonymous]

Renata

[Anonymous]

Crew

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Anonymous wrote:From resumes that have come across my desk (I’m a lawyer, fwiw):

Texys (pronounced like Texas…definitely not from Texas)

Dangyr (guy—pronounced Danger—middle name; I actually gently suggested he might want to simply include a middle initial)

I mean am I the only GenXer on this thread?
Austin “Danger “ Powers.
“Danger is my middle name…yeah Baby!”

So maybe he was just trying to be funny and it went over your head??

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Anonymous wrote:I am Greek and these are actual names in my family-

Socrates
Artemis
Electra
Hercules (Herc)
Athena
Demetra
Constantine (Gus)

Interesting!
The Constantine I know goes by Costas.

[Anonymous]

These are some cool ones that I have always liked --

Jasper
Ivy
Shelby

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like the name Dutch. I was going to say for a boy but I think it works for a girl too.

Sorry, I can't help but think of a Dutch Oven when I hear the name. 🤢

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Dutch%20oven

I believe that President Ronald Reagan's nickname was Dutch.

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Anonymous wrote:Or the opposite?

Trig and Track

From the mind of Sarah Palin

I met a kid in Arlington named Tugger.

[Anonymous]

I met a woman named <Larla> Love Champaign and another named <Mac-lastname as firstname> McFate. I'm not spelling that right.

These are real people and one is in DC.

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Anonymous wrote:Ever. A cashier at Target when I was in college, named after her grandmother.

There is a child in ARL with this first name.

[Anonymous]

Stockard, of Stockard Channing.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seven.
Soda is a close second.

Wait, did you already respond once, or are there two of you who like Seven & Soda?

The poster at 11/30/2023 21:20 said the same thing.

NP. It’s from Seinfeld.

[Anonymous]

Winston - it was a girl and her nn was Winnie.

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Ok I've read most of the thread but not every single page, but surely someone has pointed this out:

You can't separate the coolness of a name from the person who has it, except maybe with a brand new baby. But even then, I think the coolness will be heavily influenced by the parents.

So many of these names sound cool in theory but would quickly become tedious or pretentious on the wrong person. I think you take a real risk giving a kid a name like Tex or Athena, because these are statement names and if the personality fit isn't just right, it's off-putting in a way that less dramatic name can never be. Like you might think Olivia and George are boring names (and the I might agree with you), but people with those names could still be super cool. And if they aren't super cool, people are not going to roll their eyes at those names.

All of which is to say: I know adults with some of these name who are NOT cool and I think the fact that they have names like this actually makes them less likable. Like I know an Athena who is a hall monitor type, and if her name was Linda I think she would annoy me less.

[Anonymous]

Stroh whose brother is Mathis and whose sister is Dorothea.

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Anonymous wrote:Timothee

Just watched "Little Women" and he crushed it.