The name Bishop for a boy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like it and considered it for a middle name. Didn't end up using it because a close friend's late mother's maiden name was Bishop and I suspected she might want to use it if she has a second son. I'm not sure if she is thinking of using it as a middle or first name, but I think it sounds nice either way. Although, I am not Catholic so I don't have the "religious title" association at all. To me it is just a surname being used as a first or middle name.

At the end of the day, everyone is going to have some association with the name you choose, and unless it is their own kid's name odds are the association is either negative or goofy or undignified (e.g., I knew a ______ in high school and he was a jerk, my cousin's dog's name is _______, _________ was a character in [book, movie or tv show you've never read/seen]). Unless the name is overtly sexual or scatological, or infamous like Adolf or Saddam or Osama, you shouldn't worry about other people's associations. Go with what you like and what has positive associations for you -- no one else (besides your DH and the child himself) is going to have to live with the name every day.

I dunno if I go along w/ this logic. I'm not Jewish, but I wouldn't name a child "Rabbi," because I know that to MANY people, the name is a religious title.

[Anonymous]

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/20/new-zealand-bans-weird-baby-names/?hpt=hp_bn2

Bishop is an illegal name in New Zealand now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/20/new-zealand-bans-weird-baby-names/?hpt=hp_bn2

Bishop is an illegal name in New Zealand now.

I understand this was a reaction to Harold and Mag Bishop, from Neighbours.

[Anonymous]

Great name. My girl friend and I are leaning towards using this name for our son that's due in a month!

It's classic, simple to spell, interesting and uncommon.

Are people still religious these days? Geesh That doesn't mean squat to anyone born after the 1980s anyhow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like it and considered it for a middle name. Didn't end up using it because a close friend's late mother's maiden name was Bishop and I suspected she might want to use it if she has a second son. I'm not sure if she is thinking of using it as a middle or first name, but I think it sounds nice either way. Although, I am not Catholic so I don't have the "religious title" association at all. To me it is just a surname being used as a first or middle name.

At the end of the day, everyone is going to have some association with the name you choose, and unless it is their own kid's name odds are the association is either negative or goofy or undignified (e.g., I knew a ______ in high school and he was a jerk, my cousin's dog's name is _______, _________ was a character in [book, movie or tv show you've never read/seen]). Unless the name is overtly sexual or scatological, or infamous like Adolf or Saddam or Osama, you shouldn't worry about other people's associations. Go with what you like and what has positive associations for you -- no one else (besides your DH and the child himself) is going to have to live with the name every day.

I dunno if I go along w/ this logic. I'm not Jewish, but I wouldn't name a child "Rabbi," because I know that to MANY people, the name is a religious title.

Is Rabbi and Bishop really comparable tho? Nope. So this is a goofy thought.

[Anonymous]

Bishop just sounds wrong. Deacon sounds better. I know someone who named their son General...white, yuppie couple...just bizarre. Remember folks: your kid will need to put that name on college applications and future resumes. Just because a name sounds cute for a kid doesn't mean that it's an appropriate name for an adult.

[Anonymous]

Cardinal? Monsignor? Vicar?

[Anonymous]

horrible

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like it and considered it for a middle name. Didn't end up using it because a close friend's late mother's maiden name was Bishop and I suspected she might want to use it if she has a second son. I'm not sure if she is thinking of using it as a middle or first name, but I think it sounds nice either way. Although, I am not Catholic so I don't have the "religious title" association at all. To me it is just a surname being used as a first or middle name.

At the end of the day, everyone is going to have some association with the name you choose, and unless it is their own kid's name odds are the association is either negative or goofy or undignified (e.g., I knew a ______ in high school and he was a jerk, my cousin's dog's name is _______, _________ was a character in [book, movie or tv show you've never read/seen]). Unless the name is overtly sexual or scatological, or infamous like Adolf or Saddam or Osama, you shouldn't worry about other people's associations. Go with what you like and what has positive associations for you -- no one else (besides your DH and the child himself) is going to have to live with the name every day.

I dunno if I go along w/ this logic. I'm not Jewish, but I wouldn't name a child "Rabbi," because I know that to MANY people, the name is a religious title.

Is Rabbi and Bishop really comparable tho? Nope. So this is a goofy thought.

why are they not comparable? they are both titles related to different religions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great name. My girl friend and I are leaning towards using this name for our son that's due in a month!

It's classic, simple to spell, interesting and uncommon.

Are people still religious these days? Geesh That doesn't mean squat to anyone born after the 1980s anyhow.

You sound very simple.

[Anonymous]

Hey, Bishop is one of my favorite superheroes.

[Anonymous]

Since this thread is over a year old, we can assume OP had her baby. Wonder what name they went with?

[Anonymous]

Terrible name.

[Anonymous]

My sister had a student named Bishop in her class. It may be a family name. In some African American families in the South, titles were used as names, since white people always addressed African Americans familiarly,by their first names. Giving a title as a first name was a way of forcing the use of a title.

This may be why some African Americans use Prince as a first name (e.g. Michael Jackson's grandfather, for whom his sons are named)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since this thread is over a year old, we can assume OP had her baby. Wonder what name they went with?

Me, too. OP, where are you?