Thoughts on the name Orion?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know a little boy named Orion Skywalker. I still shake my head every time I see him. I recently had a friend in M&A consulting who was lamenting the names of candidates he was receiving resumes for - basically, the gist of the conversation was that there was no way he count hire someone named "Insert Atypical Odd Name" and have them work on the Carlyle Group account. It certainly gave me food for thought and helped knock a few names off our potential names list.

Somebody in another company, who has fewer prejudices, will hire that great candidate named [Atypical Odd Name] and beat the pants off your friend and his clients.

Excluding people from your group of job candidates because you think their name is weird is just stupid.

Happens to racial and religious minorities all the time.

+1. There are tons of studies about unconscious bias where the exact same resume with the more "typical" name is chosen over the one with the ethnic or unusual name. Never heard anyone say it out loud though!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a little boy named Orion Skywalker. I still shake my head every time I see him. I recently had a friend in M&A consulting who was lamenting the names of candidates he was receiving resumes for - basically, the gist of the conversation was that there was no way he count hire someone named "Insert Atypical Odd Name" and have them work on the Carlyle Group account. It certainly gave me food for thought and helped knock a few names off our potential names list.

Somebody in another company, who has fewer prejudices, will hire that great candidate named [Atypical Odd Name] and beat the pants off your friend and his clients.

Excluding people from your group of job candidates because you think their name is weird is just stupid.

Happens to racial and religious minorities all the time.

Agreed. And it's stupid then too. If you are in HR and you do this, your employer should fire you for incompetence.

[Anonymous]

Well, Orion is pretty heroic---except for that he raped or attempted to rape someone while drunk, and that's why he was blinded (in the Iliad). So check that -it deserves further research to see if he was remorseful or not; other than that, he seems pretty studly.

It wouldn't be a mistake IF you got your DH's agreement that he be called by nickname Ryan.

OP, this is what I would do. I'd search ancient Greek and Roman names. I know there is at least one website for this because I checked it while pregnant.
Also do a google search for ancient Greek and Roman heroes. (Assuming that's why DH likes the name; if he's just into constellation names, do a search on constellation names…which are often names from ancient Greek or Roman mythology)

If you find something you like, check Wikipedia to start, to see what that "person's" story is (the myth).

Then google it to make sure someone hasn't turned it into a brand or product name (case in point, my DH loved "Aurora" who is goddess of the dawn--nice, but it's also a bathroom tissue brand. Of course the heroic name Ajax has been ruined for the same reason. And Nike.)

Also here is one to consider: we didn't have a boy, but short on our boy list was Trajan (nn Trey). Same idea; has history; it's unusual….but find the normal nn.

Let us know what you decide, OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a little boy named Orion Skywalker. I still shake my head every time I see him. I recently had a friend in M&A consulting who was lamenting the names of candidates he was receiving resumes for - basically, the gist of the conversation was that there was no way he count hire someone named "Insert Atypical Odd Name" and have them work on the Carlyle Group account. It certainly gave me food for thought and helped knock a few names off our potential names list.

Somebody in another company, who has fewer prejudices, will hire that great candidate named [Atypical Odd Name] and beat the pants off your friend and his clients.

Excluding people from your group of job candidates because you think their name is weird is just stupid.

Happens to racial and religious minorities all the time.

Agreed. And it's stupid then too. If you are in HR and you do this, your employer should fire you for incompetence.

Re-read what the other PP said about "unconscious bias." Everyone does it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a little boy named Orion Skywalker. I still shake my head every time I see him. I recently had a friend in M&A consulting who was lamenting the names of candidates he was receiving resumes for - basically, the gist of the conversation was that there was no way he count hire someone named "Insert Atypical Odd Name" and have them work on the Carlyle Group account. It certainly gave me food for thought and helped knock a few names off our potential names list.

Somebody in another company, who has fewer prejudices, will hire that great candidate named [Atypical Odd Name] and beat the pants off your friend and his clients.

Excluding people from your group of job candidates because you think their name is weird is just stupid.

Happens to racial and religious minorities all the time.

Agreed. And it's stupid then too. If you are in HR and you do this, your employer should fire you for incompetence.

Re-read what the other PP said about "unconscious bias." Everyone does it.

Oh, well, if everyone does it, then it must be ok.

No, wait...

[Anonymous]

I have a friend in DC who recently named her son this. Unusual, but I like it. The constellation is pretty well known so I think people won't gave too hard of a time with it.

[Anonymous]

There were three boys named Orion at DDs daycare-preschool this year. One in the infants, one in the toddlers and one who was in her class and is 4.

[Anonymous]

It's like O'Ryan when you say it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's like O'Ryan when you say it.

Actually, i like that. Fits with the other faux Gaelic names popular in this area.

[Anonymous]

My good friend from college named her son Orion it took me some time to get use to it. He's 8 now, it seems to fit him

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a little boy named Orion Skywalker. I still shake my head every time I see him. I recently had a friend in M&A consulting who was lamenting the names of candidates he was receiving resumes for - basically, the gist of the conversation was that there was no way he count hire someone named "Insert Atypical Odd Name" and have them work on the Carlyle Group account. It certainly gave me food for thought and helped knock a few names off our potential names list.

Somebody in another company, who has fewer prejudices, will hire that great candidate named [Atypical Odd Name] and beat the pants off your friend and his clients.

Excluding people from your group of job candidates because you think their name is weird is just stupid.

Happens to racial and religious minorities all the time.

Agreed. And it's stupid then too. If you are in HR and you do this, your employer should fire you for incompetence.

Re-read what the other PP said about "unconscious bias." Everyone does it.

Oh, well, if everyone does it, then it must be ok.

No, wait...

I've bolded the part in my post where I said it was okay because everyone does it. No, wait....
You do it, too. Unconsciously. It doesn't make it "okay," it makes you human to sort people into categories.

[Anonymous]

As long as it isn't Ahryenne.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Orion is a well known constellation. I'm pretty sure most people know how to pronounce it.

+1. Like it and I am normally vey wary of "unusual names".

+1

this is uncommon, but not weird or strange.

[Anonymous]

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I've bolded the part in my post where I said it was okay because everyone does it. No, wait....
You do it, too. Unconsciously. It doesn't make it "okay," it makes you human to sort people into categories.

Sorting people into categories is one thing. Acting on one's biases is another.

If I have an unconscious bias against people with funny names, then I should consciously work to overcome it.

[Anonymous]

Why not Ryan? It's practically the same minus the O. If it's the O that you love, why not go with another O name? The only ones that come to mind are Oliver which sounds terribly dated to me and Owen which has gotten incredibly popular.