Names with Negative Conotations

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Adolf, Osama, Katrina, Sandy, Heinrich, Benito, Saddam, Ayatollah, Nero, Caligula, Attila, Genghis, Mao, Pol, Idi

On a more personal level either people I've known and disliked or people I have heard of doing bad or distasteful things: Ted, Wayne, Adam, Dylan/Dillon, Patrick, Bryan, Darron/Darren, Ashley, Brittany, Tiffany, Crystal, Lisa, Steve, Monique

And, as a teacher, names of former difficult students: Destiny, Jayden/Kayden/Brayden, Christian, Julian, Dominic, Anthony, Michael, Emma

Ayatollah is a title, not a given name.

[Anonymous]

No one cares about names that are bad to you on a personal level because you taught one kid whose mom annoyed you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one cares about names that are bad to you on a personal level because you taught one kid whose mom annoyed you.

I'm not the PP teacher, but I'm a teacher. Oddly enough, most teachers will tell you that MULTIPLE students with the same names demonstrate similar characteristics. Not just one. Also, kids with overbearing moms end up having their own classroom disrupting traits (probably due to their moms' influence).

It makes a weird kind of sense if you also notice that, IN GENERAL, parents with the same certain preferences/backgrounds/behaviors tend to choose the same names for their children, and parents' influence and attitudes shape children's behavior. Destiny is going to grow up in a different kind of household, with different values, than Caroline. Their behavior will IN GENERAL reflect this, though of course there are exceptions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Need a boy's name. We happen to like the name Kane because it sounds nice with our last name, and it's my maiden name. But would the negative connation be a deal breaker? Cain killed his brother in the Bible. I know people named Adolf and I can't help it; it makes me think of Hitler.

Rully? You know "people" named Adolf? As in more than one Adolf?

Different teacher here, and I have had more than one student named Adolfo. Not many, but at least two.

OP, I think Kane is safe. Is anyone reading the Kane Show thread, thinking about him killing his brother?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Need a boy's name. We happen to like the name Kane because it sounds nice with our last name, and it's my maiden name. But would the negative connation be a deal breaker? Cain killed his brother in the Bible. I know people named Adolf and I can't help it; it makes me think of Hitler.

Rully? You know "people" named Adolf? As in more than one Adolf?

Different teacher here, and I have had more than one student named Adolfo. Not many, but at least two.

OP, I think Kane is safe. Is anyone reading the Kane Show thread, thinking about him killing his brother?

For some reason I thought Kane was the DJ's ast name.

[Anonymous]

"last" not "ast", as in last name

[Anonymous]

Everyone will assume it's spelled Cain and he will always have to spell it.

[Anonymous]

I know a girl names Candace Cane. Seriously, her parents thought it hilarious.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Need a boy's name. We happen to like the name Kane because it sounds nice with our last name, and it's my maiden name. But would the negative connation be a deal breaker? Cain killed his brother in the Bible. I know people named Adolf and I can't help it; it makes me think of Hitler.

Rully? You know "people" named Adolf? As in more than one Adolf?

Different teacher here, and I have had more than one student named Adolfo. Not many, but at least two.

OP, I think Kane is safe. Is anyone reading the Kane Show thread, thinking about him killing his brother?

For some reason I thought Kane was the DJ's ast name.

I think it is, but nonetheless, he's referred to as "Kane" and nobody associates it with the Bible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Need a boy's name. We happen to like the name Kane because it sounds nice with our last name, and it's my maiden name. But would the negative connation be a deal breaker? Cain killed his brother in the Bible. I know people named Adolf and I can't help it; it makes me think of Hitler.

Cain is a better way to spell it. Kane makes you sound like you want to be a Kardashian.

I graduated HS in 98 with a Kane classmate (who was very undercover cute BTW, I bet he turned into a smoking 30 something). So the spelling can't be that new right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Need a boy's name. We happen to like the name Kane because it sounds nice with our last name, and it's my maiden name. But would the negative connation be a deal breaker? Cain killed his brother in the Bible. I know people named Adolf and I can't help it; it makes me think of Hitler.

Rully? You know "people" named Adolf? As in more than one Adolf?

I know Adolfs plural yes. Dh is in the FS, and we lived in Austria. Definitely more common there but it still carries a negative association IMHO.

I am dumbfounded that anyone names her child Adolf. Even in Austria. Jesus.

[Anonymous]

If I didn't see the OT thread on Kane I would have no idea who that person is (and as it stands I only have a vague idea). I actually wouldn't associate Kane with a Kardashian, funny enough. Add to it that it's your maiden name I would absolutely go for it. I would also spell it Kane before Cain, and I was raised Catholic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know a girl names Candace Cane. Seriously, her parents thought it hilarious.

A friend of mine almost became Candice Kane. Parent remarriage and such, but she was very happy that the name change didn't actually occur.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know a girl names Candace Cane. Seriously, her parents thought it hilarious.

A friend of mine almost became Candice Kane. Parent remarriage and such, but she was very happy that the name change didn't actually occur.

I know a Candice, nn Candy, who married a Kane.

Her husband is Andy.

[Anonymous]

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I know a Candice, nn Candy, who married a Kane.

Her husband is Andy.

So she kept her last name, and he changed his last name to hers. Right?