Anonymous
Post 12/08/2013 10:07     Subject: baby name Salem-am I crazy?
The Arabic is pronounced "say-leem" though, not "say-lem". It is very common for Muslims though, but as a male name.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2013 09:36     Subject: baby name Salem-am I crazy?
Anonymous wrote:I like the sound but the witch jokes will never stop.

Selma?


Selma and Salem, both sites of civil rights abuse!

At least Salem has a nice meaning, and a pleasant sound.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2013 09:23     Subject: baby name Salem-am I crazy?
There's a Salem in my children's preschool. So I vote yes. The family has a a North Carolina connection, so maybe that's where the name came from.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2013 04:42     Subject: baby name Salem-am I crazy?
It's a cat's name, not a child's name. It was the cat's name on Sabrina the Teenage Witch. It would be like naming your kid Rover, IMO.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2013 04:40     Subject: baby name Salem-am I crazy?
Anonymous wrote:We named our son Saylem. And love it. People will get over the Salem witch trials crap. When he is older nobody will no what those are anyways. Any name you pick someone will say it reminds them of something. We like it cause it means peace. We changed the spelling to be different.


I hope you're wrong that, in the near future, "nobody will no " what the Salem witch trials are. The Scarlet Letter was written more than 150 years ago. There's no reason to think people will stop reading that -- and hence know about the Salem Witch trials -- anytime soon.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2013 03:08     Subject: baby name Salem-am I crazy?
Salem is short for Jerusalem.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2013 02:30     Subject: baby name Salem-am I crazy?
Anonymous wrote:Too many negative historical connotations. Women being burned at the stake and all that stuff. Avoid.


Sorry, but no women burned st the stske in Salem, MA.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2013 01:47     Subject: baby name Salem-am I crazy?
Anonymous wrote:It made me think of witches and cigarettes, and yet I find the name really appealing anyway. Go figure!


Me, too!!
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2013 00:46     Subject: Re:baby name Salem-am I crazy?
First thought when I read this was the cigarettes my mother's friend used to smoke. Second thought was witch trials.
Pleeeease, come up with a better name!
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2013 00:40     Subject: baby name Salem-am I crazy?
We named our son Saylem. And love it. People will get over the Salem witch trials crap. When he is older nobody will no what those are anyways. Any name you pick someone will say it reminds them of something. We like it cause it means peace. We changed the spelling to be different.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:52     Subject: baby name Salem-am I crazy?
Anonymous wrote:im naming my daugher salem and i think its awesome and beautiful. you people need to get over the witch thing. Children her age are not going to be thinking of that.


When "her age" becomes 8th grade English class, they are going to be thinking of nothing else.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:41     Subject: baby name Salem-am I crazy?
Name chosen by a Teen Mom.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:32     Subject: baby name Salem-am I crazy?
I have a colleague named Salem, and I think it's a great name.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 22:02     Subject: baby name Salem-am I crazy?
Sounds like Salem witch trials or a misspelled version of a Muslim name.
Anonymous
Post 06/12/2013 21:57     Subject: baby name Salem-am I crazy?
Yes. Do not do this to a child.