Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 18:12     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Anonymous wrote:I first heard the name Arden when I was introduced to an adult Arden. I thought it was so weird at first but now it's growing on me and I really like it!

I think that's how it works for all names. Unfamiliar names seem odd but, once you know someone, the name becomes as common to you as John or Jane.


I dated an Arden years ago. He was so hot and a really nice guy too.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 18:00     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Anonymous wrote:Blue Ivy
Apple
Zuma


So you know them personally? Because that's what the thread is for.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 17:43     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I know a Noble, but he's old money and it's a family name.

Linus
Zephyr
Bear
Maverick
Casein
Spahr
Hayes (girl...and the only name on this list that is actually passable)


Casein? Did the parents not google ahead of time? It's a part of the cheese-making process.


Maybe they're cheese-makers.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 17:42     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Anonymous wrote:I know a Noble, but he's old money and it's a family name.

Linus
Zephyr
Bear
Maverick
Casein
Spahr
Hayes (girl...and the only name on this list that is actually passable)


Casein? Did the parents not google ahead of time? It's a part of the cheese-making process.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 17:35     Subject: Re:Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:m-a (pronounced, "emdasha")


Heh. The urban legend gets a make over. It has gone from L-a to M-a. Awesome.


100% not an urban legend in this case. The child in question lives in Baltimore.


Yeah, I don't believe this either.


^^^besides, everybody knows that the correct spelling of Emdasha would be --a.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 17:34     Subject: Re:Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:m-a (pronounced, "emdasha")


Heh. The urban legend gets a make over. It has gone from L-a to M-a. Awesome.


100% not an urban legend in this case. The child in question lives in Baltimore.


Yeah, I don't believe this either.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 17:24     Subject: Re:Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Anonymous wrote:I worked with a woman named Aquanetta


Is she from Cleveland? I knew one there.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 17:14     Subject: Re:Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:m-a (pronounced, "emdasha")


Heh. The urban legend gets a make over. It has gone from L-a to M-a. Awesome.


100% not an urban legend in this case. The child in question lives in Baltimore.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 17:14     Subject: Re:Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Whenever I see a thread like this, I wonder if my DD will be on it (so far, so good)!

We're an interracial family and gave her a very unusual name in the U.S. (it's very common in DH's home country and sounds pretty in English, though it's spelled in an unusual way).
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 17:11     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:On The Chew, there was "chef from the audience" lady or something who was excited to share her recipe, and talk about her pregnancy. It went something like this:

Pregnant Lady: It's a girl! I'm due June somethingsomething. Her name is Elle.
Mario Batali: Elle?
Pregnant Lady: Uh-huh.
Mario Batali: Like the magazine? French?
Pregnant Lady: Oh, I guess. Really?
Mario Batali: Yes, Elle. You're naming your child a French pronoun.
Pregnant Lady: Oh...

It had me laughing out loud, slapping my hands walrus-style that a woman is naming her child a French pronoun that simply means "She" - and she didn't even know it. But she was so excited and had the name picked out and everything. In the age of the internet, there is no excuse.


Oh good for you. Laughing at people because they don't speak french. Maybe she was thinking Elle McPherson or Elle Woods. What an ass.


1) quote fail
2) I'm not making fun of someone not speaking French. I'm making fun of someone who picks out a name, and doesn't even do a quick Google search to know what they're naming their child. And it was hilarious! I love Batali!


Batali is known for being a total a$$hole, so it doesn't surprise me at all that he was trying to act superior to a tv guest. He is good friends with Gwyneth after all.
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 17:08     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Lorpu
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 16:57     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Sparkle
Anjanette
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 16:55     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
Lightening
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 16:55     Subject: Re:Most unusual name of a child you know personally
A woman at my church is named Crystal. She's married to David Ball. It took me years to realize that her name is... Crystal Ball!
Anonymous
Post 06/09/2014 16:53     Subject: Most unusual name of a child you know personally
I was in 4th grade with a girl named Krystal Waters. Her middle name was Spring.

I lived in Florida, of course.