tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post388408217846257957..comments2023-11-05T02:49:49.453-08:00Comments on 40 going on 28: Someday soon you will encounter a toddler named HortenseTKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08123364195474763594noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-20624384781010229162010-12-04T16:05:18.562-08:002010-12-04T16:05:18.562-08:00LR:
Kamlyn???? And Gonnorhea? Oh, good God.
Wh...LR:<br /><br />Kamlyn???? And Gonnorhea? Oh, good God.<br /><br />When I taught at Berkeley High, there was a girl who named her baby "Bay Area," but she had some weird way of spelling it and making it one word.<br /><br />I also have a friend who went to high school with a girl who named her baby, "Shaghetto."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-9087294868535767852010-12-04T10:58:54.130-08:002010-12-04T10:58:54.130-08:00Thanks for the name update. Cool thing to try is t...Thanks for the name update. Cool thing to try is typing your given name into the Wolfram Alpha (nice name!) and seeing the statistical results - rankings, use over time, etc. Here's my son's name Graham: http://bit.ly/gzdcx0<br /><br />Also in the book Freakonomics (a good read, seriously) they explain how names move through the culture.Moehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00138875559528610054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-67080451136129969912010-12-04T05:24:54.190-08:002010-12-04T05:24:54.190-08:00My OB nurse told me about a mother who wanted to n...My OB nurse told me about a mother who wanted to name her daughter that pretty name, Gonnorhea. ("How do you spell that?")<br />My son has a boy Kamlyn in class.LRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745513160032676274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-25554455876073176142010-12-03T22:39:53.335-08:002010-12-03T22:39:53.335-08:00TK, you know I'm a fan and all, but no discuss...TK, you know I'm a fan and all, but no discussion of baby names will ever, EVER compare to this post from STFU, Parents: http://stfuparents.tumblr.com/post/229983649/halloween-09-i-recognize-the-editing-only-adds.<br /><br />In which, in the comments, we learn that the babies born of the mother in the photo are twins named "Vadgesty Foxi Maiden" and V"agena Tamphen Pohtaytar." (See this comment: http://stfuparents.tumblr.com/post/229983649/halloween-09-i-recognize-the-editing-only-adds#comment-21606206.)<br /><br />Nobody does parenting commentary like STFU, Parents does parenting commentary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-63788916033670736622010-12-03T16:14:19.269-08:002010-12-03T16:14:19.269-08:00I was pretty much Dr. No when it came to my wife&#...I was pretty much Dr. No when it came to my wife's suggestions before our daughter was born. We ended up with a short list, but the "cute name for a kid vs Dr..." test (a very good test btw) eliminated a lot of those. <br /><br />At the hospital, nurses come by every 25 minutes to ask if you've chosen a name yet. They mean well, as doing the name paperwork once you leave the hospital is a royal pain in the ass. But jesus, there's some pressure. <br /><br />Funny thing is once you actually the small human you've created, you really figure out which names work and which don't. One of those moments of clarity, I guess. Except that it wiped out the rest of the names on our list.<br /><br />Anyway, to appease the nurse patrol we thought a lot about it and eventually picked Ava BUT HAD NO IDEA it was top 10. Didn't know any, weren't related to any, hadn't heard of any, aren't Ava Gardner fans. It won't quite be the Jen of my generation, but still.<br /><br />Name zeitgeist is a really weird thing, especially when it crosses the English-speaking world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-31454686953052412762010-12-03T15:29:38.756-08:002010-12-03T15:29:38.756-08:00Yeah, I think it's pretty clear that Aiden com...Yeah, I think it's pretty clear that <a href="http://gawker.com/5705416/americans-only-want-to-name-their-kids-after-tv-characters-money-and-palins" rel="nofollow">Aiden comes from SATC</a>.TKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123364195474763594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-85426726059754400082010-12-03T14:37:49.755-08:002010-12-03T14:37:49.755-08:00Can't help thinking that Aiden is inspired by ...Can't help thinking that Aiden is inspired by Sex and the City. Not okay with me.Tamagosanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583066213197379712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6301407940699570948.post-66337270527923222162010-12-03T13:44:18.564-08:002010-12-03T13:44:18.564-08:00David and I have talked about this a lot and we fi...David and I have talked about this a lot and we finally settled on the name.<br /><br />If we have a girl, Constance Prudence Chastity Sexknot Mansfield Tracy.<br /><br />And maybe Eddie if it's a boy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com