Naming Children These Days

[scooter1369]

I knew a few kids growing up that confessed their name was a combination of the dad and mom's names.

 

[Gatorubet]

I knew a few kids growing up that confessed their name was a combination of the dad and mom's names.

I knew a Ronnie and Vickie in h.s. who had a little girl "Ronikki".

We thought it was because she would be able to use her real name when pole dancing.

 

[BigJim]

A friend works in the hospital and saw a new baby whose name was pronounced "ab-k-da" -- the ab-k sounds like one syllabul. The name was spelled abcde. Poor kid

 

[PlanetFrnd]

Yes, the black community comes up with some very unique names for their children. I remember one time someone was talking about Anfernee Hardaway and theorized that perhaps the parents wanted to name him Anthony but were so drunk it came out "Anfernee".

yeah, but I think your first observation was accurate... the trend is spreading... seems to be driven by idiot celebrities, too

That being said, seems like every little girl has the name "Madison" and boys names are increasingly effeminate or those super-annoying last name for first name types that used to be limited to southern dudes who wear pastel shorts in the summer.

 

[PlanetFrnd]

I knew a few kids growing up that confessed their name was a combination of the dad and mom's names.

What about Dad's best friends? Treg.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Interesting statistic I read a few years back in a study on African American names:



http://www.slate.com/id/2116449/

Color[strike]ed[/strike] me shocked...

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Yes, the black community comes up with some very unique names for their children. I remember one time someone was talking about Anfernee Hardaway and theorized that perhaps the parents wanted to name him Anthony but were so drunk it came out "Anfernee".

Good thing Hardaday's last name wasn't actually Askew, lest they change the spelling to Axyou.

 

[muffler dragon]

My dad ran into a customer in Alabama that employed a guy named (phonetically) Sha-thead Stevens. Spelled Shithead.

 

[cincibuck]

I'm starting to notice that more and more people are abandoning traditional names and starting to invent names and giving them cute spellings. For example, a facebook friend of mine named her two girls Jayda and Blayze. It seems that everyone has to come up with something unique for their kid. What ever happened to Ruth, Helen, Gertrude, Betsey and Margaret? I've notice too that for boys names like Ethan, Dylan and Aidan are popular. I never knew anyone by these names when I was younger.
Anyhoo, just an observation.

You're talking to someone named Forrest Glenn back in 1943.

 

[BB73]

I knew a few kids growing up that confessed their name was a combination of the dad and mom's names.

My kids never liked being named Dommy and Maddy.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

My kids never liked being named Dommy and Maddy.

How'd they pronounce "UPS"...oops?

 

[Crump's brother]

Once had a student named M'Shell. I'm sure you can figure out the vital statistics.

 

[MaxBuck]

You're talking to someone named Forrest Glenn back in 1943.

I remember the Trees family of Granville. Sons named Oak, Maple, Hickory. Daughter named Merry Christmas.

 

[DubCoffman62]

Interesting statistic I read a few years back in a study on African American names:



http://www.slate.com/id/2116449/

What kind of parent is most likely to give a child such a distinctively black name? The data offer a clear answer: an unmarried, low-income, undereducated, teenage mother from a black neighborhood who has a distinctively black name herself.

Very telling

 

[scooter1369]

You're talking to someone named Forrest Glenn back in 1943.

Forest Glen was the neighborhood I grew up in Ormond Beach.