Naming Children These Days

[cincibuck]

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

Not to mention a wine brand from California and Forrest Lawn Cemetery.

Fortunately my nick name was Woody.

 

[diehardbuckeye]

The thing that I always tell people when they are having kids, think about THEIR future. Have the best hope and dream that your child is going to be a Supreme Court Justice, Doctor, University President, or CEO. Also teaching in an inner-city gives you some interesting names. I had a student named Shamon, when asked if his parents were big Micheal Jackson fans he told us that it was his dad's name. The best/worst one was a classmate who had a student who pronounced his name ma-ni-JA, but his parents spelled it Myniga. Try reading that on the roster the first day.

 

[osubartender23]

Just today I came across a kid named Three Thirty. Luckily his Mom called him "T" or else I would have had to throw some sort of lame joke out there.

 

[buxfan4life]

Just today I came across a kid named Three Thirty. Luckily his Mom called him "T" or else I would have had to throw some sort of lame joke out there.

WTF??? Now Four Twenty I would understand, but..............

 

[Saw31]

"Seven!"

 

[BuckeyeTillIDie]

My friend works at a health clinic and said a kid that was in today was named Pimptarius.

 

[Fremont Buckeye]

Lived across the street from kinds named Pryde, Dash, Moonbeam, and other daughters name had "star" in it but I can't recall her full name.

 

[Muck]

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

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

I was going to mention the Freakonomics chapter. I didn't realize Slate printed it. It's a good read.

[quote='BusNative;196017;5]
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.[/quote]

The number of names like *Gunner, Hunter, Storm & Archer has risen dramatically over the past couple of decade as well so it isn't just 'effeminate' boy names.

*In the interest of full disclosure...my son's name is Gunnar but it comes from his maternal great-grandfather.

 

[JCOSU86]

My son played on a football team with a young man named....

Jennifer.

I'm not making that up.

 

[Romanowski]

I know three dudes whose names are Courtney, Lorren, and Christen.

I also know people named Dimitricle, Marvinelous, and Precious...

 

[jlb1705]

The 20 Whitest Girl Names
1. Molly
2. Amy
3. Claire
4. Emily
5. Katie
6. Madeline
7. Katelyn
8. Emma
9. Abigail
10. Carly
11. Jenna
12. Heather
13. Katherine
14. Caitlin
15. Kaitlin
16. Holly
17. Allison
18. Kaitlyn
19. Hannah
20. Kathryn


The 20 Blackest Girl Names
1. Imani
2. Ebony
3. Shanice
4. Aaliyah
5. Precious
6. Nia
7. Deja
8. Diamond
9. Asia
10. Aliyah
11. Jada
12. Tierra
13. Tiara
14. Kiara
15. Jazmine
16. Jasmin
17. Jazmin
18. Jasmine
19. Alexus
20. Raven

 

[Gatorubet]

What - no "Becky"?

 

[osubartender23]

Ever notice how most of the 20 blackest girl names sound like stripper names? Hearing them make me want to head up stage side and pull out a stack of ones!(Im cheap I know)

 

[Zurp]

Name of a four-year-old (or so - maybe three) who belongs to someone who goes to my wife's church: Man Man. (I don't know the spelling.) That's his first name.

Wasn't there a thread maybe in the recruiting forum about names of recruits? I seem to remember someone named "Incredible" or something goofy. And there was a story of the family who named their kids stuff like "White Power" or crap like that.

I know this name was mentioned already, but a friend worked at the hospital during college (filing paperwork and crap). The rumor he heard was a woman wanted to name her newly-born daughter "Shithead". (Pronounced "shi-THADE") She'd be about 15 or so now.

My wife's name is Robyn. She wanted to name our kid "Batman", but that would make me "Batgirl", so I said no.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

My friend works at a health clinic and said a kid that was in today was named Pimptarius.

Parents who name their kids shit like that should have their parental rights taken away.

Weren't their some football prospects a few years back named stupid shit like "Sirdarius" and "Your Highness"? I did thread searches and couldn't find anything...