When we were naming our children my husband always put the words..Supreme Court Justice..........in front of the name. If the name sounded silly...it was out.

I had a sorority sister with the first name of Honi...yeah...I won't say her real last name but it had something to do with a baking ingredient. Honi became an attorney...(she was named pre Feminist)...and imagine the judge saying...Honi, do you want to cross?

Ugh, don't even get me started. I have 3 friends who are all due within 2 months of each other.. All naming their daughters Bella.

Stupid Twilight.

Among my friends and family members who have had kids in the last 5 years, I know 3 Madisons, 2 Kailens, 2 Aidens, 2 Landons, and 1 Addison.

Seems that every name lately ends in -en, -on, or -yn.

Honi Flour?
Honi Sugar?
Honi Butter?
Honi Nuts?
Honi Baking Soda?

Now I'm intrigued...

I think this is bizarre. I was the only one I knew with my first name until we moved to the Midwest. I had a friend in HS with the same name then I pledged AXO and there were like 6 in the house. Now I'm in the Southwest and again I'm the only person with my name? BTW, i was born on the east coast.

If I was to have a baby right now (probably would kill myself:)) for a boy Griffin has been a favorite for a very long time. Girls names are a little harder for me but I'm digging Caroline right now.

BTW, both my kids have names that can go either way gender wise and they are names of cities. My mother HATED the name of my son but now says she couldn't imagine him with any other name. I wanted to name my dd Lillian after a favorite Aunt and GMa but my husband isn't fond of it. It is her middle name. I wouldn't have picked her first name either. If it had been my choice and my choice alone she would be Reagan Lillian:)

Family names are OUT, as there are more than enough on my tree named Andrew, James, Daniel, Eric and Elizabeth. :rolleyes:

I usually pick first and middle names together:

GIRLS
Eva Jean
Campbell Chandler

BOYS
Mark Rodney
Farnsworth Wilcox


On a side-note: When bid days come around soon for SEC schools, check the GC links to campus newspaper lists of women's first-and-middle names. Last year, some were a hoot!

My sons name is pretty old fashioned and begins with an A. Kudos to who guesses it.

Abraham?

This kid will never be able to work in a car wash.

Nope, not at all. I think that uncommon names have always been popular among certain people, usually at either ends of society. I read some article which mentioned that variations of the "Orangejello/Lemonjello" urban legend have been bouncing around for ages--usually as a way to make fun of poor/immigrant/minority people; in that same article, the author mentioned that wealthier people tended to pick names that made reference to literature or their travels. Also, celebrities have been naming their kids "crazy" names for years; maybe it's the rise of celebrity culture that has caused this trend to explode?

My parents are in their 60s and they don't have names that were common in the 40s/50s; their siblings all have relatively uncommon but respectable* names. I know that my mother did not want us to be one of many people in our class/generation with the same name. I think it worked out a little bit better for me than for my sister, though--I blame the late 60s/early 70s for that.

*i.e., potentially unemployable

I know!!!!! But I won't give it away. ;) I do dig it.

I have 2 names picked out with my husband, one for each sex, if we do ever adopt. They are both family names, but still pretty damn cool, if I do say so myself. I wont give it here, since I struggle to keep my mouth shut on others'ideas, and I wouldn't want the same back on me. :)

Abel? Amos?


I have a name picked out for a girl, should I ever have children, let alone a girl. It was my great grandmother's name. Both my brother and I were named after our grandparents. I was named after a grandmother that was not particularly beloved and my father's grandmother more or less raised him. It is a pretty old name and I have yet to meet someone with it.

Adam? Aaron?

I want a son eventually. Either Karim Jr. or Darnell.

Aristotle?