To clarify
 

Just to clarify....

Condoleeza Rice's name IS NOT derived from a french word. It is derived from the ITALIAN phrase con dolcezza (con dol-CHE-za), which means "with sweetness" or "sweetly". :) Studying as a music major has it's advantages... LOL ;)

I've worked in the public schools for 28 years, and boy howdy have I seen some names. I had a student named Uniroyal. I could barely call him by name. He was an extremely nice child, but I hope he went by Roy or Royal when he went to middle school. We also had a little girl named Marijuana. Yes, that is Spanish for Mary Jane, but this child was not Hispanic. Oh, and we also had a girl named Cocaine. Not the same family. What in the world were those people thinking???:eek:

We have to remember when selecting 'baby' names that our children will only be baby's for a short time. They will spend most of their lives as adults and should have names that will reflect this. I have not problem with Beula. I just don't like 'cute' names. Ask you self would you you want that name??

I knew a girl who was named after her father, Frank.

He name was Franknetta?? Very hard pronounce , I think the k has to be silent or some mess that that.

Lord, if the child had to be named similar to her Dad, it should have been Frances or Francesca.

Tuesday Russ Parr thanked a BET employee named Brucetta. :eek:

That's prolly what the parents were on when the children were conceived/born. :( :o :eek:

It's a small world after all....
 

I went to college with her and yes, her father's name is Bruce :D

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Daaaaaaaaaaaaaang BRUCETTA is world famous. Yeah, RUSS said her dad's name is Bruce and mom is Etta. :o

The worst name I've ever heard of was told to me by my friend. She babysits this little girl who's about less than a year old and some demon possessed her parents to name her Emma Blue Quick. At first Blue just sounded like an odd middle name, but taken that it could also be a verb, and especially if put between a girl's name and Quick, you are just branding your daughter for life when you call her that. I also went to camp once with someone named Turqouise Diamond Blue. That was pretty funny.

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You mean to tell me he was clowning on her on the RADIO?!?!?! Oh my dayums!! LOL Not that this matters, but she's an AKA.

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No he was not clowning her. They were thanking folks (on location earlier in LA for BET AWARDS) and they thanked Brucetta for helping them that week. Then they just said her daddy's name but be bruce.

I know a little girl name Amber Sequoia.

Her grandfather calls her 'Brown Tree'

Amber's fine.

yes, I like Amber but the middle name doesn't work well with it. LOL

ON AOL Welcome screen today! *SMH*
 

Look Nivea, it's your new little sister, Porsche

Julie Smyth
National Post


Thursday, October 02, 2003
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Joanne MacNeil had no idea what to name her third child until she spotted a Lexus SUV parked at the local McDonald's.

She had been toying with names like Alexis and Alexa, but had her eureka moment when she saw the luxury vehicle as she pulled up to the drive-through. She named her daughter, who is now almost 16 months, Lexxus.

The baby's father insisted on the extra x to make it more original.

Ms. MacNeil, an ambulance dispatcher in St. Catharines, may have thought she was selecting a rare name, but in the United States, 353 girls were named Lexus in 2000, according to baby names on social security applications.

Increasingly, parents are naming their children after the most sought-after cars, popular perfumes and expensive drinks.

"I think the Lexus maybe belonged to the manager of McDonald's. She'll be so proud," Ms. MacNeil joked.

Among the other popular names in the United States in 2000 -- Chanel (269 girls), Timberland (six boys), Porsche (24 girls) and Armani (273 boys and 298 girls).

Parents named their children after everything from bottled water (Evian) and soft drinks (Fanta) to Western hats and cologne (Stetson), wine (Chardonnay) and beer (Guinness).

"Perfumes and automobiles are the ones that are most common," said Cleveland Evans, an associate professor of psychology at Bellevue University in Nebraska who has studied the list of names. "Chanel is fairly popular now and there are a fair number who name their daughters Porsche -- who spell it like the car instead of the normal way to spell Portia as a girl's name. Camry also turns up quite regularly," he said.

"There are a lot of girls who are named just Lexus and a lot of girls named Alexus [suggesting "a Lexus" -- rather than Alexis]. I saw one child named Obsession, which I am sure was the perfume."

He said some parents are naming their children after consumer products they aspire to own but will likely never afford.

"Someone who is a lawyer is not going to name their child Lexus usually -- they are the ones who like antiques and dig up the old names like Abagail. It is the blue-collar workers who are looking for something modern but ritzy sounding."

Over the past several years, Mr. Evans has come across children named Chivas Regal, Champagne, Nivea and Pepsi.

The 2000 names list also included five Canadas and five Cobras.

Sheila Embleton, vice-president academic at York University and a linguistics professor, said naming children after possessions has also become popular in Canada. There are no equivalent statistics, but she has seen children named Nike, Lexus and Chanel. She said the names may be popular because they are "echoes" of others -- Camry is similar to Cameron, Chanel isn't far off Chantal -- while giving an air of importance. Parents realize they are choosing brand names but they have a nice, familiar ring.

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