The kid's name is 4Real...4Real!

[ForeverRoses]

My neighbor (single male) has a rule that he won't date anyone named after a type or brand of alcohol.

[RU OX Alum]

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

My neighbor (single male) has a rule that he won't date anyone named after a type or brand of alcohol.

that's a good rule of thumb, as it will avoid problems

also, anyone named after a car such as Lexus, or Mercedes, or Chiraco

[kathykd2005]

Originally Posted by RU OX Alum

that's a good rule of thumb, as it will avoid problems

also, anyone named after a car such as Lexus, or Mercedes, or Chiraco

Try "Nissan." Now that is embarrassing. Don't these people think about what their kids will have to deal with regarding names like these?

[SOPi_Jawbreaker]

I once had a professor that made an interesting point about naming kids (we were all just chit-chatting before class began). He said that when he and his wife were naming their kids, they thought about whether the name would suit someone from childhood through adulthood...asking themselves if they could imagine the name for a little girl in pigtails ("Little So-And-So") and imagine the same name for a dignified grey-haired woman ("Great Aunt So-And-So"). There are so many names I've ruled out for my future kids because of this. None of the names were as weird as 4Real, Superman, Tequila, or Lexus. However, they were names that would have been cute for a little kid but didn't sound that dignified and sophisticated for an adult.

[SWTXBelle]

I've always used the graduation test - how would the name sound as the child was announced at graduation?

[Educatingblue]

One of my fellow teacher friends had a boy in his class last year named PENIS, but it was pronounced Pene'. We all got a kick out of that one!

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by SOPi_Jawbreaker

He said that when he and his wife were naming their kids, they thought about whether the name would suit someone from childhood through adulthood...asking themselves if they could imagine the name for a little girl in pigtails ("Little So-And-So") and imagine the same name for a dignified grey-haired woman ("Great Aunt So-And-So").

That's actually a smart thing to do, and to also think long and hard about whether or not their kid could be taken seriously as a professional ("paging Doctor Alize!"). But, I don't think the people who'd name their kid Alize would think about their becoming doctors, judges, or anything out of the ordinary.

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

That's actually a smart thing to do, and to also think long and hard about whether or not their kid could be taken seriously as a professional ("paging Doctor Alize!"). But, I don't think the people who'd name their kid Alize would think about their becoming doctors, judges, or anything out of the ordinary.

That's kind of a deeper issue, but I think you're right - even then though, can't we use some smaller version of the test (like, "how would it sound over the loudspeaker at Wal-Mart?")?

You don't have to shoot for the stars, but you also don't have to use the first liquor bottle you see lying around the house.

[scbelle]

It's terrible... my bf's grandfather was a ob/gyn. When he was in his residency, he worked at a poor, rural hospital deep in the south. He and a buddy of his were frequently asked for suggestions for baby names. They gave names based off of STDs. Syphilia (which was actually used!), Gonorrheaty. One of my favorite stories from him was a lady with twins asked him to help her with names and he offered up Orangelo and Lemongelo, written of course as LEMONJELLO and ORANGEJELLO. Probably a tall tale on his part, but funny nonetheless.

A tragic example of a bad name was a girl I went to hs with. Her name was Kizzie Butts. And she was on the extremely short side, so you can imagine the ribbing she endured.