would you ever consider giving your child a weird/absurd/unusual name?

[datasuspect]

maybe balthasar, prometheus, or malcolm x?

[fleabert]

1. yes.

my name is unusual, and I like it. :-)

we plan on using aztec names for our kids when we have some.

[merwin]

2. My brother named his kids Gryphon and Tempest. Of course, his wife's name

is Stormy, so I can sort of see where the odd name thing might come from.

[Robeson]

29. I'm impressed. He at least spelled Gryphon with the correct...

...Greek spelling!

[merwin]

66. They were going for the proper spelling. Problem is, everyone misspells it

[4_Legs_Good]

65. Wow! I like Tempest!

We've got Boy #2 on the way and haven't chosen a name yet. It's very difficult for boys. We have like 200 girl's names picked out, but can't come up with another boy name we both like.

david

[madrchsod]

3. my wife and i gave two of our

kids nordic names

[Not_Giving_Up]

4. No....My name is unusual

I swore my kids would have normal names, and they do!

[EFerrari]

5. I named my first boy Arlechino

after a 13th century trickster. It got shortened to Arlo and hey, he's hip with that.

No matter what dumb thing we do, they tend to survive us :)

[datasuspect]

6. that is hip!

cool sounding name.

[FizzFuzz]

7. Snotley for a boy, Brattalina for a girl.

Heh heh heh.

I don't like kids.

(ducks the flames)

[xmas74]

19. I like the Brattalina

I think that I will start calling my daughter that every time she needs it. She's already a monsterbaby and a doo-doohead.

[Wabbajack]

8. No way

that's a pet peeve of mine.

[Jamastiene]

9. Not Moon Unit, Dweezil, or Ahmet,

but only because those are already taken. Jamastiene for a girl would definitely be interesting. I'd still use a usual name for their first name, so they wouldn't get picked on at school quite as much I guess. I like weird names. I get called them all the time. :P

[elperromagico]

10. Unfotunately, Apple is already taken.

Maybe Grapefruit...

[datasuspect]

11. at least not adolph

maybe aubergine?

[elperromagico]

13. How about Crabalocker,

in a nod to John Lennon?

[datasuspect]

16. or dimethyl oxylene carbonate?

or mangrove walrustitty?

[elperromagico]

18. Or Raymond Luxury-Yacht,

pronounced "throatwarblermangrove"?

[datasuspect]

21. thank you for making me laugh . . .

"as we approach the hamlet of wainscotting . . . "

throatwarblermangrove yikes

[FizzFuzz]

26. laughing out loud! seriously!!!

too funny!

Absurdism rules!!

[ComerPerro]

12. You mean, like Gleemax?

No. Never considered it.

[murielm99]

14. NO!

I had to live with a weird name. My children did not get yuppie names or unusual names.

Names can define and limit a person. A name is too important to mess with.

[xmas74]

15. I have an unusual name-in the US at least.

[datasuspect]

17. i don't know many

people named xmas74.

joking

[xmas74]

20. I won't post it -but I will pm it, if you would like.

Then just try to pronounce it.

[datasuspect]

22. okay

my name is Joseph btw.

i was named after god jr.'s earthdad.

[xmas74]

23. I was supposed to be a boy.

Check your inbox in a minute.

[UncleSepp]

58. Me too

My mom had picked out the name Joseph Paul. Surprise, she got a Jen! Then she tried to give me the middle name Joe Ann (yes, with the "e" and two words) but the person who filled out the certificate just put Anne, with the "e". Bah, perhaps someday I'll probably take that name back :-D

[AlienGirl]

59. Joe Paul, eh? It kinda suits you!

[UncleSepp]

60. Yes, except that would then make me Uncle Joe (n/t)

[AlienGirl]

61. I can't think of a reply to that

Other than a monitor-coffee interface!

[AlienGirl]

63. You kind of look like a Joe.

[xmas74]

68. My aunt was supposed to be Susan Anne

but the nurse messed up and named her Suzanne-no middle name. One of my other aunts and my mom both had their names messed up on their birth certificates.

[Rabrrrrrr]

24. Depends on the weirdness - if something dumb like "shaqeel"

or "Shaniya" or etc., then, no, of course I wouldn't consider such a name.

But if it's something unusual, but sensible, like "Moon" or "Star" or "Ventricle" or "Wippet" or something, then that's totally cool.

[datasuspect]

25. ventricle

or maybe myocardium?

[MrOctober]

27. No way

I wouldnt want them to be teased.

[Rhiannon12866]

28. No way, ever. Plus, it's been done.

Kids, these days, have enough problems, with the reinstatement of the draft, global warming and a state of constant war. They don't need to have silly names, on top of all this. And the names I have heard people giving their kids are just short of criminal. Why saddle a kid with a name that he has to live down? I'm not talking about family or ethnic names, which he will come to value, but these half-assed, misspelled, efforts just to find some misbegotten moniker that no one else will ever have. There's a good reason for that.:-(

[TyeDye75]

30. I like the sound of Lucifer for a boy

I would seriously consider it if it weren't for the satanic connotations

[tjwmason]

54. It means bringer of light

Lucifer was originally the most beautiful angel in heaven, before he blotted his copybook.

My copy of Paradise Lost has a picture of 'Lucifer in his original glory' on the front.

It is a pretty good name in itself, but a sure-fire cause of bullying at school; and some very dodgy connotations.

[InvisibleTouch]

56. It'd be a great name for a pet, though! n/t

[Stop_the_War]

31. My name is Stancel and I'm male, is that an unusual name?

[izzie]

32. No if they want odd names, they can do it them self in court

Life is hard for kids so I did not believe in giving them an odd name to fight over with other kids.

[Nikia]

33. No, it gives them a disadvantage

Children need names that will work for them as adults. They need names that will allow them to be taken seriously. We plan on giving our children traditional names, probably named after grandparents. I feel this way despite the fact that I do like the sound of some more unsuaual names.

[Longgrain]

34. If I ever had a daughter I always wanted to name her Dulcinea

Which is a bit of an obscure name, but legit never the less...

[scarlet_owl]

40. I have a very good friend named Dulcie.

I always liked that name.

[fleabert]

50. I love that name!

It's also a Toad the Wet Sprocket album, so that's good! There's a difference between unusual and weird!

[Longgrain]

53. I liked it because of the song from "Man of LaMancha"

It's derived from the Latin for "Sweetness" and it's just a pleasant sounding name.

[LincolnMcGrath]

35. Trevor Spencer Lincoln

Are they cool names?

[ffm172]

36. yes

not weird or absurd but definitly unusual. Mine and my brothers names are unusual and I wanna give my kids a not-every-day-name also. One name I really like is Athanasius, but I won't punsih my kid with it. I just like the name.

[LosinIt]

37. Arliss, after the younger boy in Old Yeller

The kid that always had frogs in his pockets. My husband sprung this one on me and I thought he was nuts, but I went with it. Our Arliss is indeed a unique individual and everybody knows him by just that name. He has served as dorm president and president of his college's chapter of the Wildlife Society (I think that is the organization). So I guess it didn't hold him back.

It's not considered such an odd name anymore since the HBO series by that name, but in 1983 it turned a lot of heads.

[Ellen Forradalom]

38. I considered Michigan J. Frog for my son

but rejected it. Would have been so much fun to tell the in-laws that their first grandchild was named that, though.

[bleedingheart]

42. "Hello my Honey Hello My Baby...Hello My Rag Time Gal"

[Ellen Forradalom]

44. "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrbit"

[Ellen Forradalom]

45. "Everybody's doing the Michigan Rag!"

[gollygee]

64. Love it :D

[scarlet_owl]

39. No. I have one of those damn hippie names and

it has been a source of irritation for me my whole life. Every day I have to explain to people that my name isn't "Amber", even if my name is clearly printed on a nametag for all to see. Sure, lots of people think my name is pretty, but I can't see it that way. I see it as a burden.

[crispini]

41. Yes. I have an unusual name, and I love it.

I get remembered. And there's really only one of me. Which is PERFECT.

[bleedingheart]

43. I was almost named Salome when I was born...

now as an adult ...I would have liked it... other than the name I did get which is somewhat traditional...

[datasuspect]

46. that is a cool name

nietzsche's gf was named salome.

[Ellen Forradalom]

47. I was almost named Alva Harriott

but my parents reconsidered when they realized I'd already be spending my life spelling my last name.

[Ellen Forradalom]

48. There's a whole state full of 'em: Utah

Check out the Utah Baby Namer at http://www.wesclark.com/ubn/

[Patiod]

49. There's a difference between unusual name & just weird spelling

I think the latter is just a pain for the kid. S.O.'s nephew's girlfriend named their kid "Rion". Now what the hell is that?

It's not different, it just says "my mother can't spell". Nobody on my SO's side of the family knows whether the kid's name rhymes with Ryan or Dion.

[proud2BlibKansan]

62. I have a student named

Orviron. The day I met him he said the v is silent. Well since he pronounces it oh-ry-an, the second r is silent too.

I have another named Trivonnuntay, pronounced tri-von-tay. His mom added a syllable in there.

A teacher friend says she's convinced the hospitals give these moms alphabet blocks and tell them to keep rolling em until they run out of letters.

[Kerrytravelers]

51. try this website:

notwithoutmyhandbag.com


There is a baby naming message board there. The chick that runs it, Diana, is pretty cool. 95% of the posters are big Dems, but there are a couple of 9/11 bushies.

Enjoy!

[wowsers]

52. I saw the evolving 1000 most popular names from thaw 20th century site,

and I want to bring back the name "Godfrey" (it peaked in the 20's with 30,000 and pretty much died in the 30's) to my future son. My current girlfriend doesn't approve of that name. However I can always settle for a "Mortimer" or a "Maxwell".

[InvisibleTouch]

55. Unusual, definitely. Absurd, no.

I was given an unusual name. I didn't like it - not because it was unusual, but because it represented someone else's interpretation of who I was and should be. So I selected my own name - equally unusual, if not more so. I'm big on individuality, and I love names - for pets, for characters, what-have-you. A name should mean something, stand for something. It's not that difficult to find something that's both unique, accoustically pleasant, and meaningful.

[HeyManThatsCool]

57. Soda... or Seven

(from Seinfeld)

[name not needed]

67. Seven Costanza

:)

[xmas74]

69. My daughter was almost a Flannery.

I just loved the name. If I were to ever have another child, I think that I would go with that.
I named her after my great-grandmother instead.