Contemporary names

[tyme]

I have represented people named for paint colours, space-age polymer blends, categories of animals, veneral diseases, food products, chemicals/drugs, Confederate generals, motor vehicles and origins unknown.

In the immortal words of Tamara (I think...), "*gigglesnort*."

And, speaking of names...

"Mrs. Hauser, mine's wrong.  Isn't this a flower?"
"No, Gia, Chlamydia is not a flower."
"Well, we have it on like a trellis at our beach house."
"Your trellis is a whore."

Give your child an intelligent name, see Chapter 6 of Freakonomics.  A child's name is a window to his future.

An excellent point.

 The Twenty White Girl Names That Best Signify High-Education Parents.  (Years of mother's education in parentheses)
   1.  Lucienne (16.60);   2.  Marie-Claire (16.50);   3.  Glynnis (16.40);   4.  Adair (16.36)
   5.  Meira (16.27);   6.  Beatrix (16.26);   7.  Clementine (16.23);   8.  Philippa (16.21)
   9.  Aviva (16.18);  10.  Flannery (16.10);  11.  Rotem (16.08);  12.  Oona (16.00)
  13.  Atara (16.00);  14.  Linden (15.94);  15.  Waverly (15.93);  16.  Zofia (15.88)
  17.  Pascale (15.82);  18.  Eleanora (15.80);  19.  Elika (15.80);  20.  Neeka (15.77)

 The Twenty White Boy Names That Best Signify High-Education Parents. Years of mother's education   in parentheses)
   1.  Dov (16.50);   2.  Akiva (16.42);   3.  Sander (16.29);   4.  Yannick (16.20)
   5.  Sacha (16.18);   6.  Guillaume (16.17);   7.  Elon (16.16);   8.  Ansel (16.14)
   9.  Yonah (16.14);  10.  Tor (16.13);  11.  Finnegan (16.13);  12.  MacGregor (16.10)
  13.  Florian (15.94);  14.  Zev (15.92);  15.  Beckett (15.91);  16.  Kia (15.90)
  17.  Ashkon (15.84);  18.  Harper (15.83);  19.  Sumner (15.77);  20.  Calder (15.75)

[Perd Hapley]

Them mama's are durn fools.  Hi-falutin' edumacations, grumble, grumble.

[crt360]

I knew a Rebel, but it was guy.  He was true to his name.  I still remember him driving his Chevy truck or riding his old Honda to school . . . in 7th grade.

I think El T is right.  I scan the list of criminal court records every week or so just out of curiosity and it is full of screwed up names.  Among the white folk, not only are Confederate generals popular, but I've even seen Erwin Rommel . . . at least three or four times.

I do think it's interesting that while the white people are stretching the boundaries of historical & mythical names, blacks are stretching the boundaries of the English language, and people of Asian background are going with simple, common, white names, the Hispanic population seems to stick to pretty traditional Hispanic names.

[Devonai]

Mfree, if you could predict the behavior of your daughter once she gets to high school, you could name her Charity or Chastity.

[Werewolf]

The Twenty White Boy Names That Best Signify High-Education Parents. Years of mother's education   in parentheses)
   1.  Dov (16.50);   2.  Akiva (16.42);   3.  Sander (16.29);   4.  Yannick (16.20)
   5.  Sacha (16.18);   6.  Guillaume (16.17);   7.  Elon (16.16);   8.  Ansel (16.14)
   9.  Yonah (16.14);  10.  Tor (16.13);  11.  Finnegan (16.13);  12.  MacGregor (16.10)
  13.  Florian (15.94);  14.  Zev (15.92);  15.  Beckett (15.91);  16.  Kia (15.90)
  17.  Ashkon (15.84);  18.  Harper (15.83);  19.  Sumner (15.77);  20.  Calder (15.75)

Actually that list should be named:

The Twenty White boy names that will assure your son will get his ass kicked on a daily basis at any school other than one filled with pansy ass weenie rich kids.

[Perd Hapley]

Mfree, if you could predict the behavior of your daughter once she gets to high school, you could name her Charity or Chastity.

Now Chastity is a reasonable name if you're going to raise your daughter to exhibit that virtue.  A person can live a full life and have kids and all of that and still be chaste.  The one that is a little bit worrisome is Virginia.  Unless you're gonna force the girl to be a nun, she's probably not going to live up to that name for very long.   

[The Rabbi]

The Twenty White Boy Names That Best Signify High-Education Parents. Years of mother's education   in parentheses)
   1.  Dov (16.50);   2.  Akiva (16.42);   3.  Sander (16.29);   4.  Yannick (16.20)
   5.  Sacha (16.18);   6.  Guillaume (16.17);   7.  Elon (16.16);   8.  Ansel (16.14)
   9.  Yonah (16.14);  10.  Tor (16.13);  11.  Finnegan (16.13);  12.  MacGregor (16.10)
  13.  Florian (15.94);  14.  Zev (15.92);  15.  Beckett (15.91);  16.  Kia (15.90)
  17.  Ashkon (15.84);  18.  Harper (15.83);  19.  Sumner (15.77);  20.  Calder (15.75)

Actually that list should be named:

The Twenty White boy names that will assure your son will get his ass kicked on a daily basis at any school other than one filled with pansy ass weenie rich kids.

Actually I note that Dov, Akiva, Zev, and Yona are all pretty common names among the Orthodox Jewish crowd.  The one Dov who comes to mind was an M203 gunner in the Army before moving to Israel.  He had forearms like my legs.  I'll pass on that you think he's a pansy ass weenie.

[Perd Hapley]

Figures that all the uppity, rich, educated chicks are Jewish. 

[Werewolf]

The Twenty White Boy Names That Best Signify High-Education Parents. Years of mother's education   in parentheses)
   1.  Dov (16.50);   2.  Akiva (16.42);   3.  Sander (16.29);   4.  Yannick (16.20)
   5.  Sacha (16.18);   6.  Guillaume (16.17);   7.  Elon (16.16);   8.  Ansel (16.14)
   9.  Yonah (16.14);  10.  Tor (16.13);  11.  Finnegan (16.13);  12.  MacGregor (16.10)
  13.  Florian (15.94);  14.  Zev (15.92);  15.  Beckett (15.91);  16.  Kia (15.90)
  17.  Ashkon (15.84);  18.  Harper (15.83);  19.  Sumner (15.77);  20.  Calder (15.75)

Actually that list should be named:

The Twenty White boy names that will assure your son will get his ass kicked on a daily basis at any school other than one filled with pansy ass weenie rich kids.

Actually I note that Dov, Akiva, Zev, and Yona are all pretty common names among the Orthodox Jewish crowd.  The one Dov who comes to mind was an M203 gunner in the Army before moving to Israel.  He had forearms like my legs.  I'll pass on that you think he's a pansy ass weenie.

Must you take everything out of context, rabbi? Must everyone put smilies in their posts so you can understand when one is not serious. The whole tone of this thread has been pretty light - until you chime in with your BS.

Just STFU!

[Eleven Mike]

I thought you were both joking.   

[Brad Johnson]

I dated "Rebel" in high school.  Definitely a girl!

Had three great aunt's on my Mom's side named April, May, and June (their birth months - family thing, their Dad's name was August (uncle Gus)).  When I first moved to Lubbock I worked with a guy, Sandy, who, as the stereotype would suggest, had two brothers, Sonny and Dusty, and a sister, Wendy.

Brad

[The Rabbi]

The Twenty White Boy Names That Best Signify High-Education Parents. Years of mother's education   in parentheses)
   1.  Dov (16.50);   2.  Akiva (16.42);   3.  Sander (16.29);   4.  Yannick (16.20)
   5.  Sacha (16.18);   6.  Guillaume (16.17);   7.  Elon (16.16);   8.  Ansel (16.14)
   9.  Yonah (16.14);  10.  Tor (16.13);  11.  Finnegan (16.13);  12.  MacGregor (16.10)
  13.  Florian (15.94);  14.  Zev (15.92);  15.  Beckett (15.91);  16.  Kia (15.90)
  17.  Ashkon (15.84);  18.  Harper (15.83);  19.  Sumner (15.77);  20.  Calder (15.75)

Actually that list should be named:

The Twenty White boy names that will assure your son will get his ass kicked on a daily basis at any school other than one filled with pansy ass weenie rich kids.

Actually I note that Dov, Akiva, Zev, and Yona are all pretty common names among the Orthodox Jewish crowd.  The one Dov who comes to mind was an M203 gunner in the Army before moving to Israel.  He had forearms like my legs.  I'll pass on that you think he's a pansy ass weenie.

Must you take everything out of context, rabbi? Must everyone put smilies in their posts so you can understand when one is not serious. The whole tone of this thread has been pretty light - until you chime in with your BS.

Just STFU!

Werewolf, it's not about you.  Just relax and tell yourself that before posting.  If you dont like a post then report it.  If not, well, STFU.

I did find it impressive that names I've never seen outside a yeshiva made it on to any kind of list.

[Perd Hapley]

Can we spray these two down with something?   

[Twycross]

...And thus does a discussion of modern names turn into a childish personal spat. Sometimes I think we have some of the thinnest-skinned people on the planet here.

[Brad Johnson]

Can we spray these two down with something?

Nah ... they'll get it reconciled eventually.  In the meantime pull up a chair, pop the top on a cold one, and enjoy the show. 

Brad

[pluvo]

Please tell me that there aren't a bunch of Black kids running around named Dacron (a polyester filament) or Sinutab (an allergy relief medicine).  Please?

I swear this is true.

When I was in Baton Rouge, I had employees with names like Tamika, Prenda & Dorcus. I also interviewed girls named Styrofoam, Tupperwear, & (I swear to God) Polystyrene.

I also interviewed a rather 'dandy' young man named Diamonte (Dee-a-mon-tay).

[Perd Hapley]

Dorcus is a Biblical name.  It means "gazelle."

I have run into two black women named "Latrina."   

[wingnutx]

I had great uncles back in Kentucky named Orrilus and Dorthen, and great aunts named Dovey and Ovie.

I don't know if those are family names or some weird hillbilly thing.

If I had a girl I'd name her Athena, and I like Angus for a boy. The wife of course hates both of those.

[Monkeyleg]

You'd name your son after a steer?

[wingnutx]

Exactly.

[mustanger98]

I had great uncles back in Kentucky named Orrilus and Dorthen, and great aunts named Dovey and Ovie.

I don't know if those are family names or some weird hillbilly thing.

If I had a girl I'd name her Athena, and I like Angus for a boy. The wife of course hates both of those.

Well, Athena was a Greek goddess and Angus as a man's name is probably a lot older than the breed of beef cattle that carry it.

[Perd Hapley]

You'd rethink that whole "goddess of wisdom" thing in a few years. 

[wingnutx]

Athena is the patron of soldiers, engineers, and librarians.

[brimic]

Exactly.

Uou do know what an angus steer is, don't you? A steer is a bull with its balls lopped off, and to make things worse, angus cattle have no horns.

Not a bad name otherwise.

[mtnbkr]

My kids are Gertrude, Viktor, and Gustav.

Why do you hate your kids. :-D

I've never known anyone with truly odd names.  However, I want to name my first son "Cletus".

For some reason, my wife isn't interested.

Chris