Contemporary names

[Tallpine]

Angus is an old Gaelic (Gàidhlig) name: Aonghas

Though it may be derived originally from the Picts as there was a Pictish king or general with the name "Ungus"

The surname MacInnes is an English adaptation of mac Aonghas (son of Aonghas/Angus)

More information than anyone wanted to know, I suppose ....

[mustanger98]

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.

IIRC, Angus is an old Scottish name.

[I wrote this before reading Tallpine's post on the Gaelic origins.]

As far as cattle go, you hafta have a bulls and cows both to keep the breed or the whole species going. Most steers are chosen to be steers... maybe so they make a better carcass, but also the cattle used on ox teams are mostly steers for the same reason so many stud colts wind up as geldings.

[Twycross]

However, I want to name my first son "Cletus".

For some reason, my wife isn't interested.

Chris

My parents called me 'Cletus the fetus' until I was born. Or so I'm told (my memory is a little fuzzy that far back). 

[wingnutx]

"Cletus Van Damme" is a hell of a name.

[grislyatoms]

I knew a Michael Hunt.

I also knew a Cadillac Seville Carr. No joke, he showed me his driver's license.

[mfree]

Fistful,

You forgot the previous gigs... Sure, I could name my daughter Chastity or Charity, those are fine, honorable names.

Until you remember she'd be "Chastity Free".


Maybe I could name her "Freedom Isnot"  :-D

[K Frame]

"However, I want to name my first son "Cletus"."

Try Jethro. She might like that a little better.

[mustanger98]

"However, I want to name my first son "Cletus"."

Try Jethro. She might like that a little better.

Jethro was Moses' father-in-law who was a descendant of Abraham's son (Isaac's half-brother) Ishmael.

Don't ask me who Cletus was because I have no idea.

[wingnutx]

If you want to stick with biblical names, I suggest "Nimrod".

[Perd Hapley]

 Or, from Isiah, chapter 8, Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.   

[mustanger98]

If you want to stick with biblical names, I suggest "Nimrod".

Being a Christian, I could never recommend naming a kid "Nimrod". He was the sort of man who'd set himself up in God's position much like Lucifer tried to do. Not only that, he was into incest... married his own mother. That ain't a good character to be named after.

[Perd Hapley]

mustanger, dude, scale back on the serious.   

[roo_ster]

Our kids get pretty conventional names:

Luke (After the author of the Gospel & Acts) Frank (Family name; great-grand-dad who raised my mom while her dad was killing subjects of the Japanese emperor).

Elizabeth (Mother of John the Baptist) Allison (Family name: surname of wife's ancestor who volunteered to fight the Brits with the Swamp Fox during the Revolutionary War.)

I had a 7th grade biology class with a kid named Zohar Mann, who was born in Israel.  I thought it was pretty cool back then to have a "Z" anywhere in one's name.

If we are required to spray anything at folks to get them to lighten up, I recommend acetone on their rumpus.  It'll get their attention.