If your last name is West, please don't name your kid North.

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Jodell88

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I don't get the outrage. Yall don't like the baby's name because the last name is related to the first name.

Didn't Travolta name one of his kids Pilot Inspektor? Gwenyth Paltrow's daughter is named "Apple".

I can think of more weird names...but a kid named "North West"....I think they will be fine in life.

After all, the kid could just claim her other last name on a job application. "North Kardashian" isn't so horrible on a resume.
It wasn't Travolta it was Jason Lee.

North does not even come close to to the majority of these. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2070329_2070340_2070332,00.html
 

OverVolt

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These kids are probably going to have a hard time finding a job or starting their own career without mommy and daddy's trust fund. Its not a good life. The name is just an additional obstacle. No one is going to take "North West" the lawyer seriously or vote for "North West" for governor. Its an impedance compared to having a normal name like "Julia West" or whatever.
 

corwin

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These kids are probably going to have a hard time finding a job or starting their own career without mommy and daddy's trust fund. Its not a good life. The name is just an additional obstacle. No one is going to take "North West" the lawyer seriously or vote for "North West" for governor. Its an impedance compared to having a normal name like "Julia West" or whatever.
:D

This kid has no chance of being a lawyer or governor outside of the name...reality show star is the best they can hope for
 

Cappuccino

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I'm sick and tired of hearing Kim and Kayne in every newspaper and online! Who are they? Why are they soooo famous? Kayne looks like a ugly bulldog and Kim is full of her self.

Name the baby Gaynekimbobo
 
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who?

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David Bowies son Zowie now goes by Duncan Jones, a return to the family name Bowie left behind.
 

Jodell88

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I'm sick and tired of hearing Kim and Kayne in every newspaper and online! Who are they? Why are they soooo famous? Kayne looks like a ugly bulldog and Kim is full of her self.

Name the baby Gaynekimbobo
Tell us how you really feel.
 

Angry Irishman

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The first thing that should happen is the kid should be adopted out to normal human beings. The new parents could worry more about raising the child than executing celebrity attention tactics like naming their kid a fucking direction.
 

mizzou

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Ahh..> it thought it was going to be a fail name because they named the kid North West. As in North West West
 

KMFJD

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feel sorry for the kid if they really do call her North, Nori would be much better
 

ultimatebob

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They should have went with South By South instead... it would have been an interesting copyright fight!