People should wait a little while before naming their kids after attributes.

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SsupernovaE

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My family is Italian and my dad named me after his father. I would be expected to name my first born son after my dad. :) makes it pretty easy

We Greeks have the same tradition. Makes reunions interesting...

[Cousin Maria]:"Hey, George!"
[Me and 17 other cousins, uncles, nephews, etc.]:"What!"
 

highland145

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BTW, I read the other day that Vivian, Beverly, Allison used to be a boys names! :D
Went to Clemson with a guy named Stacey.
I don't like common names, and I don't like contrived or trendy names. I named my daughter Zoë(you better fuckin' put the dots there too :^P ), and it seemed to get a little popular afterward, but I don't think I've seen a kid in person named Zoë.
Zoe.....:colbert:

:p


As bad, giving your child like Isabelle intending to call her Izzy. Hell, just name her Izzy. Yeah, Dwight, I'm talking about you.:p
 

1sikbITCH

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How is a kid supposed to be dusty or misty? What is the opposite?


But it makes it easier to get into porn when you don't need to make a fake name. Chastity Lynn is a great porno name. Or Misty Sanchez. Dusty Evans. Chesty Lareau. Busty Sinclair.


This must come from some movie or something since names are often tied to popular culture at the time. You'll see a decade where every woman is named Audrey (Hepburn) then every woman is named Elizabeth (Taylor). Right now everyone is named Bella or Isabella or Tacobella from Twilight. Ethan (Hunt) is from Mission Impossible.

LOL. I have never met anyone name Taco bell.
 

rh71

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As bad, giving your child like Isabelle intending to call her Izzy. Hell, just name her Izzy.

I don't think I've ever seen the shortname given as a birthname ever. And not just because of that, I wouldn't do it either.
 

NetWareHead

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Aug 10, 2002
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We Greeks have the same tradition. Makes reunions interesting...

[Cousin Maria]:"Hey, George!"
[Me and 17 other cousins, uncles, nephews, etc.]:"What!"

Tell me about it. I share a first name with my grandfather and 2 other male cousins on my dads side (one of my cousins and I even share the same middle name). We devised nicknames pretty early on to differentiate.
 

alangrift

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Tell me about it. I share a first name with my grandfather and 2 other male cousins on my dads side (one of my cousins and I even share the same middle name). We devised nicknames pretty early on to differentiate.

My nephew and his dad have the exact same name, middle name and surname.
 

Oyeve

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I like my simple-ass name. Michael. Sucked being a kid from the late 60s early 70s with that freaking life cereal commercial, but its a solid name.
 

Nemesis13

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I went to school with a girl named National Velvet never understood her parents logic.
 

Maximilian

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I'm not a parent, but I don't understand why everyone needs to come up with something unique to name their kid. What's wrong with the good old basic names? I haven't seen parents using these names at all recently:
- John
- Christopher
- Stephen
- Daniel
- Benjamin
- Robert
- William
- Elizabeth
- Ann(e)
- Rachel
- Rebecca
- Katherine

They are all common as shit and boring.

Max is the best name :thumbsup:
 

dbk

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Apr 23, 2004
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Why didn't Dwyane Wade correct the misspelling??! That always bothers me
 
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I don't like common names, and I don't like contrived or trendy names. I named my daughter Zoë(you better fuckin' put the dots there too :^P ), and it seemed to get a little popular afterward, but I don't think I've seen a kid in person named Zoë.

on your keyboard, how do you enter in the dots over a letter?
 

zokudu

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I got stuck with Matthew because they we're expecting me to die right after birth. They said the first thing that came to mind, or so I'm told. My brother lucked out with Robert. Bastard.