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rhiannonmrCruising the Internet this morning and found this one on CNN. A nine yr old child in New Zealand will be allowed to change her name as a ward of the court. The name? Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii. Yeah. That kid has a rough life. My own first name is as common as dirt, my last name when I was a child rhymed with an unfortunate attribute, and believe me the teasing was not fun. My married name had all of 12 letters in it, and I developed a rhythm in spelling it on the phone when I ordered pizza or just when I knew the person I was speaking to would have to spell it.
You have to wonder just what someone is thinking when you see some of the odd names people name their kids. Pilot Inspektor is a recent celeb name for a kid. Poor kid. Some of the names I saw back in the day when I was handling welfare cases were just amazing. I understand your child is unique to you and naming is personal, but think of the poor kid. When I was pregnant with my children I wanted nice sensible names that would work with their surname and would not open them up to massive teasing. So my son was one of 4 kids in his elementary classes with his first name. My daughter's name was unique. During her school yrs she only met one other person with that name. Her middle name was fairly common, and that surprised me since her names are Gaelic. She likes her name these days, and it works with her married surname.
But yeah. Unique names can be a good thing or a real whammy on the kid. Names affect you. And some names just sound better than others. They just do. Mary sounds plain to most people, whereas Moira sounds different; yet they are essentially the same name. Just like Maria, and Marie are all the same name. My daughter is working on getting pregnant, and because she has some reproductive issues it will take some medical assistance. When she does get pregnant, names will come up and I intend to have my say with her. But I know she is sensible and I doubt she will name a kid Apple or some such. I suspect she will think like I did and come up with something the kid and everyone else concerned can live with.
You have to wonder just what someone is thinking when you see some of the odd names people name their kids. Pilot Inspektor is a recent celeb name for a kid. Poor kid. Some of the names I saw back in the day when I was handling welfare cases were just amazing. I understand your child is unique to you and naming is personal, but think of the poor kid. When I was pregnant with my children I wanted nice sensible names that would work with their surname and would not open them up to massive teasing. So my son was one of 4 kids in his elementary classes with his first name. My daughter's name was unique. During her school yrs she only met one other person with that name. Her middle name was fairly common, and that surprised me since her names are Gaelic. She likes her name these days, and it works with her married surname.
But yeah. Unique names can be a good thing or a real whammy on the kid. Names affect you. And some names just sound better than others. They just do. Mary sounds plain to most people, whereas Moira sounds different; yet they are essentially the same name. Just like Maria, and Marie are all the same name. My daughter is working on getting pregnant, and because she has some reproductive issues it will take some medical assistance. When she does get pregnant, names will come up and I intend to have my say with her. But I know she is sensible and I doubt she will name a kid Apple or some such. I suspect she will think like I did and come up with something the kid and everyone else concerned can live with.
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Date: 2008-07-25 08:43 pm (UTC)And you're probably right about the drugs. That must be why so many rock stars give their kids odd names.