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The Bleak of Unique

Posted on | March 29, 2011 | 4 Comments

Every once in a while I’ll hear a “unique” name that doesn’t make me want to vomit. Living on the West Coast, though, I come across these a bit too often and do an inner wince.
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If the name means something else, your child will ALWAYS be associated with that something.
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Tread carefully my friends.

Category: Fun & Stoopid, You Will Always Name Your Kid Wrong
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4 Responses to “The Bleak of Unique”

  1. Sarah
    March 29th, 2011 @ 9:00 am

    Again, not great with linking from iPad to blog, but these ‘unique’ name groupings are pretty funny … Interesting site, too:

    http://www.momswhothink.com/baby-names/unique-baby-names.html

  2. Elizabeth
    April 5th, 2011 @ 1:45 pm

    We WAY over-thought the naming process, then I read Freakonomic’s chapter on baby names which essentially said the name is a reflection the parents; it’s not what you name your child that will harm them or help them, its the person raising them. Ie an intelligent parent probably wouldn’t name their child something like Diphtheria or Temptress. Somehow this comforted me. So, I stuck with my gut on the name and I’m sure little Radicchio DiVodka will be just fine.

  3. Jana
    April 6th, 2011 @ 8:26 am

    Yes, little Radicchio will be well adjusted, I’m sure. Our naming rationale was that we wanted Jack to be able to say his name and have everyone know how to spell it, pronounce it and immediately know that he’s male (boy, do WE have issues?)
    We probably screwed Rowan though. Oh well.

  4. Elizabeth
    April 6th, 2011 @ 11:19 am

    lol, no worries. Our critiera was: easy to spell, easy to pronounce, at least two syllables, doesn’t name anything rude/funny with our last name (I actually vetoed all names starting with a C), preferably a ‘family’ name, and preferably in the top 100 or on an upward trend (babynamewizard). Poor kid might have slightly uptight parents, eh? In my defence, we had a few years to mull it over since we were adopting so my mothering instincts went a little haywire.

    We went with Kevin in the end and the comment we get is “oh, wow, you don’t really hear of any babies named Kevin, it’s such an adult name!”

    PS Rowan is a super cute name for a girl, I’m sure she’ll do well with it.

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