Ghetto/Hippy Baby names, WHY?

seriously?

Delequa?
Sunbird?
Shantell?
Piper?
Janelle?
Rainbow?

you may think these are interesting, but do you think a Ghetto/Hippy name is going to be a blessing our a burden to your kid?

 

Ghetto Hippie is like labeling your kid before he/she even gets here.

 

There is nothing wrong with any of those names. Choosing a name for a child is a very personal choice. If people want to give their children interesting names, who are we to judge?

 

who is to say the names bob, john, and sarah arnt burdens to your kid?

a name is just a name...

 

We are the children who get stuck w/dumbass names! (I had a name change a couple years ago)

the parents dont have to go through highschool w/those names.

the parents dont have to apply for a job w/ those names.

two people applying for the same job w/the same credentials, Susan has a better chance than Rainbow does.

the parents in these circumstances are being selfish.

 

for that matter a parent shouldnt name a child at all because any name chosen could be one the child grows to dislike... but like you said you had a name change and when the child grows old enough to make a mature decision on this .. it can do so. in the meantime.. parents have to pick out something to name their children.. and those names are chosen in most cases with love and care and much thought... those names you listed above may not be typical but they are in no way destructive or degrading ... everyone has different tastes.. who are you to say that the children wont grow up to love those names? even people with very typical names often grow up to dislike them . i do not think that naming a child a unique name is a problem... only if it implies something of a negative nature.

 

as far as susan having better chances than rainbow... that may be true unfortunately in many cases but that is a different subject altogether.. not on the morality of naming but on the discrimination by the employer.

 

Just because you didn't like your name, doesn't mean that everyone with an unusual name is going to hate it. Some people like unusual names, some people like classic names, some people like common names. It's great that everyone likes different things.

 

I think a unique name will make a child feel special. When sitting in class and the teacher says Micheal or Matthew (which there is nothing wrong with those names, I'm just using them as an example) three little boys are going to think the instructor is talking to him. As long as the poor kid doesn't spend his entire grade school years trying to learn how to spell his name (Brittany, Britney, Brittanie...what's the difference? Give the kid a break!), I don't see the problem.

 

Well, being the mother of both Ryvre Raine and Willow Sage, i may be a bit biased...

But i think it's great that some parents have finally broke free of the "we gotta name him after his great-great grandpa, because there's one in every generation, and we don't want anything "weird" because the grandparents won't approve" At least rainbow is an actual word, lol.

And my kids are definately NOT in a minority; they go to church with Starr, Dakota, Kaliq, Amarah, Lily, Bairon, Trinity, Drake, Keeley, and tons of others with names just as unique, so i am not worried. And we're talking a mostly white, mostly middle class, midwest American, Southern Baptist church, so i doubt there's a place more conservative with regards to naming children than that.

i don't think they'll be short-changed in life because of it...and if so, i guess they can change their names too.

 

sunbird hehe i used to drive a 85 sunbird convertible LOL
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I'm just going to tell my kids to tell anyone who teases them "My mom chose to name me after what she thinks is one of the most beautiful things in the world."

I want to name them Ryver-Raen, Summer-Wynd/Summer-Skye, and/or Suni.

 

NEWSFLASH!!

Just because you don't want to name your kid Michael or Jennifer doesn't mean you have to name them Kyeleeeigh or Toaster... or Apple *coughGwynethPaltrowcough*

I like Genevieve for a girl, I don't know what I'll do if I ever have a boy because I can't think of a good name that I like, that isn't biblical, that won't result in him being one of five ____s in his class, and that won't get him beaten up on the playground

 

What was your name?

 

I'd much rather name my child something like Rainyday Moonflower, then have him or her go through life with a name like Chet or Stewart or (the worst one in my opinion) Mercedes

 

Hmmm, I have a Sunshine, a Moonbeam, a Lennon and a Sage.

They LOVE their names! (When I had my first two, EVERY girl baby at my LLL meetings was named Jessica, I think!) My kids also have Bibilcal based, "normal" middle names, which they can use if they prefer.

So far, they haven't chosen that. (Hmmm, Sunshine had NO problem getting a job with her name at all.....)

 

Freedom Shanari Kirkpatrick

 

I can understand what you are saying, because other kids can be very cruel. Sorry you had that experience. My name is Grant. People can never understand that when I am introducing myself. They say, Bryant, Brent, Graham, or even Grain. Whatever they say, I just agree with them...makes me laugh now, but I hated it when I was younger. I also always heard, Grant me a wish hahaha, Grant the Ant hahaha, etc. Everyone is a comedian, you know. It can get to you when you are young.

 

BTW, an artist, named Happy, lives around the corner from me. He has at least 4 children, and they are ALL named Happy, ie, Happy Anne!

I think it's kinda cute, but I bet they heard some shit...

 

Hey there was just a special on this on 20/20 or something. They investigated how names effected your chances of getting a job. It really does. In every trial, the person with a normal name got the job over the person with an original or new name.