Ghetto/Hippy Baby names, WHY?

Okay, let's not name the kids at all until they are 21 and then they can chose their own names. That way we won't instill any of our thoughts, wishes, values or whatever else into the names we give our kids. They won't be able to blame us because they hate their names. And it won't be held against them when they go for a job. Until they turn 21 they can just be called Kid.

Did you hear the story about the husband who asked his wife what to name the baby. She told him the nurse had already named her. Her name was FeeMolie. He couldn't believe what she had said so she showed him the birth certificate. Indeed the nurse had circled "female". The mother thought this was to be the baby's name.

I'm still Dakota's Mom and glad I named him that.
Kathi

 

My brother wanted to name his son Jerry Garcia Schmid but his wife wouldn't hear of it. Istead they named him Dylan(as in Bob Dylan) Carl(after me) Schmid.

 

I think Dakota is fine, lovely in fact. But Dangermouse... that's just silly. Surely something like Dangermouse will impede your ability to get a job



(that said though, when I was three, mym mum got preganant with my little sister. They wanted my input on a nice name - until I announced the new baby would be called Parsley Wardrobe. Funnily enough, they decided not to go with that. I can't imagine why (they ended up with Anna Franchesca, not quite the same mock value as Parsley Wardrobe )

 

when me and my bebe have little bebes, we're gunna give them hippie names!

phoenix, kennedy, river...i love those kinds of names! i wish i had a name like that!!

 

lol no shit eh?!....i agree completely.

i used to hate my mom for giving me the name Alexandria. And I'll point out, i never got teased made fun of or harassed for my name, but i still hated it.

Eventually i grew up and realized that my name was a unique one chosen especially for me; something i carry from my parents' mind, aside from what i carry genetically. I think the most insulting thing you can do to your parents is change your name.

No way in HELL my kids are walking around with plain generic names like Mike, Matthew, David, Joe or any fucking other bible name. (haha it would be funny if there really was a Joe in the bible).

My whole family is made up of fairly unique names, for their generation, and i LOVE it. Shit, my grandma's name is Yola.....she went 75 years without finding anyone named Yola, and one day she did, and she almost cried.....lol....... no one in my family has EVER had a hard time getting a job or anything because of it. When i worked at a daycare, almost all of the kids had different names, i think by the time our children's generation reaches the age that they're looking for employment, they will be surrounded by others with different names. And if your child is looking for employment in places where they are being discriminated against for their name, shouldn't you have raised your child to know that a person like that, isn't a person they should want to be working for anyways??

I think cool names rock, it's the butchering and spelling of names that drives me crazy, that doesnt make a name any cooler, it just makes me have to read it 12 times and sound it out before i can figure out what it is.

 

Uh, Joseph, genius. In the New Testament. Joe is short for Joseph.

That's a really nice, idealistic thought. Sometimes, though, adults have to work in less than fantastic conditions to make ends meet. Sometimes they even have to work for people who aren't nice.

 

Would any of you name your kid Penis Q. Anal?

I didn't think so.

They're not bad words, just not appropriate for a name...

 

Most of my family members have names from people who died in the family but changed up a bit like my moms name is Renee Lorraine after her grandma Lorraine Renee, it may not be to creative but it has meaning to it and you may not think she got picked on for the name Renee but she did. if your kid is going to get picked on its not just because their name. Using someones name to pick on the person is just something thats been going on for years. My names Brittany and i used to get called Bert n Ernie. I dont like my name though because there is nothing special about it. I plan on giving my kid a name that means something. I want to name my first kid Esila Joplin. Esila is my middle name back words. Yea she'll probably get picked on but atleast she'll know i didnt just grab her name from the air.

 

did they call him Joe in the fuckin book!? settle your shit down, boy.

 

ya heard. weeeeeeeeeeeeeerd, big beeeeeeeeeeeeerd

haha bert n ernie for brittany that's cute.

 

My parent's gave me such an original name that I just get greeted with Wha! Whenever I say It. I love it!

 

I have a friend born in a rainbow family commune. His name is Breeze.

 

A previous post I made that led up to this, which has since disappeared somehow, went something like this:

"I like ghetto or hippy names because they allow me to pre-screen the applicants looking to lease my rental apartments. Keeps the 'undesireables' away."

 

Hey Michelle, My oldest daughter's name is Trinity....she had a bigger prob with her middle name Sativa when she took French...she's 31 now and just glad her Mom loves her that much...her newest baby brother is Case..he's 10 months..his name is for all my grandkids first initials...Caleb, Alyxandra, Samantha, Elizabeth...have a few more since then as well as other kids with "weird" names....as long as children fell loved and respected as children and then as adults..they will always love their name and the love that their unique name came from....I'm soooo certain.....unless a peep was just really "out there" and named their child in a fugue state with no regard as to why??? Then if they want to change it...go for it....shades of Frank Zappa, ya know?

 

Oh, Michelle...I just noticed that you live in the Ozarks.....so do I Arkansas side...how cool...but Gee Whiz, I have to admit that I'm 30 years older than you.

 

I think y'all are being really cruel to the people who are talking about how their hippie names have affected them negatively. They're not saying "You're gonna go to Hell because you name your kid Moonbeam", they're saying here's how a name like that has affected my life, so think twice before you give your kid a really odd attention-grabbing name just because you think it's cool. They're not calling you "bad", theyre calling you "selfish", like you're doing it because you want it that way and not because it might be good for them. I mean all parents are somewhat selfish in naming their kids, cuz they pick the name they like, but most of those names aren't gonna hurt or help or affect their kids at all because they're just names, as opposed to "I'm a Hippy" stickers.

And really, I take great offense to the idea that generic names are conformist or sheepish. They're just NAMES, something to say other than "Hey You", for people who will go on to define themselves by who they are, not who their parents wanted them to be. If you really want your kid to grow up to be a River Starburst kinda person, yur just as bad the parents who want their kids to grow up to be a star football player. And if you really think someones name, unless its a showy "look at me" sort of name, does much to define who they really are, than you're just friggin shallow.

Point: "Pete"s and "Jenny"s can be, and are, anything and anyone. Geniuses, artists, wage slaves, or serial killers. No one looks at a Sam and goes "What a fuckin mindless conformist", they go "Look, a guy named Sam who is blah blah blah kinda person." But alot of people do look at Soleil MoonFryes and go "What a fuckin joke." And as little as you give a shit about these kind of people, chances are your kids are going to have to deal with them before they learn not to give a shit about them.

And for those who say "You get teased with any name", don't be so thick, they're obviously not talking about being called Franky Franky Fartypants on the playground. They're talking about going thru adolescence and young adulthood with an automatic respect handicapp when they meet new people. And no one needs to be getting any less respect than possible at these ages.

A final flame: If you hated your normal name as a kid because it was like everyone else, you were probably a boring little kid who was like everyone else. Because if you were really all that unique you'd know it, and nothing that stupid would make you feel like just another boring person.

My story: I liked my name, Jonathan, as a kid, but by 10th grade i got tired of being called my 1-syllable last name because everyone was too lazy to say a 3-syllable first name. So I started going by Jon. So now I have the single most common name in the Western world. And I LOVE it. I am the everyman, the universal man. John the Baptist, Little John, John Smith, John Lennon, John Doe, a trick and a toilet bowl. I am exactly who I am, because my name sure as fuck doesn't say anything about me other than the fact that I'm a man. Plus whenever i meet another John, it's like meeting another member of the club. The first thing I say after I meet them is "Hey, theres another one of us," the worldwide brotherhood of guys who have nothing in common other than being John.

And why do I feel this way? Probably because I am the single weirdest motherfucker you will ever meet. Totally alienated, I haven't in my entire life met a single person I can really relate to. My parents raised me to be the ultimate non-conformist, the ultimate free thinker, and unforunately it worked. You think being a hippy is non-conformist? You may not dress or think like the head of your PTA, but if you dress and think like most of your friends, guess what buddy, you're not all that special. You've just chosen a slightly smaller group to absorb into.

So here is a object-lesson: Obviuosly, you want to teach your kid to think for themselves. But realize that the more unique you raise your kid to be, if it works, the smaller the group of people they are going to be comfortable being with. So do it in moderation, ok. If you want to turn your kid into a total hippie, realize that means that to be among people they vibe with, they are going to have to associate with hippies for the rest of their lives. And that if they end up not liking hippies, they're gonna be screwed. Hope they like living in their own heads, because that what happens when you're raised not to think like other people (or you don't like the people you're raised to think like): you can only think with yourself.

 

^ i like you.

 

I think unique names are awesome. When my husband and I named our kids, we wanted unusual names, names that not "everybody and their brother had". Still, the names we chose aren't "way out there" or anything, but they aren't names you hear everyday. We just didn't want "everyday" names. Not that there's anything wrong with them, it's just a personal preference.

Peace.

 

So Morninglight, did I read this correctly? You have a 31 year old daughter and a 10 month old. I thought I was the only one with an age spread like that. My oldest will be 35 on Friday and my little guy is 27 months.

Kathi

 

Jacob had a son Joseph, too.

Um, no, they didn't call him Joe in the book. But most people who are called Joe are probably named Joseph. Joe is their nickname.

Now take a bong hit and chill.