Posted on 11/10/2010 6:06:04 PM PST by ransomnote
Rejecting the top names of the past century, more and more parents are choosing gender-neutral boys' names. SNIP
When sportswriter Peter Richmond, author of Badasses, was expecting his first son 25 years ago, he didn’t want to name him Tom, after his father, or Burgess, after his grandfather, and he certainly didn’t want to name the poor kid after himself.
Instead, Richmond and his wife wanted to give their son a name that was unmistakably male yet broke rank with all the masculine names that came before it. Robert, William, and John have dominated boy-baby naming since statisticians began keeping track. SNIP
“Naming your kid Hunter or Breaker is like saying *expletive* you to the world that invented feminism,” said Richmond. “It’s a desperate cry to hold onto an archaic and useless form of masculinity, whereas naming your kid Robert III after your grandfather who invented the flyswatter and bought the house in Newport is a very different kind of holding onto an outmoded form of masculinity.”
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I never begrudged the boys that time with their dads. They are learning lessons that can not be taught in a classroom.
Hated him (9 years old) until he gave my brother and I pocket knives. Then he was the greatest ever and we were glad to see him around.
Still works the ranges down in Argentina last I heard.
Lance is about as manly as it gets, named for a long spear used from horseback.
I like Norman names.
Hated him (9 years old) until he gave my brother and I pocket knives. Then he was the greatest ever and we were glad to see him around.
Still works the ranges down in Argentina last I heard.
Lance is about as manly as it gets, named for a long spear used from horseback.
I like Norman names.
Sometimes perfectly good names fall out of favor for one reason or another. At one time Agnes and Ethel were very popular and perfectly acceptable names. Nowadays? Not so much.
I didn’t think anyone would get that one.
Travis was one of the heroes of the Alamo and Austin is a family name.
That is archaic these days.
I just talked to a Dallas K-9 cop. His service dog is named Kenny....I got a chuckle out of that one, but I liked the name....
It’s funny how names can be so popular for awhile and fall out. My name was pretty popular for a time, but I don’t think it cracks the top 100 anymore. One day it may come back as a *vintage* name. LOL
Southpark may have ruined that name. ;)
This is where that came from:
I remember my mother always getting annoyed when we would talk about her grandchildren in terms of, “Heh, doesn’t ____ look just like his mother/father?” My mother would always reply, “He’s his own person and he looks like himself.”
Yes, I knew that it wasn’t Tug’s real name (didn’t know his real name—thanks for the information).
Some folks may not know that Tug’s son is Tim McGraw, the country-and-western singer.
And other names, such as Sarah and Elizabeth, never go out of style. If you heard of someone named “Ethel,” you’d think, “old lady.” If you heard of someone named “Britnee,” you’d think, “young girl.” But a Sarah or Elizabeth could be 12 years old...or 90.
Mine is one of those old standbys, but I have not heard it used in ages. However, I don’t think anyone thinks OLD when they hear it. Yet. :)
That's why I hate to see people names "Jr." Didn't the parents want to give this boy his own, separate identity? I've never been a parent but I had, the last thought for a given name would be mine.
My 29 year old son named his first boy (and my first grandson) Jaylen. Broke my reality into a thousand pieces.
I've heard that one, and it turns me off.
In high school, I dated a girl named Ronette. No joke.
Thankfully, my mom vetoed any juniors when she first married my dad. His name is Crittenden.
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