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2010's Hot Boy Baby Name Trend
thedailybeast.com ^ | November 9, 2010 | 10:40pm | Pamela Redmond Satran

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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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: boy; names
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To: ransomnote
“I wanted to imbue my sons with feminist values.."

And their father has what to say about that exactly?
21 posted on 11/10/2010 6:20:05 PM PST by mrmeyer ("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
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To: cripplecreek

“1. Cullen
2. Jax
3. King
4. Emmett
5. Colt
6. Braylen
7. Jett
8. Kason
9. Jasper
10. Brooks”

At a guess, I bet a lot of single moms are behind these. Take ‘Cullen’ for example. Is anyone who names their kid ‘Cullen’ even out of their teens yet?


22 posted on 11/10/2010 6:20:33 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: ransomnote

;)


23 posted on 11/10/2010 6:20:34 PM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: BunnySlippers

I think Chlamydia is a beautiful name for a girl.

All my girlfriends leave me.


24 posted on 11/10/2010 6:21:03 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: BradyLS

All great golden retriever names! I need to save that list for my next litter! :)


25 posted on 11/10/2010 6:22:01 PM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: BradyLS

Bizarre.


26 posted on 11/10/2010 6:22:32 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: cripplecreek

LOL


27 posted on 11/10/2010 6:23:10 PM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: ransomnote

Achmed, shmooee, chico, chooch..............


28 posted on 11/10/2010 6:23:36 PM PST by ronnie raygun (Why is it when I hear compromise I hear crickets)
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To: ransomnote

Decades ago we had a few popular names that crossed genders, always felt bad for the guys:

Dana, Terry, Kim etc.


29 posted on 11/10/2010 6:23:56 PM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: Beelzebubba

“Why excerpt the key fact?!

Their choice: Maxfield.”

Because it sounds like the name of a grocery store?

You know, for all their strenuous beliefs about men, I don’t think the name they chose really does all they want it to do. I assume that by the time he’s 5 he’ll answer to Max. In 4th grade when he is found to be clumsy, the other kids will call him Maxwell Smart after the recent movie remake of a dufus. In high school, he’ll start a garage band an name it Max-I-AM after himself (and Will_I_AM). He’ll have a screen name online like ‘Maximum Damage’.


30 posted on 11/10/2010 6:25:18 PM PST by ransomnote
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To: Psycho_Bunny

Pumpernickel.

Only you spelled “stupidest” correctly... :)


31 posted on 11/10/2010 6:25:33 PM PST by I still care (I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
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To: cripplecreek

I vote for “Ignatia: after Saint Ignatius.


32 posted on 11/10/2010 6:26:01 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: ransomnote
“Naming your kid Hunter or Breaker is like saying *expletive* you to the world that invented feminism I'd really like my child to be regularly beaten up on the playground,”

Needed fixin'.

33 posted on 11/10/2010 6:26:32 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg ("I'd rather lose fighting for the right cause than win fighting for the wrong cause." - Jim DeMint)
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To: mrmeyer

“I wanted to imbue my sons with feminist values..”

And their father has what to say about that exactly?

****************************************************

Oh he’s not allowed to say anything unless I tell him to.


34 posted on 11/10/2010 6:27:17 PM PST by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

I was always partial to Be-Bop and Bo-Bo.


35 posted on 11/10/2010 6:27:49 PM PST by old school
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To: ransomnote

The cause of this trend is clear. More women are bearing children without benefit of a formal husband. There is no check on the self-indulgences that take place with those who use idiotic “alternate spellings” for their daughters so she can be “one of a kind” (with a name nobody can spell).

Normally, it is the husbands who will say no son of mine is gonna be called “Jayden.” Regarding the oddball Palin naming conventions, that has much (I believe) to do with Native culture being broader in their selection of names from time immemorial, so they get a waiver.


36 posted on 11/10/2010 6:27:50 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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To: ransomnote

I want Hannibal or Damion, my wife doesn’t seem to pleased.


37 posted on 11/10/2010 6:28:32 PM PST by mnehring
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To: ransomnote

Schuyler and Kenton....you’re just asking for your kid to get tormented.


38 posted on 11/10/2010 6:29:42 PM PST by Lizavetta (You get what you tolerate)
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To: ransomnote
"Why did you name your son Payne?"

"I was in labor for 23 hours."

39 posted on 11/10/2010 6:30:45 PM PST by sportutegrl (Why are they called Musketeers if they fight with swords?)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Name him Glans.


40 posted on 11/10/2010 6:31:13 PM PST by csmusaret (Tax revenue increased 39% from2002 to 2007 as a result of the Bush tax cuts.)
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