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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.”

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: boy; names
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To: ransomnote

I have few concerns for my Joseph, Michael, Charles, and Andrew.


61 posted on 11/10/2010 6:47:29 PM PST by seton89 (Mit der NY Dummheit, kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens.)
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To: ransomnote

I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Beaver or Gilligan yet let alone Opie.


62 posted on 11/10/2010 6:48:50 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: cripplecreek

LOL


63 posted on 11/10/2010 6:48:50 PM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: sportutegrl

Classic Designing Women quote.


64 posted on 11/10/2010 6:53:41 PM PST by rintense
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To: mnehring

I always favored Leroy Tyrone myself.


65 posted on 11/10/2010 6:56:33 PM PST by packrat35 (I got your tag line..)
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To: ransomnote

As Rush calls these pu$$y whipped guys: the new castrati


66 posted on 11/10/2010 6:58:48 PM PST by DLfromthedesert
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To: ransomnote
A teacher friend of mine had a student named Le-ah. The mom got mad and came up to school complaining that everyone called her daugher "Leah" and that was NOT her name.

Her name, said an irate mom, "is LA DASH A"!!!

67 posted on 11/10/2010 7:00:29 PM PST by Jane Long (2 Chron 7:14)
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To: ransomnote

“My name is ‘Sue!’ How do you do! Now your gonna die!!”

God Bless Johnny Cash!

My daddy left home when I was three
And he didn’t leave much to ma and me
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
Now, I don’t blame him cause he run and hid
But the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left, he went and named me “Sue.”

Well, he must o’ thought that is quite a joke
And it got a lot of laughs from a’ lots of folk,
It seems I had to fight my whole life through.
Some gal would giggle and I’d get red
And some guy’d laugh and I’d bust his head,
I tell ya, life ain’t easy for a boy named “Sue.”

Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean,
My fist got hard and my wits got keen,
I’d roam from town to town to hide my shame.
But I made a vow to the moon and stars
That I’d search the honky-tonks and bars
And kill that man who gave me that awful name.

Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July
And I just hit town and my throat was dry,
I thought I’d stop and have myself a brew.
At an old saloon on a street of mud,
There at a table, dealing stud,
Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me “Sue.”

Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet dad
From a worn-out picture that my mother’d had,
And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye.
He was big and bent and gray and old,
And I looked at him and my blood ran cold
And I said: “My name is ‘Sue!’ How do you do!
Now your gonna die!!”

Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes
And he went down, but to my surprise,
He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear.
But I busted a chair right across his teeth
And we crashed through the wall and into the street
Kicking and a’ gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.

I tell ya, I’ve fought tougher men
But I really can’t remember when,
He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile.
I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss,
He went for his gun and I pulled mine first,
He stood there lookin’ at me and I saw him smile.

And he said: “Son, this world is rough
And if a man’s gonna make it, he’s gotta be tough
And I knew I wouldn’t be there to help ya along.
So I give ya that name and I said goodbye
I knew you’d have to get tough or die
And it’s the name that helped to make you strong.”

He said: “Now you just fought one hell of a fight
And I know you hate me, and you got the right
To kill me now, and I wouldn’t blame you if you do.
But ya ought to thank me, before I die,
For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye
Cause I’m the son-of-a-bitch that named you “Sue.’”

I got all choked up and I threw down my gun
And I called him my pa, and he called me his son,
And I came away with a different point of view.
And I think about him, now and then,
Every time I try and every time I win,
And if I ever have a son, I think I’m gonna name him
Bill or George! Anything but Sue! I still hate that name!


68 posted on 11/10/2010 7:02:57 PM PST by DWar (The perfect is the enemy of the excellent!!)
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To: ransomnote
This is ridiculous and a little sad. I wonder what they'd think if they knew that many of the names they think are so unique and “now” are actually biblical names or names of items mentioned in the bible? I expect it wouldn't square with their with-it opinion of themselves.
69 posted on 11/10/2010 7:09:09 PM PST by pepperdog (Why are Democrats Afraid of a Voter ID Law?)
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To: Vision

Two sons and one daughter. Zachary Patton and Matthew Douglas and the daughter...Reagan Alexandra


70 posted on 11/10/2010 7:12:23 PM PST by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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To: ransomnote

My daddy left home when I was three
And he didn’t leave much to Ma and me
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze.
Now, I don’t blame him cause he run and hid
But the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left, he went and named me ‘Sue.’

Well, he must o’ thought that is was quite a joke
And it got a lot of laughs from a’ lots of folk,
It seems I had to fight my whole life through.
Some gal would giggle and I’d get red
And some guy’d laugh and I’d bust his head,
I tell ya, life ain’t easy for a boy named ‘Sue.’

Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean,
My fist got hard and my wits got keen,
I’d roam from town to town to hide my shame.
But I made me a vow to the moon and stars
That I’d search the honky-tonks and bars
And kill that man that give me that awful name.

Well, it was Gatlinburg in mid-July
And I just hit town and my throat was dry,
I thought I’d stop and have myself a brew.
At an old saloon on a street of mud,
There at a table, dealing stud,
Sat the dirty, mangy dog that named me ‘Sue.’

Well, I knew that snake was my own sweet dad
From a worn-out picture that my mother’d had,
And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye.
He was big and bent and gray and old,
And I looked at him and my blood ran cold
And I said: “My name is ‘Sue!’ how do you do! Now you gonna die!”

Well, I hit him hard right between the eyes
And he went down but, to my surprise,
He come up with a knife and cut off a piece of my ear.
But I busted a chair right across his teeth
And we crashed through the wall and into the street
Kicking and a’ gouging in the mud and the blood and the beer.

I tell ya, I’ve fought tougher men
But I really can’t remember when,
He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile.
I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss,
He went for his gun and I pulled mine first,
He stood there lookin’ at me and I saw him smile.

And he said: “’Son, this world is rough
And if a man’s gonna make it, he’s gotta be tough
And I know I wouldn’t be there to help ya along.
So I give ya that name and I said good-bye
I knew you’d have to get tough or die
And it’s that name that helped to make you strong.“

He said: ‘Now you just fought one hell of a fight
And I know you hate me, and you got the right
To kill me now, and I wouldn’t blame you if you do.
But ya ought to thank me, before I die,
For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye
Cause I’m the son-of-a-bitch that named you ‘Sue’.’

I got all choked up and I threw down my gun
And I called him my pa, and he called me his son,
And I come away with a different point of view.
And I think about him, now and then,
Every time I try and every time I win,
And if I ever have a son, I think I’m gonna name him
Bill or George! Anything but sue! I still hate that name


71 posted on 11/10/2010 7:12:30 PM PST by Grizzled Bear (Does not play well with others)
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To: DWar

Beat me by 10 minutes!

:-(


72 posted on 11/10/2010 7:15:59 PM PST by Grizzled Bear (Does not play well with others)
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To: normy

Reagan for a girl is pretty good.


73 posted on 11/10/2010 7:16:49 PM PST by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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To: Psycho_Bunny

What`s wrong with Tug? There is one famous Tug I know of: Tug Mcgraw. Ever heard of him?


74 posted on 11/10/2010 7:17:37 PM PST by Bud Krieger (Another President, another idiot....)
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To: ransomnote

My son was born in early ‘60’s. Named him Michael. He played 3-2 baseball in high school on a team that had 8 Michaels out of 12 players. In our part of the world during our generation the first name of the first son was often the mother’s maiden name. Proved to be pretty interesting sometimes.


75 posted on 11/10/2010 7:21:12 PM PST by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: ransomnote; All
“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..."

First sentence conflicts with second.

I see parents that name their son "Hunter" to be desparate, alright. What a faggotty name... you mark my words, 85% of all "Hunters" will be voting Democrat when they turn 18... and of that 85%, 85% will be queer/bisexual by the time they are 14...

Then again if you name your kid Hunter, you probably want him to turn out queer in the first place.</rant>

76 posted on 11/10/2010 7:21:12 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: Bud Krieger
Gunner

Winston

Patton

Richard

Wallace

(does anyone remember TIm Robbins (ptoo!) on SNL several years ago as Asswipe Johnson ("That's pronounced 'Oz-Wee-Pay.'")

77 posted on 11/10/2010 7:23:53 PM PST by ExGeeEye (Freedom: to say "No!" fearlessly to the Feds, and get away with it.)
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To: BunnySlippers

Why Ignatia? Why not Ignatius? The -ius is the masculine ending and -ia is the feminine ending.


78 posted on 11/10/2010 7:26:51 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: brytlea

My real last name is Ukranian. It’d confuse the snot out of the Diversity Bullies.


79 posted on 11/10/2010 7:28:40 PM PST by Dead Corpse (III, Alarm and Muster)
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To: BradyLS

My son and his wife just had a baby 2 weeks ago. They named him Heston after Charlton Heston.


80 posted on 11/10/2010 7:29:05 PM PST by junkyarddawg
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