I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Beaver or Gilligan yet let alone Opie.
Aw...shucks! You forgot little old Enos!
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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For a heavy-set girl, the name "Flotilla" works very well. Call her "Flo" for short.
I don’t know, man, “Wolfgang” is pretty cool! LOL
No joke.
Perhaps you are not familiar with the star pitcher for the New York Giants named "Tug McGraw"?
P.S. I may have the wrong team here, but I remember the 1969 World Series and Tug pitched in that series.
They really do deserve to be confused! :)
Actualy, the names they think are so unique will be the top ten names for the year. I know so many Jaydens. I had never heard of the name until 2 years ago, now everyone is naming their kids Jayden. I thought at first it was made up, and maybe it is, but it’s certainly not unique. I don’t quite know how that works tho.
I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Beaver or Gilligan yet let alone Opie.
Aw...shucks! You forgot little old Enos!
One more thing. When I was in my 20s (1960s) I dated a girl named Dianette. The “a” was silent. Never saw that name again. Has anyone?
Regarding my post #83, it was the New York Mets, not the Giants.
Tonto Goldberg
My dad [deceased] was Paul Ignatius ... I just put forward “Ignatia” to honor him. :)
I think 'Malcolm Wrathmoore' has a nice ring to it.
Interesting but valid point. My wife is due with our second child now and like our first, I'll let her pick the name but I reserve veto power.
I believe that a child's name should let them blend in, not stand out and our first son has a very generic male name. If as he gets older, he'd like a nickname (as I took for myself) that'll be up to him.
Not surprising.
The second most widely spoken language in America after English is “LISP”.
And sadly, I ain’t talking some archaic programming language...
Oh, what a Calum-ny! Given the rise of gays, the "stripper names" test is entirely appropriate. Lance, Rod, Randy, Harry, and Jayden are all obvious stripper names. Dunno about Calum...
Sorry, buts it s pretty awful for a girl. It is a distinctly male name. Wouldn’t use Reagan for a girl any more than I would use Megan for a boy.
Are those names you would use?
Maxell...pretty high quality tape. One of the first to get that ‘chrome’ thing right for good cassette sound reproduction. Also, they used screws to hold their cassettes together. I used it a lot in the ‘70s.
geez this is old time trivia.
Maxell...see post #98.
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