Creepy. Only 6 1/2 years after 9/11, and people are already naming their babies after a politician with a shady past named--- Barack Hussein Obama.
Posted on 02/22/2008 6:36:32 PM PST by melt
Perhaps the nation will see some baby "Baracks" arriving over the next few months no matter who wins the presidential election.
Sen. Barack Obama's name brand recognition has much currency these days as Americans mull over the appeal of the Illinois Democrat's name for their own precious offspring.
Barack has been crowned Name of the Year by Laura Wattenberg, creator of Baby Name Wizard, a popular online trend-tracking tool for parents-to-be at IVillage.com, offering instant advice in the crucial baby-name derby.
"This is no political statement, just a statement on names in our culture. Senator Barack Hussein Obama is leading American political names into uncharted territory. If he should win the presidential election, his name would be a landmark for a major party nominee. Already it's started to create the unprecedented spectacle of first name as a campaign issue," noted Mrs. Wattenberg, who also authored the 2005 book "The Baby Name Wizard."
Barack has yet to appear on the official roster at the Social Security Administration, which charts the popularity of boys' and girls' names from year to year, based on birth-certificate statistics.
Findings from the federal agency are not particularly promising for a certain New York Democrat, however. In the current top-1,000 names for girls, Hillary weighs in at 982. A well-known Arizona Republican can feel some satisfaction. On the top 1,000 names for boys, John is at No. 20.
Some wonder whether Barack would play well on the playground.
"Naming babies. Is there a Barack-o-rama in the future?" asked Karen Murphy, a writer for Strollerderby, a blog for new parents.
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Creepy. Only 6 1/2 years after 9/11, and people are already naming their babies after a politician with a shady past named--- Barack Hussein Obama.
I doubt the name Barack catches on ... it is missing the all-important ‘q’, like in Shaquena, Quenella, etc.
I’m waiting for the political cartoon that shows Hillary opening a pandora box with Mr. and Mrs. Barry Barak Hussein Obama flying out.
Interesting to note that articles about rise in popularity of “Hillary” are absent. Why’s that?
I stepped in cat Obama today
Hillary was a more popular girls name before 1992. Since that time it’s dropped way down the list. Any ideas why that happened when it’s the name of one of the best known people in America?
Not even for a dog’s name!
I wouldn’t pick either of those names for my next child...
They will live to regret it.
>> ‘Barack’ poised to rise on baby-name lists [Barf Alert!]
Yes, that would certainly show up in the list before the boy named ‘Barf’.
How about...
Baraq Husayn ibn Mahomet?
Barak is also a Hebrew/Israeli name. The word means lightning. A character in the Leon Uris novel Exodus is named Barak Ben Canaan.
Not surprisingly, Barack’s middle name Hussein, may also be poised to rise in popularity.....
Brings to mind the Johnny Cash hit song:
“My name is Sue...How do you do?”
“My name is Barack...My parent is a democrat hack! “
One thing for sure is that Hillary Clinton has wrecked the spelling of the name. For centuries, “Hilary” with one “l” was the standard spelling of the name. After the Clintons showed up, “Hilary” went from #233 in 1992 to #651 in 1993 to dropping off the top 1000 female names forever.
That’s kinda racist....just sayin’
Barack Edelstein
Barack Thorveld
Barack Garrity
Barack Washington, etc.
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