What’s In A Name?

I haven’t mentioned my best friend Trish’s baby’s name.? After a grueling 2 days, she finally decided to name her baby girl: Casey Audrey.? Casey is her husband’s dad’s name, and Audrey… well, I think she might have always wanted to name her kid that.? And she told me this morning, Casey Audrey has to be said “Casey Audrey”.? She won’t settle for just “Casey” or “Audrey” because “It would be just wrong, Soph.”? Okay then.? It’s not really weird to me as I have a Mary Ellen in my family, so Casey Audrey would be fine with me.

What’s not fine with me is this news I found.

To name your kid with something as bizzare as “Talulah Does The Hula”, I think could just be categorized as child abuse.? No kidding.? Thank goodness the good judges of Hawaii are aware of the social handicap she’ll be having if she sticks with that horrible horrible name.

I thought once of naming my future kids with fruit names, ah yes… very Gwyneth of me, but I figured… I don’t want my kids to be the bully target in the playground.? I could just imagine it.

“Give us your lunch money, Peachy!”

And so on.

It’s not as appalling as “Violence” or some sick (real) names out there, but I just don’t have the heart.? So I decided to wait and really take my time like Trish did.? Afterall, names, like faces, will stick with you until the day you die.? It’s a legacy from the parents and I think giving a loony legacy will get nobody anywhere.? So why do it in the first place?

I’m sharing this information with you, fellow bloggers to never name your kids with the following names I got from the article:

Fish and Chips
Yeah Detroit
Keenan Got Lucy
or the stupidest name I ever came across: Sex Fruit.

Those names are fortunately illegal to give in New Zealand.? I don’t know about our law here in the U.S., but I think… really, save the odd names for your pets (if they really deserve it, that is).

I’ve always thought Anuschka is a great name, though.? It’s exotic.? It’s beautiful.? It won’t cause your kids any social harm when they grow up.

But most importantly, it’s LEGAL.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

July 25 2008 03:04 pm | Babies and Kids and My Days and Trish