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in reply to a message by Marla
"My children will have no choice but to be extraordinary. Their names will demand it."
Poor kids. Heavens forbid that they just want to be normal and fit in.
I like Xavier, but Beowulf is completely over the top, and Amadeus is masculine and doesn't belong on a girl. I don't like Lux, it's a soap brand to me.
Poor kids. Heavens forbid that they just want to be normal and fit in.
I like Xavier, but Beowulf is completely over the top, and Amadeus is masculine and doesn't belong on a girl. I don't like Lux, it's a soap brand to me.
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1. There are plenty of names you can give a child that aren't in the top few hundreds and still aren't as ludicrous as Beowulf.
2. If a child is going to stand out and be extraordinary, he or she will do so regardless of their name. The most outstanding children in my class (I'm a teacher) are named Toby, William, Zoe, Shelby and Holly - all Top 100 names.
I do feel sorry for children whose parents place ridiculous assumptions and expectations on their children, and particularly when they base those assumptions solely on the name they've bestowed on the child. It's unfair on the child and immature of the parent to do so. Names are just labels. They don't create character.
This is an opinions board. You are going to get negative opinions, particularly if you hyperactively champion over-the-top names. If you can't take the heat . . . etc.
2. If a child is going to stand out and be extraordinary, he or she will do so regardless of their name. The most outstanding children in my class (I'm a teacher) are named Toby, William, Zoe, Shelby and Holly - all Top 100 names.
I do feel sorry for children whose parents place ridiculous assumptions and expectations on their children, and particularly when they base those assumptions solely on the name they've bestowed on the child. It's unfair on the child and immature of the parent to do so. Names are just labels. They don't create character.
This is an opinions board. You are going to get negative opinions, particularly if you hyperactively champion over-the-top names. If you can't take the heat . . . etc.
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I am fine with you expressing negative opinions about names. I am not fine with you -- or anyone -- making personal attacks on my best friend. End of discussion. I'm not going to have an endless debate with you.
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I agree, too.
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agree
I was gonna say, oh pshaw, I bet she'll love 'em when they turn out to be mere humans anyway. Hehe. I hope she gives them other choices about what they are, though.
If I met a man named Beowulf I'd figure, I know about his mother's pride in how "literary" she is. I don't think it's too awful, but it's not "extraordinary" so much as it is geeky. If I met a woman named Lux I'd think of "deluxe" (vaguely pornstarry) and probably figure her parents are young and into rockabilly. Or that it's a pseud. And there's the unfortunate soundalikes. Amadeus is just plain the incorrect gender *sigh*.
I was gonna say, oh pshaw, I bet she'll love 'em when they turn out to be mere humans anyway. Hehe. I hope she gives them other choices about what they are, though.
If I met a man named Beowulf I'd figure, I know about his mother's pride in how "literary" she is. I don't think it's too awful, but it's not "extraordinary" so much as it is geeky. If I met a woman named Lux I'd think of "deluxe" (vaguely pornstarry) and probably figure her parents are young and into rockabilly. Or that it's a pseud. And there's the unfortunate soundalikes. Amadeus is just plain the incorrect gender *sigh*.
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It is an unfounded assumption that they will have a "jumpstart on awesomeness" because of their names, and a poor reason for giving such names to begin with.
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I must agree.
I don't mind parents who choose bold names for their children, even names that I wouldn't ordinarily like, but to try and correlate names with childrens' awesomeness is assuming and...kind of lame.
A name can certainly be awesome, but I don't think it gives an individual extraordinary characteristics. Little Kaitlyns, Brandons, Madisons, and Jacobs can certainly be awesome, as well. I don't think those names (meaning the aforementioned names) are all that earth-shattering (my own opinion), but their names aren't going to decide what kind of little people they're going to be inside and out.
I know of people who name their children after literary heroes, composers, authors, presidents, etc., in hopes their child would take on some of the qualities said hero possessed that made the parent want to name their child after him/her in the first place. But in naming a child Albert Einstein, for example, I don't think the parents thought the child would really grow up to be as brilliant as the namesake. (Though, it would be great if he/she did!)
I will concede that names can be inspirational to children, but they don't guarantee a life of awesomeness.
I also don't think the comments here were that nasty. If you want nasty, go over to BNaBBT and post the names and ask for opinions. They're not shy at all.
I don't mind parents who choose bold names for their children, even names that I wouldn't ordinarily like, but to try and correlate names with childrens' awesomeness is assuming and...kind of lame.
A name can certainly be awesome, but I don't think it gives an individual extraordinary characteristics. Little Kaitlyns, Brandons, Madisons, and Jacobs can certainly be awesome, as well. I don't think those names (meaning the aforementioned names) are all that earth-shattering (my own opinion), but their names aren't going to decide what kind of little people they're going to be inside and out.
I know of people who name their children after literary heroes, composers, authors, presidents, etc., in hopes their child would take on some of the qualities said hero possessed that made the parent want to name their child after him/her in the first place. But in naming a child Albert Einstein, for example, I don't think the parents thought the child would really grow up to be as brilliant as the namesake. (Though, it would be great if he/she did!)
I will concede that names can be inspirational to children, but they don't guarantee a life of awesomeness.
I also don't think the comments here were that nasty. If you want nasty, go over to BNaBBT and post the names and ask for opinions. They're not shy at all.
This message was edited 6/6/2008, 7:09 AM
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