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Saturday, January 17, 2009
Baby Naming Basics
A couple of recent news stories reinforced my opinion that my wife and I are baby naming geniuses. The stories included Sarah Palin's daughter naming her son Tripp and the sad story about the white supremacist Campbell family, with children named Adolph Hitler and Joyce Lynn Aryan Nation. Palin's baby naming faux pas comes naturally, considering she has brothers named Track and Trig (which, in itself, should have disqualified Sarah Palin from consideration as a vice presidential candidate). Other baby naming nightmares that I have heard of recently include a boy named 'Z' and brothers named Sir and Mister.
Having recently named my fourth child, I believe I have some common sense advice to offer parents-to-be. Here are six simple rules:
1. Don't name your kid something stupid (see examples above). This should be common sense; and if you don't have any common sense, then you shouldn't have kids.
2. Don't choose a name that is too popular. My wife and I taught a 3rd grade Sunday school class a few years back and three of the six girls in the class were named Morgan. The Baby Name Wizard is a great tool for determining the popularity of a particular name.
3. Don't choose a unisex name (a name that may be given to either a boy or a girl). The classic example is Pat from Saturday Night Live. Hopefully people will be able to look at, and tell if your child is a boy or girl, but there is no need to confuse things any more than necessary.
4. If you like a name that is out of the ordinary, then consider using it as a middle name.
5. Don't use the last names of dead presidents. For example: Jackson, Taylor, Tyler, Kennedy, etc.
6. Use the obvious spelling. If the boy's name is Jacob, then do not spell it as Jaykub.
It's really very simple. BTW, my kids are named Jack Brown, Marla Gwen, Erica Kate and Luke Clay (see rule 4 above).
If you disagree with me and lean toward the Palin baby-naming philosophy (i.e., giving your kids stupid names), then be sure to visit the Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator and use the name generator to name your own child. For example, if you were considering naming your son John - use the Palin name generator and name your boy "Stick" instead. Or you can just find out what your name would be if Sarah Palin were your mother.
Having recently named my fourth child, I believe I have some common sense advice to offer parents-to-be. Here are six simple rules:
1. Don't name your kid something stupid (see examples above). This should be common sense; and if you don't have any common sense, then you shouldn't have kids.
2. Don't choose a name that is too popular. My wife and I taught a 3rd grade Sunday school class a few years back and three of the six girls in the class were named Morgan. The Baby Name Wizard is a great tool for determining the popularity of a particular name.
3. Don't choose a unisex name (a name that may be given to either a boy or a girl). The classic example is Pat from Saturday Night Live. Hopefully people will be able to look at, and tell if your child is a boy or girl, but there is no need to confuse things any more than necessary.
4. If you like a name that is out of the ordinary, then consider using it as a middle name.
5. Don't use the last names of dead presidents. For example: Jackson, Taylor, Tyler, Kennedy, etc.
6. Use the obvious spelling. If the boy's name is Jacob, then do not spell it as Jaykub.
It's really very simple. BTW, my kids are named Jack Brown, Marla Gwen, Erica Kate and Luke Clay (see rule 4 above).
If you disagree with me and lean toward the Palin baby-naming philosophy (i.e., giving your kids stupid names), then be sure to visit the Sarah Palin Baby Name Generator and use the name generator to name your own child. For example, if you were considering naming your son John - use the Palin name generator and name your boy "Stick" instead. Or you can just find out what your name would be if Sarah Palin were your mother.
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