Mulva?I looove my real first name... problem is it's unique and immediately recognizable. I was one of those kids who couldn't carve their name into anything cause everyone would have known it was me. I don't use my real name for work for obvious reasons. ... but I always wished I could
Fucked up names parents are giving kids these days
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Interesting stuff, there's a chapter about it in Freakonomics
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_dismal_science/2005/04/a_roshanda_by_any_other_name.html
in 1958, a New York City father named Robert Lane decided to call his baby son Winner. The Lanes, who lived in a housing project in Harlem, already had several children, each with a fairly typical name. But this boy—well, Robert Lane apparently had a special feeling about him. Winner Lane: How could he fail with a name like that?
Three years later, the Lanes had another baby boy, their seventh and last child. For reasons that no one can quite pin down today, Robert decided to name this boy Loser. Robert wasn't unhappy about the new baby; he just seemed to get a kick out of the name's bookend effect. First a Winner, now a Loser. But if Winner Lane could hardly be expected to fail, could Loser Lane possibly succeed?
Loser Lane did in fact succeed. He went to prep school on a scholarship, graduated from Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, and joined the New York Police Department, where he made detective and, eventually, sergeant. Although he never hid his name, many people were uncomfortable using it. To his police colleagues today, he is known as Lou.
And what of his brother? The most noteworthy achievement of Winner Lane, now in his late 40s, is the sheer length of his criminal record: more than 30 arrests for burglary, domestic violence, trespassing, resisting arrest, and other mayhem.
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_dismal_science/2005/04/a_roshanda_by_any_other_name.html
in 1958, a New York City father named Robert Lane decided to call his baby son Winner. The Lanes, who lived in a housing project in Harlem, already had several children, each with a fairly typical name. But this boy—well, Robert Lane apparently had a special feeling about him. Winner Lane: How could he fail with a name like that?
Three years later, the Lanes had another baby boy, their seventh and last child. For reasons that no one can quite pin down today, Robert decided to name this boy Loser. Robert wasn't unhappy about the new baby; he just seemed to get a kick out of the name's bookend effect. First a Winner, now a Loser. But if Winner Lane could hardly be expected to fail, could Loser Lane possibly succeed?
Loser Lane did in fact succeed. He went to prep school on a scholarship, graduated from Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, and joined the New York Police Department, where he made detective and, eventually, sergeant. Although he never hid his name, many people were uncomfortable using it. To his police colleagues today, he is known as Lou.
And what of his brother? The most noteworthy achievement of Winner Lane, now in his late 40s, is the sheer length of his criminal record: more than 30 arrests for burglary, domestic violence, trespassing, resisting arrest, and other mayhem.
I don't know what is more sad, having a bunch of civil servants deciding on what your kid should be named or the fact that such an agency is actually needed!!!
Somebody has to stand up for those sprog who can't speak for themselves.
I do get that same reaction about many aspects of the nanny state. On one hand we shouldn't be treated like children, but what if we are children. One can go on from there but bah, effort.
If I had a kid, he she or it would be named Throatwarbler Mangrove, but I am old school.
At least the father didn't spell the kid's name 'Looser.' He's gotta get marks for that.
jwm
A friend of mine called her newborn son "ocean" !!! wtf? and they are from a jewish background.
Is it just me? or is there anyone else thinks that this woman is on drugs. This is just disgusting.
I might have let it slide if it was a newborn girl, but definitely not a boy. Does anyone else think the same?
Is it just me? or is there anyone else thinks that this woman is on drugs. This is just disgusting.
I might have let it slide if it was a newborn girl, but definitely not a boy. Does anyone else think the same?
I looove my real first name... problem is it's unique and immediately recognizable. I was one of those kids who couldn't carve their name into anything cause everyone would have known it was me. I don't use my real name for work for obvious reasons. ... but I always wished I could
**Consumed with Curiosity** Ugh... Some of you guys are posting all these fucked up names without thinking. Some of the fucked up name owners are going to google their names one day and lo and behold they will find out about your secret lives here!
"Gertrude" or "Gurty" are good names for a bloodhound bitch.
GUR---TEEEEEEEEEEE
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