Think Before Naming Your Child

[UniqueScreenname]

I've read Ender's Game and didn't know that his real name was Andrew, so it's incredibly possible.

I just saw a video about a guy who changed his name to Beezow Doo-Doo Zippity-Bop-Bop-Bop. Granted, his parents had given him a normal name, but still, PARENTS, DO NOT DO THIS!!!!

[Eugo]

Once upon a time, I sat at a DMW, waiting, next to a girl (who was reading a thick book), just about the age to go for her driver's license. Her father was sitting next to her. Then the officer who just made the license, called out her name: Trillian.

Too bad I didn't see what the book was. I'd bet it was THHGTTG.

[VectorZero]

I met a girl with the same (gender neutral) name and surname as a male alt-rock singer. Unusual enough to stand out but probably not mainstream enough to cause an issue. Certainly she was the right age for it to have been intentional.

I also met a young white girl with a very common male Japanese name. At least it was spelt correctly.

[Iulus Cofield]

What were those names again?

[VectorZero]

I met them in a professional context, so revealing their names is not appropriate.

I studied with a girl called Hazel Greene. She had blue eyes...

[skullturf]

I studied with a girl called Hazel Greene. She had blue eyes...

The hockey player Roman Polak is neither Roman nor Polish, but Czech.

[Eugo]

The hockey player Roman Polak is neither Roman nor Polish, but Czech.

I knew a Hungarian guy with a last name Polyak... which is a Serbian name for the Polish. We immediately nicknamed him Lengyel - which is the Hungarian name for the Polish, and actually a regular Hungarian last name.

It feels somehow weird to me to ask a girl what is her last name. She may remarry many times, and change it. She can't possibly know which one may be the last.

[Monika]

Guys can also adopt their wives' names.

[markfiend]

Guys can also adopt their wives' names.

And a lot of women don't change their names when they marry. My wife didn't.

Going double-barrelled (like some people do (for example Hercules Grytpype-Thynne)) wasn't an option as we both have three-syllable surnames as it is.

[Monika]

I've been trying for a couple years now but I haven't been able to come up with a name dumber than 'Renesmee'.
I think Randall has not been keeping up with this thread.

The thread for the comic brings up a new variety of the Le-a / La-a urban legend, now with a-a = adasha.

[ekolis]

I know a woman by the name of Carol Lynn. To be fair, that's her married name...

[Oflick]

I know a woman by the name of Carol Lynn. To be fair, that's her married name...

What about Stan Lee?

I mean, that's not his real name, but still! (Still what? I don't know)

[Eugo]

Going double-barrelled (like some people do (for example Hercules Grytpype-Thynne)) wasn't an option as we both have three-syllable surnames as it is.

My wife has two four-syllable surnames, and a five syllable first name, so what. Breaks half of the databases out there.

[markfiend]

Going double-barrelled (like some people do (for example Hercules Grytpype-Thynne)) wasn't an option as we both have three-syllable surnames as it is.

My wife has two four-syllable surnames, and a five syllable first name, so what. Breaks half of the databases out there.

Fair enough. I do not mean to denigrate anyone else's name.

[Iulus Cofield]

so what.

Breaks half of the databases out there.

Well, there you go.

[Eugo]

Breaks half of the databases out there.

Well, there you go.

I do. I design my databases wide enough for her .

Fair enough. I do not mean to denigrate anyone else's name.

No offense taken. We differ only in our views on what's practicable and what's not. Just wanted to show that in case you took the long name way, you wouldn't have been alone.

[UniqueScreenname]

Tony

[Eebster the Great]

People should be careful not to name their child something in an upcoming wordfilter.

[UniqueScreenname]

It was fun while it lasted.

[The Scyphozoa]

In a similar occurance to http://xkcd.com/910/ ... I am predicting an increase of girls with the middle name "Rarity" in the coming years.

[ekolis]

Tony

Heh, that reminds me of my dad's stepmother... in her family, there were some rather strong Italian traditions! Pretty much one out of two men in the family was named Tony, due to the tradition of naming sons after their fathers, uncles, etc. I always knew her as "Grandma Rose", but I found out in recent years that Rose was her middle name; her first name was - wait for it - *Antoinette*!

By the way, another Italian tradition that I found out about through my grandma (well, actually through my mom, since she was actually there and told the story to me later on) was that of throwing spaghetti at the wall - if it sticks, it's done!

[dhokarena56]

I have been poking around various name websites. I could rename myself Porphyrius Leopold Alonzo Snufflebottom-Trattles if the mood so struck me. But should I?

[UniqueScreenname]

I have been poking around various name websites. I could rename myself Porphyrius Leopold Alonzo Snufflebottom-Trattles if the mood so struck me. But should I?

I approve of Porphyrius, just because I love Porphyria's Lover so much. The rest of it, however, sounds like the fourth Captain Underpants book.