When your friend picks a stupid baby name

[Callisdrun]

This is just me, but I hate names that are one-syllable. Sure, if it's Will or Mike (for William or Michael), then that's fine because it's a shortened form of a bad-ass name, and therefore bad-ass itself.

But like the name "Scott." I mean no disrespect to Scotts or people who like the name, but it just irks me because it sounds like there should be more to it. What's another lame 1-syllable name? Ummmm... Chase? Ugh.

Hehe, I can see that. The one syllable doesn't really bug me, though, if the middle name has more than one syllable. Moreover, a middle name should only have one syllable if the first name has more than one syllable. It flows better that way.

So like, William Derek Flanihan is no good to me, and if one insisted on it it'd have to be abbreviated to 'William D. Flanihan' when on business cards and such. A weird pet peeve of mine.

Sorry, got a little off-topic there :3

I've never really seen the point of middle names. They're these weird extra names that we never use. Why do they exist?

[Mean Feat]

This is just me, but I hate names that are one-syllable. Sure, if it's Will or Mike (for William or Michael), then that's fine because it's a shortened form of a bad-ass name, and therefore bad-ass itself.

But like the name "Scott." I mean no disrespect to Scotts or people who like the name, but it just irks me because it sounds like there should be more to it. What's another lame 1-syllable name? Ummmm... Chase? Ugh.

Hehe, I can see that. The one syllable doesn't really bug me, though, if the middle name has more than one syllable. Moreover, a middle name should only have one syllable if the first name has more than one syllable. It flows better that way.

So like, William Derek Flanihan is no good to me, and if one insisted on it it'd have to be abbreviated to 'William D. Flanihan' when on business cards and such. A weird pet peeve of mine.

Sorry, got a little off-topic there :3

I've never really seen the point of middle names. They're these weird extra names that we never use. Why do they exist?

To distinguish George Henry Walker Bush from George Walker Bush.

Come to think of it, I find naming a child the same as one of their parents rather distasteful.

[Mean Feat]

I think there's an argument for not naming children at birth. Dumb Ideologies said it like a joke, but seriously: why not give them a social security number at birth, and leave naming them until they're old enough to talk.

[Callisdrun]

This is just me, but I hate names that are one-syllable. Sure, if it's Will or Mike (for William or Michael), then that's fine because it's a shortened form of a bad-ass name, and therefore bad-ass itself.

But like the name "Scott." I mean no disrespect to Scotts or people who like the name, but it just irks me because it sounds like there should be more to it. What's another lame 1-syllable name? Ummmm... Chase? Ugh.

Hehe, I can see that. The one syllable doesn't really bug me, though, if the middle name has more than one syllable. Moreover, a middle name should only have one syllable if the first name has more than one syllable. It flows better that way.

So like, William Derek Flanihan is no good to me, and if one insisted on it it'd have to be abbreviated to 'William D. Flanihan' when on business cards and such. A weird pet peeve of mine.

Sorry, got a little off-topic there :3

I've never really seen the point of middle names. They're these weird extra names that we never use. Why do they exist?

To distinguish George Henry Walker Bush from George Walker Bush.

Come to think of it, I find naming a child the same as one of their parents rather distasteful.

I've never liked that much, either. Seems kinda egoist.

But there's already a perfectly good system for that. "Jr."

[Jubu Jubu Jabu]

You could always pull a Costanza and name you kid 'Seven'...

Truthfully, the more you say it, the more it grows on you...

[FreeSatania]

Hmm, this remeinds me of that song "Boy Names Sue". Dear Op, what you need to do is think up some really kickass nicknames for their kids that have nothing to do with their actual names - and just call them that all the time. Like rocky, pitbull, eightball or boo. Just try and pick something that badass that sounds good in prison. If their given names are really horrible the kids themselves will pick up on it and start using it themselves.

[Callisdrun]

My niece's name is Donatella. We all call her Bitz or Lucy.

[Tangomania]

A rose is a rose, it is the character and integrity of the individual that makes the person , and a name stupid or legend!

[Callisdrun]

A rose is a rose, it is the character and integrity of the individual that makes the person , and a name stupid or legend!

I'm beginning to suspect that this is a puppet of Cameroi.

[Enistopia]

Confucius says: You must stop them from ruining their childrens lives!

[Mean Feat]

My niece's name is Donatella. We all call her Bitz or Lucy.

"Her name was McGill and she called herself Lil
But everyone knew her as Nancy" — The Beatles.

[Callisdrun]

My niece's name is Donatella. We all call her Bitz or Lucy.

"Her name was McGill and she called herself Lil
But everyone knew her as Nancy" — The Beatles.

Basically.

[Risottia]

Neveah Dove - isn't that a sort of soap?

I thought that Nivea and Dove were two different brands.
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...yes, they are. Is is a sort of brand-correctness?

[Risottia]

My niece's name is Donatella. We all call her Bitz or Lucy.

"Her name was McGill and she called herself Lil
But everyone knew her as Nancy" — The Beatles.

Basically.

What's weird in Donatella, apart from it being a typical Italian name?

[Callisdrun]

My niece's name is Donatella. We all call her Bitz or Lucy.

"Her name was McGill and she called herself Lil
But everyone knew her as Nancy" — The Beatles.

Basically.

What's weird in Donatella, apart from it being a typical Italian name?

She's not Italian. And it's a bit of a mouthful.

[The Tofu Islands]

Would you name your kid "Tonight", in plain English?

When picking a name that's a real word in another language you have to consider (a) the meaning of the word and (b) how appropriate it would be as a name. Otherwise, to native speakers your kid may as well be named something like "Refrigerator."

I think there was a case of a family naming their daughter with the most beautiful English word they knew.

Diarrhoea.

[Katganistan]

No name can be as bad as Xavi.

Why? It's short for Xavier, I believe... and I have a Javi (from Javier) in one of my classes.

[Katganistan]

a couple months ago I took a call from a woman named "Vendetta" I made sure I didn't make her mad when I helped her with her order.

When you spelled her name, did you say, "Is that V for Vendetta.....?"

[Katganistan]

This is just me, but I hate names that are one-syllable. Sure, if it's Will or Mike (for William or Michael), then that's fine because it's a shortened form of a bad-ass name, and therefore bad-ass itself.

But like the name "Scott." I mean no disrespect to Scotts or people who like the name, but it just irks me because it sounds like there should be more to it. What's another lame 1-syllable name? Ummmm... Chase? Ugh.

Hehe, I can see that. The one syllable doesn't really bug me, though, if the middle name has more than one syllable. Moreover, a middle name should only have one syllable if the first name has more than one syllable. It flows better that way.

So like, William Derek Flanihan is no good to me, and if one insisted on it it'd have to be abbreviated to 'William D. Flanihan' when on business cards and such. A weird pet peeve of mine.

Sorry, got a little off-topic there :3

I've never really seen the point of middle names. They're these weird extra names that we never use. Why do they exist?

To distinguish between George Walker Bush and his father, George Herbert Walker Bush, for one.

[Katganistan]

This is just me, but I hate names that are one-syllable. Sure, if it's Will or Mike (for William or Michael), then that's fine because it's a shortened form of a bad-ass name, and therefore bad-ass itself.

But like the name "Scott." I mean no disrespect to Scotts or people who like the name, but it just irks me because it sounds like there should be more to it. What's another lame 1-syllable name? Ummmm... Chase? Ugh.

Hehe, I can see that. The one syllable doesn't really bug me, though, if the middle name has more than one syllable. Moreover, a middle name should only have one syllable if the first name has more than one syllable. It flows better that way.

So like, William Derek Flanihan is no good to me, and if one insisted on it it'd have to be abbreviated to 'William D. Flanihan' when on business cards and such. A weird pet peeve of mine.

Sorry, got a little off-topic there :3

I've never really seen the point of middle names. They're these weird extra names that we never use. Why do they exist?

To distinguish George Henry Walker Bush from George Walker Bush.

Come to think of it, I find naming a child the same as one of their parents rather distasteful.

Traditional, though, especially in big Italian American families. There are six Josephs in my family because you name your firstborn after your father and.... yeah.

[Katganistan]

This is just me, but I hate names that are one-syllable. Sure, if it's Will or Mike (for William or Michael), then that's fine because it's a shortened form of a bad-ass name, and therefore bad-ass itself.

But like the name "Scott." I mean no disrespect to Scotts or people who like the name, but it just irks me because it sounds like there should be more to it. What's another lame 1-syllable name? Ummmm... Chase? Ugh.

Hehe, I can see that. The one syllable doesn't really bug me, though, if the middle name has more than one syllable. Moreover, a middle name should only have one syllable if the first name has more than one syllable. It flows better that way.

So like, William Derek Flanihan is no good to me, and if one insisted on it it'd have to be abbreviated to 'William D. Flanihan' when on business cards and such. A weird pet peeve of mine.

Sorry, got a little off-topic there :3

I've never really seen the point of middle names. They're these weird extra names that we never use. Why do they exist?

To distinguish George Henry Walker Bush from George Walker Bush.

Come to think of it, I find naming a child the same as one of their parents rather distasteful.

I've never liked that much, either. Seems kinda egoist.

But there's already a perfectly good system for that. "Jr."

That works fine if it's a direct lineage -- but my grandfather was Joseph, so the name spread in our family not only to his son, his grandson, and his great-grandson, but also to other grandchildren from other sons and daughters...

Yeah, Jr. really doesn't cut it if there's more than one.

Also in our family, middle names, at least for the girls, indicate which branch of the family you're in. I'm the oddball without a middle name, but all my female first cousins have the middle name "Marie" to distinguish us from other branches of the... Katganistan family.

[Laerod]

She's not Italian. And it's a bit of a mouthful.

What's that got to do with it? I'm willing to bet a whole bunch of people have ethnically incorrect names, myself being one of them.

[Callisdrun]

This is just me, but I hate names that are one-syllable. Sure, if it's Will or Mike (for William or Michael), then that's fine because it's a shortened form of a bad-ass name, and therefore bad-ass itself.

But like the name "Scott." I mean no disrespect to Scotts or people who like the name, but it just irks me because it sounds like there should be more to it. What's another lame 1-syllable name? Ummmm... Chase? Ugh.

Hehe, I can see that. The one syllable doesn't really bug me, though, if the middle name has more than one syllable. Moreover, a middle name should only have one syllable if the first name has more than one syllable. It flows better that way.

So like, William Derek Flanihan is no good to me, and if one insisted on it it'd have to be abbreviated to 'William D. Flanihan' when on business cards and such. A weird pet peeve of mine.

Sorry, got a little off-topic there :3

I've never really seen the point of middle names. They're these weird extra names that we never use. Why do they exist?

To distinguish George Henry Walker Bush from George Walker Bush.

Come to think of it, I find naming a child the same as one of their parents rather distasteful.

I've never liked that much, either. Seems kinda egoist.

But there's already a perfectly good system for that. "Jr."

That works fine if it's a direct lineage -- but my grandfather was Joseph, so the name spread in our family not only to his son, his grandson, and his great-grandson, but also to other grandchildren from other sons and daughters...

Yeah, Jr. really doesn't cut it if there's more than one.

Also in our family, middle names, at least for the girls, indicate which branch of the family you're in. I'm the oddball without a middle name, but all my female first cousins have the middle name "Marie" to distinguish us from other branches of the... Katganistan family.

Weird. We don't generally repeat names much in my family. There's no system for middle names, either. They're just extra names.

[Katganistan]

My niece's name is Donatella. We all call her Bitz or Lucy.

"Her name was McGill and she called herself Lil
But everyone knew her as Nancy" — The Beatles.

Basically.

What's weird in Donatella, apart from it being a typical Italian name?

They probably don't want her called Don, a male name in English.... although Donna would be the obvious female nickname around it...

[Callisdrun]

She's not Italian. And it's a bit of a mouthful.

What's that got to do with it? I'm willing to bet a whole bunch of people have ethnically incorrect names, myself being one of them.

Nothing. The second's more important. I was just noting that it's not a typical name here.