[wc] Re: Baby names

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 17:05:58 -0700

Okay, informal poll: What is it about families that do
these "everyone with the same first letter" names, and why do they
ALWAYS seem like they are J-names?  Friends Jody and Jimmy have sons
Jaden and ... oh, shoot, I can't remember. But it isn't anything as
simple as Jimmy, John, Jack or what have you. Isn't this just
too...precious?


--- In [email protected], "dvm8375"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> A friend of mine just named her twin sons Judd and Jed.  I think
the
> babies should be taken away from her, as this is clearly abuse.
>
> Oh, and she and her husband have "J" names, as does their older
> son.  Are you sick yet?
>
>
>
> --- In [email protected], "hannahbearlee"
> <hjrobinson@> wrote:
> >
> > > Eek.  Some of the spellings are particularly . . . tasty.
> > >
> > > Four years ago, my own sister and her husband named their
> daughter
> > > Carey.  (They had an excuse, though, as that's our mom's maiden
> > > name.)  Two years ago, they named their son Jake, although the
> > rest
> > > of us argued for Jacob. 
> > >
> > > And one of my coworkers just announced the birth of his new
> > > granddaughter, Makayla.
> > >
> > > FYI re:  "Taj":  it's actually a word defined in the
> > dictionary.  "A
> > > tall conical cap worn by Muslims as a headdress of
> distinction." 
> > > I'd bet the parents are Muslims.
> > >
> > > Just realized:  there's an Aspen, but no Sierra?  (Or Ciera, as
> > I've
> > > also seen it spelled?)
> > >
> >
> > Never been a big fan of people naming their children just the
> > nickname...kind of takes the fun out of it.  Though, I did know a
> > Bobby once, who was just Bobby.  His mother was Vietnamese and
> > wanted to give him the most 'American' name she could.  His
father
> > (who was a white US serviceman) was overseas and no one had ever
> > explained to her about nicknames.  So Bobby was just Bobby.
> >
>






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