Somebody Named Their Kid Ericlindross

[Russic]

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2010/02/18/calgary-baby-names-alberta-popular.html?ref=rss

Look I know people are dumb, but how can this happen? I might even give a pass if you named your kid Eric Lindross *LastName*, but all one first name?

In other news, Olivia and Ethan seem to be the top names for girls and boys. I actually know 4 couples that have named their baby Olivia in the last year. One even got annoyed that somebody else (a 5th couple I don't know) had the audacity to also name their girl Olivia.

Looking at the top 3 boys names I can't help but notice all 3 are Lost characters. More than likely it's attributed to the fact that Lost has several thousand characters, but it's still funny to me.

http://grab.by/2vTS

[Yeah_Baby]

I'm out of the top 10! Yay! I'm unique again! Until I get in a room with a bunch of other 80s babies.

Edit: My cousin had a baby last year and named him Logan. My other cousin and I kept making X-men references.

[Russic]

Ya we named our kid Liam. It was a top 15-20 name over the past few years, but now it's #2. We'll be hearing about that in a few years for sure.

[Komskies]

What a golden quote:

"Hockey player Eric Lindros may have been the inspiration for one Alberta baby's name."

http://medicblog999.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/captainobvious.jpg

[awildermode]

I'm out of the top 10! Yay! I'm unique again! Until I get in a room with a bunch of other 80s babies.

Edit: My cousin had a baby last year and named him Logan. My other cousin and I kept making X-men references.


no parent is dumb enough to give them my name...although there is another one with my same first and last name, sometimes i get his emails.

[Resolute 14]

Personally, I think Ericlindross' parents were quite thoughtful. They not only gave the kid a name that will get him beat up repeatedly, but by misspelling "Ericlindros", they have also giving the bullies an excuse to beat him up.

[KTrain]

My wife and I were speaking with a nurse about this list and she told us that they compile the names from the forms that are filled out at the hospital and are not always the "official" names of the babies. If the parents haven't given their child a name prior to leaving the hospital they sometimes put other things in its place. I guess it's a logistical/database nightmare. That's why there are some names on the list like "Boy" or "Girl".

That being said, Kal-El and Lightning are awesome names for your kid.

Also, throwing a "y" into your child's name doesn't make it unique.

[Stranger]

I guess Aiden, Braydon, Kaydon, Jaydon, Haydon have run their course.

[Komskies]

What about Shariquemay? Lasheekwa? Dafonzo? Ladamlian Tomlinson?

[Ozy_Flame]

How many want to bet that "Logan" was the product of the X-Men and Wolverine Hollywood flicks? Good lord I hope we don't see "Deadpool" in 2012.

[Regulator75]

I'm gonna name my kid Nightcrawler.

[tete]

My wife and I were speaking with a nurse about this list and she told us that they compile the names from the forms that are filled out at the hospital and are not always the "official" names of the babies. If the parents haven't given their child a name prior to leaving the hospital they sometimes put other things in its place. I guess it's a logistical/database nightmare. That's why there are some names on the list like "Boy" or "Girl".

That being said, Kal-El and Lightning are awesome names for your kid.

Also, throwing a "y" into your child's name doesn't make it unique.

I think the standard is "Baby Boy" or "Baby Girl" lastname if no name is chosen/given before leaving the hospital. Friends of ours adopted two newborns and since they would register the birth after the wait period was over - the baby left with "Baby Girl" as the name registered with Alberta Health.

Dear lord, there are some awful names out there - I feel sorry for the kids.

[burn_this_city]

Hopefully the kid doesnt have a problem with concussions or blows to the head.

[Bertuzzied]

no parent is dumb enough to give them my name...although there is another one with my same first and last name, sometimes i get his emails.

Mike Hunt?

I feel sorry for any kid named Noah which was one of the fad names from a few years back.

[Regulator75]

Let's bring back some classic old school names.

Clarence, Gertrude, Blanche, Harold, Beverly, Phyllis, Albert, Eugene, Wanda, Norma, Patsy, Herbert, Ruth, Mildred, Florence, Gladys, Ethel, Walter, Fred, Eleanor, Stanley, Ernest, Hazel, Esther, Doris, Alfred, Leonard, Elmer, Norman, Herman, Bessie, Myrtle, Viola, Clyde, Clifford, Rose, Edna, Roy,

[Flame Of Liberty]

Edit: My cousin had a baby last year and named him Logan. My other cousin and I kept making X-men references.

http://www.renault-dacia-logan.com/photo-dacia-logan-mcv/dacia-logan-mcv-02.jpg

[Puppet Guy]

I initially wanted to name my kid "Darth", but the wife talked me out of it.

[Komskies]

Let's bring back some classic old school names.

Clarence, Gertrude, Blanche, Harold, Beverly, Phyllis, Albert, Eugene, Wanda, Norma, Patsy, Herbert, Ruth, Mildred, Florence, Gladys, Ethel, Walter, Fred, Eleanor, Stanley, Ernest, Hazel, Esther, Doris, Alfred, Leonard, Elmer, Norman, Herman, Bessie, Myrtle, Viola, Clyde, Clifford, Rose, Edna, Roy,

George, Howard, Donald, Pete, Randy, Harvey, Harry

[Yeah_Baby]

How many want to bet that "Logan" was the product of the X-Men and Wolverine Hollywood flicks? Good lord I hope we don't see "Deadpool" in 2012.

Would you settle for Wade?

[pope04]

Ya we named our kid Liam. It was a top 15-20 name over the past few years, but now it's #2. We'll be hearing about that in a few years for sure.

My Liam's eleven, and when my wife and I considered the name - well before he was conceived - we thought we were soooo original.

[Yeah_Baby]

Kal-El is such a super name.

[Komskies]

My Liam's eleven, and when my wife and I considered the name - well before he was conceived - we thought we were soooo original.

Your Liam is 11. Which means he was born in 1999. Star Wars - The Phantom Menace came out in 1999. Liam Neeson played one of the main characters, Qui-Gon Jinn.

Is your son a Jedi?

[GreenTeaFrapp]

Isn't Liam just a short form of William?

[pope04]

Your Liam is 11. Which means he was born in 1999. Star Wars - The Phantom Menace came out in 1999. Liam Neeson played one of the main characters, Qui-Gon Jinn.

Is your son a Jedi?

Nope. He was born in 1998.

[Komskies]

Nope. He was born in 1998.

*waves hand*

"This is not the birth year you are looking for."

[mykalberta]

Who names their kid boss?

Rankor maybe, boss - umm no.

[Russic]

Personally, I think Ericlindross' parents were quite thoughtful. They not only gave the kid a name that will get him beat up repeatedly, but by misspelling "Ericlindros", they have also giving the bullies an excuse to beat him up.

lol didn't even notice that.

Isn't Liam just a short form of William?

Yes it's the celtic version.

Nope. He was born in 1998.

I wonder if there were any other famous Liams in 1998?





http://blog.taragana.com/e/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/liam-gallagher.jpg

[The Yen Man]

I'm naming my kid Thanos, after the baddest mofo in the universe!

[Kybosh]

I wish my first name was Anfernee. Then I'd get respeck.

[DropIt]

I went to school with a kid who's name is Justin Case

[Guest1]

Also, throwing a "y" into your child's name doesn't make it unique.

Screw you. ;) It's because browna likes his Rye...

I wish I could go back in time and call my daughter "Abeer"...

[jeremywilhelm]

I'm naming one kid Willow, one Alexander, and one Buffy.

[habernac]

lol didn't even notice that.



Yes it's the celtic version.



I wonder if there were any other famous Liams in 1998?





http://blog.taragana.com/e/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/liam-gallagher.jpg

http://www.shockya.com/news/wp-content/uploads/liam_neeson_photo.jpg

[Ozy_Flame]

Would you settle for Wade?

I would actually, I think it's an awesome name!

That said, I have been dead-set on naming my first child Hugo. This is, IMO, the greatest name ever produced based on the sheer nerd-value it holds.

[You Need a Thneed]

Here's the full news release. (http://www.alberta.ca/acn/201002/27846E1BFDECE-B8BF-9F03-B090FE28D7C70262.html)

[Locke]

I'd name my kid Jorje. Boy or Girl, doesnt matter.

Whitest. Jorje. Evar.

[KTrain]

haha. I was really referring to Amazyn, Fyre and Whysper from the story.

Screw you. ;) It's because browna likes his Rye...

I wish I could go back in time and call my daughter "Abeer"...

[awildermode]

someone should name their kid Scottstevenss (with 2 S's), then they could play together.

[narbeZ]

I always wished my parents named me Logan instead of Matthew. Logan is such an awesome name.

[Ironhorse]

Somebody also called their girl Uniquewa...

[Facepalm]

[tete]

Oy...

Geographic names were also represented in parents’ choices with Aztlan, Bronx, Cairo, Egypt, Nashville, Oakland, Reno, Rome and Venice for boys; and Alabama, Britain, Jerusalem, Maligne, Montana, Manhattan, Persia, Tennessee and Tijuana for girls.

Anyone want to bet the child named Tijuana was born with a STD? :blink:

[united]

My kid is totally going to be Wolfgang, yeah that's right, Wolfgang.

I always wished my parents named me Logan instead of Matthew. Logan is such an awesome name.
What difference would it make? You would still get called C**k regardless.

[Finny61]

Some fan of Lost is going to name twin boys Jacob and Smokey, I can just see it.

[tvp2003]

With the Olympics, I wonder how many little girls will be named Maëlle this year...

[chalms04]

Hopefully the kid doesnt have a problem with concussions or blows to the head.
Sounds like the parents might have been dropped or shaken as children

[chalms04]

Unusual names for girls included Albertarose, Amazyn, Comfort, Epic, Fury, Fyre, Halleluya, Infiniti, Mischiefs, Mystique, Peanut, Twinkle, Victory and Whysper.
At least we'll have a fresh crop of strippers in 18 years.

[dissentowner]

The weirdest name by far I have ever heard was a funeral director in Dorchester ON. who's parents were nice enough to name him Itchy. His last name is Dick. Most people know him as Ike though as that is what he tells the general public his first name is. That is some messed up parents!

[Gallick]

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[Shazam]

I'm naming my boy Mike. My last name is Hunt.

[onetwo_threefour]

The weirdest name by far I have ever heard was a funeral director in Dorchester ON. who's parents were nice enough to name him Itchy. His last name is Dick. Most people know him as Ike though as that is what he tells the general public his first name is. That is some messed up parents!

I know I've told this story before so I'm fata'ing myself but I knew a guy in high school named Paul Lickers. In Grade 11 someone found out that his real first name was Richard. From then on he became Dick Lickers....

[Yeah_Baby]

I always wished my parents named me Logan instead of Matthew. Logan is such an awesome name.

Matt is an awesome name. Don't be hatin'

[Shazam]

I actually know an Anita Ho.

[OutOfTheCube]

Atlas is a badass name for a boy. I'ma campaign for that when if I have one (probably fail, but whatever, worth a shot).

[dissentowner]

I'm naming my boy Mike. My last name is Hunt.

There is a guy in town here with that name. When he was in school they always made sure they said Michael Hunt.

[Shazam]

Machismo Maximus is a man's name.

[Shazam]

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