Why Swedish law requires approval for baby names...

[Dr_Hook]

There is a Gretzky in the boys names, what the...seriously

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by Montana Moe

Also, I have never met a slim girl named "Charity".

My ex-roommate is an insanely beautiful, slender, raven-haired girl named Charity. But other than her I totally understand where you're coming from.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by Traditional_Ale

My ex-roommate is an insanely beautiful, slender, raven-haired girl named Charity.

Useless w/o pics.

[Swarly]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

http://www.servicealberta.gov.ab.ca/.../2007_Boys.pdf

http://www.servicealberta.gov.ab.ca/...2007_Girls.pdf

I'm disappointed, no Zoltans

what happened to good biblical names like Lucifer

edit: 5 Zenon's, like the gas? wtf

[OilersBaby]

On that list, at number 17 for girl baby names, is BABY. That's a cute nickname but for a real name?

Off topic, these common names..Ive noticed that people are naming their their pets with these same names. I know several Yellow Labs named Madison or Sophia or Grace.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

Here the list of the most popular 25:
http://www.servicealberta.gov.ab.ca/...25_of_2007.pdf

Aah, thanks. Save for Jayden and Logan, the blokes are mostly getting really traditional names. For all I know, maybe Logan is a traditional name too.

The girls aren't so lucky though. It's one thing to give your kid an odd name, and another thing to spell it weird, but it's entirely unacceptable to name a kid the same way a celebrity named theirs. "Brooklyn"? Maybe not so bad if Posh and Becks didn't make it popular, but that's where it came from.

When I was kid I knew an even littler kid named "Rambo". Everybody hemmed and hawed over that one, but the parents said "by the time he's old enough to care, nobody will even know who Rambo is anymore". This guy is probably 22 years old now. I wonder if he went to see his movie last summer.

[FireFly]

Originally Posted by getbak

Yeah, what's up with that? Is it just a place holder until they come up with something better, or are they actually naming their babies "Baby"? Big Dirty Dancing fans?

"No one puts Baby in the corner."

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

... Mostly used when the baby dies in childbirth, or is stillborn. Sometimes the parents don't then give a name.

To Bertuzzied,

You have to give the child a name before leaving the hospital, filling out the form is one thing that has to be done before the baby is released.

Unless they've changed the rules, you don't have to. I believe you have something like six months to name your child.

I would imagine those are "Baby" babies are real... I think my sister's birth certificate said McMullen, Girl because when she was born, they didn't think she looked like the name they picked for her. Or something to that effect. Heck, it could've been me. I don't rightly recall. All I know is that one of us had that on their birth certificate and it got changed when we were later given a proper name.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by MarchHare

This one is the best* baby name I've ever seen.



*worst

Aw, it's cute! They wanted to make sure they picked the gang nickname and not the clowns that jump him in! He's 5 now, his jump in should be coming up in short order!

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by BlackEleven

At least they didn't spell it Hannaw Heylee.

When it comes to naming your child, there's nothing worse than taking a common name and spelling it "uniquely". It doesn't make you look unique, it makes you look illiterate.

Unless it's traditional.

My little nephew is Jakob which is the Dutch spelling. His last name is Bustraan...dutch. I think its appropriate there.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by Montana Moe

I often wonder if parents think about how these names will sound when they are adults. I would find it hard to take an accountant named "Champagne" seriously, or "Lexus" for that matter.

Not to derail, but does anyone else think a person's name can have an effect on who they become? I have never met a "Levi" that did not get in trouble with the law at some point in their lives. Also, I have never met a slim girl named "Charity".

Hmmmm...my little brother is a really good guy but he has been in the tank once!

[Displaced Flames fan]

My son is Stephen Sean...named after my Dad and me I guess (the Stephen part) and he has been cursed with being called by his middle name like my Dad and I both are. BUT...his mother wanted to name him Tristan Jay and he recently found this out. He is now mad at me for giving him such a boring name. I think he'll change his mind eventually.

[Table 5]

my girlfriend told me she'd like to name her kid Weatherly.

i still like her and all, but this definitely didn't get me in the mood to make babies anytime soon.

[habernac]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

My son is Stephen Sean...named after my Dad and me I guess (the Stephen part) and he has been cursed with being called by his middle name like my Dad and I both are. BUT...his mother wanted to name him Tristan Jay and he recently found this out. He is now mad at me for giving him such a boring name. I think he'll change his mind eventually.

That's a great name! But I'm biased as it's the same as mine. Why doesn't anyone name their kids Steve or Stephen anymore?

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by habernac

That's a great name! But I'm biased as it's the same as mine. Why doesn't anyone name their kids Steve or Stephen anymore?

It's such a cool name! Not sure, did you know my first name was Stephen too? I can't remember if we discussed that back in the day. My Dad is Steve so I am Scott...and my son is Sean, but we are all Stephen's.

You know what though, it really bugs me when a guy is named Stephen and doesn't like to be called Steve. Call me Stephen. WTF?

[Winsor_Pilates]

I actually sent a letter to a "Gaye Folker" today.

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by Table 5

my girlfriend told me she'd like to name her kid Weatherly.

i still like her and all, but this definitely didn't get me in the mood to make babies anytime soon.

My girlfriend tried to convince me naming our kid (if we ever have one) "Lysander" was a good idea.

[Displaced Flames fan]

OK..mailman here...I see a lot of names.

No offense to my Vietnamese friends, but there are some funny names I've seen. Of course I realize they aren't meant to be. I also don't know the correct pronunciations.

Phouc Diep
Luong Dong
Chiken Liu

These I can remember off the top of my head.

Some other names I've seen on mail....

Previous (I am not kidding)
Theartic (I thought it was theatric for 9 months, just recently realized it isn't!)
JoeLonda (this is a girl)
Stevetta (her dad was Steve)

[flip]

Totally naming my kid something epic like Leonidas. Perhaps something Ancient Roman/Greek or Biblical. Moses anyone? And I'm not even religious.

[habernac]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

It's such a cool name! Not sure, did you know my first name was Stephen too? I can't remember if we discussed that back in the day. My Dad is Steve so I am Scott...and my son is Sean, but we are all Stephen's.

You know what though, it really bugs me when a guy is named Stephen and doesn't like to be called Steve. Call me Stephen. WTF?

LOL! Yeah, I prefer Steve myself (Dad says I was named after Steve McQueen). I can understand the whole "call me Stephen" thing though. I had a friend named David, he used to visibly cringe when people called him Dave. He couldn't stand it. "My name is David, why call me anything else?" he once told me. And that is my son's name. My grandfather was David, his father was, and I think my great great grandfather was also David. I figured it had been 100 years, it was time for another.

[Resolute 14]

Ok, the kid who's parents named him "E" should be sterilized. I sincerely hope that he wasn't their fifth kid...

And sorry flip, someone already had a similar idea. Though they screwed up and named the boy 'Aeneas". What kind of silly name is that? "A-nus".