07-24-2008, 08:14 PM
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#101
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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*From that list....I actually really like the name Liam...and Rhys (pronounced Reese)
But for me (and I apologize if there is anyone on here with this name) but anyone who names their kid Chet is just asking for him to be a giant ######bag
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07-24-2008, 08:16 PM
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#102
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Kalispell, Montana
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MattyC
*From that list....I actually really like the name Liam...and Rhys (pronounced Reese)
But for me (and I apologize if there is anyone on here with this name) but anyone who names their kid Chet is just asking for him to be a giant ######bag
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Too true. Bill Paxton in Weird Science. Total ######bag for sure!
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07-24-2008, 08:20 PM
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#103
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: At the Gates of Hell
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Originally Posted by Madman
I'm going to name my next child with an Asian name that may sound innocent in the country of origin but somehow doesn't sound quite right in English.
Daddi Wang is my first choice.
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I know a Mai Ho...serious...
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07-24-2008, 08:30 PM
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#104
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: At the Gates of Hell
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Originally Posted by vanisleflamesfan
Oh man don't even get me started! The stupid names that people give their kids these days is one of my major pet peeves.
If I hear of one more kid named Brayden or Jayden I will lose my lunch. I heard a woman recently talking to her kids; Hunter and Diver...
What is wrong with people?
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Diver's hockey career is already ruined!
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07-24-2008, 08:34 PM
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#105
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Mahogany, aka halfway to Lethbridge
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Of course we have to remember that this isn't all new.
I went to high school with a couple of people whose parents obviously hated them...
Anna Graham
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Richard Lickers. (not so affectionately known as Dick, people were cruel)
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07-24-2008, 08:41 PM
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#106
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: I'm right behind you
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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
My friend named his two sons Briggs Baker and Gunner Colt. I actually like the names. It works for them.
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They sound like characters from a Sci Fi serial. Why not Flash Gordon?
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07-24-2008, 10:46 PM
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#107
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Referee
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In your enterprise AI
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In school, I knew a kid named Franswa--I guess Francois was too French?
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07-25-2008, 12:52 AM
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#108
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Jose, CA
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This thread prompted my husband to discuss baby names..we may have a baby in a year or so. Do you guys think Anya is a wierd name for a girl? We are of East Indian descent but we don't want an Indian name thats too complicated! We want something easy to pronounce. He likes Ella or Elle and I like Anya for girls. I just wanted to know if Anya was too "out there".
Last edited by OilersBaby; 07-25-2008 at 12:56 AM.
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07-25-2008, 01:23 AM
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#109
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OilersBaby
This thread prompted my husband to discuss baby names..we may have a baby in a year or so. Do you guys think Anya is a wierd name for a girl? We are of East Indian descent but we don't want an Indian name thats too complicated! We want something easy to pronounce. He likes Ella or Elle and I like Anya for girls. I just wanted to know if Anya was too "out there".
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Anya (I'm thinking its pronounced anh-nee-ah is actually the Polish pronunciation of Anna (at least the Polish people named Anna that I knew anyway... so please correct if I'm wrong) so I think its a pretty safe name.
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07-25-2008, 01:31 AM
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#110
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Sydney, NSfW
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OilersBaby
Yup Eva seems to be really popular as does Hunter (now for a girl, I thought it was a boys name!)
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Eva = Eve in many Euro languages, so it doesn't fall under the crazy category.
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07-25-2008, 01:33 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Sydney, NSfW
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Quote:
Originally Posted by STeeLy
Anya (I'm thinking its pronounced anh-nee-ah is actually the Polish pronunciation of Anna (at least the Polish people named Anna that I knew anyway... so please correct if I'm wrong) so I think its a pretty safe name.
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I don't think Anya = Anna in Polish, Anya sounds more Russian.
Polish name would be Ania and that is different than Anna.
Confusing
Last edited by Flame Of Liberty; 07-25-2008 at 01:37 AM.
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07-25-2008, 06:21 AM
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#112
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by Flame Of Liberty
I don't think Anya = Anna in Polish, Anya sounds more Russian.
Polish name would be Ania and that is different than Anna.
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Ania is the "slang" (not sure if that's the right word) way of saying Anna in Polish, but technically still the same name.
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07-25-2008, 07:30 AM
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#113
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Referee
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Over the hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
My friend named his two sons Briggs Baker and Gunner Colt. I actually like the names. It works for them.
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As a Gunn ar, I object to the frenchified spelling your friend applied to a perfectly good scandinavian name. 
On topic, my own pet peeve is names that are too creative. The Icelandic tradition is to pick names from your family, and we tried to do that with our daughter, at least with her middle name. I'm a fan of names that are old and traditional--like you can find them in the Bible traditional.
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07-25-2008, 08:33 AM
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Best name that's not being used enough....HELMUT.
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07-25-2008, 08:39 AM
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#115
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One of the Nine
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Best name that's not being used enough....HELMUT.
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What about Wolfgang?
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07-25-2008, 08:53 AM
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#116
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OilersBaby
This thread prompted my husband to discuss baby names..we may have a baby in a year or so. Do you guys think Anya is a wierd name for a girl? We are of East Indian descent but we don't want an Indian name thats too complicated! We want something easy to pronounce. He likes Ella or Elle and I like Anya for girls. I just wanted to know if Anya was too "out there".
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I know a girl named Ania, and she is straight from Poland. I don't think it's a weird name at all actually.
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07-25-2008, 09:09 AM
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#117
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montreal
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Quebec also requires approval for baby names. It started a few years ago when someone tried to name their child Spatula (yes it has the same meaning in French). The government stepped in and said "sorry, no" and since then has required approval for names.
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07-25-2008, 09:33 AM
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#118
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Chiefs Kingdom, Yankees Universe, C of Red.
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Originally Posted by FireFly
Unless they've changed the rules, you don't have to. I believe you have something like six months to name your child.
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Thats not true. You have to have a full legal name for the Baby before you leave the hospital.
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07-25-2008, 09:59 AM
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#119
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
Thats not true. You have to have a full legal name for the Baby before you leave the hospital.
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That must be a fairly recent change. My 11 y/o nephew didn't have a name for 2 weeks... 
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07-25-2008, 10:04 AM
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#120
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
Thats not true. You have to have a full legal name for the Baby before you leave the hospital.
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Nope. But if you leave without a name, your baby get a generic "Baby Whatever" name and you have to pay to have the name legally changed. That is how it was explained to us 3 years ago and my sister-in-law just had a baby and it was the same rules - they ended up paying for a name change.
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