my wife and i don't have any kids, but we have talked about names
i suggested Calvin Gary
my wife thought that i liked that name becuz i always enjoyed calvin & hobbes and she figured there was some very influential person in my life named gary.
then i made the mistake of saying we could shorten the first name to Cal.
she thought, 'ok' for just a second.... then i could see the gears turning....
Calvin Gary.... Cal Gary
i was shot down
i wonder if all the 'weird' names are becuz the number of immigrants/different heritages continues to rise or is it becuz people are just stupid!??!
one of my best friends back in high school was named dragan. it seems like a really weird name, but his folks immigrated from croatia and i guess over there it was very common name. when he changed schools he went by 'dave', just becuz that's a more canadian name, but dragan's a pretty cool name... and it actually really suits him
__________________ "...and there goes Finger up the middle on Luongo!" - Jim Hughson, Av's vs. 'Nucks
Several parents of boys chose military-related names, including Arrow, Caliber, Cannon, Gunner, Jag, Major, Pistol, Remington, Stryker, Tank and Trooper. Many girls were named after nature, with names such as Acacia, Amaranth, Autumn-Destiny, Cedar, Feather, Juniper, Oryx, Tulip, Star, Storm and Winter.
Some babies received one-of-a-kind names, such as the boys named Doc, Essay, J-Cub, Jäger, Moo, Stylez, Smiley, Solo, Stiff, and Tuff; and the girls named Dreamz, Luv, Lyric, Mega, Meta, Siri, Story, Symphonie, and Tuba.
I would like you to meet my son Smiley Tank Johnson
and my daughter Stiff Tuba Johnson
There was a kid when I went to school by the name of Sparrow, but the best name had to be this kid Chewie
Years ago when I worked at the Shell Waterton plant one of the engines at the compressor stations threw a rod and these specialits from the US came up to perform stitching on the block. One of the southern US dudes had pure grey hair and his name was Rusty Hair. Good old southern USA.
