Baby Names

First off, I'm not having a kid or anything. I'm only 25 for christ sake. But I had this thought about baby names. Why isn't is acceptable to make up new names? Why have people been pulling from the same pool of names for like 100s of years or whatever? We live in a crazy time now, we know so much more about other cultures than even our parents did. Though I guess that doesn't help... I mean why does everything have to be a reference to something else these days. I bet there are two white people whos kid is named akira out there somewhere. is humanity just out of new ideas in general?

Whats the most original(and viable) baby name you can think of?

You can make up whatever name you like but just know that Hurricane Tempest Waters is probably going to be bullied, that's the sad truth of it.

So'Unique Miracle Randle

Pilot Inspektor

My wife and I named our son Draco. It may not be popular with our families but we love the name.

Female: Karana

Male: Taeros

I mean, yeah, call your kid whatever, but they're in for a lifetime of teachers and government workers and bank tellers and whoever asking them to spell their name because it is not in the usual pool of several thousand names that they've ever heard before. Also potential school yard mocking.

Name your kid Sephiroth.

Breadquanda

You're high, aren't you? I know stoner talk when I see it.

Cool Baby

Between names like La'Quaysha, Fo'Landra, and Sha'Nay Nay, I feel like I can take pride in the fact us black people have been pioneers in the whole "coming up with names" department. I'm not saying any of those names are good, but hey, they're original...I think.

Hortance

Gertrude

e: Sandor Clegane would be in line with your actual post

I like Kilroy or Lorelei. They're kind of silly, but at the same time they're different. I mean, if Kilroy doesn't want to be called that, he can go by Roy or something. Very versatile.

And yes, everything has to be a reference to something else. Follow the money...

@zalrus9 said:

I have a cousin who is like, 30 I guess, named Lorelei, so she isn't possibly named after the Elite Four trainer. It's a cool name, and it was fun to see everyone on the school yard mispronounce it when Pokemon came out (at least one kid kept saying "Lorr-ellie", which was hilarious).

Isn't Hortense the more common spelling? Also, it's really weird that I only know of that name because it's the name of Dr. McNinja's old flame. Dr. McNinja is a pretty good comic, you guys.

I know the names: Sairani, Yaizet, Hortencia, Cleofas, Gloria Trevi.

i seem to recall Ryan suggesting the name "Trashcan" during a Quick Look or something once. That would be pretty rad.

Sandy Koufax and Nolan Ryan.

Boy: Sephiroth (He has a cool theme song)

Girl: Zelda (Robin Williams agrees with me on this one)

I don't agree with the notion that we've been using the same names for 100s of years. My uncles all have names that are uncommon by today's standards; Alluicious, Augustus, Esau, Valentine, etc. On the other hand, try finding someone born before the 60s named Justin, Landon, Ryder or Dominic. I bet you can't, but they are in the top 100 most common boys names now.

I like that Roman Mars' kids middle name is Atomic. It's a great uncommon name.

Well that makes me feel bad, I have a kid and I'm 24.

Snap Finnigan, He Of A Thousand Dances.

... It's a family name.

Tractor.

I think David Mitchell is the best person to explain why it's not a great idea.

Clarence BEEFTANK

As opposed to adult names?

Hey, can I use this if I have a son? Also considering "Spoogie Ramcross".

I heard the name Rybicky on CGI as a handle way back when and thought it was cool and normal sounding for use today.

I'm totally not going with normal, run of the mill names for my kids. A good name goes a long way for people.

My firstborn will be named Tank Knifeman. My second will be named Busta Rhymes, obviously.

Boy- Floyd Debarber

Girl- Cerie Xerox

Enchantment Bulletgrinder, for a girl.

for a boy, pick one from the list:

Tralfaz

@vuud: All great options. Can't go wrong with Zap Rowsdower, either.

daddy Kool

I always thought one's primary concern when naming a baby should be, "Is this kid going to be teased her entire life about this name?" If the answer is yes, don't go with your "unique" name. It's sort of a fucked up thing to do to a person. It isn't about you.

Jor-El Khan Vader.

Or you could call your kid Bruce Wayne and maybe life will imitate fiction somehow...although, that might not end well for you, dad.

Balthazar, Caspar, Melchior or any name of a Viking God for a Boy.

Leda (don't let her near swans), Serendipity for girls.

Castor, Pollux or Indiana for gender neutral (they all shorten well for girls or boys and sound good when yelled in anger so they know they're in trouble.)

For ridiculous; Ca$h-Money, Dollar, Funkapotamus H. Hop or Rhymenosaurus.

Stormageddon, Dark Lord of All

X'Gon Giveittoyou

A baby at 25? Madness!

if my wife and i have a baby girl, it will be name Kayleigh, this is heavily influenced by the song by Marillion (Kayleigh).

i feel sorry for the kids who have such dumb names. Not only are they gonna get shit for it their entire lives, but they have the misfortune of having idiots for parents.

I'm pretty sure it was the name of Marylin Monroe's character in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

@atlas said:

That is quite brilliant.

Also, if you want to think of a name for a baby, consider this... Babies do tend to grow up.

Just name the baby after yourself but put a "The" in front to imply that it's an improved reboot of yourself.

Parents pick names that is culturally meaningful I guess, and for family traditions and all that.

Fistbeard Beardfist.

WTF dude, I don't turn 25 until next week and I've got a one year old. We went with Ezra, but we might as well have pulled it out of thin air. There's no Jews in the UK, so very few people even know the name.

Lieutenant Gen. Fino Ignazio de' Inferno. The soon-to be Imperial Battlemage of Cyrodill.