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Okay, this is taking Twilight a little too far.
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My nephew's name is Caeson Joseph (another way of spelling Kason). I thought it was a little wierd at first, but now I really like it and it is unique.
Oh my!
Makes me wonder if any new moms went crazy after the Lord of the Rings craze.
Was there an increase in little boys being named Frodo, Bilbo, Legolas, and Gandalf???
I had a friend named Penny Nickel.
I went to school with a girl name Princess Green.
I once interviewed a woman named Needa Light.
Makes me wonder if any new moms went crazy after the Lord of the Rings craze.
Was there an increase in little boys being named Frodo, Bilbo, Legolas, and Gandalf???
I had a friend named Penny Nickel.
I went to school with a girl name Princess Green.
I once interviewed a woman named Needa Light.
twinfish2 wrote: "I think the most awful name I have ever heard of is Huckleberry, yes a boy was named Huckleberry. Good god what were these parents smoking to name there kid that. They said they would call him Huck..."That's Brad Paisley's son. But Huckleberry is actually his middle name. His first name is William, so actually the roll call in school would have him as William.
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And I can't really see a lot of Frodo, Bilbo etc.
Nathalie wrote: "I'd really like to name a girl Audrey.I feel like there are some hardcore twilight moms who are very tempted in naming their children edward or bella so I don't really like the names anymore."
I have a cousin named Audrey and I work with a woman named Audrey. Both are major bitches of the first degree so the name has a bad connotation for me.
Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "Unlike the rest of you--I still like the name Isabella. But then, my hubby had a great-aunt Isabella who was a truly wonderful person. So she's who I STILL picture in my mind for Isabella. Lol,..."I like the name still, too. My niece's middle name is Isabella. Her first name is Katerina which I think is a beautiful name, but she's never been called anything but Katie.
Melodie wrote: "twinfish2 wrote: "I think the most awful name I have ever heard of is Huckleberry, yes a boy was named Huckleberry. Good god what were these parents smoking to name there kid that. They said they w..."I was talking about a friend who had a family member name their son that, because they loved HUCKLEBERRY FINN, the book. I didn't know the Paisley's named their son that.
JoElle wrote: "Oh my!Makes me wonder if any new moms went crazy after the Lord of the Rings craze.
Was there an increase in little boys being named Frodo, Bilbo, Legolas, and Gandalf???
JoElle: I would have named one of my sons,Legolas...
I am kidding; kidding. I know what you mean about the name thing nowadays. It is ridiculous.
I had a friend named ..."
I read a Highlander novel and the lead character's first name was Cullen. I'm trying to remember which book it was but for the life of me, I can't.
I know someone who named their daughters Bella and Alice after Twilight. At least the Edwards can tell people their moms liked Jane Eyre (Meyer's own Edward inspiration). But Cullen? Yikes.
What shocked me was that a significant number of people are naming their daughters Renesmee.
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His Mum, bless her heart, put her foot down, and all 3 of HER children got "ordinary" names. Lawrence, James and John.
But his poor father. . . My father-in-law's name was Waller--no, not Walter, W*A*L*L*E*R. And the middle name isn't much better--its Rawlings. (Altho I will admit--that's also my hubby's middle name.)
Hubby's granddad--GARLICK Rawlings Boggs.
Hubby's Great-granddad--Corrans--yes, with an S. Anyway, you get the picture. Not sure why that side insisted on these hideous names, but, oh well.
There is certainly lots of precedent for people naming children after literary figures. Wendy wasn't a name until after Peter Pan.I know a woman named Dorcas (biblical family name), a boy named Perrin (Robert Jordan's WoT maybe?), a girl named Freja (after the Norse goddess), a couple that has two girls named after the places where they were conceived (Nevada and Pheonix), and the list can go on and on.
I was never a big Twilight fan, but I've seen worse names than Cullen. After all, 'A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.'
I rather like Cullen, myself. It's distinguished sounding, and is similar to Colin.I named my son Evan, and my mom threw a fit calling it a "damned made up name."
My point... you can't win.
It's not really literary, but several years ago I worked for a company that had a company wide phone directory. Of course when times were slow one way to boost moral was to look for comedy names in the phone directory - the best one ever that I came across was another lady with the Surname Beaver, her first name was rather unfortunate:Iona Beaver
Her parents must have hated her.....
lol...that's funny...there was a girl I was deployed with to Iraq who's name was Shunkalita...the first time I saw her email I thought it said Skunkalita...yeah...i was a bit of an idiot...
Jacob has been the most pop boy name for the last 10 years or so. Can't really say that Twilight was the catalyst for this name. And a lot of ppl I know are starting to reach for older names bcs they are trying to find an original for their child or a name with more character. I liked the name Jake and so my son got named Jacob and that was before twilight, too. I really regret it though bcs my sons going to have to deal w/ being in a class w/5 other Jakes.
Melodie wrote: "Personally I think Cullen is a great name and it has nothing to do with the fact that I like the Twilight books. I like old-fashioned sounding and unusual names. And this is both."
I agree! I think these names are fine.
I agree! I think these names are fine.
A friend of mine loves the name Isabella, but hates Twilight. When she had her last daughter, she knew she wanted to give her that name but disassociate it from the Meyer series, so Isabella became Izabella, and Bella became Izzy.
Charlotte (Buried in Books) wrote: "It's not really literary, but several years ago I worked for a company that had a company wide phone directory. Of course when times were slow one way to boost moral was to look for comedy names i..."thats okay i had a shop teacher in junior high whose name was.....Harry Butt! now put him in classes with a bunch of 15yo's.....man i felt sorry for that guy!
there is a monthly message that comes out whenever a ship in the navy changes its Commanding Officers and one day i was reading one and it said, CDR Dicks was relieved by CDR Dykes...and i just about pee'd me pants...
Melodie wrote: "Personally I think Cullen is a great name and it has nothing to do with the fact that I like the Twilight books. I like old-fashioned sounding and unusual names. And this is both."I think it's a cute name to be honest also, just a different take on Colin or Collin to me honestly.
twinfish2 wrote: "Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "um, actually Huckleberry is NOT the worst name I've ever heard of.My son-in-law has a cousin who named her daughter Heaven Leigh. Not too bad, yes? Until you consider t..."
or how about the opposite to that, Nevaeh...yeah that name cracks me up I'm sorry to anyone named that, not insulting but it does it cracks me up
I don't have any problem at all with people naming their kids after book characters, movie actors, songs, etc. Great places to get inspiration for names you'll love enough to say 1000 times a day as they're growing up. :) My baby sister named her son Gage, after seeing the cute little kid in the movie "Pet Cemetary". Thankfully he was never allowed to play with a kite near a highway with a lone 18-wheeler driving on it.
Get ready to laugh! I used to work in a doctor's office where we had two patients with OMG RFLMAO names. Of course, all our giggling was done in private, but calling the patients back was a HOOT and made keeping a straight face very hard at times. ***Cross my heart, these are real names!***
Drum roll....
#1 poor sod: Meet Mr. Seymour Weiner, a nice, kindly 80+ year old who probably didn't think there was a thing in the world wrong with his dear ma and pa namin' him after a hot-dog.
#2 poor sod: Meet Mr. Richard Face, a polite 40+ year old middle school teacher ...
.... wait for it ..... yah! You just realized what the common nickname for "Richard" is, didn't cha?! >:)
Steph wrote: "I don't have any problem at all with people naming their kids after book characters, movie actors, songs, etc. Great places to get inspiration for names you'll love enough to say 1000 times a day ..."That reminds me of several bad name & career choires.
When my FIL was in the Air Force, his unit's CO was Major Richard Head. No joke.
An ex-Navy boyfriend had two shipmates with the last name Staynes. Rank? Seaman.
A friend's mother worked in an accounting office with a woman named Penelope Pinscher.
I actually like the name Cullen. And Edward, but I think just plain Jake is nicer than Jacob.
Hmmm, I like Harley for a boy and Dakota for a girl. Well that is what I would choose if I ever get the chance to have children.
S.l. wrote: "Steph wrote: "I don't have any problem at all with people naming their kids after book characters, movie actors, songs, etc. Great places to get inspiration for names you'll love enough to say 100..."i went to school with a guy named richard head even worse was his mom was a teacher at our high school....she should have known better
my granddad was named Needham Gower I asked what his middle name was and he replied Needham is enough of a first name that no middle name was needed...lol I sure do miss him
Jacob has been a very popular name for years now. My son is a Jacob (we call him Jake) and he's 8.
I like all of the names in Twilight, but I don't think I'd name my children after them, just because I know there would be too many with the same name as they grew up. I grew up with a kid named Sanflea. He moved away when I was still pretty young, but I'll never forget his name!
And I do research on my family history that digs up quite a few odd names. . . one distant cousin's name was William Pinkney White, and they called him Uncle Pink. Even my parents had odd names; my mother's name is Nevada and my father's name was Otis. I just love all kinds of names, and I constantly ask my customers at work where they get their names, first and last, or I'll ask what their middle initial stands for.
S.l. wrote: "Steph wrote: "I don't have any problem at all with people naming their kids after book characters, movie actors, songs, etc. Great places to get inspiration for names you'll love enough to say 100..."OMG, Staynes.... that is so funny. What a brave soul to have joined the military, esp the Navy!
One of my brothers was named after Robbie from the old TV Show, My Three Sons. My other brother would have been named Laura Elizabeth, after Laura Ingalls Wilder, if he had been a girl. Since he was a boy, he was named after my father, but reversing the names. My mother was never a fan of the whole Jr. thing.
Ann aka Iftcan wrote: "um, actually Huckleberry is NOT the worst name I've ever heard of.My son-in-law has a cousin who named her daughter Heaven Leigh. Not too bad, yes? Until you consider their last name. Its Be..."
I believe that Heaven Leigh was the name of the main character in the Heaven Series by V.C. Andrews.
Beth wrote: "I like all of the names in Twilight, but I don't think I'd name my children after them, just because I know there would be too many with the same name as they grew up. I grew up with a kid named ..."
OK, not trying to get OT here, and maybe I should PM Beth, but wow... a Pinkney? I can trace one of my family branches back to Miles Pinkney Barefoot, but we have no information beyond him because, according to what we know, he was an orphan left on the steps of the Flowers home in Darlington County, South Carolina. He ultimately married Ida Elizabeth Flowers. Is it possible there's a relation? If you want to chat, friend me.
My grandma's name is Runell. Say It like RUE-Nell and my hubby's G'ma's name is Flossy...I love unique names but sometimes I don't get them.
I think this is a tradition that has been around a long time. I was named after a soap character on As The World Turns, my brother's middle name is Darren which my mom got from Bewitched, and my oldest son is named Nick, though not only because of the character in a vamp TV series in the early 1990's called Nick Knight...but he certainly didn't hurt! :)
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Anyway, Uncle Larry never married or had any kids. He was also the oldest of my grandparents children. To "remember" him by--5 of us cousins in my generation have some version of the name Lawrence/Laura. And none of us use it.
My hubby's grandmother (back to weird names from HIS family) was named Welma. Her Dad was German and she was first generation born in this country. She was also the only one of her parents children born in a hospital. So her GERMAN father filled in her birth certificate with the name Welma Dorethea. Pronounced in German--VELMA Dor-a-te-ah. But because this is the U.S., she was called Welma by everyone else.
I knew a Richard Payne...yep he went by Dickie...you can figure out the rest!I think my complaint with the Twilight names isn't where they got the baby names, we all get names from somewhere, but just that there are sooo many Isabella's and Jasper's and Cullen's now. I love the name Cullen, but more because I like the whole last names as first names. You know, like Mackenzie, or Taylor...etc.
In my husband's family, the male name is Lynn...from great granddad on down...three sons all with the name Lynn.. My daughter is Kaelyn and we hope it ends with her! (our son has no Lynn in his name, I thought it was overkill!)
Kate wrote: "Just kidding."That cracked me up!!!!
lol better than being named after a soap opera character which is where my name came from.. then born in hawaii so i have an I instead of Y lol
I think Cullen is an okay name, but it isn't a bad name.I was friends with a girl named, get this.
Baby Girl (to this day I wonder what the hell her parents were thinking)
and a boy named Thunder.
Kaila wrote: "lol better than being named after a soap opera character which is where my name came from.. then born in hawaii so i have an I instead of Y lol"Ah, I have an aunt that was a huge Days of Our Lives fan, and hence a cousin named Kayla as well. :)
Kaila wrote: "lol better than being named after a soap opera character which is where my name came from.. then born in hawaii so i have an I instead of Y lol"Let me guess, Kayla from Days of Our Lives? Would you have been "Patch" if you were a male? hehe. I love the name Kaila though, very pretty!
haha yes i do believe it was days of our lives.. this was in 82 im 99% sure that was on then lol..but idk my birth mom didnt name me though haha. she just did the hawaiian spelling of Kayla. lol so im Kaila. now ive got Analiese Barbara, MaKenzie Elaine, and Zachary Byron Robert and none of them are named after tv or movies lol
mw pwesonally how do people think that other people come up with baby names its from family or combining original names or from movies or books so in retrospec i dont see any thing wrong with it i may not do but others might i named my daughter Auroralyn and yes thats her first name i did it cuz its unique and sounds really pretty and alls i did was combine 2 names to make one i mean come on how many auroralyns do u know were auroralyn is the first name lol but ya i dont see anything wrong with what the people r doing in nameing there kids those names because it really is one of the ways families pick names anyways
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As I've said before--my first name was for my mother's oldest brother (she has 4 brothers) and my middle name was for my father's grandmother. (Altho I have to admit--I DID wonder what the heck they were doing naming me for Great-Granny Annie. She was quite something. EIGHT husbands, 12 children that lived, another 5 that didn't, and she ruled the entire family with an iron fist.)
I don't know, I like the name! And its not because I am a Twilight fan.If it makes you feel any better...I have seen that Name "Cullen" in other books:
(Warning its BDSM Erotica)
Name Shmame, in 10-20 years, Twilight fever will be dead and it will just be a name...IMO!
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I'm not too worried about Twilight names making their way up the list, most of them are very traditional and quite pretty. The most disturbing on that list for me is Kason. Who the heck named their kid that and why?!! That's awful! Maybe I'm missing something. Besides who am I to complain, My name is Susan one of the most boring names in the history of the planet. The only thing I can say for it is that it's not half as popular as Jennifer.