Names people don't give their kids anymore

[Lantern Venom]

I don't hear many kids being given Hippie names like Moonbeam and Woodstock. I grew up with the offspring of the baby boomer generation and quite a few kids had names like these.

 

[The Riddler]

shart.

 

[Hobgoblin]

I've gone to school with a Calvin, and worked with numerous Petes, Louises, and Henrys.

Huh, weird. I know no one by those names. My cousin was Peter but he was significantly older than I was.

 

[ComicChick]

Shantika.

And Boqueshia.

there's a lot of -sha names these days...

 

[SuperFerret]

Grover
Elmo
Oscar
Big Bird

 

[ComicChick]

my grandmother's 3rd husband's name was grover lol
my grandpa had an uncle named St. Elmo
lots of Oscars in my family

no big birds lol

 

[Hobgoblin]

I have two uncles named Norman but you dont see many in the younger generations.

 

[Manic]

Maybe it's just the area where I live, but where are all the Benjamins?

 

[Shemtov]

there's a lot of -sha names these days...

I heard about a girl named Latrina.

 

[ComicChick]

Maybe it's just the area where I live, but where are all the Benjamins?

there's at least 2 in virginia

 

[Manic]

I heard about a girl named Latrina.

"That's an interesting name, Latrine."
"My family changed it in the 9th century."
"You changed it to Latrine?"
"Yeah. It used to be S***house!"

 

[Hobgoblin]

"My name is Dementia. It means 'insanity.'"
"My name is Fester. It means 'to rot.'"
-Addams Family

 

[Carcharodon]

"That's an interesting name, Latrine."
"My family changed it in the 9th century."
"You changed it to Latrine?"
"Yeah. It used to be S***house!"

"It's a good change....it's a good change!"

 

[ComicChick]

"That's an interesting name, Latrine."
"My family changed it in the 9th century."
"You changed it to Latrine?"
"Yeah. It used to be S***house!"

haha

 

[Marx]

"My name is Dementia. It means 'insanity.'"
"My name is Fester. It means 'to rot.'"
-Addams Family

I love that movie.

 

[SuperFerret]

That reminds me, you don't see Gomez as a first name very often.

 

[Majic Walrus]

Today I met a guy whose middle name was Grassy-Meadows.

 

[ComicChick]

the movie i'm watching, the main character's name is Novalee Nation and her daughter?

Americus Nation

 

[Wolfwood]

what a pleasant idea for a thread. You know, I was just wondering the other day if the name "Hermione" has come back into fashion.

How about Humphrey, Daisy or Lilith.

I have three students named Daisy and my Assistant is named Daisy as well. So

 

[Avangarde]

My Great Grandpappy's name was Gult, i'm thinking about bringing it back for s**ts and giggles.

 

[Bat Attack]

Ferguson. The only person with that name I can recall was the brother on Clarissa Explains It All. It sounds old though.

 

[VampElvis]

All of you will be happy to know that in March when my son is born his name will be...

Jack.

When it was time to name my son I pushed real hard for Telemachus. Not that it was what I really wanted, though I would have been very happy with it, but more so she could reject it immediately and I could plead for it them suggest what I really wanted as a compromise. There's a lesson there, youngn's.

 

[Manic]

You never meet anyone named Thelonious, which is a shame because Thelonious Monk had one of the coolest birth names in history.

Funny thing. I decided to look up Thelonious on behindthename.com, and I got one of the biggest link-runarounds you could imagine. Thelonious took me to Thelonius (notice the slightly different spelling), which is a Latinized form of Tielo/Tillo, which is a nickname for Dietrich, which is the German form of Theodoric.

 

[ComicChick]

When it was time to name my son I pushed real hard for Telemachus. Not that it was what I really wanted, though I would have been very happy with it, but more so she could reject it immediately and I could plead for it them suggest what I really wanted as a compromise. There's a lesson there, youngn's.

What was the name you compromised on?

 

[Downhere]

the movie i'm watching, the main character's name is Novalee Nation and her daughter?

Americus Nation

Gotta love Where The Heart Is.