Baby names!

[Rocl]

Whoever the fuck decided to add an extra O and Y to Zoe is fucking retarded

Got it Aydin?

[Siniroth]

Whoever the fuck decided to add an extra O and Y to Zoe is fucking retarded

[Vandalhart]

My wife better be joking, but she brought up the following:

Savannah, Nessa... I'm drawing a blank on other ones.. but they were not ones I liked.

She did say Alice.. it's not too bad. Evelyn was one that came up too. I brought up Morrigan but she thought I said Morgan and liked it better. There's already a Morgan in our extend extended family I think.

[Marked]

Funny all the Zoe talk, since that's my wife's name. I told her last night that I'm warming up to James and Alexander. She hates James, but doesn't mind Alexander, though she says there are a lot of Alex's at her school.

[Zeb]

Use Zeb and I'll come cock-punch you. You can use Zeke and Zelda though.

[Indalecia]

Zeddicus

Edit: and make sure he has a rock he can stand on

[Acturus]

Funny all the Zoe talk, since that's my wife's name. I told her last night that I'm warming up to James and Alexander. She hates James, but doesn't mind Alexander, though she says there are a lot of Alex's at her school.

Remind her that there's an entire generation between the Alexs at her school and the Alexs your kid will grow up with.

[Marked]

Remind her that there's an entire generation between the Alexs at her school and the Alexs your kid will grow up with.

She teaches kindergarten reading, so there isn't that much of a difference, but I guess that may be a fairly long chunk of time for name trends.

[Pharaun]

I'm personally fascinated by the letter X and Z

I have a friend who's name is Zzyzx (pronounced Zy-Zix).

[Caiti]

the spelling of zoe "zooey" drives me nuts. the most common names i've heard lately are ava and isabelle. speaking from experience, being the 5th person in your class with the same name gets old fast.

[Woozie]

I've only met one person in my entire life with my name. That's the only thing I like about my name.

[Byrthnoth]

It all depends on your last name. The ultimate goal of any child-naming is to make your kid's initials a cool acronym or three letter word. Or if you have a bad last name, play it up. Like naming your kid Richard when your last name is Dick. Or taking your husband's name "Wang" when your first name is Sandra.

[Vandalhart]

the spelling of zoe "zooey" drives me nuts. the most common names i've heard lately are ava and isabelle. speaking from experience, being the 5th person in your class with the same name gets old fast.

I like Isabelle, but the whole Twilight thing has ruined it for me. I'm pretty sure "Bella" is short for Isabelle. I'm sure that's the first thing that'll come to mind if I suggest it to her.

[Enygma55]

I have a friend who's name is Zzyzx (pronounced Zy-Zix).

Haha that's cool and kinda crazy. More Z's than Aziz Ansari.

[wyrmtung]

Reading a post about naming your gaming character reminded me being named Wyrmtung in FFXI. I always felt I screwed myself while LFP cuz my name would almost always show up last for my job/lvl. Maybe you should name your kid Aaron so he can have first pick for anything where the order is by first name?

[Caiti]

I like Isabelle, but the whole Twilight thing has ruined it for me. I'm pretty sure "Bella" is short for Isabelle. I'm sure that's the first thing that'll come to mind if I suggest it to her.

Yeah, that seems to be the trend. :/

[Woozie]

Reading a post about naming your gaming character reminded me being named Wyrmtung in FFXI. I always felt I screwed myself while LFP cuz my name would almost always show up last for my job/lvl. Maybe you should name your kid Aaron so he can have first pick for anything where the order is by first name?

It would have to be his last name for that to work most of the time.

[MaachaQ]

Wish I still had the list of baby names I had to choose from ^^; My kids first names were chosen by their grandmother (it's a Korean thing, all children of a generation have names chosen by grandparents and have one part of their name in common), but I chose their middle names. Medea (from the Greek play, not Tyler Perry >.>) and Gabriel. I wanted names that were uncommon, but not crazy... I had a couple of baby name books, but they didn't make the hop over the pond to Korea with us... My name is Michelle, and there were easilly 6 other girls with that same name in my school (thanks to the Beetles I think), and I didn't want my kids to have that same experience...

[wop]

http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/family...ifestyles.html

1) Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii (New Zealand)
New Zealand law bans names which could cause offence to a 'reasonable' person. Good thing too - the country is a stupid name hotspot. We found a couple from the islands who tried and failed to call their son '4Real', but nothing beats the ridiculous moniker above. It belonged to a 9-year-old girl before a judge had her renamed during a custody battle. 'It makes a fool of the child,' he said. It certainly made application forms a pain in the butt.

Has New Zealand banned any other names? Oh yes. The judge listed some that were also blocked: Fish and Chips (twins), Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit. Number 16 Bus Shelter and Violence were allowed.

2) Venerdi AKA 'Friday' (Italy)
Maybe this is what the Pope was talking about. Back in 2008 a court banned an Italian couple from calling their child Venerdi (translation: Friday). The judges reckoned the name - taken from 'Robinson Crusoe' - would expose the boy to 'mockery' and was associated with 'subservience and insecurity'. The parents, however, might have the last laugh; they threatened to call their next child Mercoledi (Wednesday).

Has Italy banned any other names? Italian courts can step in 'when the child's name is likely to limit social interaction and create insecurity'. In Turin, Andrea was rejected (and changed to Emma) as it's a boy's name in Italy. Dalmata has also been rejected, as it means Dalmatian.

3) Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 (Sweden)
No, we didn't fall asleep on the keyboard. That is an actual name a Swedish couple tried to inflict on their son back in 1996. Apparently the name is pronounced 'Albin' (we're not sure how), and the parents chose it as a protest against Sweden's admittedly strict naming laws. Tax authorities must give their blessing to both first and surnames before they can be used.

Has Sweden banned any other names? Oh yes. Some favourites include Metallica, IKEA, Veranda and Q. Google was OK though.

4) Gesher AKA 'Bridge' (Norway)
Back in 1998 those nasty Norwegians threw a woman in jail (admittedly for only two days) when she failed to pay a fine for giving her son an 'unapproved' name. Eccentric Kristi Larsen said she was instructed in a dream to name her son Gesher (Hebrew for 'Bridge'), but the court were having none of it. Kristi did have 13 children already though, so maybe she had just run out of ideas.

Has Norway banned any other names? Undoubtedly, though in recent times they have replaced their list of officially sanctioned names with a general ban on monikers featuring swearing, sex and illnesses.

5) Chow Tow AKA 'Smelly Head' (Malaysia)
Unlike many countries which are gradually relaxing name laws, Malaysian authorities have cracked down on unsuitable titles in recent years. In 2006 government killjoys published a list of undesirable names that weren't in keeping with the religious traditions of the country – such as Cantonese moniker Chow Tow – which means 'Smelly Head'.

Has Malaysia banned any other names? Lots more Chinese efforts such as Ah Chwar ('Snake'), Khiow Khoo ('Hunchback'), Sor Chai ('Insane'). Malays should also steer clear of Woti, which means 'Sexual Intercourse'.

6) @ (China)
With more than a billion fellow countrymen, finding a unique name in China is difficult. Perhaps that's why one couple called their baby the '@' symbol – in Chinese characters it apparently looks a bit like 'love him'. Bless. Unsurprisingly, however, the authorities were less sentimental and publicised the moniker as an example of citizens bringing bizarre names into the Chinese language.

Has China banned any other names? The police have control over all names given to children because they issue identity cards, but details of rejections are not widely circulated.

7) Miatt (Germany)
Country living up to stereotype alert! Surprise, surprise the Germans are somewhat officious when it comes to baby naming laws. Regulation-loving Deutschland has an entire department (the Standesamt) which decides if names are suitable. Miatt was rejected because it didn't clearly show whether the child was a boy or a girl, but sometimes the decisions are somewhat arbitrary...

Has Germany banned any other names? The likes of Stompie, Woodstock and Grammophon were turned down, whereas the similarly strange Speedy, Lafayette and Jazz were allowed.

8) Anus (Denmark)
What is it about Scandinavian countries and name laws? The Danes are even tougher than the Swedes in this regard, with parents given 7,000-odd names to choose from by the government. Special permission is needed to deviate from the list, with ethnic names, odd spellings and even compound surnames forbidden. Luckily for him (we assume it's a 'he'), Anus was one of 250-odd names rejected each year.

Has Denmark banned any other names? Well, Pluto and Monkey had lucky escapes...

9) Ovnis (Portugal)
Before naming your child in Portugal, best consult this mammoth, 80-page government doc (and have it translated to English) that tells you which names you can and can't use. It's pretty strict (and random) – Tomás is OK but Tom isn't – and celebs can forget about the likes of Apple and Brooklyn, which aren't even on the banned list. Essex girls rejoice, however – Mercedes is allowed!

Has Portugal banned any other names? There are more than 2,000 names on the reject list, including Ovnis - Portuguese for UFO.

10) Akuma AKA Devil (Japan)
Here's a name the Pope definitely wouldn't approve of. In 1993 a Japanese parent called his son Akuma (which literally means Devil). The authorities decided this was an abuse of the parent's rights to decide a child's name and a lengthy court battle ensued. Eventually the father backed down and junior got a new, less demonic name.

Baby named Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 in Sweden LOL

[Marked]

Turns out it's a girl, so I don't have to worry about boy names. Her name will be Adelle <???> Hufnagle. Middle names are harder than first names and they don't even matter...