Years ago, I heard the Weezer song "My Name is Jonas" and thought, wow, I wish MY name was Jonas - so much cooler than the tepid "Kevin".
So I resolved to name my son Jonas. Held onto that one for yeeeears.
Then, just as my missus is preggers, the Jonas Brothers happen. And huge. Crap I thought. There's no way I can call him Jonas now. Totally decided that would be the worst curse for a boy. Over time I realized that by the time the kid is 3, who the crap is still going to remember the Jonas brothers??
Admittedly, there are some video game characters I'm fond of that I would like to name my kids after. Fortunately, they all have relatively "normal" names like Alex, Mia, Jessica, etc. Being regular names, I may have some pull in convincing the spousal overunit to go with them. I'm not going to be like that crazy family that named their kid Sephiroth a few years back.
Admittedly, there are some video game characters I'm fond of that I would like to name my kids after. Fortunately, they all have relatively "normal" names like Alex, Mia, Jessica, etc. Being regular names, I may have some pull in convincing the spousal overunit to go with them. I'm not going to be like that crazy family that named their kid Sephiroth a few years back.
When it comes to crazy nerd names, I think the solution is to just have an even number of kids and take turns naming.
Personally, if I had kids, I would probably be all traditional and name them after deceased family members. Of course, my family has very old style names. Ralph, Martin (Marty), Morris, Rosie, Roslyn. There's also great grandma Sarah, but my sister is already named after her.
Personally, if I had kids, I would probably be all traditional and name them after deceased family members. Of course, my family has very old style names. Ralph, Martin (Marty), Morris, Rosie, Roslyn. There's also great grandma Sarah, but my sister is already named after her.
Yeah, I probably couldn't do that, at least if I had boys. Just about all the boys in my family were named Mario and Luis (I'm not kidding). Still, there's not at all anything wrong with the names you'd probably use. Again, nice regular (though "Ralph" is maybe a bit old fashioned) names.
Personally, if I had kids, I would probably be all traditional and name them after deceased family members. Of course, my family has very old style names. Ralph, Martin (Marty), Morris, Rosie, Roslyn. There's also great grandma Sarah, but my sister is already named after her.
Yeah, I probably couldn't do that, at least if I had boys. Just about all the boys in my family were named Mario and Luis (I'm not kidding). Still, there's not at all anything wrong with the names you'd probably use. Again, nice regular (though "Ralph" is maybe a bit old fashioned) names.
A friend of mine moved to Canada from India when he was a small boy. His family all chose western sounding (English) first names.
They let him choose whatever name he wanted. Did I mention he was a small boy? So he chose one from one of the few English movies he had seen: Benji.
And thus it is written on his ID, not Benjamin, Benji.
I always thought it would be great to just have a name that's not short for anything. Nobody coming up with crazy abbreviations or adding a "y" on the end. Hence naming my daughter Sarah. If it were a boy, my wife and I were going to argue the merits of Kenneth versus just putting Ken on the birth certificate.
I've always been partial to Gen for a boy and Kyra for a girl. Of course my wife has informed me that I will sooner be roasted alive than name her babies after gelflings.
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Also possible, just to fuck with other members of the coming generation(s): Harry James [any old-world profession besides Potter].
There we go. A son of mine shall be Mad Hatter.
Girl = Green.
Simple.
So I resolved to name my son Jonas. Held onto that one for yeeeears.
Then, just as my missus is preggers, the Jonas Brothers happen. And huge. Crap I thought. There's no way I can call him Jonas now. Totally decided that would be the worst curse for a boy. Over time I realized that by the time the kid is 3, who the crap is still going to remember the Jonas brothers??
So on 10-10-10, my son was born: Jonas Andrew.
Personally, if I had kids, I would probably be all traditional and name them after deceased family members. Of course, my family has very old style names. Ralph, Martin (Marty), Morris, Rosie, Roslyn. There's also great grandma Sarah, but my sister is already named after her.
They let him choose whatever name he wanted. Did I mention he was a small boy? So he chose one from one of the few English movies he had seen: Benji.
And thus it is written on his ID, not Benjamin, Benji.
Too many possible puns, I think.