Huckleberry as baby boy's name (boys, child, husband, school)

[dynimagelv]

a question???

Finn or Hound as the namesake???????????????????

[lauramc27]

I would never consider this name. Kids have a hard enough time as it is and you want to give him a name like that? You are setting him up to be teased and bullied, please don't do it.

[Coldjensens]

I think that people worry about other kid's reactions overly much. If the name isn't something stupid (like "Moon Unit" or "Booger") but just unusual, it can be fun for the kid. If your kid is a dweeb or a jerk, other kids will make fun of his name no matter what. If he is a nice kid, most other kids will treat him decently. Bullies are not going to leave someone alone because they have a common name.

I have a daughter with an odd name that there probably are not five other people with the same name in the US. Now that she is grown, I asked her if it bothered her, and she said no, she liked having a unique name. It only bothered her once in a while when she won awards and the announcer could not pronounce her name. Another daughter has the nickname "Duck" in our family. Some of the people at school also call her Duck. They do not make fun of her or call her nasty names. She usually responds "Quack Quack" I also have a son Quentin and everyone calls him Q, like the James bond character. It does not bother him at all.

If you son even gets to read Huckleberry Finn, I cannto see how that would be a bad thing. Huck Finn is the hero in the book. He is the coolest kid ever.

Frankly I think Huckleberry is a neat name. I wish that I had thought of it. If you show him the movie "Tombstone" with Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday, he will think that he is a tough guy. He can defend his weaker friends leaning causally against a locker and saying "Iaahhhm yer Huckleberry"

Huckleberry is a great name for a boy. It is unusual without being weird. Who wants a boring name like "Tom"? (Sorry Toms). If I was going to have more kids, I would consider Huckleberry (however first I want to use "Enli").

[Mattie]

I believe Brad Paisley has a son named Huckleberry. I'm not sure I would go that far, but I like Huck.

[Kibbiekat]

no

[purehuman]

Originally Posted by *lorie

My husband and I have this ongoing argument about naming our (future) baby boy Huckleberry. He thinks it would be cool that we get to call him Huck. I think the full name is unusual, and our son might get teased a lot growing up. I thought he was joking at first but I realized that he's pretty serious about it. What do you think of the name?

Huck rhymes with ...I'd feel bad for the kid...but then I'm not really in to naming your kid after a berry.

[DewDropInn]

My parents (otherwise caring, intelligent people) gave me a nutty name. (It had meaning to them and they thought it sounded "cute".) Wrong.

Since I had some success in my profession when I was young I kept it as my working name after I got married. Not the smartest thing I ever did. So there's 30 plus more years of people saying, "That's your name? Really?" And then they laugh. Or they make a joke I have heard 500 times like they are the most clever person on the planet for thinking of it. Or say it loudly to the person across the room. "Hey! Get a load of this name!"

Sometimes I get a look of pity but not often.

Then there's the whole thing of having such a unique name people hear it and never forget it. Good if you are an upstanding citizen. Probably would have been bad if I'd turned bad and started robbing banks.

Do.not.do.it.

I just thank God it doesn't rhyme with a cuss word. Especially that cuss word.

[Hopes]

Absolutely not. This shouldn't even be an ongoing argument. Use your veto power.

[Mightyqueen801]

Tell your husband there is a conga line of woman on City-Data waiting to slap him.

[sweetchas]

Oh god no.