Pet Peeve: Why do many US parents give their children unconventional names? (baby, baby names)

[Chatteress]

Let's debate one of my pet peeves: Why do so many US parents give their children unconventional names? I've actually known of kids named Honey (who does NOT live up to the name BTW), Beautiful, Love and Messiah! I know parents want to give their child a special, cutesy name but don't these parents realize that these names could hinder their child when they try to locate a job as an adult (not to mention the teasing and taunting that's likely to occur in school)? Just picture Beautiful as an adult introducing herself to a recruiter: "Hi, I'm Beautiful." Do you think that she will be taken seriously when she is out looking for work? Couldn't the parents just give their children nicknames instead of making these names unconventional names official?

Please let's just focus on unconventional names and not make this about ethnic names as I do not want this to be another thread about race issues. Thank you.

[Little-Acorn]

Dweezil and Moon Unit Zappa might agree with you.

[Chatteress]

Originally Posted by Little-Acorn

Dweezil and Moon Unit Zappa might agree with you.

LOL! I thought about those two as well. Not to mention "Rumor" which is Demi Moore's child. What are these parents THINKING?

[LML]

I knew a woman named Pretty. There is a teacher that is named Marijuana Pepsi. She said her mother named her after her two favorite things and she finally just decided to work hard to overcome the name. I think some parents think of their children more as pets than as people who will grow up and have their own life and have to deal with these ridiculous names.

[meson]

I couldn't care less what parents name their children, it's their business not mine...

[Drover]

^^ Or how about Nicholas Cage naming his kid Kal-El?

[Kibbiekat]

Originally Posted by LML

I knew a woman named Pretty. There is a teacher that is named Marijuana Pepsi. She said her mother named her after her two favorite things and she finally just decided to work hard to overcome the name. I think some parents think of their children more as pets than as people who will grow up and have their own life and have to deal with these ridiculous names.

Oh gad! Did they call her Mary, at least? That's awful!

[SLCPUNK]

Reminds me of an old Steve Wright joke where he named his dog "Stay". Calling the dog created a problem of course: "Come here Stay, come here stay."

As far as the OP...who cares.

[msina]

Some countries have laws for naming children.
Laws Against Baby Names - Motherlode Blog - NYTimes.com

[Chatteress]

Originally Posted by meson

I couldn't care less what parents name their children, it's their business not mine...

I agree that it is their business but I'm more concerned about the repercusions for the child who has to live with the name and how it will affect their future career prospects.