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

[Chatteress]

Originally Posted by the one

whats wrong with candida?

alot of these names are popular in other countires.

as the US grows and diversifies these names are less rare here.

Candida = yeast infection

[delusianne]

Originally Posted by Siouxcia

Maria Juana is the Spanish version of Mary Jane.

Oh, Maria

[Sonrise]

Originally Posted by Moth

Somewhat common among Greek or Greek-American males. One I knew shortened it to Dean.

or Costas, or Gus.

[Chatteress]

Originally Posted by rkb0305

I know 2 Reagan's - one boy, one girl. Never cared for that name. I know 2 girl Kennedy's. Taylor, Tyler, and Jackson, I think are all just popular names. I never thought of them as presidential. I know a Jaxon, too.

How about shortening Alexander to "Zander"? I know a couple of those too.

Jaxon is an interesting variation on the name Jackson. Has an interesting ring to it.

[Kibbiekat]

Originally Posted by LML

Here is an article about Marijuana Pepsi. She is from my home town so I've sort of followed what happened to her since the first article about her was written when she was born and named that. A woman named Marijuana plays it straight - and wins - JSOnline

wow! good for her! You know, Marijuana is the Spanish equivalent of Mary Jane. I mean, it IS a name...

[Chatteress]

Originally Posted by the one

I LOVE BELEN!!!
name of a friends daughter.

eloise aint that bad of a name.

I know someone with the name Belen and think it's a pretty name.

[Siouxcia]

Originally Posted by Chatteress

I'm ok with ethnic names as I too live in LA area and exposed to this often. What do you think of names that have nothing to do with ethnicity such as Beautiful, Love, Queen, or Savior?

I'm the only child of five who did not get a Spanish/ethnic name and I felt left out. My sisters names,>Graciela Gloria, Elisa Dianna, Julia Anna, all beautiful names, and then me with an old-English name.

And I might add, no middle name!

[Sonrise]

I don't understand how Madison became such a trendy girls name, especially considering that it means the son of Maud.

[Siouxcia]

Oooo, we've been moved! Guess we're not controversial enough.

[ButterBrownBiscuit]

LOL - both my girls have last names for first names. Hey, we thought it was cute.

~ButterBrownBiscuit~

Originally Posted by delusianne

But dont the letters and syllables go together well? It sounds so...fictional.



I cant stand it when little girls are given last names as first names. I know a Cooper, a Kennedy, an Evan, and - horribly - a Ponder.