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Old 11-12-2003, 02:57 PM   #1
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Exclamation Brand-Naming Your Kids

We're getting to the point of talking about names for the bun in the oven (which we should know the sex of by mid-December), but since "ESPN" is already taken, I guess we'll have to come up with something more original.

A story about some f**cked up people...


Brand Names ... for Kids?
Updated: Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003 - 4:44 AM


WASHINGTON - Baby, baby. What's in a name?

Years ago, it used to be people named their kids after religious figures and saints.

Or they named them after dad or grandma or mom's favorite aunt.

Forget Mike or John.

Today, the latest trend in baby names takes pop-culture to a new level, naming kids after consumer products.

Yes, parents are naming their children after cars, clothing, hair dye and even canned peas.

Infiniti. Celica. Armani. Timberland. Nautica. L'Oreal. Del Monte.

Those are some of the names that Cleveland Evans, a psychology professor at Nebraska's Bellevue University and a member of the American Name Society, found when he studied Social Security records for the year 2000.

According to a web article on World Magazine's site, Evans also found two separate parents, one in Texas and one in Michigan, who named their sons ESPN after the sports cable network.

If that's not bad enough.

One WTOP staffer has talked with teen girls named Nonchalant and Unnecessary.

Imagine introducing yourself at a job interview with those names.

And, no kidding, another staffer has even heard of one named Syphilis.

Boy, you can bet she'll have a hard time getting a date.

(Copyright 2003 by WTOP. All Rights Reserved.)
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Old 11-12-2003, 02:59 PM   #2
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What a stupid idea.

I mean, I'd at least want some money for naming my kid after a company or product.
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Old 11-12-2003, 03:01 PM   #3
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I know. Just think how much I could get for naming my son "Tommy."
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Old 11-12-2003, 03:03 PM   #4
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Old 11-12-2003, 03:05 PM   #5
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Old 11-12-2003, 03:06 PM   #6
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Soda


The wife and I would fight over that one. I'd want to call...uh...it...Pop.
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Old 11-12-2003, 03:06 PM   #7
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This issue was going around my cirle of friendsa year or two ago, when one couple was expecting.

I offered to personally put up $5,000 if they really went with "Chips Ahoy" McCoy. It would have been money well spent.
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Old 11-12-2003, 03:07 PM   #8
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I think I'll name my next kid Trojan Buster.

Or perhaps Stayfree Maxipad if it's a girl. Of course we'll just call her Maxie, or Max for short.
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Old 11-12-2003, 03:07 PM   #9
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I once had a student whose given name was Mary, but who went exclusively by L'Oreal. I guess she was worth it. ::rimshot::
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Old 11-12-2003, 03:11 PM   #10
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*shakes head*

*reads article again*

*sighs and shakes head*
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Old 11-12-2003, 03:12 PM   #11
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Seriously, though, who would name their kid Unnecessary? I mean, I have a cousin who was jokingly nicknamed Boo-boo (because he was a mistake), but that name kinda left him as a toddler. It's quite another thing to have to write "Unnecessary" on your college applications.

This one sounds like it is ripe for snopes material, but I had a friend in college who says a friend of his was a substitute teacher in the Orlando area and had a girl in one of his classess named Shithead - pronounced "shi - THADE." I've never quite believed it, but I wouldn't doubt it, either.
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Old 11-12-2003, 03:23 PM   #12
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The urban legends in this regard usually have at least a trace of classism or racism involved... things like kids being named "fe-MAH-lee" (since it was already on the birth certificate, and to the mother this was a perfectly acceptable name) or twins being named "Lemonjello" and "Oranjello." Most dedicated followers of urban myths like to see some element of either mockery or moralism in their preferred pass-alongs, and making fun of other types of people's willingness to use unusual names fits the bill pretty well.
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Old 11-12-2003, 03:27 PM   #13
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Yes, I think Shithead, Lemonjello, and Oranjello all attended several schools near where I live.
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Old 11-12-2003, 03:28 PM   #14
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What if you named your kid Mistake?
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Old 11-12-2003, 03:28 PM   #15
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"I'm sorry, but you must be sadly mistaken."

"Yes, I am!"
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Old 11-12-2003, 03:30 PM   #16
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Shithead - pronounced "shi - THADE
Reminds me of the Saturday Night Live episode where Nicholas Cage is named Asswipe - pronounced Oz Wee Pay.
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Old 11-12-2003, 03:37 PM   #17
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This one sounds like it is ripe for snopes material, but I had a friend in college who says a friend of his was a substitute teacher in the Orlando area and had a girl in one of his classess named Shithead - pronounced "shi - THADE." I've never quite believed it, but I wouldn't doubt it, either.


Funny you mention this; a friend of mine's sister told me that she had a kid in class named 'Shithead' as well. Keep in mind, she said the person was in her class, and she is not the type of person who would make something like this up.
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Old 11-12-2003, 03:51 PM   #18
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The wife and I would fight over that one. I'd want to call...uh...it...Pop.


Sodapop was a character name in S.E. Hinton's "Outsiders", his younger brother was Ponyboy.

Now if you called your kid, Coke or Pepsi...ick.
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Old 11-12-2003, 04:00 PM   #19
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Imagine the inferiority complex if you named him "Diet Rite."

Although Shasta is kinda cool...
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Old 11-12-2003, 04:06 PM   #20
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Shasta McNasty

(also sounds like a pirate name)
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Old 11-12-2003, 04:11 PM   #21
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I feel sorry for these kids.... They must have very sick parents....
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Old 11-12-2003, 04:24 PM   #22
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Lemonjello and Oranjello make an appearance in a Dan Jenkins novel. They are twin running backs, I believe. TCU recruited two twins also in the book Avis and Budget. It's all fiction though.
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Old 11-12-2003, 04:46 PM   #23
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I actually like the name Armani
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Old 11-12-2003, 04:52 PM   #24
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I have a couple of friends who claim to have gone to school with a boy named "Cocaine Johnson", but they have yet to offer up any evidence.
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Old 11-12-2003, 04:56 PM   #25
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I don't know about product endorsements, but I think it'd be funny if kids had names like Cornholio...

Not my kids, of course. Just someone else's kids.
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Old 11-12-2003, 05:01 PM   #26
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I went to middle school with a kid named Nike. It was spelled like the shoe, but he wanted it pronounced like 'Mike'...but with an 'N', of course. I think that was a result from years of teasing.
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Old 11-12-2003, 05:02 PM   #27
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Did he sign his homework with a swoosh?
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Old 11-12-2003, 05:22 PM   #28
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I remember few years back the video game Turok was offering up some cash to anyone who would change their name
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Old 11-12-2003, 05:31 PM   #29
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I was a "principal for a day" today, and the school secretary's name was Chiquita.

Chiquita Johnson. Owner of the finest butt I've ever seen on a school secretary.
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Old 11-12-2003, 05:34 PM   #30
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I was a "principal for a day" today, and the school secretary's name was Chiquita.

Chiquita Johnson. Owner of the finest butt I've ever seen on a school secretary.


So, when shoudl be be able to hear the details of the sexual harrassment suit?

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Old 11-12-2003, 05:39 PM   #31
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I was a "principal for a day" today, and the school secretary's name was Chiquita.

Chiquita Johnson. Owner of the finest butt I've ever seen on a school secretary.


Chiquita Johnson... a phallic name if there ever was one...
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Old 11-12-2003, 07:34 PM   #32
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they should force the parents to change their names to Fuckheaded Parent or something.

although, I did choose the name Graham with the thought that the people who make Graham Crackers might want to send a little dough our way
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Old 11-12-2003, 07:42 PM   #33
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One of my friend is Dave and he like's pale ale. He also happens to be the only indian-american that I am friends with as Milford is not too diverse.

Anyway, we were looking at some beer online and there is a beer called Indian Dave's Pale Ale. Our jaws all dropped and we all laughed.

Interesting, no?
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Old 11-12-2003, 07:51 PM   #34
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I used to know a kid in my middle school named Cocaine Cante. He used to play against me in little league baseball. Hell of an athlete, but you really don't have to wonder why he never made it out of middle school (rumor had it that his sister was named marijuana, but we never tried to confirm it)

There was also a kid named Bone in my school, it was his real name.
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Old 11-12-2003, 07:53 PM   #35
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dola, we also had ROTC officers that were Colonel Wood and Major Knox (I guess Wood had to be a major at some point... Know Wood... laugh.)
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Old 11-12-2003, 07:54 PM   #36
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In Japan, it's illegal to give your kids jackass names. The government just won't let you do it. I read an article about it in the Japan Times about it a year or so ago.

Some damn knuckleheads wanted to name their son Akuma-- I guess after the SF character. But that means 'demon' in Japan. They went to register the name at their city office and were told no dice.
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Old 11-12-2003, 08:37 PM   #37
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I went to register Fritz and they wrote down Anal Warts. I was relieved, as Fritz would have caused severe beatings for junior in school.
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Old 11-12-2003, 09:53 PM   #38
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I think I've relayed this story to the board before, but it fits well. A friend of mine had a temp job adding the names of newborns to insurance databases, etc. One day, he told me about a great one he had gotten that day.

"Congratulations Mrs. Jones on your new baby girl. Have you got a name picked out?"

"Yeah Doc, I'm naming her after my two favorite things in life."








Marijuana.

Pepsi.

Jones.
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Old 11-12-2003, 10:01 PM   #39
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I still prefer the names within my generation: Starshine, Windstar, Sun, Moon, etc.
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Old 11-12-2003, 10:46 PM   #40
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I still prefer the names within my generation: Starshine, Windstar, Sun, Moon, etc.


Bucc - But in YOUR generation God was still naming his creations.
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Old 11-12-2003, 10:57 PM   #41
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ouch. I was going to make a cro-magnon joke, but you went back even further.
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Old 11-12-2003, 11:01 PM   #42
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I wish our culture valued meaningful names. My wife and I are actually considering waiting a few weeks to name our 3rd boy (due in February). Well, okay. *I* am considering it.

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Old 11-12-2003, 11:21 PM   #43
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ouch. I was going to make a cro-magnon joke, but you went back even further.


Technically, you would have gone back further than he did. The Bible seems pretty set the world began 7000 years ago or so, when God would have been naming things. Cro-Magnons were around some 10,000 years before that.

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Old 11-12-2003, 11:44 PM   #44
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couldn't hesitate any longer.

by the way, these guys are hilarious.

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Old 11-13-2003, 12:33 AM   #45
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"The Bad Baby Name for 10/16/02 is: Kalamatitty Hamilton"
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Old 11-13-2003, 12:54 AM   #46
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If I ran the country with an iron fist like I really want to, these are the types of people who would be drug out into the street and hung for all to see. Then their children would be renamed and the whole incident never spoken of again. Hmmm... it's probably good I don't rule this country with an iron fist.

I can almost understand "Infiniti. Celica. Armani. Timberland. Nautica. L'Oreal. Del Monte. " Well, those last two are suspect, but if you name your kid Syphilis, you deserve to be infected with it. Nonchalant and Unnecessary? We deem your life as such and claim it as our own. Did I mention that if I ran this country with an iron fist, we'd have a giant salt mine or some sort of mine where these parents would be forced to work. Both parents. I mean, if you can't keep your spouse from naming your progeny things like this, then you, too, deserve punishment. Only, you get the equivalent of minimum security giant slave mine while they are forced to work in federal pound-me-in-the-ass salt mine.

Oh, and heybrad, I actually thought of that SNL reference when I saw the article but couldn't think of the context. Thx


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Old 11-13-2003, 01:10 AM   #47
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Didn't there used to be a major league pitcher (in the seventies I think) whose last name was Lemengello or something like that? I think it was Mark Lemengello. Name was pronounced just like the dessert...
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Old 11-13-2003, 01:23 AM   #48
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Talking about brand naming your kids, how about Paris Hilton. She's lucky her father didn't own Motel 6.
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Old 11-13-2003, 03:05 AM   #49
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Didn't there used to be a major league pitcher (in the seventies I think) whose last name was Lemengello or something like that? I think it was Mark Lemengello. Name was pronounced just like the dessert...


Mark Lemongello

Got his spelling right on the first try even. The name sounded familiar but I can't remember from where- did he do some announcing or something because he would have been before my time and while I could spout of all kinds of utility player and nobody names from the late 80s through now, I was born in his last year in the majors so I would have had to know him from somewhere else.

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Old 11-13-2003, 04:01 AM   #50
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Hmmm I can't speak - my youngest son is named 'Keegan' after Kevin Keegan (my wifes choice of name I might add, I just ok'd it .... she's a huge Man City fan).
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