Comments on: The Name Game http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:43:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: LUCY http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/comment-page-1/#comment-16395 LUCY Fri, 11 May 2007 18:26:45 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/#comment-16395 Name it Braidon. Or Braeden or any variation of braidon Name it Braidon. Or Braeden or any variation of braidon

]]> By: Tony http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/comment-page-1/#comment-15643 Tony Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:18:42 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/#comment-15643 Kate thinks you should name her Jane. Kate thinks you should name her Jane.

]]> By: links for 2007-04-25 at Bill O’Neill http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/comment-page-1/#comment-15626 links for 2007-04-25 at Bill O’Neill Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:24:22 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/#comment-15626 [...] Jeff Boulter’s Blog » The Name Game (tags: baby_names) [...] [...] Jeff Boulter’s Blog » The Name Game (tags: baby_names) [...]

]]> By: Jeffrey Friedl http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/comment-page-1/#comment-15540 Jeffrey Friedl Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:30:25 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/#comment-15540 Big mistake, Jeff, soliciting names this way, because just think what happens if someone suggests a name that really rings nicely... one that makes you intuitively think "yes, that's it!"? You'll then be faced with the decision to 1) forgo a name you love, or 2) admit that some random stranger named your kid. About rule #1 (no family members), you didn't clarify whether that included you and your wife, but I hope it does because I think it's really tacky naming a kid after yourself. Rather, if a boy, you should name him after me. Oh, and BTW, congratulations! Some tips that might come in handy: http://regex.info/blog/2005-04-01/2 Essentials for a First Time Parent Jeffrey Big mistake, Jeff, soliciting names this way, because just think what happens if someone suggests a name that really rings nicely… one that makes you intuitively think “yes, that’s it!”? You’ll then be faced with the decision to 1) forgo a name you love, or 2) admit that some random stranger named your kid.

About rule #1 (no family members), you didn’t clarify whether that included you and your wife, but I hope it does because I think it’s really tacky naming a kid after yourself. Rather, if a boy, you should name him after me.

Oh, and BTW, congratulations!

Some tips that might come in handy:

http://regex.info/blog/2005-04-01/2
Essentials for a First Time Parent

Jeffrey

]]> By: Dan Isaacs http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/comment-page-1/#comment-15411 Dan Isaacs Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:40:12 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/#comment-15411 I never did make up any fast and hard rules. I'd always wanted to name my daughter Emily, if I'd ever had one, since I very much loved Emily Dickinson's poetry. But a decade later discovered it was insanely popular for 5 years running. So what I did was look through the Social Security's website where it lists the most popular names in order for each year. The Java applet linked above does that, too. I wound up going with Audrey for the girl, and Trevor for the boy. Both names that aren't absurd, but not so common they'll require their surname to communicate in grade school. Stay out of the top 20, and odds are decent they'll have no more than one friend withthe same name. I never did make up any fast and hard rules. I’d always wanted to name my daughter Emily, if I’d ever had one, since I very much loved Emily Dickinson’s poetry. But a decade later discovered it was insanely popular for 5 years running.

So what I did was look through the Social Security’s website where it lists the most popular names in order for each year. The Java applet linked above does that, too.

I wound up going with Audrey for the girl, and Trevor for the boy. Both names that aren’t absurd, but not so common they’ll require their surname to communicate in grade school. Stay out of the top 20, and odds are decent they’ll have no more than one friend withthe same name.

]]> By: Micah http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/comment-page-1/#comment-15389 Micah Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:03:58 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/#comment-15389 Going through the same process on this end, the kid's due end of next month. About to give up and just go with "Monday" for the first, "Tuesday" for the second, and so on. Or possibly just sticking our surname onto the end of a famous person's name, like George Washington Carver and the like. Going through the same process on this end, the kid’s due end of next month. About to give up and just go with “Monday” for the first, “Tuesday” for the second, and so on. Or possibly just sticking our surname onto the end of a famous person’s name, like George Washington Carver and the like.

]]> By: "links for 2007-04-21" by Bob Plankers, The Lone Sysadmin http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/comment-page-1/#comment-15327 "links for 2007-04-21" by Bob Plankers, The Lone Sysadmin Sat, 21 Apr 2007 06:17:26 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/#comment-15327 [...] Jeff Boulter’s Blog » The Name Game Naming a kid has got to be tough. It’s hard enough to name a computer. [...] [...] Jeff Boulter’s Blog » The Name Game Naming a kid has got to be tough. It’s hard enough to name a computer. [...]

]]> By: eric http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/comment-page-1/#comment-15271 eric Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:55:42 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/#comment-15271 And then there's our criteria. Can't be a plausible dinosaur name. Because giving someone a name sounding like Dinasaurus is just wrong. And then there’s our criteria. Can’t be a plausible dinosaur name. Because giving someone a name sounding like Dinasaurus is just wrong.

]]> By: Dave http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/comment-page-1/#comment-15269 Dave Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:33:58 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/#comment-15269 Great article. A couple other points to consider. Girls names are easier than boys (imho). Mainly because of rule #8. Also, girls seem to be winning in the ambiguous naming wars. There are a lot of names that used to be acceptable for guys, but the women co-opted (Jordan, Mason, etc). So when naming a guy, you always need to be aware of that dynamic. You don't want your kid to end up with a girl's name 15 years in the future. Oh, and big kudos for sticking to rule #2. I'm always amazed by the trendy names, b/c you'll meet a half-dozen kids with variants of the same name. Definitely better to go a little off the beaten path. Good luck! Great article.

A couple other points to consider.

Girls names are easier than boys (imho). Mainly because of rule #8.

Also, girls seem to be winning in the ambiguous naming wars. There are a lot of names that used to be acceptable for guys, but the women co-opted (Jordan, Mason, etc). So when naming a guy, you always need to be aware of that dynamic. You don’t want your kid to end up with a girl’s name 15 years in the future.

Oh, and big kudos for sticking to rule #2. I’m always amazed by the trendy names, b/c you’ll meet a half-dozen kids with variants of the same name. Definitely better to go a little off the beaten path.

Good luck!

]]> By: Carlo Zottmann http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/comment-page-1/#comment-15267 Carlo Zottmann Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:18:51 +0000 http://boulter.com/blog/2007/04/20/the-name-game/#comment-15267 Easy. Get a World of Warcraft account, start the client, go to character creation interface, and hit the "Random name" button until you find something nice. ;) Easy. Get a World of Warcraft account, start the client, go to character creation interface, and hit the “Random name” button until you find something nice. ;)

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