I gave both my girls unusual names.

I gave them conventional middle names, in case they really didn't like the unusual ones, so they'd have an easy 'out', so to speak.

I was just wondering, based on the "Tripp" thread... do you think anyone considers them to be from "white trash" families (even though they're 1/4 Mex)?

What other bad things do people think about people with unusual names?


Maybe all my relatives who insisted I give them boring-ass names were right...

:shrug:

Though we've met a couple people with the same name since. It's Welsh and is actually a boy's name.

The other two have very English/Irish names. It fits with our last name. If they lived over there, they would all be one of many. Here, not so much.

Apparently you're not allowed to put your real name there, has to be a made up name (it's a kids' site). She was so excited she called me over to see. :)

name. One had to do with football (hubbie picked it) and the other is a play off of my husbands first name. Come to find out, there are two other people I work with that gave their daughters the same first name as my daughter.

I don't consider it "white trash", but I do think that with the rumors of drug usage, and the in-law getting arrested, that the name Tripp is a bit amusing.

With the Oxycontin-dealin' grandma, Tripp does make for some good jokes. :)

Just names that would seem to get the kids made fun of.

And there's something to be said in favor of boring names.

:hi:

didn't mean to offend either.

Well, I do.

Joking around is fine... but the implication of that question... not so sure about that.

Whether or not you expected answers about "white trash", that's the door you opened with that subject line.

Just thought I'd open up the discussion to others who give their kids unusual names, and not just Republicans that were fun to joke about, oh... six months/a year ago.

not just joking.

but now you have me wishing i never posted it. sorry. :(

Maybe I'm just "white trash" and didn't know it till today. :hi:

i know it's meant as a joke, but still.

hence this thread.

I thought people might have some other nasty things to say... not surprised not many will say so unless they think the subject is a republican / not reading their nasty comments.

a gazillion years, but fell out of the running about 20 years ago in favor of more "unique" names. She's named after her great grandmother. I've now been told many times "How unusual!" when people hear her name because it isn't a variation on madison/madylyn/mykayla/caitlyn/kaytlynne/etc/barf and no has heard of a kid with her name (when, for generations, every girl in a catholic neighborhood had her name).

Some people have issues with the spelling of her name, but honestly, I wasn't trying to be special or unique or anything, it's the Irish spelling and it's my grandmother's name. I was completely stumped for girl names, had about 3 boy nmes picked out and when the doctor said said "It's a girl!" I was like "Oh crap, I don't have a name!".

:P

Nothing wrong with unusual names. But it is a good thing you gave them conventional middle names just in case.

I am definitely not cruel.

unusual is not a bad thing of course.

but unusual names that get kids mocked, that's more what i was getting at.

The Palins have given all their kids unusual names, well almost all of them. That said, Willow (and this is obviously subjective) is quite a beautiful name and Bristol not all that unusual. But Trig, Tripp and other names require a lot of explanation on the playground (if one gets that opportunity).

That's all I was getting at.

Signed, Screwy Louie

That's what kids do. My name is as conventional as they come, but I was called "vibrator" at school. And "icky xxxxx", cause it rhymes.

All names get mocked. All of them.

You're right that Trig is especially funny though, cause it's math. So like I said, making jokes about the names is all well and good... but opening the door to diagnosing what is wrong with parents who give the unusual names (white trash? cruel? drug dealers? etc) that's where I got my back up.

And I figured hey... why limit this to Sarah? Let's find out what bad things people think about the parents of kids with unusual names in general. I'm seriously curious...

But it's actually pronounced Nimrod.

We have some old family names that we altered because they would be awkward in today's society in some ways..Fanny became Fay for instance. Seriously, I would NOT name any kid Fanny. Nor would I probably choose the name of my great grandfather, Sol to give to a kid.
Personally I don't think there was the suggestion of "trash" in your post. As a victim of bullying as a kid I know that kids tend to pounce on things that are different or silly.
Hell, I got picked on in jr high school because my nick name was mentioned in a popular rock song!

I think Tripp is a silly name, but I don't really care. I just can't get bent out of shape over what someone 4k miles away named their kid. Let people name their kids how they want, unless of course it's just cruel and will give cause to ridicule deliberately. If the kid hates it, he/she can change it when they're 18.

I knew a Rocky Wall in school... maybe he got picked on a lot for it... maybe not... he wasn't using a nickname though. And he was one of the most popular guys in school... so it can't have been too bad.

I hate my name , and my middle name is no better. My mom was a good and loving mom but she just was not a good name picker ,but I have a really cool nick name and I have had it my whole life (68years) I know people who do not know my "real" name

At this point my nick name IS my real name

my name isn't all that unusual--just dorky !I would rather by far to have an unusual name to something dorky

Hope you didn't doom them to a lifetime
of having to spell their names everytime
someone NEEDS to know.

"That's TRIPP, with TWO P's"

One of my daughters' middle names is very conventional. Catherine.

But ooooooh no... it's Katherine, with a K, don't you know?

People are so far up their own asses it's insane.



I do know what you mean with the Graham's Raymond Luxury-Yacht (pronounced Throat-Warbler Mangrove) crap.

But if you name your daughter Shevronne, you're ASKING for trouble.

has it and I used to HATE it, that being said, I have grown to like it in my dotage :P

But you know what? Fucking people mispronounce it.

I think they do it to be annoying.

Once again, just goes to show... you are damned no matter what.

Unless your name is Stanley Smith or John Anderson or some crap like that, you are fucking doomed to have your name mocked / mangled by morons. DOOMED!

"can I have your first name please?" And I am like hey asshole, that IS my first name :grr:

well at least they have the excuse that it's unusual, right? Cut the clueless some slack. :P

I'm about to PM you...

I am speechless now. How can they mispronounce a word like that? :crazy:

I swear they have to be doing it to be annoying.

Admittedly, when you combine that with my first name, it is a little much. :P

But it's not my maiden name, just a coincidence.

name. and I love saying it.

wouldn't ya say? ;)

ROFL...

canon

I guess I should explain. :( There's a huge difference between unusual and just weird, and I don't think "unusual" necessarily has a trashy connotation. There's a lot to be said for giving a unique name as opposed to having your kid referred to as Nicholas13 or Kaitlyn Lastname because there are that many other kids in school with the same fad name of the season. Family and ethnic names can be awesomely unique, and I would never pooh-pooh an unusual name that obviously had some thought given to it. Hell, I'll always be pissed I let myself be pressured into not naming my son Hamish or Angus because they would have fit him perfectly, and I suppose there'd have been a lot of people who thought those were odd.

It's when you get something like the Palin family, who seem to go out of their way to pick funky names, or other real trash (color not really a factor) parents who create moronic spellings, made-up words, or truly sad choices like "Limonjello" ("Ah likes mah Jell-o!"), which brand the kids for life. (No, I didn't pull that last one out of my arse--I've actually transcribed a hospital discharge summary with that story. . .)

Trust me, real white trash would never be self aware enough to feel offended by a random discussion. I suspect your kids are safe.

Toiletia... Aquanetta... and those are hilarious names indeed... and I do wonder what the parents were thinking... but I wouldn't call them ghetto rats or some shit like that.

And also, this kid's name is Tripp. And that's unusual, yeah... but not crazy unusual.

Thanks.

:hug:

then thanks.

I dunno why that's considered more acceptable here than calling someone a "ghetto rat" for naming their kid Rolex or Lexus or whatever.

Making fun of names - fair. Using racial slurs about parents who give the names we think are funny... dunno about most here but I'd say that's over the line.

Then again there might be some here who would deny "white trash" is a racial slur, even... so who frickin knows?

I'm confused... what is it that's hysterical?

And how is using the name "Hitler" in a teasing way the same as a using racial slur?

but using a slur that is just offensive on its face... I dunno... seems different to me. That's why I wondered if most even considered "white trash" to be a racial slur.

:shrug:

If we all avoided anything that might be offensive to anyone, we'd have little to say I think... which is why I mentioned that line.

This would be the same line that the admins tried moving for the word "bitch". But then it was pointed out that maybe we should move it for "prick" too... so it just was left where it is, with the understanding that if someone was using it in a way that was intended to be personally insulting or obviously sexist (subjective, yes... causing much trouble)... then we should just alert based on that context.

John, regardless of whether they are female or male. Best to stick to the basics! :D

Maybe that's because my name, while not necessarily unusual, is rather old-fashioned and subjected me to years of teasing as well as the need to repeat, spell and explain it. So I'll admit I wince when I read that someone named their kid something I consider .... well, weird.

But you're right that kids will pick on any name - I named my three kids with very mainstream and conventional names (though not so popular that every other kid shared the same name) and they all ended up with weird nicknames from their friends.

And I do think that with the growing plurality of our society, in which kids rub elbows more and more with other kids of different ethnic and racial backgrounds, they are exposed to more names, making it less striking when a kid shows up with a name that is not on the list of 100 most popular names.

http://web.archive.org/web/20070907123743/cleo.lcs.psu.edu/girl_names.html

Then again, I'm using those names for magical beings appropriate to the suggested background and heritage ;)

Still, a favorite is "Safiyeh" since it's pronunciation sounds so much like "Sophia" :)

since our last name is soooooo normal.

I loooove that name. :D

Oooh or Eamon. Love that one even more. :loveya:

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I like that name all right. Always reminds me of the actor though.

But it suits him.

it's a frigging cliche! But I love the kids names, and thier dad's isn't bad either ;)

TY...ILY

I think I'm going to name my children after musical instrument brands:

King Bach Conn Duncan

On edit, I think I would name him or her, King Conn Duncan instead. It has a... primitive feel to it.

One an actress whose name I like, and one a song title - which is also a girl's name. :)

Nice try.

Push it...? Who knew?

:P

Milkshake? rofl..

After Baba O'Riley.

!!

I put my money on Yellow Submarine.

I know there's some overlap, but let's put it this way: My name is a common Indian name, but in this country, it's obviously uncommon and "unusual" by default.

Does it make a difference though?

Cultural/ethnic influence on a name (as in my case; I don't know about your kids) isn't part of the "unusual" naming trend, which has more to do with creating names that are ludicrous in their "originality" and lack any cultural/ethnic context.

I'm thinking specifically of Jermaine Jackson naming his kid "Jermajesty" or Jason Lee naming his "Pilot Inspektor," and that's where the ridicule seems to be aimed at.

In my case, my name may sound funny in this country, but it is a long-established name for many people in the world.

I guess what I'm saying is if the name doesn't occur *anywhere else* in the world with at least some regularity, then it truly falls into the Tripp/Jermajesty/etc. camp.

That's the other big stereotype for unusual names.

I think there's more leeway for girls than boys. With boys names, there's about 20 names that are common as dirt, and a bunch of pretty unfortunate ones (and ethnic names, which are also lame if not your ethnicity).

With girls, you have a lot of great names that have just been out of fashion for awhile, so they will be appealingly unusual, instead of just weird. Although there are weird spikes - I was considering Olivia, if we had had a girl instead of a boy, and it wound up the #2 name for the year. Now I'm wondering when the old-lady flower-and-jewel names are coming back (Pearl, Iris, Lily, Ruby, etc.)

As for Palin - Trig and Tripp sound like names from Faulkner's Bundren or Snopes clans. They are specifically white-trash, rather than just because they are unusual.

is puerile bullying based on class prejudice. Folks who enthusiastically pulled the lever for a man named Barack Obama should really know better. Yes, I do find the mockery hypocritical and yes, I don't like it. Find something better to make fun of than the name a young mother gave her kid.

odd things like "Apple" and "Scout". Tripp seems like a reference; Drug trip? Mistake, such as "trip up"? There's something thoughtless and vaguely abusive about it. Obama's name is traditional for Kenya, so that's an apples to oranges comparison.

"Tripp" has no cultural precedent.

I doubt Bristol and Hockey Puck knew about the origin, and I'm sure Sarah didn't name Bristol after the city.

in her hairbrush.

its a really inconsequential subject in the grand scheme of things, but it does show off a not particularly appealing segment of DUers, including the snide comments I've seen about the kid being born. I also find it hypocritical and don't like it one bit... Of all the important and relevant things to find disgusting about Sarah Palin , the situation with her daughter and grandchild should not be part of that (outside of mocking HER and not the daughter and baby for the typical right wing "family values" hypocrisy) ...I wish her daughter and grandchild happy healthy lives despite the handicap of having that ignorant hatemongering woman as a mother and grandmother.

"Tripp" is one that just begs for abuse from other kids. So is the name that one of my cousin's gave her son; "Tater Joe". She named her daughter "Vespa" (yes, after the scooter), but Vespa probably won't be teased as relentlessly for her name as Tater Joe and Tripp will be.

There was an item in newspapers years ago about a couple who named their newborn twins "Shithead" and "Asshole". Obviously child protective services were called in soon after the birth certificates were made out!

But is Vespa a princess?

always used to tell me if he had kids, he'd name them Mighty, Feelin and Doin, and as it happened, he did end up having 3 daughters, but fortunately for the kids, dad chickened out on that idea.

Like a nymph from mythology or something.

I like "Sodom" for a boy--sounds, I dunno, manly.

I've seen some really nasty hateful comments here criticizing people for what they name kids or how it's spelled and I've never understood why they care.

Oh well, some people will find anything to rip on others about.

any of the other names I dreamed up at one time or another before we had a family.

I am pretty sure my kids are glad they weren't born twin girls or they might have wound up as Tasha and Sasha. LOL (well, if they had been born when I was 15 anyway. I changed my list a lot over the years. :P)

I had quite an extensive list during the 9 months wait...
Aja
Bella
Jaysen
Ellie ( too beverly hillbillish
Montana
Sabah
Sharvani

But the ex wouldn't have it. :P

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