Friday, April 25, 2008

Baby names that are guaranteed to be nixed...

Should the Lord spare us, we will have a baby son in a few weeks. Or sooner. Here are some names that I have suggested that The Wife nixed without a hearing:
  • Ferris
  • Forest
  • Jürgen
  • Jesus
  • Beowulf
Can you believe it??? They seem perfectly reasonable to me.

Have you any other name guaranteed to be nixed by an otherwise sensible person?

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20 comments:

seapea said...

cameron @ art institute of chicago is CLASSIC! looking at seurat...

what about Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

Anonymous said...

Adolf

Cameron and Alex Grey Jones said...

Well, it's not the worst name, but the name of the Air Chief Marshall here in the UK is Sir Jock Stirrup (AND the surname is pronounced with only 1 syllable.)
Now that's almost determinative nomenclature given his testosterone-fuelled career!

Of course, I have to suggest the name I was going to be called if I turned out a boy:
Sampson Dougall Bethune Millward Grey. Thanks mum and dad for the sanity which prevailed when you named me 'Alex'...

Sharon said...

herman, marvin, gaylord....

Justin said...

Yes. Who calls a kid Gaylord?

Unknown said...

titus

Mr. Toomajian said...

When I was in 7th grade Home and Careers class, we had to carry around "dough babies," which were little three-inch pieces of clay in the shape of people. We had to carry them around to teach us responsibility. Ostentatious nerd I was, I named mine Telemachus Apollo.
I think Titus is a pretty cool name, though. Titus Moffatt might not work so well.
Martin T.

byron smith said...

Jürgen Jesus Beowulf Moffatt. Wow. How cool would that kid be!

Anonymous said...

We too are expecting in a few weeks and I am for the life of me trying to come up with an alternative middle name to "Devon" - a family name (from a family with weakness for cold meats, also present in the line up is Silversides). We are thinking "Lovett". Not much help for you, but I'd recommend giving Devon a miss.

EJ said...

my pastor's wife totally shot down "Barnabas" for their soon-to-come son.

Ian said...

I have a new cousin named Tristan.
Dorian isn't bad either.

Btw, that's Cameron in the photo you got there, not Ferris. (Nitpicky, I know...)

Justin said...

Rachel Jones -- Great news!

As in Tom and Megan Jone's sister?

Anonymous said...

I have to say, I was particularly disturbed on the last week of term 1. We had a youth movie night & I thought Ferris would be the perfect pick.
1: SInce when was there that much swearing in it? A PG movie!
2: How is it that kids of this generation just don't appreciate Ferris?

P.S. My pick is "Oecolampadius." One of the forgotten champions of the reformation!

Anonymous said...

I think (for a boy), Evelyn (as in Waugh), Vivian, Osama and Saddam would be out.

Kate

Anonymous said...

No relation to Tom and Megan Jones. Friend of John and Anna Forsyth, step-sister to Jon Thorpe, member of Bobbin Head Anglican (with Steve Calder).

Anonymous said...

My wife voted against "Cosmo" for our second son (who turned 6 today).

What about "Darth".

Or "Driscoll".

Hmmm.

Anonymous said...

How about Wayman? It works for us!

RodeoClown said...

My wife vetoed Optimus for our first son...

Anonymous said...

How about Allan - then he would be like the great V8 race driver...

Anonymous said...

Constantine?

Or, Commodus.

Which gives you Com Moffatt.

Come off it, you wouldn't really name your kid that!