Children Named after Corporate Brand Names

[DuctapeFatwa]

AT age 3, Timberland is too young to be embarrassed about being named after a bestselling brand of footwear, but his mother cringes...."His daddy insisted on it because Timberlands were the pride of his wardrobe..

..five other Americans were named Timberland in 2000, according to social security records...in 2000, 49 children were named Canon, followed by 11 Bentleys, five Jaguars and a Xerox. There is also a Gouda and a Bologna, who are named after the cheese and the sausage rather than the places...Foreign brands are regarded as increasingly chic: Chanel is popular among doting mothers, and several boys have been named after a Japanese family car called Camry...

24 children were named Unique...

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7403152^401,00.html

[Richardo]

1. All of these parents need to be sterilized NOW and their kids adopted

by thinking humans.

That is all.

[sangh0]

2. WTF?

No kids named Midol?

[XanaDUer]

3. Tampax?

Viagra has a nice, feminine ring to it. :eyes:

[sujan]

15. hahahahahahahahahahah

[Mairead]

22. and how about 'Chlamydia"?

[FlashHarry]

4. I think there's an NBA player, whose first name is 'Monsanto.'

Weird.

[Kellanved]

5. German parents named their daughter "Pepsi Carola"

It was blocked by a German law banning ptentially embarassing names, but a court granted the parents their right to name their daughter. Other names mentioned by the press in recent years were: Grammophon, Sputnik, Störenfried, Verleihnix, Merlin, Winnetou, Pumuckl. Austrian parents tried Bierstübl and Ho Chi Minh - without success.

[Mairead]

23. Well, at least the 'Verleihnix' one comes from a literary source :-)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

6. I knew a couple who named their son

Harley Davidson +their last name.

:crazy:

[ElsewheresDaughter]

7. PreperationH?....Xanax?....Foxnews anyone?

[XanaDUer]

8. Xanax

might be a good middle name for a boy.

[bleedingheart]

25. yeah it might mean something in regard to the conception...

hee hee...

[eileen_d]

28. How about the twins: "Fair" and "Balanced"

;)

Seriously, a friend of mine from high school married a guy named Cannon Gunn. (I am guessing the spelling)

[Flubadubya]

9. Noxema Suckataco...

is a very nice Japanese name.

[DarkPhenyx]

10. can you say child abuse?

Why not jsut naem your son Sue and accept that fact that he is going to get his ass kicked regularly?

[ima_sinnic]

11. Burger King Jones--hmm, has a nice ring

NOT!

State Farm Harris?
Purina Hamilton?
MasterCard Davis?

I don't think so.

[Evil_Dewers]

12. Jenna's gonna get knocked up and give birth to

Kumho Bush...

[Toucano]

13. Funny in that sad way...

Thanks for the lift!

[Supply Side Jesus]

14. Trojan Failed Johnson

Now, that would be funny!

[AP]

16. Read this (ADBUSTERS) thread if you're interested in this issue...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=430544

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

17. That clinches it!

I am naming my first-born male "Trojan". ;-)

[XanaDUer]

18. How 'bout Trojan Ultra?

.

[Bozita]

19. "Rotorooter" has a masculine sound to it.

for the son of a plumber...


...as in Watergate.

[qb]

20. A hospital worker friend encountered twins in the E.R. named

"Oh RAHN jelo" and "Leh MAHN jelo" (phonetically)
Get it? Orange Jello and Lemon Jello!

edit: Before being too harsh, keep in mind that some of these cases are not due to brand-name-loyalty-gone-haywire but due to a tradition in some cultures of naming a children after objects noticed right after they're born.

[radwriter0555]

21. My GRANDPA'S Name was Bentley Sears Craw... keep in mind that SOME

names were NAMES before they were brands, right?

He was born in the late 1890's.

[Brian Sweat]

24. There used to be a football player named

Siran Stacy. Unfortunately, he was not a defensive back.

[im4edwards]

26. is this racist, elitist or just pathetically stupid ?

I had to check the URL to make sure I hadn't been transported to Free Republic. Making fun of people's names ? Does this have a place here ?

I'm embarrassed.

[Mr_Scarecrow]

27. Yeah, but look, "im4edwards," someone named you

after a political campaign!