Alright, so no one liked my hypothetical babies' names. I have #2 picks:

[BlueIris]

If it's a girl: Anastasia.

If it's a boy: Sebastian.

These actually used to be my #1 picks. There's only one problem with these lovely names. My college roommate, a good Mormon woman who got married the year after we moved out of the apartment we shared, found them highlighted on a page of potential baby names I'd written down as a joke, and stated her intent to use them for her kids. I just...I can't live with the idea that my kids would have the same names as the offspring of that roommate. She was insane. And also--my kids' names must be original, goddamnit. The theft of these first choices necessitated the creation of Agatha and Alastair as names.

Thoughts?

[China_cat]

1. Try a random letter generator

for truly unique possibilities.

[AllegroRondo]

2. How about Seven ?

(seinfeld joke)

Seriously, those are pretty nice names. Much better than Agatha and Alastair.

[Misunderestimator]

4. How about Mulva?

[AtomicKitten]

11. we named our dog Seven as a Seinfeld homage

[amitten]

3. Name it Toonces. n/t

[MissMillie]

5. here you go

girl: Beryl

boy: Clinton

[Midlodemocrat]

6. Sebastian? Dear God, I hope you hypothetically have a girl.

Seriously, what about Matthew or David or Michael or Robert.....

[BlueIris]

30. You and me both, Midlo.

I don't want to use a name that is entirely too common, though. Sorry. Not gonna happen.

[AngryAmish]

7. Your kids are going to get beaten silly

Original names = schoolyard poundings. Unless your mate is a 6'6' cagefighter please consider more normal names.

[lukasahero]

8. I love Sebastian

but then, I liked Fletcher too.

Agatha is nice, I love old-fashioned names. Alastair isn't my favorite (a little too Masterpiece Theatre...) but I liked the idea that he'd be probably be known as AJ anyway. That's cute.

As for those suggesting Tom, Dick and Harry, I offer you my motto in life: Why be boring? ;)

:hug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. They're both pretty good in terms of nicks

Anastasia > Ana, Annie. And perhaps Beaverhausen to the hip kids.

Sebastian > Sab, Sabby.

I think parents must consider what name-based cruelties other kids will come up with.

[u4ic]

15. I think the names are fine as they are

in their long form ;)

[Oeditpus Rex]

17. Agreed — but y'gotta consider

what other kids are gonna call 'em, and even what you're gonna call 'em most of the time.

I mean, c'mon — parents use the long form only when they're mad or somethin'.



ANASTASIA BEAVERHAUSEN! GET IN THIS HOUSE RIGHT NOW!

[u4ic]

22. With those types of names,

one can learn assertiveness at a young age. ;-)

[Oeditpus Rex]

24. Maybe you've got a point

Assertiveness.

[u4ic]

26. En garde!

http://web.archive.org/web/20030212212022/



:7

[Oeditpus Rex]

31. Thrust!

:evilgrin:

[u4ic]

33. ...

[Magrittes Pipe]

10. .

Boy: Beavis Demerol

Girl: Rhubarb Angina

[AtomicKitten]

12. for twins --- bezoar and phlegmon

[asthmaticeog]

13. Why must your kids names be original?

They're not YOU. Don't use helpless babies as a blank screen on which to project your social anxiety about how "unique" you may or may not be.

Oh, and Sebastian? HE WILL GET HIS ASS KICKED THRICE DAILY JUST FOR LAUGHS.

[Maddy McCall]

14. What he said.

^
|_________ :thumbsup:

[greatauntoftriplets]

18. Again what he said.

I can picture Sebastian morphing into Basty out in the schoolyard...

[miss_american_pie]

It sucks having the most common name

of the decade in which you were born.

[asthmaticeog]

23. False dichotomy

I didn't advocate for the most common names. I asked why the fuck a person would use their child to show off how "unique" she was. It's horseshit. It seems fun and cool to new parents of a certain type but a human being is stuck with that parent's bullshit for life.

[miss_american_pie]

25. Only until they're 18

are they legally stuck. And kids that want to pick on others will always find a reason to do so, whether it be someone's name or haircut or the shoes they wear.

Why do some parents use their kids' names as advertising? Why do some name the kids after the wealthiest grandparent? Exactly what is acceptable naming criteria?

[Magrittes Pipe]

27. Real funny, coming from someone whose kid is named "Exhibit B."

Okay, to be fair, you didn't pick the name. But are you going to hide behind "prosecutorial misconduct" your whole life?

Grow up, dude.

[LibertyLover]

16. Check out

this web site for some truly awful kids' names

http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/index.html

After you read some of them Anastasia and Sebastian will look downright good.

[Sanity Claws]

19. Funny site

What were they thinking?
I actually like both Anastasia and Sebastian.

[Throd]

20. Sebastian means "Take my lunch money and push my face in the mud"

in ancient Sanskrit

[Blue Belle]

21. They're a little too "Disney" for me... but they're better than some

names that kids have these days. I was at my niece's soccer game a few months back and one of the girl's on her team was named Citrus. CITRUS!!! I couldn't believe it.

If you're looking for original names you could do what my cousins did and name them after rivers (McKenzie and Hudson).

[mikeiddy]

28. Go for it

Don't listen to the naysayers, I was Garth long before Garth Brooks was famous and I never got beat up for it. I've got kids named Gerhardt (after his great grandfather) and Alexandra (for a friend) and they never got beat up either.

[BlueIris]

32. Thanks. And it's good that your kids haven't been beaten up.

I've been alarmed by how many people think my hypothetical son is going to be kicked around simply because he has an unusual or just slightly less common first name.

[bloom]

29. I think you should go with the names that you like

Are you even going to ever have much contact with the old roommate, anyway?

I wouldn't worry about it. She might go with something else, anyway.


Maybe she was just trying to bug you. :shrug:

[Rabrrrrrr]

34. I love the name Anastasia!

One of my favorites!

Though if you want original, none of your choices work.

But I bet you will be hard pressed to find very many Anastasias.