What Are The Names Of Your Kids? Or What Would You Name Them?
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I was talking once to a woman at a bus-stop. I don't know how is was brought up but for some reason she told me her son's name was John Smith.
I thought to myself "why in the hell would anyone with the surname Smith give their son John as a name". Is I had such a common surname I would give my son something more uncommon as a first name. This would also apply if I was a Jones or a Brown etc.
I thought to myself "why in the hell would anyone with the surname Smith give their son John as a name". Is I had such a common surname I would give my son something more uncommon as a first name. This would also apply if I was a Jones or a Brown etc.
I know a man who has the name Chris Kringle. His parents didn't know that Kris Kringle was another name for Santa Claus when they gave their son this name.
The guy concerned is as fat as Santa, but has red hair and is far from jolly. He is a complete asshole IMO.
The guy concerned is as fat as Santa, but has red hair and is far from jolly. He is a complete asshole IMO.
No kids, but if I did I'd want 4 girls who I'd name Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, and two boys whom I'd name Fresno and Germanicus.
Well, I wouldn't be surprised if Santa Claus was pretty pissed off the rest of the year.
I don't have any kids, nor do I ever want them. I have nothing against children as such, I just don't want to be a dad. I would totally suck at that. 
That being said, if we're strictly theoretical here, a pool of names I might pick from would be...oh, heck with it, just look at my avatar and guess.
That being said, if we're strictly theoretical here, a pool of names I might pick from would be...oh, heck with it, just look at my avatar and guess.
I don't have any kids, nor do I ever want them. I have nothing against children as such, I just don't want to be a dad. I would totally suck at that.
That being said, if we're strictly theoretical here, a pool of names I might pick from would be...oh, heck with it, just look at my avatar and guess.
Whitey Thurman?
Yogi Casey?
Goose Miller?
Nick Swisher is my favorite Yankee so I would probably name my son Nick if I had one.
As for my favorite players who *aren't* Yankees (there are a couple): Those names I might use, would be Kevin (Millar) and, going back a bit farther, Mark (Fidrych).
As for my favorite players who *aren't* Yankees (there are a couple): Those names I might use, would be Kevin (Millar) and, going back a bit farther, Mark (Fidrych).
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I have two daughters named Sierra Lucille (Lucille is also my grandmothers middle name who was my coach at her birth) and Tala Shyanne.
I have one son: Whyatt Austin. His dad picked his first name which I HATED (because of the Wyatt Earp thing
) so I stuck the H in there just to piss my ex off and I picked the second name. I actually wanted my sons name to be Cale Grey but you cant have everything you want I suppose.
I have one son: Whyatt Austin. His dad picked his first name which I HATED (because of the Wyatt Earp thing
) so I stuck the H in there just to piss my ex off and I picked the second name. I actually wanted my sons name to be Cale Grey but you cant have everything you want I suppose.
If I ever have a daughter I am naming her Max. I always loved Jessica Alba's character from Dark Angel and I always said if I am lucky enough to have a girl one day I am naming her Max after Alba's character.
Either way, although I'm a bit partial to the former, i.e. 'Saint John'. But that's just me being particular.
Really, it would be up to the son/boy to decide how he would want it to be heard.
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Angela 0077
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Well l have one child.
her name is Caroline
Boys
Jason
Michael
Thomas
David
Nathan
Girls
Rebecca
Nicole
Emelie
Silvia
her name is Caroline
Boys
Jason
Michael
Thomas
David
Nathan
Girls
Rebecca
Nicole
Emelie
Silvia
MeanJoePhaser
Admiral
Siobahn is one I'd consider.
But I'd insist everyone pronounce it "See-oh-bawn".
But I'd insist everyone pronounce it "See-oh-bawn".
Americans pronounce “saint” the way it's written, whether it's a common noun or part of a name. St. Christopher, St. Paul, Jill St. John, Susan Saint James, Raymond St. Jacques -- all pronounced “saint.” It's the Brits who slur it into something like “snt” or “sn.”
Lady in Car: What are you gonna name it?
Alison Bradbury: What?
Lady in Car: The baby.
Alison Bradbury: (realizing she's faking being pregnant) Oh, the baby. Well, if it's a girl, Cynthia, and if it's a boy, Elliot.
Lady in Car: Those are lovely names.
Walter (Gib) Gibson: Elliot? You're gonna name the kid Elliot? No, you can't name the kid Elliot. Elliot is a fat kid with glasses who eats paste. You're not gonna name the kid Elliot. You gotta give him a real name. Give him a name. Like Nick.
Alison Bradbury: Nick?
Walter (Gib) Gibson: Yeah, Nick. Nick's a real name. Nick's your buddy. Nick's the kind of guy you can trust, the kind of guy you can drink a beer with, the kind of guy who doesn't mind if you puke in his car, Nick!
(Alison looks disgusted)
Walter (Gib) Gibson: (to Lady in Car) Oh, vomit. I'm sorry. Vomit.
The comedian David Brenner has three sons named Slade, Wyatt and Cole. Apparently he's got a thing for Jewish cowboys.
And that is the way that Australians and British pronounce it except when it is a Christian name and it seems it is pronounced as Sinjin in the US too, when used as a first name.
It was in the American TV show "Airwolf" that I first heard it being used as a Christian name. In that show Stringfellow Hawke (played by Jan-Michael Vincent) was looking for his missing brother St John Hawke, and Stringfellow pronounced his brother's name as 'Sinjin" as stated in this Wiki article
The shortening of "saint' to 'sin' is also the reason for surname Sinclair. It isn't a result of slurring but stems from the fact that in Norman times the saints were known as San Clair and San Jean. So Sinclair and Sinjin (or Sinjun) is closer to the way the names were pronounced in earlier times than the way they are pronounced now.
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Also I found another American St John on Wikipedia
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Nick: Hillary. That's an unusual name.
Hillary: It's a German name. It means 'she whose bosoms defy gravity'.
Nick: I'm pleased to meet you. My name's Nick.
Hillary: Nick? What does that mean?
Nick: Oh, nothing. My dad thought of it while he was shaving.
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