Women really get worked up about baby names

[Los Feliz Slim]

Interesting point, PdP. It hadn't occurred to me that people could be anti-pre-birth-nickname-determination. Do others feel this way?

Edit to add that pre-determining a nickname isn't meant to preclude other choices (for instance, if my daughter turns into a girly-girl and hates Sully or Sullivan she can go by Liv or Rose (her middle name) or anything else she wants to be called). It's just something I think about when considering names: What's the nickname going to be?

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

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Interesting point, PdP. It hadn't occurred to me that people could be anti-pre-birth-nickname-determination. Do others feel this way?

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I think it's a corollary to the rule about not forcing nicknames and not just declaring one for yourself. They have to just come naturally.

[KotOD]

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I'm not sure how I feel about people who come up with names and then also what the kid's nickname will be (We'll name him Xxxxxxxxxxx, but we'll call him Xxxx). I'm pretty sure it's not good, though. It's one thing to name your kid James knowing fully well a bunch of people are going to call him Jim. It's a whole 'nother thing to force a nickname in there before the kid's even born.

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Eh - it's not a big deal. The parent's get their "cool" quotient in for six or seven years and then the kid's friends call him "Boo" or "Shake" or "Chill" or some other nickname and no one calls him any different until he's in the real world. And then he gets "Xxxxxxxxxxx".

[Fast Food Knight]

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Interesting point, PdP. It hadn't occurred to me that people could be anti-pre-birth-nickname-determination. Do others feel this way?

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One thing that I hate is when people say "We're naming him Joseph William Smith, and he'll go by 'William'." For god's sake, please spare your kid a lifetime of constantly correcting people and useless explanations. If you want to call him a certain name, make it his first name.

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Oscar is an awesome name.

[KotOD]

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Interesting point, PdP. It hadn't occurred to me that people could be anti-pre-birth-nickname-determination. Do others feel this way?

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I think it's a corollary to the rule about not forcing nicknames and not just declaring one for yourself. They have to just come naturally.

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Exactly. I know a couple that had a girl and named her Victoria, but told everyone that she was to be called Tori. The birth announcement said Tori. WTF?

I call her Vick just to spite them all.

[DrewDevil]

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Interesting point, PdP. It hadn't occurred to me that people could be anti-pre-birth-nickname-determination. Do others feel this way?

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One thing that I hate is when people say "We're naming him Joseph William Smith, and he'll go by 'William'." For god's sake, please spare your kid a lifetime of constantly correcting people and useless explanations. If you want to call him a certain name, make it his first name.

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Agree 100%, as my name is James Andrew. Have had to explain it to every single person I've ever met. It's beyond annoying.

BTW, we call our son "Jay" short for "James," but is that really a nickname? I dunno... anyway, it's okay with me if he someday wants to go by Jim or James or Jimmy or even J.D., I guess. (Though I really really hate J.D.)

[Blarg]

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or in choosing one of those currently en vogue "yuppie names" that make me want to puke. We have friends who have actually named their children:

Brock
Avery
Riverson
Lee-Lee

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Riley
Cameron
Logan
Caden
Carter

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And there's all the ones named after states and cities, the Dakotas and etc.

[Blarg]

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There's also Oscar Madison ... it's a long way from a great name or one with good associations. I think it's kind of like naming your kid Henrietta or something. Sure, it's a name, but ... eh, it's very old-school, like a century ago old school, and not very sexy.

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You've got Oscar Madison and Oscar the Grouch.

I've got Oscar Robertson, Oscar Peterson, Oscar Charleston, Oscar Woods, Oscar De La Hoya, Oscar Wilde, Oscar Grimes, Ossie Davis, Oscar Judd, Oscar Pettiford, Oscar Gamble.

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And Oscar Mayer!

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Somehow I think the main kid associations are the wiener and the grouch. So the kid will have fun being called both.

[Los Feliz Slim]

First rule of female baby-naming: does it sound like a stripper or porn star? If so, move on. Somebody I know just brought their god-daughter to visit my office and her name is Savannah, and I was like "uh-oh".