2011 Baby Names (from Detroit Free Press)

[We_Love_Disney]

Posted: Jan. 2, 2011

From Apple to Zuma: This family will give baby a traditional name BY KRISTEN JORDAN SHAMUS
DETROIT FREE PRESS COLUMNIST

Sporting a baby bump invites two questions: "Do you know whether it's a boy or a girl?" (My preferred response: "I am expecting a rather large Chihuahua") and "Have you considered any names?"
Even if we had a name picked out for our future son -- we don't -- I probably wouldn't share it.
Beyond politics and religion, few things draw as visceral a reaction as the name you plan to give your child.
People will either love what you have to say or they'll look at you with a puzzled expression, and say, "Really? THAT'S what you're going to name him?"
Then, they'll proceed to tell you some awful story about a kid they knew in elementary school with that name who picked his nose and flung the green stuff at other people. I suppose it's a feeble attempt to get you to reconsider.
When I was pregnant with my daughters, but before we knew we were having girls, I'd answer the question the same way: "We really like Amos. Amos Shamus has a nice ring to it." Surprisingly, most folks would just nod and grin, slowly backing up until my face gave it all away. I never have had much of a poker face. But I've used that one so many times, it isn't effective anymore. Most people know I'm joking. At the same time, if you choose to reveal the actual name of your future child, it can be difficult to stick to your guns and still respect those who criticized your choice before the baby was born. The need for approval can be overwhelming.
Maybe that's why a Toronto-area couple turned to Facebook to name their daughter. Roughly 22,000 people voted last month, choosing the name Melania for the little girl born in Chatham, Ontario, to Rommy and Robert Alpinelli.
That's one way to ensure most people like your baby's name.
And of course, there are some interesting celebrity baby names to consider, among them: Apple (daughter of actress Gwyneth Paltrow and rocker Chris Martin), Pilot Inspektor (son of actor Jason Lee) and Zuma Nesta Rock (son of Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale).
Pop star Pink and her husband, Carey Hart, are considering the name Jameson -- after the whiskey -- if their baby, due in the spring, is a boy, according to the Los Angeles Times.
I'm a traditionalist. I like names you've actually heard of in the past 100 years, the ones that aren't so unique that they incite giggles.
I made a list of names I thought were nice, and presented it to my husband over dinner the other night. He scanned it quickly, said "nope" to nearly all of them and then continued to eat his mashed potatoes. For the record, my list did not include Zuma or Pilot or any fruits or vegetables.
He's working on a list of his own now, and I'll be interested to see what's on it. I'm hopeful there'll be at least one or two common to both of our lists, or maybe he'll stun me with a sleeper name I love but had never considered.
Call me old-fashioned, but you can't go wrong with a classic name. All you can do is cross your fingers and hope 10 other kids in Junior's class won't have the same name.
Zuma would take care of that problem. That wouldn't be such a bad name if I actually were having a large Chihuahua.

I love the preferred response! A large Chihuahua! I think that is about best I have heard.

 

[Inigo]

Fun article!

The name I always told people for my son 24 years ago was Alexander Lowell Scott Bobby Knight Boilermaker Keady Ourlastname.

My husband's idiot nephew believed us. But then again, his kids all have three middle names, all of which are uneek. He and his then-wives gave them those names because they're uneducated morons.

 

[FireDancer]

Fun article!

The name I always told people for my son 24 years ago was Alexander Lowell Scott Bobby Knight Boilermaker Keady Ourlastname.

My husband's idiot nephew believed us. But then again, his kids all have three middle names, all of which are uneek. He and his then-wives gave them those names because they're uneducated morons.

I done loves me some irony.

 

[Tinker74]

I done loves me some irony.

...was thinking the same thing.

 

[MickeySP]

I couldn't have told you my son's name, we thought we were having a girl, until he was born.

Oh and Jameson is a real name especially if your of Irish heritage, almost my son's, but went with Geoffrey Ryan instead.

 

[krcit]

Cute article. I'm still annoyed that I let people talk me out of the name I liked for my oldest dd. Keely. My friends said it sounded like bait

 

[PebblesMK]

Cute article. I'm still annoyed that I let people talk me out of the name I liked for my oldest dd. Keely. My friends said it sounded like bait

Awww...I almost named mine Keely! But I thought she was a boy and then she was born and any name that I had liked was completely lost. Before I left they insisted that I name her....I threw something out there and while it fits her, I wish I would have given it more thought.

 

[kimblebee]

My daughters second middle name is Keely. Grace Emily Keely Lastname.I think it has a nice flow.

 

[krcit]

My daughters second middle name is Keely. Grace Emily Keely Lastname.I think it has a nice flow.

Love it!! My second dd's middle name is Grace

 

[daughtersrus]

When I was expecting our first (1986), finding out the gender was not common. People would ask me all the time what we were going to name him/her. If I said "I don't know yet", they would keep asking. After flipping through a book of baby names, I came across "Lika". From then on, when people would ask, I would say "Lika Micah and then our last name which rhymes". That usually would shut them up. My DD was born just before Christmas. No we didn't name her Lika but we still have a Christmas ornament that my mom cross-stitched for her. It says "Baby's 1st Christmas" with the name Lika Micah our last name on it. My mom did this a joke because she knew all along that the names we had chosen were Katherine (Katie) for a girl and Brian for a boy. Mom passed away years ago, but every year when my DD gets her ornaments out to hang on the tree, she's reminded of her grandma's sense of humor.

My daughters second middle name is Keely. Grace Emily Keely Lastname.I think it has a nice flow.

All of our girls have a middle name after a family member. DD#1 has the same middle name as me (Marie) , DD#2 is named after DH's grandmother (Anna) that passed away shortly before she was born (and I swore that I would never give them common middle names LOL) . We thought about giving DD#3 the middle name of Grace after my MIL but settled on Rae after her dad (his middle name is Raymond), otherwise we would have an Emily Grace.

 

[PigletsPal2]

DD#1 was born in a military hospital and they wouldn't discharge her w/o a name. We had only selected boy's names as my dad predicted a boy and he hadn't been wrong in 25 predictions, so I had to come up w/a name on my own (DH was overseas and not easily reachable 43 years ago!). I chose the French derivative of my name, the feminine of FIL's name, and our last name, which is French. The name fits her perfectly!

Queen Colleen

 

[LuvCuteBoys]

I done loves me some irony.

rofl



I will never ever ever understand why anyone cares what someone else chooses to name their child.

 

[scrapquitler]

I got tired of people asking me what names we were going to use, so we came up with a list of ridiculous answers that we used depending on the mood we were in at the time. At various times we told people that our child would be named: Rufus, Jenna Talia, BillyBobJimBob, Queen Latifa, Lemon Jello, Bambi, Bootsie, Tootise, Fido, Ebenezer, etc.

There was no way I would use a uneeq name. My name is somewhat common, and has about 30 gazillion different spellings which are all 'normal' and I always hated having to spell it out for people. Of course these days the uneeq names are so common that people question how to spell my son's name (Mark). I've had people actually say "Is that M-A-R-Q?" Uh, no.

 

[Costumesaremylife]

I read another article about Pink and it said that Jameson, while being whiskey, is also a family name.

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

Jameson is pretty tame by celebrity standards. I like it myself.

The only one of my kids who I knew what she was was my middle DD. We named her early on and started calling her that right away. No one said anything about her name, if they had I would have ignored them. It is a common name, maybe that is why. We never call her that now though, from day one she developed a nickname and it stuck and that is her name now. I still love her name though.

The other 2 I didn't know what they were. My oldest had a boy name and a girl name and it didn't change once we picked it. My youngest would have been what her sisters both would have been had they been boys, Alexander Robert (Robert after my grandpa who raised me along with my grandma when both my parents walked out.) BUT, we never did use the name, we had 3 girls. I spent 9 months thinking of a girls names, I was pretty sure she was a girl, but none ever felt right till she was born and her daddy said it, and it was perfect and it fits her well.

 

[hulagirl87]

thought I would share this article I just found. 75 of the "best" (meaning craziest ) celebrity baby names. there were a lot on there I have seen but a few that I didn't know and I was definitely and

the article starts with a judge that is ordering a family to change their daughters name. they named her Tulula does the hula. that is her name!!! what? sigh.....

enjoy!

http://hollywire.com/the-news-dump/when-celebrity-baby-naming-goes-bad