WHY DO PEOPLE DO THIS TO THEIR KIDS??????? A "unique" name?

[golfgal]

Espn Newell

Born to: Heather and Heath

Date: March 31, 2006

Time: 9:43 AM

Weight: 8 lbs. 1 oz.

Length: 19 inches

Let's name our kid after a TV Station. There is unique and then there is .......!

 

[Microcell]

My Dh's former boss has two kids, I call them Kick and Me. Poor kids. I don't want to print them here for fear they might be secret disers!

 

[HayGan]

 

[Patty3]

Poor kid.

 

[Beth76]

How is it pronounced? E-S-P-N or Espen? Idiots. I remember seeing a baby announcement in our local paper a couple of years ago. The baby's name was Anakin.

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

How is it pronounced? E-S-P-N or Espen? Idiots. I remember seeing a baby announcement in our local paper a couple of years ago. The baby's name was Anakin.

That's what my exh originally wanted to name our baby if she was a boy. Luckily, he changed it to Logan (after an X-Men character) instead.

 

[RadioNate]

I know several Anakin's. And this ESPN isn't the first. During the stations (25th ?) anniversary they profiled 2 or 3 other kids with the name.

 

[diznygirl]

ESPN the Magazine did an article on this awhile back - turns out "Espen" is an actual Norwegian name.

"ESPEN m Norwegian, Danish
Variant of ASBJØRN"

 

[BabyTigger99]

I do work for the Paternity Department at the Courthouse sometimes. You should see the names that I run across!!!

 

[RealMickeysGirl]

We had a cat named Anakin - it has been 13 months since he crossed the rainbow bridge - he lived to be 19 years old.

I don't remember where I heard it but I remember something about Anakin or Annakin being a scandanavian name or version of a scandanavian name. Don't know if that is actually true though.

 

[tekmom]

There have been people that have named their kids Female and Male. (pronounced like tamale) I guess in the hospital , after birth, that was on their babies bassinet and they just thought..."that sounds good!"

 

[ashjohnson80]

I like the prounounciation "Espen". I like Anakin too though. I think unique names are special.

 

[gshanny]

As soon as I read the title I thought of Eddie Murphy. I think it was Beverly Hill Cop 2. He went into some upscale firing range place (I think, it's been a while since I saw it) and went to the lady at the front desk and was telling a sob story about his twin DD's, Monique and Unique. DH and I still have to laugh about that line and wonder if anyone ever ended up naming twin DD's this because of the movie.
At the school I volunteer at there used to be a family that had Jupiter and Shadow. I can't remember what the next in line was named. We do have an Anakin there also.

 

[DVC Sadie]

Some of these parents who name these children all of these weird names are begging for their kids to be picked on. Sometimes life is hard enough without burdening a child with names that can hinder them .

 

[imsorry]

You know what struck me about this? Heather & Heath!!!! What are the odds!! Are those the parents real names? Sounds like a brother and sister act!

 

[palmtreegirl]

I like the prounounciation "Espen". I like Anakin too though. I think unique names are special.

I think those names are better then some of the common names out there, I won't give any examples because I don't want to hurt peoples feelings.

 

[salmoneous]

Given a choice between a unique name, and being one of 12 David's or Jennifers in a class, I'd probably take the unique name. If the kid doesn't like it, he will just pick up a nickname.

 

[junebug05]

You know what struck me about this? Heather & Heath!!!! What are the odds!! Are those the parents real names? Sounds like a brother and sister act!

I went to high school with twins names Heather and Heath. Hope it's not them

 

[mickeyfan2]

There was a guy that I once worked with who would name his kids based on when they were conceived. One was named Autumn Moon. I don't remember the others.

 

[wvrevy]

What's wrong with unique (actually, it's "unusual", since "unique" implies there aren't any others like it) names? We named our daughter after a character from a book. The character is a princess, and her name basically means "hope of the world". It took our parents a few days to get used to, but DW and I have loved it from the beginning.

We also gave her a slightly more common name as a middle name, so she could use it or a derivative of it later in life if she chose to do so (and "Kathryn" has plenty of derivatives to choose from ).

Can't see naming a kid "Espn", but that's just personal preference. Personally, I like it better than many of the more "common" names out there, just as I like "Elora" better than "Brittany", "Ashley", or "Savannah" or any other "names-of-the-'90's".