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Everybody has heard of a person with a bad name. Usually we just laugh about it, not giving it much thought. Can a bad name affect a person's career, relationships and overall happiness?
According to Michael Sherrod and Matthew Rayback, the authors of a new book entitled Bad Baby Names, it surely does. A person with a bad name will succeed less in life, from the area of grades in school to job opportunities.The authors perused census documents from 1790 to 1930 and found names such as Hysteria, Major Slaughter and Ima Hogg and interviewed people with names such as Candy Stohr, Cash Guy, Rasp Berry and others, not so weird but od choices such as Adolf, Jobe, Ahab and Kane. Surprisingly, most of their interviewees were happy with their names and were very proud of their eccentricity. One theory is that the parents want their child to stand out in the crowd. Another suggests that the parents want to draw attention to themselves, trying to live vicariously through the baby. But maybe the right theory is that the parents are just different, and so their baby will be too. Examples of bad names given to actors’ babies are common. Some of the predominant examples are: Pilot Inspektor (Jason Lee and Beth Riesgraf), Seven Sirius (Andre Benjamin and Erykah Badu), Aurelius Cy (Elle Macpherson and Arpad Busson) and Fifi Trixibell (Bob Geldof and Paula Yates). Today, even though naming has changed dramatically from a hundred years ago, it seems that it has gotten a bit conservative. Naming conventions have expanded, but they still have clear rules. Even if the name the parents pick for their baby comes from a unique origin, they still tend to pick a name that is known and is easy to pronounce. Naming your baby symbolizes you, your family and the future. That is why it is so apparent when you hear a bad name. Have you heard a bad name? Please share your thoughts with us … Related Articles: 50 Celebrity Names in the Spotlight Names with Characteristic Meanings Conventional or Unique Baby Names?
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written by Ency Peterson, April 09, 2008
I like the name Aurelius Cy but the others? I find a name I like and try to use it in a story. It's a lot easier to use names in stories than with children. Would anyone seriously name their daughter Liatha Ann or Kiyera May? I don't know of anyone except maybe myself and a couple of my friends. Look in books. Acheron from Sheryllin Kenyon's Dark-Hunter Series and many other fictional characters have names that aren't used until the books become a hit. It's just the author trying a name out. The name worked for the story and parents now use it. Zenon and Nebula from Disney's Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century are prime examples. But people fall for the names. Last names became first names as did objects and places. They become hit names for a few years and fall to the background. A couple of decades later, It's a bad name because It's unusual or it's paired with something that sounds off. Yet there are kids who wish for a different name everywhere in the world who think something else is pretty. So what truly makes a name good? Is there Such a thing as a good name or a bad name? I don't want to name any of my kids by a popular name, but I don't want them not to know their heritage, but that's hard in today's society where a name can and does define how much you get teased and how tolerant you become.
This is so funny written by Jenna, April 18, 2008
Ok you are going to read this and think I am making it up. I was doing an internship with a police department and I was typing in a case and the woman's name was Vagina.. I wish I could tell you what her last name was because it gives you more of a chuckle..
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