I need to name my son.. any suggestions?

[hunter_le five]

I was more of a Sub Zero kind of guy...

I was always partial to Yellow Sub Zero. Green Sub Zero was pretty good too.

 

[MrFoodScientist]

Anything but a name that involves "aiden" (IE Jayden, Aiden, Hayden, hell Rayden, etc) People went on a kick with that for awhile and now I now a bunch of kids that all sound alike. My apologies to anyone on here with children of similar names. I put my foot in my mouth when I said that to one of my best friend's wives right before she told me they were going to name their son Aiden....

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has considered this. It's getting kind of old just going through the alphabet and adding -aiden. Aiden, Bayden, Cayden, Daiden, Eaden...
I'm just glad the trend is waning before we get to S or Z. Last thing I need is my third grader sitting next to Saiden in class. I can only imagine...

"You went to the principal's office, AGAIN?!"
"But dad, Saiden made me do it!"

Yeah, not looking forward to that conversation.

 

[JonM]

Oh no, I'm quite sure every single letter of the alphabet can be, and has been, used in front of -aden . This includes Xayden and Zhayden.

I used to think that G and M would be the exceptions because Gayden and Maiden wouldn't work but, sure enough, there are Greydens and MacKaydens. Maybe Y is the only doesn't work. Maybe U too.

 

[DrunkleJon]

What about the alternate spellings of normal names? Generally speaking it appears to be a cultural thing, but one of the ****ie prizes (sadly, no ****s involved unless you are referring to how they make you feel) where I work is a certificate of "you came to work" that is given out every now and again. They misspelled Aaron and spelled Aarown. Had someone come up and ask. "Cool, is that a new spelling of Aaron? Nice!" Really? why spell things alternately just for the sake of it?

 

[JonM]

If there's a reason for an alternate spelling (like say, you name the kid Jon without an H because that was how it was spelled by the first member of the family to step off the boat from the old country), cool. It can be a pain sometimes, but there's a reason at least.

If it's just for yuks, then the kid has a lifetime of correcting everyone's spelling, getting things screwed up in every bureaucratic organization you will ever contact, never finding that souvenir mug, keychain,etc. with your name on it, and so forth. All for no reason other than to be different.

 

[Hamaki]

Newest addition in my extended family - Zyler. I just smile and nod.

 

[Jacob_Marley]

How about the name "Anakin" ... after Anakin Skywalker.

Wait ... Ahhh ... oh snap, that's Hayden Christensen.
Nevermind.

 

[Mirilis]

Newest addition in my extended family - Zyler. I just smile and nod.

I can say ive never heard that one before...

 

[unionrdr]

Going with the current theme, how about Bocephus Hagen? Then he can say, "yeah, I'm Festus' brother"! POW!

 

[Natdavis777]

What about the alternate spellings of normal names? Generally speaking it appears to be a cultural thing, but one of the ****ie prizes (sadly, no ****s involved unless you are referring to how they make you feel) where I work is a certificate of "you came to work" that is given out every now and again. They misspelled Aaron and spelled Aarown. Had someone come up and ask. "Cool, is that a new spelling of Aaron? Nice!" Really? why spell things alternately just for the sake of it?

You should check out Key and Peele "Substitute Teacher" on Youtube... Awesome

 

[JonM]

Or the follow-up:

 

[vanishingpint]

Substitute teacher just kills me every time I watch it.

 

[GHBWNY]

If you were a guitar enthusiast, maybe something like Martin, Gibson, Taylor...?

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I'd suggest you name him "C'Mereyou Little****" but I am not sure there is enough room on the certificate.

 

[LAHammer]

For some reason, I like the Scandanavian names.

Like Torstein or Jormo or Thorbjorn.

I think those would be great in my part of the deep south!!

 

[Jacob_Marley]

Many medication names make good, modern child names.

" ... I'd like to introduce my daughters, Levitra and Viagra ..."

Levitra Johnson ... yeah. Has a nice ring to it.

 

[Jacob_Marley]

It would seem the medication names need to be 3 syllables or less.

Dilantin
Ativan
Paxil
Risperdal
Pristiq
Allegra
Lipitor
Keflex
Lanoxin

Not a med, but here's one for the "what were they thinking?" column for baby names.
Placenta
Placenta Johnson

 

[Mirilis]

Lady who cut my hair was named Heavenly... I didn't even know that was a name ..i thought it was an adjective

 

[aopisa]

Elephants Gerald

 

[russell58]

I like using names that have a family meaning first son name after my grandfather and the now ex's grandfather N.A.R. second son name after great grandfather and myself S.A.R. funny how initials worked out.

Cheers

 

[Jacob_Marley]

Elephants Gerald

YES ... yes, I'm familiar with it. That is an elephant dish with a beurre blanc sauce with tri-color peppercorns, lemongrass and flamed with brandy. Excellent.
VERY popular with some old-school jazz musicians.

Ohhh ... he must have really loved that dish to name his child after it ...

 

[Natdavis777]

It would seem the medication names need to be 3 syllables or less.

Dilantin
Ativan
Paxil
Risperdal
Pristiq
Allegra
Lipitor
Keflex
Lanoxin

Not a med, but here's one for the "what were they thinking?" column for baby names.
Placenta
Placenta Johnson

When my wife was doing her L&D during nursing school, they had delivered a baby girl (to an Asian family) who named her meconium.... Because they liked the name.

Meconium fyi is the term for the babys first sh*t, basically bile and whatnot for those who need to google.

 

[Mirilis]

I havent updated here in a while.. its pretty much official ..

Evan Charles Male... shes already calling him Evan so I doubt she changes her mind now.

 

[NickTheGreat]

That's a darn fine name. Congrats!

 

[PlexVector]

Congratulations!

 

[Mirilis]

Well todays the day....Evans on his way... he will probably be in the 11 pound range... well see

 

[m00ps]

Why did no one suggest Pliny or something like Amarillo?

congrats

 

[Peruvian802]

Coral?

 

[Mirilis]

I suggested Porter but got shut down

 

[TechyDork]

Well todays the day....Evans on his way... he will probably be in the 11 pound range... well see

Good luck and congrats!!

11 lbs!! gotta be a big strong name.

Ignore my names, i should read more carefully.... Evan is a perfect name!