Baby naming consultants?!?
 

OMG, I totally want to go into this line of work. I could hatch an evil plan to convince overanxious yuppies to all name their child "Harlan" or something. And get paid st00pid amounts of money for the privilege.

http://gawker.com/news/the-parent-cr...ren-272031.php

Man, people are stupid.

Also, do you get your money back if your child underachieves? What if they only get into Brown and not Harvard? Oh, the shame! If only we'd named him better!

hmmm, this makes me think I should become a consultant consultant in case those yuppies, or other honorable customers, need help finding exactly the right consultant.

Lurkette, how dare you bash Brown like that! :p

I am not allowed to name my children. Seriously. I have been impeached from the committee for poor performance.

I'm not kidding.

When Max was about to be born, I suggested the following:

William Robert (shorten it)
Junior (as a name, not a suffix)
Urban Ulysses (my last name starts with "U")
Haile Gebressalasie (my ATF athlete)
Franklin Beans
Oliver Earl (that's what happens when you use family names and part of your family was Mississippi dirt farmers)
Bedford Headrick (shorten that one too)

So I think that I'm emmanently qualified to infiltrate this company to bring it to the ground. Anyone know where I can fill out an application?

some people have more money than sense I suppose.

I genuinely believe (and I know I am biased) that there is no finer name than "Adam".

But naming your kid is something that you really ought to do yourself, and if you are too lazy and uninvolved to even take the effort to check out a dictionary of names from the library to get a few extra idea's... it can't bode well for the kids childhood.

I can't imagine letting someone else name my kids. Seriously, it's one of the coolest parts of being a parent.

Lee if it's a boy, Kara if it's a girl. $500, please.

The wonderful thing about capitalism is that you can never corner the market on suckers.

I read a very similar article in the Wall Street Journal last week. It nearly made me want to throw up. One of the top 100 girls' names for 2006 was Nevaeh (heaven spelled backwards... *gag*

If you ask me, there seems to be a trend where people (as a population in general) are putting unnecessary significance on choices that should be relatively simple and straight forward. Granted, naming your children is a bit more complex... but so much that it validates spending hundreds of dollars for a list of names? I don't think so.

I dunno 4real sounds STUPID, so I'm glad that some judge decided that it wasn't appropriate.

But hey... name the kids what you want...I'm all for it. I'll even give the kid some money when they get close to 18 so that they can legally change it to whatever they want.

yeah.. too much emphasis on UNIQUENESS instead of similarities.

We gave our kids what I think are pretty cool, non-traditional names (mostly because my wife and I always hated our boring names). The key for us was to also give them fairly staid middle names so if they hated the names we gave them they could switch later in life.

So far, their given names really suit them.

Agreed:)

Okay, I'm going to have to go dksuddeth on this one and call BS on that judge. Most names are stupid, but it's the parent who names, not society or the judicial branch. If a kid wants his or her name change, survive to the age of 18 and do it. In the time before that, simply go by a nickname. "Apple" can go by "Pal" and 4real can go by a middle name.

my mother in law has a single name; do you know what the computer systems do with that???? nothing.

it's a pain in the ass because she has to duplicat her name for her last name so in effect it's still 2 names which isn't what she wanted..

now think of this... do you think that ANY computer system in the world for FIRST NAME ________ allows numerics? for the record the judge is in New Zealand.

How about FourReal, then?
Which operates under the UK, which has the House of Lords, which is in transition to a judiciary organizational model. Basically, it's faster to type. Judicial Branch > UK House of Lords, which is then delegated to New Zealand courts.

FourReal isn't what they wanted to name him. Again, it dilutes the intention just like the one name that my MIL wants. their intention was that he be 4Real, not FourReal.

N'spyrashun
Anakin Skywalker (lastname)
Myrakle
Ceattle
12 different Uniques, including a Uneeq

I see those everyday. What's gonna happen to those kids?

Were the lawmakers ever children? ANYTHING can be teased and even normal names can be twisted so that they are teasable... :D

I can't help it...

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Back to the OP, anyone can give you a list of names and meanings. There's loads of websites and books serving exactly this purpose.

So I bet what the couple really paid for was the discussion sessions; the kind of thing you normally do with friends and family. In other words, this kind of service is only needed by high powered shut-ins who have lost their connections to any community.

Hell, they must have lost connection with each other!!!
Me: Nothing 'cutesy' and no Juniors.
Him: Nope
Me: These are the names I like (about 3 girls' and 4 boys')
Him: Well, if one's a boy, I wanted to name him after my dad.....
Me: How about both dads for middle names?
Him: mmmk But no 'Joshua'-just makes me think of a nerdy kid with glasses.
Me: ok

So, should we have stuffed $50 in an envelope and mailed it to ourselves?:orly:


PS....Our son is a nerdy kid with glasses. But he's a Daniel.

yuppies have too much money. they needed another way to waste some. :)

"In March, the Benthams welcomed little Jackson Dean into the world."

And in another 8 years, the kids will be calling him Jackoff. That'll help his self-esteem. :rolleyes:

These people are crazy. And it's not only relegated to the rich and/or famous. Poor, uneducated people can be pretty stupid too.

Some actual examples:

Lemonjello and Oranjello (Pronounced Lamongelo and Orangelo)

Shithead (pronounced Sha-teed)

Shaniqua, Shanakua, Binaca.... Unique, Yooneek etc..etc..etc

Dawayne, Duane, DaWayne, Dewayne, Doowain, DeWaine and every single permutation.....

These people aren't as stupid as the parents that name their kids horrible names. Even some 'normal' names are just cruel punishment for their development years.

Life is hard enough, and there is no reason to force your kid to go through life with a bad name as well.

Edit: And I would bet that there is a corellation between having a 'good' name and being successful at life (job & relationships).

Seems ridiculous to me, but hey, it's their money I guess. Oh the things people do with their money...

that's a daft thing to pay out for....does anyone know how to pronunciate "Nevaeh"? Just wondering.

In Portugal names are limited, there are all sorts of rules. You can't just name kids whatever you want. In Brasil however, it really is a case of whatever you like. That's why you get kids there called Michael Jackson George Washington (all in one name!!) and another I heard of really got me laughing:

One Brasilian man named his daughter Madeinusa. (Read Mad -ey-noo-ssa).
He had a radio at home that had MADE IN USA written on it and he liked the sound of it and thought it was posh so he named his child Madeinusa. Get it?

I think rules are good sometimes.

I really do wish more people who spell Usama right.

This sounds like a good idea. I would invest in your business. Hahahaha!