Friday, June 25, 2010

Names

Earlier today, for my own purposes, I needed to look up some 4 letter names (no, I am not having a child... much to my mother's dismay). So I googled "4 letter names that start with d" and of course a number of websites featuring baby names came up. One of the websites actually had a list comprised only of 4 letter names - turns out you really can find anything on the internet! - so that was the one I chose.

The webpage had two columns - boy names on the left and girl names on the right. I quickly found what I was looking for and was about to close the window when something caught my eye. What is this? Emma under the boy names?!? And Elie and Ella?

Listen people, I know that we have uni-sex names - Blair, Clair, Lindsay/Lindsey, Casey, Erin/Aaron, Jesse/Jessie, etc - but Emma, Elie, and Ella are simply not boy names. And I cannot be persuaded otherwise. That is like having a woman named Richard.

While we are talking about it, why are lists like this always called something like "Possible Baby Names"? I remember when my mother was pregnant with my youngest brother, The Swordsman (how is that for a name?), she went to the library and got a bunch of "baby name" books and I thought to myself, "what is the difference between a baby name and a grown-up name?" Seems like they should just be "name books".

And don't even get me started on the suggestion of the name "Flem". I feel like no one should ever be named after a substance produced by the body... Just my opinion. Sorry Pooh Williams, I have to draw the line somewhere.

6 comments:

  1. One that I didn't highlight is the name Icey under the list of girls... I am sure she would be real friendly...

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  2. You are just so funny! I just wanted to tell you that. And I'm so glad you found this list of names. There really are lots of winners out there in those "baby name books." :) You find tons of them when you read through the whole book to find a name for your baby. I really hope no one really uses names like those! Also notice Fred under the girl's list. Could be cute as a nickname for a girl, in my opinion, but you can't just name a girl Fred!

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  3. Haha, thanks Charlotte! I have to say, it seems like the only thing that mattered for this list was the 4 letter requirement because there are some weird names on both sides! I agree, Fred is not a girl name, but it would be a cool nick name.

    I knew a girl once who went by "George" and she was cool... her real name was Georgette.

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  4. Kenny...I saw in my news feed on fb your comment on blogging...yes keep writing. Anyhow, that's way funny about Flem. F.L.E.M. were my initials when I was married. No wonder it didn't work. Hahaha!!!!!!!

    -Fiona

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  5. Ya know, my life probably WOULD have been quite a
    it more interesting if my parents had named me
    Swordsman.

    (thanks for the mention :))

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