I'm stumped!

ltldeb · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:46 am Post subject: I'm stumped!

I was reading the news just a bit ago and saw an article on Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's baby announcement. Why would you name your child "Sunday"?

I just don't get it. What's with these celebrities that think giving their children some obscure name is a good thing?

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kmiller15211 · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:59 am Post subject:

So when they call him, it can sound like a monster truck rally - "sunday, SUNDAY, SUUUUUUNDAY"

Or, maybe it's the day that a Friday-opening Nicole Kidman movie is officially declared a flop.

ltldeb · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:10 am Post subject:

This particular child happens to be a girl, but still; what possesses people to give their children such outlandish names?
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daveypoo · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:12 am Post subject:

Like having the last name of Stone, and considering naming their child FRED FLINT?

I blame Frank Zappa. Moon Unit and Dweezle started it all.....
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onecutemoose · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:07 am Post subject:

I grew up with two girls, Tuesday and Wednesday...days on which they were not born. They received their names for some strange astrological reason.

I think strange names are just silly. I think well thought out names that have meaning can be good...at least your kid knows you cared enough to think about what traits their parents would want them to embody.

I hadn't heard this...but it seems to fit right in with a long line of STRANGE baby names...seriously, Apple??? Sunday is up there!

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daveypoo · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:20 pm Post subject:

Ok, here's a like of a bunch and the parents who named them:

Moon Unit (Frank Zappa)
Dweezil (Frank Zappa)
Tiger Lily Heavenly Hiraani (Michael Hutchence + Paula Yates)
Moxie Crimefighter (Penn Jillette)
Fifi-Trixibelle (Bob Geldolf)
Pixie (Bob Geldof)
Betty Kitten (Jonathan Ross & Jane Goldman)
Kafka (Tommy Lee Jones)
Phoenix Chi (Melanie Gulzar)
Rocket (Robert Rodriguez)
Pine (Simon LeBron)
Sailor Lee (Christie Brinkley + Peter Cook )
Steveanna (Randy Jackson)
Jigme (Richard Gere + Carey Lowell)
Diva (Frank Zappa)
Indiana (Casey Affleck+Summer Phoenix)
Prince Michael (Michael Jackson)
Doremi (Justin Hayward)
Yamma (James Brown)
Zowie (David Bowie)
I. P. Freely (David Carradine)
Pilot Inspekter (Jason Lee)
Coco (Courtney Cox Arquette+ David Arquette)
Rumer (Demi Moore)
Romeo (Victoria + David Bekham)
Poppy Honey (James Oliver)
Tabooger (Dan Cortese)
Apple (Gwyneth Paltrow + Chris Martin)
Jermajesty (Jermaine Jackson)
Kal-el (Nicholas Cage)
Anastasia Beaverhausen (Robin Gibb (Bee Gees))
Daisy Boo (James Oliver)
Yashi (Rebbie Jackson)
Peaches (Bob Geldof )
Amadeus (Mia Farrow)
Calico (Alice Cooper)
Maddox (angelina Jolie)
Rolan (Marc Bolan)
Tellulah (Demi Moore)
Jagger (Pamela Anderson)
Augustus (Dan Aykroyd + Donna Dixon)
Aquinnah (Michael J. Fox + Tracy Pollan)
Alchamy (Lance Henriksen + Jame Pollack)
Cannon (Larry King)
Delilah (Harry Hamlin +Lisa Rinna)
Lorien (Tori Amos)
Scout (Demi Moore)
Anais (Noel Gallagher + Meg Matthews)
Atherton (Don Johnson)
Chaia (Larry King)
Chanel (Kenny Anderson)
Gaia (Emma Thompson)
Jessica Intohoes (50 Cent)
Losel (Adam Yauch)
Lyric (Kenny Anderson)
Malu Valentine (David Byrne)
Piper Maru (Gillian Anderson+ Clyde Klotz)
Racer (Robert Rodriguez)
Rodan (Frank Zappa)
Sonora Rose (Alice Cooper)
Tenzin (Adam Yauch )
Zola (Eddie Murphy)
Banjo (Rachel Griffiths)
Beauregard (Mick Jagger)
Yoshi Takumi (Ken Watanabe)
Caspar (Claudia Schiffer)
Dashiell (Alice Cooper)
Rocco (Madonna + Guy Ritchie)
Emmerson (Teri Hatcher)
Ireland (Kim Basinger + Alec Baldwin)
Cosima (Nigella Lawson)
Greer (Kelsey Grammar)
Sosie Ruth (Kevin Bacon + Kyra Sedgwick)
Taj (Tito Jackson)
Cash (Slash)
Dhani (George Harrison)
Lark Song (Mia Farrow)
Lucie Chet (Danny Devito)
Mayne (Garth Brooks + Sandy Mahl)
Phineas (Mia Farrow)
Saffron (Simon LeBon)
Satchel (Mia Farrow)
Kimber (Clint Eastwood)
Lola (Chris Rock)
Rebel (Robert Rodriguez)
Ahmet (Frank Zappa)
Elijah Blue (Cher)
Enzo (Patricia Arquette + Paul Rossi)
Karis (Mick Jagger)
August (Casey Affleck+ Summer Phoenix)
Eugenie (Prince Andrew + Sarah Ferguson)
Augustine (Mick Jagger)
Gian Carlo (Francis Ford Coppola)
Villiers (Mia Farrow)
Wilk (Mia Farrow)
Beckett (Melissa Ethridge)
Dimitri (Ursula Andress)
Kingston (Dan Aykroyd +Donna Dixon)
Lennon (Liam Gallagher + Patsy Kensit)
London (Slash)
Lucien (Steve Buscemi + Jo Andreas)
Moses (Mia Farrow)
Muniz (Marc Anthony)
Nayib (Gloria Estefan)
Nico Blue (Shannon Hoon)
Ninna Priscilla (Marlon Brando)
Romy (Ellen Barkin + Gabriel Byrne)
Sage (Tracey Gold)
Soon-Yi (Mia Farrow)
Stella del Carmen (Melanie Griffith+Antonion Banderas)
Summer Song (Mia Farrow)
Tam (Mia Farrow)
Taryll (Tito Jackson)
Tatom (Harry Connick Jr. + Jill Goodacre)
Tito Joe (Tito Jackson)
Valencia (Marlon Jackson)
Belle Marmalade (Michael Fassbender)
Giovanno Blondie(Vanna White)
Honey Kinney (Jonathan Ross & Jane Goldman)
Jamilla (Pam Grier & Kevin Evans )
Jaz (Andra Agassi)
Levon Green (Uma Thurman & Ethan Hawke)
Rambina Chulita (Charo)
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onecutemoose · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 1:39 pm Post subject:

yup...craziness! That "I.P. Freely" kid---poor guy!

The ones that I really shake my head at are the ones that are just basic objects---I saw Banjo on there...

Really???

Ah well...just think DP you could have grandbaby Smiles or Avacado Smile

JUST KIDDING!!!!!! Confused

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Ellory · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:40 pm Post subject:

I blame Abbott & Costello, and their "Who's on First" sketch!!!!

I think that's right about when all this started.

WDWFan · Pilot Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 10863

no test for parenting, so why should there be any control over naming...

Maybe Friday was taken and Sunday was the only other day they could remember...
Considering the sources, I think the kid actually made out ok... Could have been worse.

Figmentathm · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:29 am Post subject:

And to think, I always hated Francis.

Guess I should consider myself lucky. At least I was named after a Saint and not a day of the week, an herb, or a stringed instrument.
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GrumpyDaddy · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:51 pm Post subject:

Disney3xJC · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:31 am Post subject:

This madness has been going on for years. I worked in a NE Washington, DC hospital through high school and college. My first job was on the Labor and delivery floor and part of my responsibilities was filling out birth certificates. Here are just a few of the names I recorded:

Cole Black
Unique Lee Brown
Crystal Chandelier Jones
Rusty Nail Hammer
King Charles Wethersby
(and my all-time favorite) BRAIN HENDERSON ...no that's not spelled incorrectly. The mother assured me that was the correct spelling for Brian... Smile

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WDWFan · Pilot Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 10863

Brain is the correct spelling for Brian? ? ? That poor kid. I think we have found the root cause of his future problems.

And, I'm with Grumpy, I've never heard of a St. Figment. Do you know his feast day?

Figmentathm · Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 7:05 am Post subject:

WDWFan · Pilot Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 10863

I thought March 17tth is St. Patrick's Day... Not St. Figment's day. I'll have to go look that one up.

Is he the patron St of anything in particular? authors, moviemakers, beer drinkers?