Comments on: Snark of the day: Stripper names and responsible horse care

By: Eliblu

Eliblu — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:03:00 +0000

Here in Texas we have a lot of creative boys name, actually. Some are okay and some are awful. When I was student teaching I had a student named Stallion Hickey.

By: 3FabulousFelines

3FabulousFelines — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:43:23 +0000

Having been gifted with both an odd first name and a German variant of a common last name (it’s pronounced the same way, but spelled differently, and nobody ever seems to get it right)… there will be no ‘creative’ names for my progeny.

Being a shy, awkward, stylistically-impaired sort of kid to begin with, having a weird name on top of it was just.. not cool. I would have killed to go by Britney, Stacy, or even Resident Classroom Jennifer #6, haha.

This is also why I decline to post under my given name online (I notice frequent requests for ‘real names’).. I’m the only one of me, and thus quite searchable. I certainly wouldn’t want to be forever tied to the stuff I was posting at thirteen.. have to assume that one day this may also ring true for some of the stuff I’m posting today. ;)

By: Susan Fox

Susan Fox — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:28:01 +0000

My ex and his family had a cat when he was a kid. I guess it was one of those cats who showed up and stayed. Since they often got mail that wasn’t addressed to any of them, they figured it had to be for the cat, whose name was therefore…..Occupant.

By: KateH

KateH — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:10:14 +0000

So absolutely awful - people who’ve named a cat ‘Slut’ and others who’ve named a puppy ‘Choaz’ as in “get choaz ova here” - I can’t deal with people who think that’s clever. ‘Makes even the most irregularly spelled human name seem normal.

By: Janeen

Janeen — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:58:37 +0000

I’m thinking about giving all the peeps (the female ones at least) stripper names. I mean SRSLY - they live to ovulate. It doesn’t get any sexier than that.

*If* that suspicious looking Buff Orp is a rooster I might just call him Joe Bock - The Sunrise Cowboy.

By: Sheyna

Sheyna — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:37:11 +0000

I’ve met more dogs named Sheyna than people. Several dogs, 1 person.

My middle name is Lacey, I always joked my parents named me for a career as a stripper.

But there have been studies on the significance of names and people’s responses to them, just think of all the research that goes into branding…And there are plenty of exceptions to the rule. I can’t think of any but I’m sure there are plenty of judges, doctors and business women named Misty, Crystal and Rainn, or whatever.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:49:39 +0000

The names you all are bandying about aren’t nearly as extreme as those that some of Hollywood denizens give their offspring. Examples: Pilot Inspektor (Jason Lee’s unfortunate son) and Apple (the equally unfortunate daughter of Gwyneth Paltrow). Bet they’d take a stripper’s name or some unusual spelling variation of such a name any day.

By: Kim Thornton

Kim Thornton — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:40:55 +0000

I was amused the other day to hear a woman addressing her two children by what sounded like dog names: Cody and Dakota (yes, yes, I know they’re also trendy kid names, but still…) Of course, I was at dinner in Laguna a couple of weeks ago with two friends and our preppy dogs: Harper, Henry and Elliott.

By: Verde

Verde — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:07:24 +0000

By tradition, my name goes back to my maternal grandmother. I am SOOOOOO grateful that my Grandmother refused to let my mom give me Grandma’s first name, Gladys. I received her middle name instead.

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:51:20 +0000

All the men in my immediate family and my dad’s side of the family are named Joseph, Peter or Anthony.

Year after year after year.

Girls’ names ARE trendier. What’s up with that?

And while we’re talking about it: Have you noticed there are some “people” names that you would give a dog — Sam and Molly come to mind — while others you never would? Cat names are much more wide-ranging, perhaps because you don’t have to yell it at the dog park.

When I was in high school, one of the neighbors had a dog named “Gina.” First, last and only canine “Gina” I’ve ever met.