My yet-to-be-born son needs a middle name

A Thing of Eternity · Post by **A Thing of Eternity** » 05 May 2008 13:10

bryanvdk wrote:just gotta make sure you start using the nickname Ghani very early in their life so people get used to that. kids will always taunt 'different' names in elementary school, but those unique names are always looked at with interest later in life.

Then it will be Granny. I'm just warning you!

But I agree, I wish I had a unique name.

A Thing of Eternity · Post by **A Thing of Eternity** » 05 May 2008 15:44

I think naming people after lit is great, there are way to many James and Bobs and Alexs etc. I have a friend named Lorien (everyone just calls him Lo) after Loth Lorien in LoTR.

orald · Post by **orald** » 05 May 2008 16:39

IDK how "different" Lorien is, it's got a normal Europian sound to it IMO, kinda French-ish.

But would you call your son Waff or Scytale? I don't think so.

Sheena is a nice enough name if no one mentioned it yet.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 05 May 2008 18:51

(I knew a Lorene once, so Lorien isn't the least bit odd. You'd even have a choise of two pronunciations.

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A Thing of Eternity · Post by **A Thing of Eternity** » 05 May 2008 19:05

SandChigger wrote:(I knew a Lorene once, so Lorien isn't the least bit odd. You'd even have a choise of two pronunciations. )

I'm not sure how Lorene could be pronounced Lorien?

Mandy · Post by **Mandy** » 05 May 2008 19:13

I don't know if any of you watch Mind of Mencia, but he made fun of bad baby names on one of his shows. The only ones I can remember are Toprameneesha and Usnavy.

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 05 May 2008 19:23

A Thing of Eternity wrote:
SandChigger wrote:(I knew a Lorene once, so Lorien isn't the least bit odd. You'd even have a choise of two pronunciations. )
I'm not sure how Lorene could be pronounced Lorien?

Me, either. I meant the other way: both could conceivably be pronounced "Lor-EEN".

Mandy wrote:I don't know if any of you watch Mind of Mencia, but he made fun of bad baby names on one of his shows. The only ones I can remember are Toprameneesha and Usnavy.

I saw something on the tube the other night with a young woman named Calvineeka.

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