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ISO: Names to make my MIL cringe.

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:06 pm
by Marie
Jeff doesn't have the *ahem* balls to just tell his mother that we aren't telling the name until the Peanut is born. His mother is driving us CRAZY with names. She's really hitting it hard now that we know he's a boy. After talking to her last night she just emailed me AGAIN begging to know the name.

So give me some names, totally reasonable normal names, that will make my white, middle class sheltered Christian MIL cringe.

:twisted:

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:11 pm
by Spudd
Adolph
Fidel
Jesus
Moon Unit
Michael Jackson

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:14 pm
by Beana
De Shaun

Kalvin

Kareem

Harvey

Elijah

Leroy

Oswaldo - Yes I knew an Oswaldo once.

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:15 pm
by Spudd
Poor Oswaldo!

How about Jethro?

I love this poll. You will have to let us know what you choose and how MIL reacts!

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:20 pm
by Crystal Meth
Osama
Filbert
Horatio
Cletus

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:23 pm
by Aimie
No name suggestions, but definitely tell her it's something horrible. She deserves it big time for harrassing you.

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:26 pm
by LauraLowEnd
frank...enstein
hans
elvis
mario
luigi
duhwayne (or any "normal" name spelled really strangely or insultingly)
paris
eduardo
furton (or any made-up name that sounds vaguely dirty)

a first and middle name whose initials, combined with your last initial, form something undesirable... like Leonard Samuel Davis (LSD) or Thomas Hector Charlton (THC).

a name that rhymes with your last name (i.e. Willis Hillis)

:lol

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:33 pm
by Marie
:lol You guys are hilarious!

Ok I'm going to tell her I like Adolf DeShaun (because that just cracked me up) and Elijah Patrick, Leroy Filbert.

:roflmao

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:37 pm
by Anna
What is wrong with Elijah Patrick those are both normal names..

I think you're naming him Jim Bob or Bubba

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:38 pm
by Crystal Meth
I think Elijah Patrick is normal too :dunno

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:39 pm
by Marie
Anna wrote:What is wrong with Elijah Patrick those are both normal names..
Nothing is wrong with them!!! I want normal names so that it is believable - just ones that she wouldn't like. She would love Patrick and hate Elijah. Elijah is just *different* enough in her world to not be acceptable.

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:39 pm
by Spudd
Yeah, Elijah Patrick sounds very normal. She might even like it!

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:40 pm
by Beana
I'm sooo loving Cletus!

You should send her an email every day saying, I was just kidding. We are really naming the baby....

Every day could be a theme. Day one: trendy names like Caleb, Day two, Olk School names like Henry and Morty Day three, Ghetto names like Tyrone.

Man, I could do this all day...

B

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:44 pm
by Marie
:lol @ Beana

I believe Jeff is going to be doing that!

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:46 pm
by Blush
I wanna play too!

Achmed

Buster

Cruz

Chaz

Elmo

Farley

Fritz

Herschel

Royal

Sunny

Ulysses

Zane

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:53 pm
by Marie
I am so using Zane if she asks again. Zane Fritz has a nice ring to it, doens't it?

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 2:56 pm
by aly
Xander

Lathan

Montague

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:07 pm
by Beana
:lmao Bubba!!!

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:11 pm
by LauraLowEnd
alex's friends are such nerds that they name their children after fictional characters. so far we have a logan (after wolverine from the x-men) and a xander (after the buffy character). :ohfor there's also a rachael; she may or may not be named after the rachael from friends.

alex and i are not much better; we like victor and heidi for names.

Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:17 pm
by Sunrunner
Marie wrote:Ok I'm going to tell her I like Adolf DeShaun (because that just cracked me up) and Elijah Patrick, Leroy Filbert.
:huh What's wrong with Patrick? My son's name is Patrick!!! :huffy

Gaetano
Meriadoc
Gandalf
Haviland
Aragorn
Lachlan (although the Celtic in me likes this name)
Ewan


Wow, I have to go find my keepsake baby name book!