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And here my approach to naming was: - veto names of dickheads I knew. Of course, I know good people with those names too but that wasn't the deciding factor.

And here my approach to naming was: - veto names of dickheads I knew. Of course, I know good people with those names too but that wasn't the deciding factor. I simply didn't want my kids name to be associated with a dickhead in my own mind in any way, shape or form. Very me-centric I guess but I wanted the best personal relationship with my kid.

tappio 6y ago
This is the standard heuristic parents use so you are not alone. Interestingly it seems to cause names to go in cycles. Every generation has their own popular names. You end up picking a name that is not common in your parents or in your own generation, because there is always a dickhead with the common ones. If I remember right first names go in around 60-year cycles.
- lb1lf 6y ago
  The Norwegian bureau of statistics used to have a brilliant bank of historical name trends, where you could input any name and see how popular it had been throughout the years. One of my favourites were Vidkun, which fell off a cliff in the mid-forties. (Vidkun being the first name of our head collaborationist honcho during the Nazi occupation - his last name may be known to you. Quisling. Yup, he coined the phrase 'Quisling' for a traitor and even had a verb - to quisle, for committing treason - enter the English language.)
  - nextaccountic 6y ago
    Names that went unpopular also include Katrina, Isis and.. Adolf https://www.huffpostbrasil.com/entry/unpopular-baby-names_n_5a77ded7e4b01ce33eb452c6 https://www.huffpostbrasil.com/entry/unpopular-baby-names_n_... It's a shame that Isis (the Egyptian goddess) is now associated to the Islamic State. It's a beautiful name.
    - MaxBarraclough 6y ago
      The Archer TV show had a similar problem. (Minor spoilers ahead.) The show pre-dates Islamic State, and the heroes' spy organisation was named ISIS. I was a little disappointed by the way they escaped it, they just did away with the spy organisation as they mixed up the later seasons of the show. It would have been a bold move, but it could have been played for laughs.
  - garmaine 6y ago
    Tbh I’ve never heard those words before.
- CarbyAu 6y ago
  Well I guess no one is naming their kid "Karen" for a while...
locao 6y ago
I never thought clearly about this, when deciding my kid's name I thought about people who I really admired and picked up the name I liked the most. But of course, I'd veto any name that reminded of someone I don't like. What hit me hard about your comment is that I know a bunch of couples who have kids with my name, and it's not a common name. I will sleep happier today :)
gwbas1c 6y ago
I know. I came up with some very cool names that my wife immediately vetoed for that reason!

tappio 6y ago

This is the standard heuristic parents use so you are not alone. Interestingly it seems to cause names to go in cycles. Every generation has their own popular names. You end up picking a name that is not common in your parents or in your own generation, because there is always a dickhead with the common ones. If I remember right first names go in around 60-year cycles.

lb1lf 6y ago
The Norwegian bureau of statistics used to have a brilliant bank of historical name trends, where you could input any name and see how popular it had been throughout the years. One of my favourites were Vidkun, which fell off a cliff in the mid-forties. (Vidkun being the first name of our head collaborationist honcho during the Nazi occupation - his last name may be known to you. Quisling. Yup, he coined the phrase 'Quisling' for a traitor and even had a verb - to quisle, for committing treason - enter the English language.)
- nextaccountic 6y ago
  Names that went unpopular also include Katrina, Isis and.. Adolf https://www.huffpostbrasil.com/entry/unpopular-baby-names_n_5a77ded7e4b01ce33eb452c6 https://www.huffpostbrasil.com/entry/unpopular-baby-names_n_... It's a shame that Isis (the Egyptian goddess) is now associated to the Islamic State. It's a beautiful name.
  - MaxBarraclough 6y ago
    The Archer TV show had a similar problem. (Minor spoilers ahead.) The show pre-dates Islamic State, and the heroes' spy organisation was named ISIS. I was a little disappointed by the way they escaped it, they just did away with the spy organisation as they mixed up the later seasons of the show. It would have been a bold move, but it could have been played for laughs.
- garmaine 6y ago
  Tbh I’ve never heard those words before.
CarbyAu 6y ago
Well I guess no one is naming their kid "Karen" for a while...

locao 6y ago

I never thought clearly about this, when deciding my kid's name I thought about people who I really admired and picked up the name I liked the most. But of course, I'd veto any name that reminded of someone I don't like. What hit me hard about your comment is that I know a bunch of couples who have kids with my name, and it's not a common name. I will sleep happier today :)

gwbas1c 6y ago

I know. I came up with some very cool names that my wife immediately vetoed for that reason!