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I think it is a misconception that some baby name is boring. Nothing is less boring than a name embraced by a small energetic human confident that's who they a

I think it is a misconception that some baby name is boring. Nothing is less boring than a name embraced by a small energetic human confident that's who they are. I imagine you might want a funky name for a toy to convinve yourself - that is a total non-issue for children.

mostertoaster 2y ago
Yeah I chose “boring” names for my kids. I do think the best names are ones with the most meaning. You name a kid Isaac, you could be naming him after Isaac Newton. It puts something on to him. If you name a kid William, maybe you hope he will be the next Shakespeare. Simply by naming someone something, you imprint something on to them. The history and power of a culture. Yet for this very reason, especially when people see the culture as dark, they choose unique names, names that say you can be who you want to be. Though I think I still prefer old names, looking at names of people who have done something, and then hoping to do something similar. I think this is kind of why a convert to an orthodox Christianity, from some heterodoxy, or atheism, or from the religion of the “infadels” takes a new name in baptism. They hope to live up to whomever. If you take the name Theresa at baptism with a sense of obligation to love the lowly like Mother Theresa and so on. Wonder if other religions do similar things?
- scherlock 2y ago
  I named my kid Dexter. Despite my best efforts he won't wear lab coats or speak with an accent. When I try he just asks me to go buy some plastic drop cloths and goes back to sharpening the kitchen knives.
  - throwup238 2y ago
    You always have to name the sister first, otherwise it’s a Schroedinger’s Dexter that never turns out the way you expected.
- drivers99 2y ago
  > You name a kid Isaac, you could be naming him after Isaac Newton. It puts something on to him. My son's name. I was thinking of Isaac Asimov and I had Isaac Newton in mind as well. I know an SF writer who I worked with who named his sons Arthur and Robert, after famous SF writers obviously in his case.
  - droopyEyelids 2y ago
    Everyone else is thinking you named your kid after the first guy to get circumcised, whose father Abraham almost sacrificed him

mostertoaster 2y ago

Yeah I chose “boring” names for my kids. I do think the best names are ones with the most meaning. You name a kid Isaac, you could be naming him after Isaac Newton. It puts something on to him. If you name a kid William, maybe you hope he will be the next Shakespeare. Simply by naming someone something, you imprint something on to them. The history and power of a culture. Yet for this very reason, especially when people see the culture as dark, they choose unique names, names that say you can be who you want to be. Though I think I still prefer old names, looking at names of people who have done something, and then hoping to do something similar. I think this is kind of why a convert to an orthodox Christianity, from some heterodoxy, or atheism, or from the religion of the “infadels” takes a new name in baptism. They hope to live up to whomever. If you take the name Theresa at baptism with a sense of obligation to love the lowly like Mother Theresa and so on. Wonder if other religions do similar things?

scherlock 2y ago
I named my kid Dexter. Despite my best efforts he won't wear lab coats or speak with an accent. When I try he just asks me to go buy some plastic drop cloths and goes back to sharpening the kitchen knives.
- throwup238 2y ago
  You always have to name the sister first, otherwise it’s a Schroedinger’s Dexter that never turns out the way you expected.
drivers99 2y ago
> You name a kid Isaac, you could be naming him after Isaac Newton. It puts something on to him. My son's name. I was thinking of Isaac Asimov and I had Isaac Newton in mind as well. I know an SF writer who I worked with who named his sons Arthur and Robert, after famous SF writers obviously in his case.
- droopyEyelids 2y ago
  Everyone else is thinking you named your kid after the first guy to get circumcised, whose father Abraham almost sacrificed him