might smell as sweet but would get her ass kicked on the playground. Or get an N (period) stuck behind her name to differentiate her from all the other Roses.
Incidentally, I think the name Rose is awesome. In fact, I’m for any and all Golden Girls names.
I love names. My name rule is – name your kid what you want. Rose, Ava, whatever. Try not to worry about anything and just name the lump. Names are the greatest human invention.
So today, as I reflect on my kids birthdays (and try not to meltdown over the upcoming party) I thought I would list the names I considered and pretty much Danny rejected. Feel free to steal. I’m a super awesome crew namer.
To catch people up my boys are named Charlie Fox (goes by his middle name) and Leo Bruce. So Fox and Leo.
I know.
It’s so
But you might be like, ‘wah I suck at naming. I pick my names off cereal boxes and now my baby might be called Boo Berry.’
I will help you.
Oh, and Berry is a super awesome crew name. I knew a Berry at camp. She was sweet. Camp is so pretentious but so fun. What? Sorry, distracted. Names.
Boys
- Tiernan Ink – I have some scottish/celtic background so I was kind of on a Scot/Celt kick and I made them mutually exclusive. It’s allowed. Ink is because I love graphic novels and manga and books. Danny hated it.
- Westerly Carmichael – Westerly is the name of the boy in one of my favorite books, Seaward by Susan Cooper and Carmichael is a family name.
- Felix Bruce – Felix was the only other name besides Leo that Danny would even consider. I know. He is no fun at all. I’m glad we went with Leo though.
- Omri North – Omri is the name of the boy in Indian in the Cupboard. It’s also Jewish. I’m not Jewish but I do live in Oklahoma where no one would have any idea I was stealing names from another culture. North is just bad ass. I was so in love with this name but Danny pretend barfed on his shoes when I told him.
- Percy – At first Danny liked this one too but it never got to middle name stage because we heard a one year old Fox say it. Yeah. Oh and then we realized how toddlers say Fox’s name… so basically we would have two children named Fuck and Pussy. Pass.
Girls
I was pretty sure both boys were boys even before I really saw the ultrasounds but that didn’t stop me from thinking about girl names! No sir! Guess who refused to entertain the idea of discussing names before we knew the sex?
Anyway –
- Shelby Grace – I would have pushed hard for this one. Shelby is my sister’s name and Grace is the name of this delightful little girl who used to come to my storytimes in Atlanta.
- Sophie Isle – I know Sophie is really popular right now but it’s the name of the girl in The BFG. Plus popular doesn’t really scare me. When you give your children unique names (like, oh, Fox) when you run into some other kid with that name it’s very awkward because you are trying oh so hard to be unique and everyone knows it, so when it turns out you aren’t so unique – eeehh. Isle just sounds pretty.
- Calliope Temple – Calliope is the name of the girl in my favorite book Seaward and Temple is a family name.
- Penelope Hero – another name I would have pushed hard for. Danny thinks Hero is stupid but um, hello, it’s Shakespeare so… Penelope is Odysseus’s wife. Danny claims to like the Odyssey and was actually ok with Penelope. The only thing that would have sucked about this super awesome crew name is the nickname is Penny which…barf. No offensive if your name is Penny. It’s a cute name.
- Persephone Odessa – Yeah I’ve got a thing for Greek mythology. Odessa is a just a cool pretty name. Plus, we could call her P. Dezi. Hilarious!
So there you go. Feel free to steal from me. If you need me to come up with a name for your child/fish/car, let me know. I love to name shit.
Share your favorite names or your kids’ names or pet names and why/how you chose them!
Oh, my name, Sadie comes from a pact my mom made with her best friend, Sadie. Only old Sadie (I’m going to get so much hell for saying that) anyway, old Sadie doesn’t really like the name so she said not to put it on the birth certificate. Hence, legally, my name is Sara. Middle name Temple. Sara Temple.
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June 17, 2010 at 9:43 am
Madtec Brian
I never thought I would say this but, I’m glad Danny put some forethought into the names. After hearing most of those I’m ready to kick someone ass…
Barry is still mad at me because I didn’t name Elizabeth “Tesla”
June 17, 2010 at 10:21 am
Sadie
hahaha, TESLA is awesome! I think Elizabeth is pretty and classic too.
June 17, 2010 at 10:52 am
sliy
Hey, Calliope was on my list! Rob shoe-barfed it though. Stupid men and their boring rationalizations.
June 17, 2010 at 12:42 pm
Sadie
What is with that? It’s like they don’t want their children to be super awesome crew. They just want their kids to be average decent gang. snooze.
June 17, 2010 at 11:45 am
Danny
I still barfed in my mouth a little at most of those names. So trendy, that is your goal in life, to be trendy, right?
Here you go:
Skip to about the 40 second mark.
June 17, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Sadie
Danny – we have been over this many times. I MAKE trends. I’m a goddamn trend setter.
That’s a good song but I can’t listen to it now and can’t remember what lyric you might be referring to…
June 17, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Elisa
My kids names: Carisa Jean–Carisa with one “s” because when I was pregnant with her I saw that name spelled that way and LOVED it and so did Mike. And since he was “shoe barfing” on all the other girl names I was picking Carisa it was! The other names were Calixta (from my favorite short story by Kate Chopin called The Storm)…or Calista (a variation of Calixta)…that one made him think of Ally McBeal and how much he hated her. I don’t like Ally either, but I didn’t think of that every time I heard Calista. Jean is a family name, if we had a girl no matter what her first name was her middle name was going to be Jean.
Broderick Michael “Brodie” for short–We both loved this name so there was no question with our first son it would be this. Brodie is from Mallrats…one of the best characters ever to hit the screen. And we just kind of invented Broderick because if he becomes president or something someday, he going to need more than just the surfers votes…and of course most of them would be too stoned and forget to even go vote, so there ya go. And Michael is a family name too…Mike is a Jr. and he didn’t want a Michael Peter Long III, so we just made it the middle name.
For our third kid, I LOVE for a girl: Presley, Piper, Paige, Loraine and Irene. I like Presley the best (for obvious reasons) but Mike hates that one the most.
And for a boy: Josef Russell…but that’s all we got for a boy.
June 18, 2010 at 8:24 am
Sadie
I think Carisa and Brodie are great names! I would have totally supported Calixta too. Husbands really ruin the whole naming thing. If they had there way everyone would be named Boring and Snore.
I do kind of think of Ally McBeal with I hear Calista. But I still think it’s a very pretty name.
Oh and you know my vote is for Presley~ Where did you get Josef from?
June 22, 2010 at 4:22 pm
Elisa
If anyone of us girls had been a boy we would have been named Joey. There is even a little red t-shirt floating around the family that says Joey…alas only Cabbage Patch dolls wore it. So, Joey for me would be an homage to my moms and pops.
June 17, 2010 at 3:39 pm
The only Kerith
First things first, my name is Kerith. I don’t go by Keri, just Kerith. How rad is that? Have you met another Kerith? Yeah, I didn’t think so.
Second, I named my blood clot Kevin (sorry for any Kevin’s out there). Here is why: this thing is apart of me for the rest of my life. Didn’t wanna have to say “….blah blah blah my blood clot”. No, now I just say Kevin and most people know who or what I am talking about. Why I picked Kevin, I don’t know. Now realizing that is a stupid name for a blood clot (again, sorry Kevins), I like to call him (yes, “him” because it is annoying, much like a man) Hank. love, Love, LOVE the name Hank, even Henry. Hmmmm, perhaps there should be a legal name change of Kevin to Henry. Just a thought.
June 18, 2010 at 8:27 am
Sadie
Kerith is so rad. It makes me think of zenith. Not the electronics but the awesome. Where did you parents get it from?
Instead of naming you blood clot I think you should have just called him “Kerith’s blood clot” and introduced him like, “Hi. I’m Kerith’s Blood Clot” like those old Reader’s Digest pieces on ailments. However, Kevin works well too.
June 21, 2010 at 12:11 pm
The only Kerith
Ma and Pa Francis got it from a James Michner book called “The Source”. She apparantly is a strong character and my dad really liked that. Yeah, I haven’t read the book, but maybe I should. One day. When I feel like reading a long ass novel about me…
June 21, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Sadie
Just wait until there’s a movie. I would totally watch/read a movie/book about you. I’m going to start calling you “The Source”. As in, ‘What are we doing today?’, ‘I don’t know, go ask The Source.’
June 17, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Jennifer
Funny you mentioned Ava and Rose. I wanted my last daughter to be Ava-Rose, but my husband said Ava sounded like an old lady’s name, so get this, we named her Sofia. Ummm, okay?!?!
I also have a Gracie, not Grace, but Gracie.
Vinnie and Aj are my sons, both named after family.
If I ever had another baby (which I wont) I would demand Ava or Jack, ever since Titanic I just love Jack.
June 18, 2010 at 8:29 am
Sadie
hahaha, Ava is not an old ladies name! It’s beautiful and classic and romantic. I’m down with Sofia though too.
If we had had a girl and named her Grace I would have called her Gracie. Does the AJ stand for anything?
June 18, 2010 at 9:38 pm
Jennifer
AJ stands for Adam-Jason. All my kids have two first names then a middle name, they will hate me when they are older.
June 21, 2010 at 8:32 am
Sadie
Wow, you named your kid THREE times? I bow before you. Well done.
June 18, 2010 at 9:35 am
brent
WOW. Based on that boys’ name list, it’s nothing short of miraculous that Fox and Leo ended up with the awesome names they have! The girls’ names are sweet, though. Westerly Carmichael’s best friend would need to be a kid named Swarthy Rattigan.
June 18, 2010 at 9:52 am
Sadie
Um, Swarthy Rattigan is fucking brilliant.