Yes, there was a baby boy named Reeality G. born at Regions Hospital last months. Future playmates include:
And from Campbell County, Wyoming:
Kennidee
Hugh Chatham Hospital:
Beloit Memorial Hospital was the launching pad for little “KJ” and these other, adorable new arrivals:
(Reverse chron order)
Gregliana is the bundle o’ joy recently born to a Gregory and a Liliana, so the origina is obvious. I’m impressed that the baby name page software was able to pick out the two names and assign a meaning (Greg = Vigilant, Ana= Gracious).
I don’t find it “that bad, other than its status as a name smoosh. (My real middle name is a smoosh between the #2 and #3 names in Mom’s final cut.) But the child is in for a lifetime of spelling out and explanations.
And in the news… Especially with snarky people like me ready to comment, and various (people who mistakenly think they are) stakeholders applying pressure to the parents-to-be, the idea of punting the whole decision and relying on some formula has a certain appeal.
Here is an article on family traditions in baby names. In my family, the eldest son is a Jr., and the youngest has names from each grandfather — only I, the daughter, have a name that wasn’t broken in by any female elder. (And Grandma, after whom I was not named, apparently let her disappointment known.) I have a coworker who basically had no choice about either of her son’s names, citing family tradition on her husband’s side.
I respect this practice for the continuity it represents — one Mom featured in the article says she thinks of family whenever she looks at her twin daughters and thinks of their family-tradition names. But I don’t really condone it for myself.
I am unlikely to become a parent at this point, but I have always said that if I did, I would name a child after any particular person. It can be inconvenient for the child, and it will inevitably disappoint whichever potential namesake doesn’t make the cut. In some families, it sends an uncomfortable message. Where, for example, did Kate Hudson get her son’s middle name (Russell)? She apparently chose to honor Kurt Russell, who helped raise her… but simultaneously made what could be viewed as a public slap in the face to her biological father, Bill Hudson. This blog has no standing to comment on the various relationship issues involved, but in selecting this name, the family chose to focus some additional attention to the fact that those issues do exist.
That factor makes a strong case for some of the formulas mentioned in the article. “Sorry, Aunt Martha, but the first daughter is always named after the maternal grandmother. It’s out of my hands!”
H/T Amandyleigh, who has a found this little cutie:
http://www.newbabynews.net/hospitals/jcmc36/public/jcmc36birthannouncement.pl?babyID=h36-1757
Some other new arrivals from the same hospital:
Za’Nasia - born to Alicia March 19, 2008
Starr De’Reon - born to Angela March 19, 2008
Kryss Reyes - born to Mrada March 10, 2008
Kyaire Kevyn - born to Kathryn March 6, 2008
Ajlien - born to Rebecca March 6, 2008
Chaynise D’Iore - born to Chareema February 13, 2008
Apart from Addison, the top five boy and girl names are not bad:
GIRLS
1. Madison
2. Emma
3. Emily
4. Addison
5. Abigail
BOYS
1. William
2. Jacob
3. Ethan
4. James
5. Joshua
In fact, the top 25 are free of trynds and weirdness.
Source: Tennessee Department of Health, 2007 Birth Statistical File
In other news, British parents are accused of naming their babies after text messaging abbreviations, but are at least partly exculpated here.
These are the favorite names of BabyNames.com members, not actual babies:
River
Avani
Saffron
Jade
Storm
Ivy
Autumn
Aurora
Skye
Sage
Summer
Violet
Hazel
Amber
Savannah
Laurel
Sapphire
Rose
Lilah
In other news, British parents are reportedly spending 45 hours agonizing over the name of each child.
I’m back on Web360.com for this batch. (The former growingfamily.com). This used to be the easiest tryndy name hunting ground, but it’s recently undergone a nice redesign that, among other things, removes the single-view list of baby’s first names. Instead, you search for babies by Mom’s name. As a decent human being, I think this is great. The babies are more secure. As a blogger, it rather cramps my style, and when looking on this site for names, it’s now going to have to be quality over quantity.
However, Moms with bad names often have babies with bad name, a theory that bore immediate fruit when I scanned a list of Moms at Alabama’s Russell Medical Center and chose to look at the new arrival credited to Shareka:
Ken’trayrious - Normally I don’t ridicule the names of children obviously given a parent’s name, and in this case the name may derive from a Dad named Kenrell. But this is too good to pass up.
Amillion S. - Yes, that’s $1M.
J’Keiya J.
Za’Qion M. (Mom: Curthetreia R.)
Shelemiah K.
Maddux Y.
Kamdon (Girl)
KarKylin H.
Montasia
Cambree J.
Markevious W.
Ja’Darius S. (Mom: LaStarsha)
Egypt M.
Draedyn E.
Za’Mora F.
Kimsey S.
First, congrats to Cate Blanchett on the arrival of little Ignatius…
Next, today’s selection.
Anakin - born to Vita and Petr January 27, 2008 - Could be ethnically justified. Could be.
Jurzie Dawn born November 5, 2007 to Teffany and Garrett
Rebel Lee born February 27, 2008 to Melody and Dustin - As I’ve stated many times. ONE theme name per child!
Henry Rex born November 17, 2007 to Anna-Mariah and Ben - Do not name child after how royalty signs their official documents.
Georgia V born December 18, 2007 to Paule and Jerod - Ditto. Your son may be a prince to you, but to the rest of the world it’s just some baby.
Gabriella Kynnedee Grace - born to Kristina March 14, 2008
Hailey Brie - born to Stephanie and Andrew March 13, 2008
Dhredyn Saige - born to Jamie and Ryan February 27, 2008
Justis Rose - born to Nicole February 12, 2008
Brooklan Renay - born to Amanda and Wayne February 10, 2008
Electra Maria - born to Selina and Michael January 28, 2008 - It’s not that Electra is a bad name, it’s just asking for trouble down the road, if you know what I mean. Look it up, Mom.
Maverick Bradlee born November 25, 2007 to Emily
Hydryin Douglas Matthew born December 4, 2007 to Naomi and Eric
Jazz Enrique born January 30, 2008 to Jennifer
Elias Capone born January 24, 2008 to Jeni
Tru River Blue born March 6, 2008 to Nichole and Josh
Navailee Grace born March 4, 2008 to Candi and Michael
Damiaiaon Myckel born April 13, 2008 to Shantel and David
Sequoia Star born October 29, 2007 to Sage and Jeremy
CC’Marie Ryder born October 27, 2007 to Georgia and Adam
Cooper Guy.Wayne born November 8, 2007 to Veronica and Ashley - what’s this, a new top-level domain name?
I already look askance at naming kids after cities. (If Trenton is OK, why not Hackensack?) But must we add the kre8ytiv spellings on top?
The justification for a gratuitous Y misspelling used to be that it’s allegedly prettier and more feminyn. But I’m seeing more and more baby boys whose names seemed spelled like Hogawarts dormitories.
The following names are from Stormont Vail HealthCare, Topeka
*Note the misspelling of “heaven spelled backwards.” I read a forum discussion somewhere where a mommeigh-to-be was agonizing about whether “it still counts” if you name your child Nevaeh but alter the spelling so that it’s “prettier.”
At least some of this couple’s first and middle names are OK, but my philosophy is if you must use a theme name, limit yourself to one per child. This Welsh couple And taken as a complete package this brood is saddled with a collection of tryndy, pretentious, impossible-to-live-up-to, and in some cases, bad luck names.
That last one is still in utero, so there’s still time for Mum and Dad to change their minds.
Romeo is the only child not named after a god, if you count the Roman emperors as gods (as they liked to).