It could be worse, civil war Puritans used to call their kids names like Despair. Imagine being called that.
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edgarblythe
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Wed 9 Jan, 2019 05:22 am
Thanks for adding that aspect to the thread. I can't understand why names that may adversely affect a child for an entire lifetime should be allowed. It's not as if they are property, like a dog.
What you said about property is interesting, back then a lot of people did view kids as their property. It's still the case today in some religious groups.
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edgarblythe
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Wed 9 Jan, 2019 06:29 am
Yes, I know lots of people who consider the kids "theirs." They will have lots of adjusting to do.
I wonder how Dweezil and Moon Unit Zappa are doing these days.
While considering the name, "Mable," it occurred to me that what may seem archaic to a Texan/Californian may be contemporary with other groups of people.
We spell it differently. Includes a pre python Eric Idle.
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edgarblythe
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Thu 10 Jan, 2019 10:03 am
I haven't ignored Chinese and Japanese names. I am just too ignorant to bring it up.
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InfraBlue
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Thu 10 Jan, 2019 02:16 pm
These are Spanish names with Latin or Germanic roots that are still used today, although they sound as if you could blow the dust off them:
Sigiberto
Rigoberto
Ruthila
Eusebio
Oswaldo
Wilfrdeo
Eugenio
Panelope
Gertrudes
Panfilo
Guillermo (in French Guillaume, "William")
Clodonisio
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edgarblythe
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Sat 12 Jan, 2019 08:44 am
Gene Autry's real first name was Orvon.
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Sturgis
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Sun 16 Aug, 2020 11:47 pm
Happened across an item yesterday about a former Senator from Arkansas, by the name of Kaneaster. That was his first name.
Kaneaster Hodges.
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Tai Chi
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Mon 17 Aug, 2020 04:41 am
I had a great aunt named Elfrieda. Everyone called her husband "Win" which I thought for years was short for Winston but turned out to be Winstanley.
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