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My dad thinks I'm strange because I want to name my future daughter, if I am so lucky as to have one, Cosette after my favorite character from Les Miserables. Then again he prefers plain sensible names like Jane and Anne. :rolleyes: I like these too, in fact Jane Eyre and Anne Shirley are other favorite characters of mine. But what do you think future generations would appreciate in names?
My fiance and I are naming our children after cities.
Aspen
Memphis
Pheonix
Alexandria
etc
I think giving your children unique names is a good idea. There are enough Johns in the world.
I would go with Admin's opinion. And I also like the names he chose, espetially Phoenix and Memphis. I say if you'd like to name your future daughter Cosette, go for it. There are so few people with an original name.
Thanks for the opinions guys! Obviously we're talking about my step-dad (who has guided me as a real father, hence the reason why I call him Dad), so he wasn't there when I was named. I feel I have a pretty original name too.
When I was 5, I found out that the NY Mets played at Shea Stadium. I wanted to be the first female to play for them professionally since they were nice enough to name it after me, ;) but I found that I wasn't very athletic.
I would like to say that my name came from a character in a book, but back in 1980, there was a contestant on Family Feud who's name was commented on and Mom thought it was pretty... So much for exciting beginnings, eh?
Hey, Shea, you were on-line anytime around, let's say, NOW? I posted this message just minutes ago. Did I actually manage to be on-line with another member?
Oh, and my name's pretty boring, but it would say nothing to you, if you don't know something about the Czech rep. It's Jarmila. Pretty dull, but I wasn't there when they were choosing it. But I have the same name as my mother.
Hey I'm here! Like your name!
:D
Thanks, no many people like a name like this one. I thought going by Jay (on the forum) would be better, 'cause I'm not very fond of mine and it's not so long (well, kinda). If you're still on-line, have you already seen the new posts? I replayed almost all of yours, except the ones about the Bible, I don't have an English copy, so you probably won't recognize the parts, but I'm not (as most Czechs) much into religion.
Yeah I've seen some of the new posts, I've been flipping between the Newbie one and the Character Names.
The only other county I've ever been to was France, but it was for a religious function back when my family was able to force me to be Catholic. Is there a predominant religion in the Czech rep.? What are the veiws there about the Bible and other literature?
I was also flliping between these two topics. And yes, there is a predominant religion in here, Catholics. But I'm christened as a Protestant. As far as I know, I'm the only one in our school. My grandma is strongly religious, so she wanted all of us (my sister and brother) to be christened. I don't mind, but except my relatives in Slovakia I don't know anyobe who believes, if you know what I mean. I think I'll have to logout in few minutes, 'cause all the lessons have ended and the computer class-room is gonna be locked. I would like to meet you here sometime, so this is the time I'm usually on-line. Hope we'll manage to meet here in the future.I will be here another ten minutes, so if you couln't replay in time, it was nice to actally kinda "meet" and speak with you. See you around, Shea.
I'm sure you'll read my reply soon (I'm not a very fast typist). But I'm usually here at this time (which is morning for me) or about 12 hours from now. It depends on if I have to work in the day or night.
My Grandmother is a staunch Catholic, and she would call me a protestant. I suppose the word came from those that protested the Catholic church and came to America when it was discovered. But I call myself a christian and am a member of the Church of Christ. We don't have a denominational name, but our view is; we speak where the Bible speaks and are silent where the Bible is silent.
By the way, for those of you who know of it, I'm not talking about the International Churches of Christ. That's completely different.
It was nice chatting with you Jay, and if religion makes you feel uncomfortable, as it does most, what are you studying? :)
It doesn't make me uncomfortable, it's just that I don't know IF I believe. I was taught to believe, but with passing time began to doubt. But if you'd like to chat about religion, I could try to keep up with you.
I'm in a high-school, graduating this year in May, and I'd like to go to the Collage in Brno to study filology, English language and literature. What about you?
I like names that are typical for the country you come from. it somehow preserves the identity of the nation. and i don't like it when people give names to their children after some character from a book because first of all who knows when you can read an even better book with an even better character who has an even better name, and second you should think of the fact that the name will affect your child in one way or another. i know i wolden't like my mom to tell me that she named me what she named me because she read a book and liked the character. probably because i would feel like she wanted me to be the character, not myself.
and if the name is not common then other kids will pick on your kids :) that can leave life long trauma.
Jay, if you don't know if you believe, chances are that you don't right now, but that is all right. If there are any religous questions that I can help you with, just ask, and I will be more than glad to assist you. If you are embarassed to post such personal things on the forum, just private message me. By the way, I am also a senior in highschool, waiting to graduate in May.
Mars Monster, I like the idea of preserving identity of nations, but I'm an American, and though my heritage is predominantly Scottish, my ancestors also come from England, Wales, Ireland, Germany, Russia, and whatever else is back there in the line. Just about everything in my country came from somewhere else. ;)
I know that I'll probably read a book that I find better than Les Miserables (Jane Erye is just about tied), but I love the innocence and purity of that character despite her shameful familial background. This is a moral that I plan to instill in my future kids, that no matter what life throws at you, you can always rise above it, but the world does not always have to see you do it. I don't wan't my kids to be the characters in the books I read, I just want them to be well rounded. Perhaps the names of my favorite characters would give me little reminders as I'm raising them. (I don't plan on having kids for another 4 years anyway, so I'm going by my own observations of the world.)
My fiance can't stand his first name, and when he joined the army, for some reason they started calling him by his middle name and he preffers that. I guess I should consider giving plain middle names just in case. ;)
It's also a solution, to give your kids normal middle names. But still I think original names would be a great idea. And if any other kid would like to make fun of other kids, if it wouldn't be because of the name, he/she will surely find anything else.
And what kind of help are you offering, dear Apstudent? If you think I don't believe (which I don't, as far as I'm conscious of), how could you possibly help me? But I very apreciate the offer you made. If you have any suggestions, bring them out, you may on the forum, if again anyone woudln't think it was becoming a chat again (no offense, MarsMonster, I really didn't mean to bother other members).
Jay, all I meant was that I am a high school student as you are, and sometimes one might want to discuss certain religous issues with somenone their own age without the entire world able to view your posts. So, once again, if anyone ever wants to discuss anything with me, I'm open.
I'm against giving 'weird' names to kids. It doesn't mean that everybody should be called on a choice of 20 names: I detest my name (which has nothing to do with my nickname, incase you're wondering) because it's incredibly common and boring (and i feel it doesnt represent me cos it's too sweet). But I think that choosing an original name doesnt have to go too far: when i see a person with a very particular name, i immediatley think : he/she must have had a dreadful childhood! Kids are cruel, they can make fun of someone to death, for a name that goes a bit too far!
I'd give a 'normal' name as a first name, and the crazy original ones as middle name.
I'm also of the opinion that people should be given a name typical of their country, or of their origin...if you partly come from another country, your name cna testify your roots...But i wouldn't name a child after a soap-opera character, just to sound exotic...
shea- it still seems to me that you want to identify your kids with the character.
anyway, name is just a name and one can always change it. but i will give you a very funny example. see, my country has always been a bit backwards and forwards than the rest of the world. we simply love being different- most of the times we are just plain stupid. some 70-80 years ago, people heard of some great machines and the big progress science is making, and they called their kids for example Mashinka, which means machine (-ka is just a suffix added to female names). now imagine knowing a woman whose name is machine. poor woman. :)
now i am not saying that is what you are doing, but i guess you can see that it is somewhat similar. and impulsive. till the time comes for you to have kids - you'll probably change your mind.
Koa, i like your opinion :) :) :) hehehe
Well, I still support Shea. But I agree with you, Maschinka as a name's a stupid idea. And you don't know if Shea wants to name her kids after some characters, maybe she just likes the name. For example how it sounds. I have a common name (in my country, though very little used), but I don't like the way it sounds. I don't want to ofend you, but why don't you go by your name on the forums? I know it's none of my business, but I doubt your name is MarsMonster. Though it could be a cool nickname, I wouldn't name my son MarsMonster. Again, I repeat, no ofense, I was just trying to show you our point of view (and I don't know if Shea would agree with me, so if you'd like to express your opinion, adress it to me, please).
Thanks Jay! I do like the way the name Cosette sounds the fact that she's also my favorite character in the book is just a bonus. Yes Maschinka is a silly name. I don't think very much thought went into it. I heard of a woman naming her daughter Placenta just because she heard the doctor say it and didn't know that it's the medical term for the after-birth!
Has anyone here read Anne of Avonlea? I like the veiw on names in that book.
' "I think her parents gave her the only right and fitting name that could possibly be given her," said Anne. "If they had been so blind as to name her Elizabeth or Nellie or Muriel she must have been called Lavendar just the same, I think. It's so suggestive of sweetness and old-fashioned graces and `silk attire.' Now, my name just smacks of bread and butter, patchwork and chores."
"Oh, I don't think so," said Diana. "Anne seems to me real stately and like a queen. But I'd like Kerrenhappuch if it happened to be your name. I think people make their names nice or ugly just by what they are themselves. I can't bear Josie or Gertie for names now but before I knew the Pye girls I thought them real pretty."
"That's a lovely idea, Diana," said Anne enthusiastically. "Living so that you beautify your name, even if it wasn't beautiful to begin with. . .making it stand in people's thoughts for something so lovely and pleasant that they never think of it by itself. Thank you, Diana." '
I've seen children get teased about their names by thier peers even if it was a common simple name. It's the child it's self that determines how they stand out. When I began to show a higher self-esteem, the kids stopped teasing me. How about the quote, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"?
That quote was right.
And I got teased not only for the name when I was little. And as I said, my name's quite common, so again, it's not only the name you are teased about, then why don't have an original one?
Shea, one never knows... imagine how your child may feel about such a name, imagine it may bring her a reason to say "I'm a born depressant". Or it may not. You risk it ;)
Still, I feel - just like it was said before in this topic - you'll probably be on a different ground by the time you get to have kids. Wish you happiness anyway, whoever you are: you deserve it, at least because you intend to create life! :)
i think shea said she wants the name to be some guideline for her when bringing up the kid. nevermind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay
shea, don't be so sure not many people went into mashinka. they did.
and as for my name, this has been my nickname on all the forums and chatrooms of non-serbian speaking area, because my nickname is mar_i_jaaa that is in the same time my name (Marija) but it loses it's meaning if one doe3sn't understand serbian.
also when someone reads my name they never pronounce it right. it is actually Maria, and the J should not be heard.
nice to meet you :)
Well, now I just read the previous posts more thoroughly and found that Shea likes the way of behavior of the characters and if she'd like to brought her kids up that way, then I don't think it's the name that matters. But still I'm stubborn, original names are an asset.
And by the way, nice meeting you, too.
I am aggainst giving your kids names based on what nationality they are. It may result in the same ridicule from other kids as a somewhat original name. For instance, my name is Shuai. People in school always ask "Shuai do you do that?" They thinks it's amusing that Shuai rhymes with why. Some people say "Fly Shuai!" because I'm so tall, and some people say that I'm "too Shuai to be a white guy." It's really annoying. As for preserving your country's identity or whatever, that's stupid too. Doesn't anyone realize how much easier everything would be if the whole world was one country?
As to names like Cosette, it wouldn't work for me. My last name is Kong. Cosette Kong would take all the beauty out of it. But some original names are really cool. I wouldn't mind naming my kids something funky as long as the abbreviation was normal. Launcelot, for instance, could be Lance. And Gwenivere could just be Gwen.
i'm crying. sorry. can't write...
Nice to meet you too, but why are you crying?
Yeah, why are you crying?
it's shuai......such a sad story......ah.....
I'm still against original names... Shuai showed what i meant, with those examples of kids using the name to make fun... Still Shuai seems a very cute name to me, but sometimes i hear names that make feel sorry for the person who bears it... And usually those people aren't happy about that themselves. I know a girl called Evelina, she says she detests her name, and it's actually rather old-fashioned, it's hard to imagine someone with that name being less than 80 years old... And it's not even an awful name, but she makes her feel uncomfortbale for whatever reason, and i'm not sure i can blame her...
But then what's so wrong with Cosette? I mean like a name, not as a character.
nothing's wrong with cosette, it's not about the name it is about the PRINCIPLE! givin a child A CHILD a name after a character in a book is so ...... i'm shutting up now.
about original names, i do like original names especially when they sound nice. and i think that if a person is insecure it is not the name to blame, it is the person. if someone has a beautiful original name and carrys it with pride i everyone's gonna say wow i wish my name was that. but if a person is insecure and doesn't like the name then noone's gonna like it either. it's so about everything and about names as well.
and name doesn't really matter after all. you can always come up with a nickname that sounds nice.
PEOPLE, LOVE YOURSELVES. money, fame, glory ....everything else comes naturally :)
Well, that's true.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarsMonster
Still i wouldn't want to give my child a reason to be embarassed...
As for Cosette, it's a nice name... though i'm not sure it would work well here in italy: 'cosa' means 'thing', cosette sounds like 'little thing' (i used to call my little brother 'cosetto' ;)). But in a different linguistic context it might sound really cute
hey koa, that signature, where is it from? it sounds familiar
It's from a song. "Every you and every me" by Placebo.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarsMonster
placebo, ofcaurse.... thanks. i hate it when i cant remember things. :)
You're welcome. And yes it's terrible when you can't remember something...i know the feeling...well i guess everybody knows :)
I would choose a more traditional name... as a matter of preference... not something too extremely common... but something traditional, but not overused. One thing I WOULD NOT do... is name a kid after something from nature, like Sky or Rainbow or Stream or something like that.... because then everyone will know that his or her parents are hippys. :P
Hippies give names to their kids after nature things?
accoording to well known stereotypes :D