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Some parents want names for their children that are unique. And some, in California, even name their children Unique. Today, psychologists might say, "You named him what?"
Today’s parents seem to believe they can alter their child’s destiny by picking the perfect—preferably idiosyncratic—name. (Destiny, incidentally, was the ninth most popular name for girls in New York City last year.) The current crop of preschoolers includes a few Uniques, with uncommonly named playmates like Kyston, Payton and Sawyer. From Dakota to Heaven, Integrity to Serenity, more babies are being named after places and states of mind. Names with alternative spellings are on the upswing, like Jaxon, Kassidy, Mikayla, Jazmine and Nevaeh (Heaven spelled backward), as are mix-and-match names such as Ashlynn and Rylan.
Naming experts might strongly disagree with each other whether a baby girl should be called Apple, but there's no denying it's a bit of a trend for parents to name their kids after well-known product brands. Just the other day, a woman gave birth to a baby in the parking lot of a McDonald's restaurant. "Of course everyone is like, 'Are you going to name him Ronald?'" said the mother, Ann McDonald.

Yahoo Serious? A Romanian couple, Nonu and Cornelia Dragoman, who met each other on the internet, had a virtual relationship for three months before seeing each other. One thing led to another, and they named the baby Lucian Yahoo; one name after the mother's father and the other from the internet search site that brought them together. Sweet, but child psychologists might say that's child abuse and the kid could grow up weird. Ya, who would like name their kid Lucian?

It's easy for parents to get carried away with themselves when naming their offspring. Jay Solo and the Accidental Jedi might easily have been tempted to call their firstborn son Han. As it turned out, their newborn girl was spared the likely moniker, Leia Organa, in favour of a traditional name, Sadie, which they picked in strict adherence to these baby naming conventions.
Posted by abnu on Thursday, January 13, 2005 @ 5:29 PM [ + ]

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