Comments on: My Top Five Names: A Baby Name Expert HATES One of Them … Do You?

By: JoANn

JoANn — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:34:21 +0000

I just seen your segment about baby names and the one name that I havent heard was the name that I have for my son. DOMINICK I picked that name cause of a show I have seen years ago called, “AirWolf”, Ernest Borgnine (sorry for spelling) was the machanic working on the plane. He put into that character ‘Dominck Santinee’ that so appealed to me I wanted my son to have it. Now I picked it more then 10 years before my son was born. I have never heard that name so I don’t think its as common and it can be shorten to be, ‘Dom’ or ‘Nick’. But with my son he is what I gave him, Dominick he also don’t want it to be shortten in any way. Here is the meaning of the name;
“Derived from the Latin Dominicus (belonging to a lord), which is from dominus (a lord, a master). Var: Domenic, Dominick, Dominyck, Dominyk, Domonic, Domonick.”

Hope this helps.

By: Marly

Marly — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:09:29 +0000

Did you know that there are over 4 million people in this country with the name Jim? It just seems to me that there’s enough of them already.

I agree with the Edward name. But please call him Edward. That “w” ads wonderful and weird to an otherwise boring and sometimes lacking in compassion Ed. Just my two cents!
Marly

By: Sherry

Sherry — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:11:23 +0000

Teresa…I like Edward Wachinski. He could slide easily into the role of author, film director or prince on a private island somewhere…definitely NOT the name of a dishwasher or hair stylist (not that there’s anything wrong with that)

By: Melanie

Melanie — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:02:14 +0000

I must share my “James” story with you. In my mid twenties, I met a way out of my league man who introduced himself as Jim. After buying me my 3rd dirty martini, Jim asked me if I would like to go to a Steelers game with him the next day. This would be the beginning of a all to good to be true relationship. Since I traveled alot for my job, I did not meet his parents for quite a few months later. Oh, but I will never forget when I did!! It was Christmas eve and Jim was adamant about me stopping by to partake in his massive Italian family’s Christmas eve festivities. A few minutes after my arrival I was being led by Jim to a “safe place” in the crowd where I would be greeted and judged as the non-italian I was. Jim left me on my own to get me a glass of wine when a cousin came up and introduced himself. He asked me if he could get me a drink and I politely stated that Jim was already taking care of that. All of a sudden, from across the room, I hear “Oh no you don’t darling…. He was James when he came out of me 31 years ago, and God Dammit he is James now” ” I didn’t go through 32 hours of labor for a little missy to come in an rename my boy”!!!!! I have no idea to this day how she could have heard my say Jim, over the noise. We have since laughed off the incident as her being “tipsy” and annoyed at James’s taste for “airheads”. Although she credited me with being “one” of her favorite lady friends of James’s , we did not last past Valentines Day!!!! So there you have it, take it from Rosalie of Pittsburgh, Pa, proud mama of James not Jim!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:54:49 +0000

I’m not sure if anyone has mentioned it to you, but what about Adam? Its a nice strong name, a very passionate name. Or at-least a good middle name, which would be ironic because of Adams lack of middle name. I know about the struggles of naming a little one, my son is 5, his name is Daniel. Which can be shortened to Dan, which isn’t a bad name either. On the bad side though we have allot of old people wanting to call him Danny, which I hate. With the five names that you do have I would vote for none of the above, sorry but Buster even sounds better. Good luck and don’t forget the kid will probably just want to change it when their a teenager anyways.

By: Jim (oops) James Himes

Jim (oops) James Himes — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:11:40 +0000

Listening to you on Adam as I write this-love you as always. Looked up the Gilligan porn info with Mary Ann’s name:This Ain’t Gilligan’s Island XXX features an all-star cast, including Anthony Rosano as Gilligan, Ryder Skye as Ginger, Sindee Jennings as Mary Ann, Jack Lawrence as the Professor, Rod Fontana as the Skipper, Darryl Hannah as Mrs. Howell and Dick Nasty as Thurston Howell III, along with performances by Voodoo, Evan Stone, Regan Reese and Jason Silver.
Keep up the wonderful work and Happy Baby!

By: James

James — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:03:01 +0000

I feel qualified as an expert on names due to my past occupations, Insurance help desk (over the phone), subsitute teacher (in three different Engish speaking countries), full time teacher (in two different countries) and now full time basketball coach. I deal with different names on mass all the time.

The Three Major No’s No’s

PLEASE do not go with a name that is “common” and then for some added spice spell it different. No more Emmelee(s) or Airyon(s) or Andruw(s) they are spelt Emily, Aaron and Andrew

PLEASE do not go with a “common” name and just try to say it different.

and if you go with a name of a city, state, country, plant or anything else that is already a noun, PLEASE make sure you spell it the same way.

Thank you

By: Natalia

Natalia — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:23:37 +0000

How about Roch? It could work well with a long Polish last name. It is actually a Polish name too, although rather uncommon. I think a shorter name works better with a long last name. Fabian is interesting too.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:19:51 +0000

Instead of asking for people’s input on the names, maybe you should ask for a word-association game with the names. I read somewhere that like and dislike of certain names can be genetic, and we’ve all met people we’ve loved and hated, so all you’re going to get are biased responses. With word association, you’ll get to experience what your kid may experience.

Finnegan: Chinegan
Shane: COME BACK!!
Edward: Scissorhands
Mickey: Finn, weirdly, the combination of two of your names is a drug, subconscious much?; M-I-C-K-E-Y, why not go all out and name him Oscar Mayer?
James: [blank]

By: Aleane

Aleane — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:01:57 +0000

Please consider a name that is easy to spell and pronounce. I was named after my grandmother. The only people who ever pronounce or spell my name correctly are family members. All through school and employment or meeting someone for the first time, it is a struggle for people to say my name. It can be awkward. I always wanted a simple name.
I work in early childhood at an elementary school. Some of the names children have are difficult to spell with complicated letter combinations. It may seem “cute” to the parents, but it is not practical for the child.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:56:12 +0000

How about Alexander? Alex is an awesome nickname and its root is a noble, manly name. Worst case scenario is that it comes down to Zak…which is cool and unusual in and of itself. Another weird but cool offset is Lex.

Just about anything that it derives into for nicknames is sophisticated, if only for some of the least used letters in the alphabet: Z and X. It also was the name of the Greek conqueror and of a Michael J. Fox character.

By: tracy

tracy — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:04:23 +0000

I meant “Tracy.” My name is not actually “Tract.”

By: tracy

tracy — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:03:47 +0000

Hi T, now that all 3 of my kids are named (Sasha, Sophia, Eva), I can enjoy the naming process again from a distance, because up close I’m overly thoughtful. At this point, I see that people around me choose a name and own it. When I had to choose, I felt totally anxious that people would get it wrong, not like it, or modify it. But I’m thinking now that people have to conform to the name you choose. For example, when I thought I might have a boy, I wanted Michael but not Mike; I asked my friends who have a Michael and they seemed surprised that I would worry about that. Now I see that because you’re proud of the name, you will change others’ perceptions, too, as they get to know your kid (also, I think they just don’t care as much about my kid’s name as I think they do). In my opinion, all four of the names you mentioned are absolutely great, really. Fear not because your good taste is showing. (Oh and the other thing is that it does take me a little while to have the baby and the name become unseparable. My Eva is 15 months old, and she has only just reached the point for me where “she is such an Eva.”) Best wishes – you’re in for a treat.–Tract

By: Teresa Strasser

Teresa Strasser — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:22:29 +0000

John -
Thank you so much. Of course I’m still reading these responses, because little Buster still has no name. I’m glad you commented, because you have crystalized my greatest fears about the name Ed. My son will probably have to explain which Ed he is from time to time.
That being said, I’ve always loved the simple, humble, sweet vibe of John – there are too many in my husband’s Catholic family, so he won’t go for it.
Again – thanks for your feedback. So appreciative.
T

By: John

John — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:18:44 +0000

T. I don’t know if you’re still reading these responses about names, but I’m gonna comment anyway. I don’t have a specific name to suggest to you. I will suggest avoiding very common names. My name is John. Probably the most common name in the english language. Well it was anyway. Nowadays if the name doesn’t have a x, y, or z in it, it aint happening. Anyway, my point is don’t go too common. The reason: I feel like a schmuck when I call people, that I know well, on the phone and have to present them with my first and last name. I assume that everyone knows ten Johns and therefore I have to tell them which John is calling.
With that said. I strongly encourage you to avoid any stupid trendy name. I don’t think you need that advice because you are not a dimwitted teenager who wants her kids initials to spell “JEM” (this actually is what someone I know did.). Good Luck Teresa. No matter what you name the buster, it wont change the fact that you’ll be a terrific mother.

By: Billie

Billie — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:13:57 +0000

Love, love, love Finn. The legend of Finn MaCool is one of the BEST. Maybe I’m biased because thats my son’s name. Finn has my vote, naturally!

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:31:28 +0000

Finnegan sounds like a pretentious snooty brat just waiting to get his ass kicked.

No love for Finnegan.

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By: Koreen

Koreen — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:40:56 +0000

I personally like Finnegan and I have two boys. Oldest is Emeric and youngest is Breckan. I found looking over baby name websites that let you narrow down “where” the name comes from the most helpful. I then wrote down ones I liked and ran them past my husband. We chose family names for the middle names. And for the car seat, just go for something that straps in easily to the car and around the kid, your willing to lug or push around and that you really want to spend the money on. They grow out of them quickly and they get dirty fast!

Congrats and good luck…

By: Travis

Travis — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:34:36 +0000

Orion or Paul or Nadeem

Richard(nicknames: Rick, Ricky, Rich, Richy, Dick, Dicky, Chard, Ricardo).

Lederhosen!