I like C Quil’s idea of not naming kids for the location where they were conceived—we’d have kids named “‘57 Ford Back Seat,” “Quickie Motel,” “Behind the Filing Cabinets,” and (my personal fave) “Business Class.”

When my wife and I married in Italy 1n 1961, we were given a little booklet with space for the names of 13 children we might have. A cautionary note said we were not allowed to give our children names that would hold them up to ridicule in later life. One man, for example, tried to name his child “odiolaguerra” (I hate war), and it was not allowed. Although we agreed with his sentiments, we felt it would have been highly improper to so label a kid. I feel the same way about some of the painful and outlandish names people are now imposing on infants who can’t fight back.

Here’s what the wizard of acid has to say:
http://www.thebear.org/essays2.html#anchor515747

Just give your kids they won’t be mortifed about when they grow up. No weird spellings, no celebrities, no cutsie-wootsie ones, no naming them after the places where they were conceived. The last, especially, is likely to do them lasting psychological harm - especially if you tell them the origin of the name.

So - no Kaytelynne or Gerromme, no Paris, Elvis or Puff Daddy, no Kryckette, and definitely no Denver, Sheboygan, Chicago or Vegas.

Image is everything; look at our gov.‘s manipulation of language.  How about the word “spin?”  One word can and often does change everything with a population so aurally sensitive.  Why wouldn’t a kid’s name be similarly crafted?  The really smart people are the ones cashing in on this idiotic phenomenon.

From the article: “People who understand branding know that when you pick the right name, you’re giving your child a head start.”

Puh-leeze. What a manipulative crock of sh*t that is, stated by someone who wants to cash in on the latest breathlessly inane trend.

McCain’s campaign committee tried to jump aboard this baby-name trend by offering $100 to any family that would name their baby after John.

But so far, ‘Dumfuk’ and ‘Luzer’ don’t seem to be catching on.