Barrister's attention-whoring thread

[DGuller]

Boy?

Seems pretty bland to me.

[Korea]

The missus was suggesting Morgan and Ethan as names. 

I was not amused. 

She was not amused at my lack of amusement.

This'll be fun...

I like the name Ethan.

[Barrister]

I like the name Ethan.

That's the problem.  Everybody likes the name Ethan.  It's the most popular boy's name in Canada right now.  #1.

[Berkut]

How about Samantha?

I love that name - it is pretty and feminine, but has a tomboyish nickname (Sam).

Melanie would be a Samantha, but apparently Julie knew someone in high school who made the name unacceptable.

[Savonarola]

How about Samantha?

Not a bad choice if either Beeb or Mrs. Beeb can wiggle their nose.

[ulmont]

If they only use his last name, anything fits. It's an awesome last name.

[Barrister]

I don't mind Samantha.

I do wonder though how close in terms of ties and contacts does a name have to be before it's unacceptable.  For example, I would never use the same name as my neice and nephews (despite the name my neice has, phonetically, the same name as me), and I wouldn't use the same name as any of my cousin's kids, or that was the name of an old girlfriend (or boyfriend of my wife).

But beyond that?  What if a friend or co-worker has used the same name?  A more distant cousin?

[Barrister]

If they only use his last name, anything fits. It's an awesome last name.

I don't want to put my last name in the public forum where it can be cached by google.  It's unusual enough that most searches of my last name are hits to me.

[Korea]

I like the name Ethan.

That's the problem.  Everybody likes the name Ethan.  It's the most popular boy's name in Canada right now.  #1.

Oh. 

So what are some names that you would actually consider?

[Grey Fox]

If they only use his last name, anything fits. It's an awesome last name.

I tell you is name is awesome.

[Korea]

How about Samantha?

I love that name - it is pretty and feminine, but has a tomboyish nickname (Sam).

Melanie would be a Samantha, but apparently Julie knew someone in high school who made the name unacceptable.

Samantha is a pretty cool name except the only Samantha's I know are either bitches or whores or a combination of both.

[Korea]

If they only use his last name, anything fits. It's an awesome last name.

Yeah, I'm wondering too.

[Korea]

If they only use his last name, anything fits. It's an awesome last name.

I don't want to put my last name in the public forum where it can be cached by google.  It's unusual enough that most searches of my last name are hits to me.

Oh.

[DGuller]

If they only use his last name, anything fits. It's an awesome last name.

I don't want to put my last name in the public forum where it can be cached by google.  It's unusual enough that most searches of my last name are hits to me.

Yeah, I agree, it's pretty dumb.  You can always put some masking characters in the middle to make it cache-proof, if you're really itching to let us know.

[Korea]

Lydia is a cute name.