Silly names not just the forte of dazzling urbanites?

[Martinus]

Ok, we laugh at various LeBrons and Daiquishas, but what's up with names of some white, right wing guys? I mean, Grover Norquist? What the hell is that? And Reince Priebus sounds like an anagram.

Why are these guys named in a such bizarre fashion?

[Eddie Teach]

Grover is a bit old-fashioned, but there's nothing wrong with that. Reince OTOH sounds retarded.

[Grey Fox]

Grover is an old name.

Reince might be a nickname like Mitts.

[Martinus]

Grover is a bit old-fashioned, but there's nothing wrong with that. Reince OTOH sounds retarded.

Well, to me it's no different than LeBron. I mean in Polish you could also name your son an old-fashioned "Bozydar" or "Msciwoj" but that's just retarded.

[Eddie Teach]

Using old names >>>>>>>>>>>>> making your own

Besides, Grover's not that out-dated. Sesame Street is less than 50 years old.

[Martinus]

Using old names >>>>>>>>>>>>> making your own

Besides, Grover's not that out-dated. Sesame Street is less than 50 years old.

Naming your child Big Bird would be equally retarded.

[merithyn]

Victorian names are back in style in the US, so expect a lot of names like Grover in the near future.

Reince, on the other hand, is... unique. I'm not even sure how to pronounce it.

[Eddie Teach]

Naming your child Big Bird would be equally retarded.

Sure, but what about Oscar, Bert or Ernie?

[Barrister]

Plugged the name Reince into some baby name sites - nothing.

His religion is listed as Greek Orthodox.  Perhaps it's some kind of oddball Armenian / Middle Eastern name.  Assyrian?

[MadImmortalMan]

Our generation is terrible at naming our children. That's just how we are. It's not as bad as the terrible shit the baby boomers did to the world, but it's bad.

[Sheilbh]

Old fashioned names are back in fashion in Britain too, lots of Alfies, Harrys, Rosies and Florences.

Still not as weird as Grover, Willard, Orrin and the rest of Palin's children

[derspiess]

Plugged the name Reince into some baby name sites - nothing.

His religion is listed as Greek Orthodox.  Perhaps it's some kind of oddball Armenian / Middle Eastern name.  Assyrian?

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2011/01/what_kind_of_a_name_is_reince.html

[Martinus]

These fashions are weird. For example I was born during an "ordinary names" trend, when people would name their kids normal names like Marcin (Martin), Piotr (Peter) or Andrzej (Andrew) - there were several of each in my class.

Then came the fashion for weird (from a Polish perspective) names inspired by tv shows and Western culture - so we had Olivias and Olivers, Blakes and the like.

Now there seems to be a fashion for old fashioned Polish named such as Stanislas or Wladyslaw.

[Martinus]

Plugged the name Reince into some baby name sites - nothing.

His religion is listed as Greek Orthodox.  Perhaps it's some kind of oddball Armenian / Middle Eastern name.  Assyrian?

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2011/01/what_kind_of_a_name_is_reince.html

This sounds (and he looks) like something out of True Blood.

[derspiess]

Old fashioned names are back in fashion in Britain too, lots of Alfies, Harrys, Rosies and Florences.

Still not as weird as Grover, Willard, Orrin and the rest of Palin's children

My best friend bravely named his son Henry. 

I sort of had to talk my wife into William Thomas (Tommy) for our son.  We named our daughter Lola, a name which quite a few people in our area had never heard of.