Should the concept of parents naming their kids change?

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Adam Carolla said something to the effect of wait until the kid is born, look at the kid and then decide what his name is. "Oh yeah. He looks like a Jerry. Definitely."

I heard that years and years ago and it's stuck with me, so I think I might do that when I have a kid.

My parents just picked Scottish or Irish names that they liked. Our names are spelled with less common spellings too (Instead of being Collin, my name is Colin but pronounced the same).
 
PSFan said:
So I think that it would be better if society were to change the name rule: instead of having parents name their kids when they're born, why not wait until the children are 4 or 5 and give them a name list and let them choose? Plenty of people are born with names they don't like/end up changing so it'd make sense to let people choose their own name rather than let their parents choose it for them.
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Funny, the Ainu people kind of used to do the same thing with their children.

Newborn babies were named ayay (a baby's crying), shipo, poyshi (small excrement), shion (old excrement), etc. Children were called by these "temporary" names until the ages of two to three. They were not given permanent names when they were born. Their tentative names had a portion meaning "excrement" or "old things" to ward off the demon of ill-health. Some children were named based on their behavior or habits. Other children were named after impressive events or after parents' wishes for the future of the children. When children were named, they were never given the same names as others.
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I think all of my peers would be named after a Ninja Turtle based on my experiences of Halloween 1989. I don't remember much, but I do remember I and 90% of boys were Ninja Turtles.

Leonardo, because I like blue and swords.
 
1) In the 4-5 year interim what would the parents call the kid, what cue would the child have that they are being called?

2) Even from a name list I can see this going very wrong very fast, children can't be trusted to do many things, I believe this to be an additional thing they can't be trusted with.

3) Surely there isn't enough people who hate their names to warrant this over the simpler option of them changing their name when they are old enough.
 
PSFan said:
So I think that it would be better if society were to change the name rule: instead of having parents name their kids when they're born, why not wait until the children are 4 or 5 and give them a name list and let them choose? Plenty of people are born with names they don't like/end up changing so it'd make sense to let people choose their own name rather than let their parents choose it for them.
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Yes, because 4 or 5 years olds are much more likely to choose the name an adult will like years later.
 
I think it's kinda special when your parents choose your name. Feels a lot more significant. I like knowing that my mom looked at me as a little baby and thought of a bunch of different names she thought would suit me.
 
Young children are even more likely to have awful taste than parents, and people would probably change their self-chosen retarded child name with even greater frequency than their standard society names. The few people who actively dislike their names can go through the perfectly functional existing name change procedure.
 
Yes, its so selfish of parents to name their children forever locking them into what they expect instead of what they are. The child must be free to be whatever it wants to be and called by whatever name it desires.

Stop indoctrinating your children!
 
This is not a good idea. Half the kids would call themselves Buzz Lightyear and the other half Hannah Montana.

However there should be made an exception. Celebrities. They should not be allowed to name their kids.

Fifi Trixibelle, Diva Thin Muffin, Audio Science, Jermajesty.... wtf.
 
so instead of naming being done by (usually) responsible adults, you want to put it in the hands of 4 to 5 year olds?
 
Fuck no.

You would trust a FIVE YEAR OLD with choosing their names?

Plus, what would you call them for the first five years of their lives? 'It'? 'You'? 'Boy'? 'Girl'?
 
Bulbo Urethral Baggins said:
i've always contended that we should all just get NUMBERS.
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Why the fuck not. The next generations is going to be filled with nothing but "Aidens", "Jaidens", and "Kaidens" anyway. Numbers would be more individualistic.
 
Tuck said:
Fuck no.

You would trust a FIVE YEAR OLD with choosing their names?

Plus, what would you call them for the first five years of their lives? 'It'? 'You'? 'Boy'? 'Girl'?
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"It" is what I call kids anyway. I can't really tell the girls from the boys anymore. They're all just dirty little shits, I guess.
 
eh I used to hate my first name but the older I get the more I like it ladies tend to like it too, thanks dad!
 
I like your idea. Here are a few names I may have liked to name myself if I was given the choice.

Dr. Xavier Black
Eagle Stonefang
Dashing Rippley
Big Tom Jenkins
Willy Godmouth
 
GAF ages front and center in this thread. The idea of this is
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, some of you are young and naive.
 
teruterubozu said:
You got to choose your middle name?
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No, but if you don't like your first name it might be an acceptable back up. Lots of people go by their middle name because they prefer it over their first.
 
PigSpeakers said:
Adam Carolla said something to the effect of wait until the kid is born, look at the kid and then decide what his name is. "Oh yeah. He looks like a Jerry. Definitely."

I heard that years and years ago and it's stuck with me, so I think I might do that when I have a kid.

My parents just picked Scottish or Irish names that they liked. Our names are spelled with less common spellings too (Instead of being Collin, my name is Colin but pronounced the same).
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This is what my wife and I did. We did have a short list of maybe 10 or so. Then we waited until the kids showed up, held them and tried them all out until we found one that fit. I think both our initial hospital records just have Baby Girl and Baby Boy since we didn't have a name until the first night.
 
In seriousness, there should be no choice factor in names. In the future, I would like your name to instantly let you know something about that person.

Perhaps in the age where we are all smart enough, a name based on specific genetic traits and your DNA could be made for each person and then interpreted to actual facts based on the letters in the name.

Something like that could be interesting, just through the name you would know the persons eye color, hair color, some sort of age reference, etc. Could be done, just requires work to get the details right.
 
Sentry said:
In seriousness, there should be no choice factor in names. In the future, I would like your name to instantly let you know something about that person.

Perhaps in the age where we are all smart enough, a name based on specific genetic traits and your DNA could be made for each person and then interpreted to actual facts based on the letters in the name.

Something like that could be interesting, just through the name you would know the persons eye color, hair color, some sort of age reference, etc. Could be done, just requires work to get the details right.
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That sounds pointless. A name is meant to identify you. It shouldn't define or be some representation of who you are...This seems like a lazy approach to avoid actual interaction with people
 
4 or 5? Why stop there?

I think we should all be allowed to change our name and so forth every 2-3 years if we so please.

In the 90s I would have been Bart Alomar Marley, and the 00s Marx Playstation Prequels.
 
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