My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
"So you want to live on a planet?"
"No. I think I'd find it a bit small and wierd."
"Aren't they dangerous? Don't they get hit by stuff?"
Just once I'd like to see one of these threads where people don't use it to spam their particular fiction fetishes or whatever. The stupid spam is just fucking annoying.
I tend to agree with Mike and a few of the others that traditional names are best. If you want something unusual, put that as the middle name so that it can be omitted or used optionally if the kid happens to like it.
Another traditional name is Edward. I don't know how common it is compared to Michael, Charles, Jason, David, James and the other most common names, but it's a strong contender in that category and allows shortening to Ed or Eddie.
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Why is it so goddamned hard to get little assholes like you to admit it when you fuck up? Is it pride? What gives you the right to have any pride?
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GOP message? Why don't they just come out of the closet: FASCISTS R' US –Patrick Degan
The GOP has a problem with anyone coming out of the closet. –18-till-I-die
Edi - Even you must admit that having a kid named Rock Slabmeat Smith would be the pinnacle of awesome.
In all seriousness, I agree with traditional names. Edward, Daniel, John, Michael, and no weird deliberate misspellings, for the love of God (Mikkael, Danyil, Edwerd, Johne, nonsense like that). Honestly - when is the last time you heard of a very important person named DaQuantrre'? And this whole fetish with having kids with pronouns for names (Hunter et. al.).
I'm also rather fond of more traditional names, but remember that that doesn't automatically exclude having anything fun, if you so choose. Isaac's a pretty fun name, for instance.
Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know, the piper's calling you to join him
Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know, the piper's calling you to join him