baby names

[flea]

Three babies born in the last month, all first children of people I knew in college, all boys:

Ellis
Andrew Neil
Finnegan

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[dxmachina]

Don't know if you've already seen these, but here's a couple of namey pieces I've seen in the past couple of days:

The 2010 Draft Class: Giving the Game a Whitebread, Nerdy and Suburban Name

Good or Bad, Baby Names Have Long-lasting Effects

[flea]

Ha, that first article was hilarious. So totally Get Offa My Lawn! And he doesn't seem to realize that actual WASPs don't name their kids that stuff; those are the names of lower-middle class midwestern kids and Mormons and stuff. Actual WASPS are the only people still naming their kids George and Robert and Conrad.

[forodwaith]

Heh. For Canadians of my generation, Finnegan will always be a fuzzy grey sockpuppet.

[flea]

Kind of like naming your kid Grover!

[dxmachina]

Hey, a kid named Grover grew up to be President.