Get Over It
An interesting side effect of my research for the book is that I’ve developed Bad Baby Name Sympathy. I find that I start defending the name-givers.
Take this blog post, for instance, about Cate Blanchett’s new child and baby name. No offense to the author, but I find it hard to believe that anyone these days is surprised or shocked by celebrity baby names. I mean, really? And this one isn’t that bad: Ignatius.
Apparently, our sense of justice and fairplay about names is deeply ingrained and not easily uprooted.
And I’m not just saying this because I secretly wanted to name my kid Ignatius. Promise.
Posted: April 14th, 2008 under Name Media.
Comments: 4
in that case I agree with you, Ignatius is not that bad name.
How about the name Gunner? I know someone who recently named their son that. His first name is Gunner and his middle name is the name of his father, so it makes him sound like he is a particular rank in the military followed by a name. Does anyone know where the name Gunner for a son came from??
I believed it’s based off of the Scandinavian name Gunnar, which basically means “warrior.” Either that, it Gunner really means what it sounds like, “someone who uses a gun.”
I agree. I’ve frequently roll my eyes at the computer screen at all the shock and dismay some name police express over this name and that name. I mean, don’t they just get tired of all the drama after a while? Sheesh …