Baby Names - You're kidding Right???

[VorFemme]

Isn't Ibn Arabic for "son of"?  Rashaad ibn Rafiq would be Rashaad son of Rafiq.

Meanwhile, watching Crime Channel. Suspect in a murder is a girl named "Cinnamon". I've heard of Ginger, and I went to school with two sisters named Pepper and Sage, but I've never heard of Cinnamon.

I'm having an "now I feel old" moment - there is a song from my childhood that a guy is singing about a girl named...you guessed it, "Cinnamon"!  Rock & roll - I just can't remember what decade or who the singer was....

[barkingmad]

Was this the  girl that killed her mother?  I worked about a mile away at the time and this has always haunted me.

[menley]

Adding "lyn" to names drives me a bit crazy. I have a Facebook friend who wanted to name her daughter Quinn after her father, but named her Quinnlyn to "make it a girl's name". I thought Quinn was already perfectly fine for a girl?

I have another FB friend who just had a baby girl - named Brynnlyn. Oy.

[iridaceae]

Was this the  girl that killed her mother?  I worked about a mile away at the time and this has always haunted me.

Cinnamon Brown killed her stepmother- after her father- and stepmother's younger sister-  basically brainwashed her into it.

[magicdomino]

Isn't Ibn Arabic for "son of"?  Rashaad ibn Rafiq would be Rashaad son of Rafiq.

Meanwhile, watching Crime Channel. Suspect in a murder is a girl named "Cinnamon". I've heard of Ginger, and I went to school with two sisters named Pepper and Sage, but I've never heard of Cinnamon.

I'm having an "now I feel old" moment - there is a song from my childhood that a guy is singing about a girl named...you guessed it, "Cinnamon"!  Rock & roll - I just can't remember what decade or who the singer was....

"Cinnamon
Let me in.
Knock knock
Let me in
I won't go away"

I'm thinking late 60s.  Have to admit, I think the name is cute.

[Lorelei_Evil]

My ex is heavily into genealogy, and will often give our son updates on the information he has found.  Ex really gets into it, and there are some interesting names in his family tree.

An intriguing one he recently discovered is the name Salathiel.  Evidently, it is a legitimate, Biblical masculine name.  The more I say it out loud, the more I like it.  Had I known of this name at the time we were expecting our son, I might even have considered it.  It is enough like Nathaniel or Daniel, with that -iel ending, to sound not so weird, and I happen to love Sal as a nickname for a boy, (I have a great-uncle Salvatore on my Italian side who goes by Sal.) 

Do y'all like it?  I'm not having any more children; that train left the station long ago, but I was wondering if it really is kind of a cool name, or is it too oddball for a kid of the 21st century?  The Salathiel in the family tree lived in the 1800s.

It's a super awesome name for a cat. 

[Ms_Cellany]

My ex is heavily into genealogy, and will often give our son updates on the information he has found.  Ex really gets into it, and there are some interesting names in his family tree.

An intriguing one he recently discovered is the name Salathiel.  Evidently, it is a legitimate, Biblical masculine name.  The more I say it out loud, the more I like it.  Had I known of this name at the time we were expecting our son, I might even have considered it.  It is enough like Nathaniel or Daniel, with that -iel ending, to sound not so weird, and I happen to love Sal as a nickname for a boy, (I have a great-uncle Salvatore on my Italian side who goes by Sal.) 

Do y'all like it?  I'm not having any more children; that train left the station long ago, but I was wondering if it really is kind of a cool name, or is it too oddball for a kid of the 21st century?  The Salathiel in the family tree lived in the 1800s.

It's a super awesome name for a cat. 

Googling tells me that "Salthiel" comes from the Hebrew for "I have asked of God."

[Redwing]

Isn't Ibn Arabic for "son of"?  Rashaad ibn Rafiq would be Rashaad son of Rafiq.

Meanwhile, watching Crime Channel. Suspect in a murder is a girl named "Cinnamon". I've heard of Ginger, and I went to school with two sisters named Pepper and Sage, but I've never heard of Cinnamon.

I'm having an "now I feel old" moment - there is a song from my childhood that a guy is singing about a girl named...you guessed it, "Cinnamon"!  Rock & roll - I just can't remember what decade or who the singer was....

"Cinnamon
Let me in.
Knock knock
Let me in
I won't go away"

I'm thinking late 60s.  Have to admit, I think the name is cute.

Tommy Roe.

[jedikaiti]

Meanwhile, watching Crime Channel. Suspect in a murder is a girl named "Cinnamon". I've heard of Ginger, and I went to school with two sisters named Pepper and Sage, but I've never heard of Cinnamon.

A friend of mine has cousins named Cinnamon (female), Pepsi (male), and Jean-Luc (male, born in the US, no French ancestry).

I ran into someone named Perew the other day. A Google search reveals that it is a last name, so maybe it's a case of someone using a family last name as a first name. It's not horrible - just a bit odd.

I've known a Cinnamon, but for Jean-Luc, were his parents big Star Trek: The Next Generation fans, perchance? :-)

[BB-VA]

Isn't Ibn Arabic for "son of"?  Rashaad ibn Rafiq would be Rashaad son of Rafiq.

Meanwhile, watching Crime Channel. Suspect in a murder is a girl named "Cinnamon". I've heard of Ginger, and I went to school with two sisters named Pepper and Sage, but I've never heard of Cinnamon.

I'm having an "now I feel old" moment - there is a song from my childhood that a guy is singing about a girl named...you guessed it, "Cinnamon"!  Rock & roll - I just can't remember what decade or who the singer was....

"Cinnamon
Let me in.
Knock knock
Let me in
I won't go away"

I'm thinking late 60s.  Have to admit, I think the name is cute.

Tommy Roe.

Here's the version I remember, by somebody who used the name Derek.  Explanation in the comments under the video. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3FTpaYP0vQ

[WolfWay]

Was this the  girl that killed her mother?  I worked about a mile away at the time and this has always haunted me.

Cinnamon Brown killed her stepmother- after her father- and stepmother's younger sister-  basically brainwashed her into it.

That's the crime profile I was watching when I saw the name.

[WolfWay]

My ex is heavily into genealogy, and will often give our son updates on the information he has found.  Ex really gets into it, and there are some interesting names in his family tree.

An intriguing one he recently discovered is the name Salathiel.  Evidently, it is a legitimate, Biblical masculine name.  The more I say it out loud, the more I like it.  Had I known of this name at the time we were expecting our son, I might even have considered it.  It is enough like Nathaniel or Daniel, with that -iel ending, to sound not so weird, and I happen to love Sal as a nickname for a boy, (I have a great-uncle Salvatore on my Italian side who goes by Sal.) 

Do y'all like it?  I'm not having any more children; that train left the station long ago, but I was wondering if it really is kind of a cool name, or is it too oddball for a kid of the 21st century?  The Salathiel in the family tree lived in the 1800s.

It's definitely got a biblical ring to it.

I probably read too much horror and fantasy, because Salathiel sounds a bit like either an angel or a demon or some kind of supernatural entity. It puts me in mind of angels like Uriel and Remiel, or demons like Agiel or Belial.

[parrot_girl]

One of the students at my work is named Cinnamon Barnes.
DH wants to know if she has siblings called Honey or Hot Cross.

[Lynn2000]

My ex is heavily into genealogy, and will often give our son updates on the information he has found.  Ex really gets into it, and there are some interesting names in his family tree.

An intriguing one he recently discovered is the name Salathiel.  Evidently, it is a legitimate, Biblical masculine name.  The more I say it out loud, the more I like it.  Had I known of this name at the time we were expecting our son, I might even have considered it.  It is enough like Nathaniel or Daniel, with that -iel ending, to sound not so weird, and I happen to love Sal as a nickname for a boy, (I have a great-uncle Salvatore on my Italian side who goes by Sal.) 

Do y'all like it?  I'm not having any more children; that train left the station long ago, but I was wondering if it really is kind of a cool name, or is it too oddball for a kid of the 21st century?  The Salathiel in the family tree lived in the 1800s.

It's definitely got a biblical ring to it.

I probably read too much horror and fantasy, because Salathiel sounds a bit like either an angel or a demon or some kind of supernatural entity. It puts me in mind of angels like Uriel and Remiel, or demons like Agiel or Belial.

POD. It strikes me first as a bit more "fantasy," or "mystical religious," than purely Biblical or historical. I do think it's a harmonious-sounding name, but I feel like it would be rather out-there for a child. On the other hand, if all the kids in the family had out-there names with a solid family history basis, particularly Biblical, maybe it would work through sheer force of will. Amy and Salathiel, for example, would just make Salathiel seem that much weirder. Salathiel and Hepzibah might work, though.

[Kariachi]

My ex is heavily into genealogy, and will often give our son updates on the information he has found.  Ex really gets into it, and there are some interesting names in his family tree.

An intriguing one he recently discovered is the name Salathiel.  Evidently, it is a legitimate, Biblical masculine name.  The more I say it out loud, the more I like it.  Had I known of this name at the time we were expecting our son, I might even have considered it.  It is enough like Nathaniel or Daniel, with that -iel ending, to sound not so weird, and I happen to love Sal as a nickname for a boy, (I have a great-uncle Salvatore on my Italian side who goes by Sal.) 

Do y'all like it?  I'm not having any more children; that train left the station long ago, but I was wondering if it really is kind of a cool name, or is it too oddball for a kid of the 21st century?  The Salathiel in the family tree lived in the 1800s.

It's definitely got a biblical ring to it.

I probably read too much horror and fantasy, because Salathiel sounds a bit like either an angel or a demon or some kind of supernatural entity. It puts me in mind of angels like Uriel and Remiel, or demons like Agiel or Belial.

POD. It strikes me first as a bit more "fantasy," or "mystical religious," than purely Biblical or historical. I do think it's a harmonious-sounding name, but I feel like it would be rather out-there for a child. On the other hand, if all the kids in the family had out-there names with a solid family history basis, particularly Biblical, maybe it would work through sheer force of will. Amy and Salathiel, for example, would just make Salathiel seem that much weirder. Salathiel and Hepzibah might work, though.

I'm pretty sure this is why middle names were invented, so parents could use unfashionable names without dooming their children completely. Amelia Hepzibah and Joseph Salathiel, for instance, are much more socially acceptable than using either as a first name would generally be.