Baby Names - You're kidding Right???

[rose red]

When I hear the name Mary Jane, I think of the Spiderman character or the shoes. It never cross my mind to think of drugs, but then, I clueless about that stuff.

I also think Mary Joanna is a pretty name. I even said it out loud and it just doesn't sound like *that* to me.

[Nikko-chan]

Mary Jane doesn't have to be in relation to the drug.  My mom's name is Mary Jane and my grandparents certainly aren't hippies or users or anything like that.  They just wanted to give their daughter a nice Catholic name. 

I met a Jorja today (woman's name).  If I got the pronounciation right, it's a variant of Georgia.

Records at my job indicate we have an Able and a Nixon (both first names).

Jorja Fox comes to mind... oh and for Able? if they spelled it Abel it would make more sense.

[Nikko-chan]

Someone on my facebook feed is naming her son... Raiden.

[faithlessone]

Someone on my facebook feed is naming her son... Raiden.

Confession: When I was about 14, this was the top of my hypothetical baby-names list. It just sounded so powerful.

However, I have since grown up. Has your Facebook friend?

[starry diadem]

Sounds like a brand of ant and wasp killer.

[oz diva]

I know a Polish boy in America with the name Ian. 

He gets called:
Eee In   ...

How is it supposed to be pronounced?  I know two.  Both pronounce it (more or less) Eee an.

I've always heard it pronounced Yan.

I only had two uncles. They were were both called Ian - both men were of Scottish descent. We pronounced it Ee-an. Funnily enough if you say Uncle Ian quickly enough it sounds like Unclean. 

[WolfWay]

I only had two uncles. They were were both called Ian - both men were of Scottish descent. We pronounced it Ee-an. Funnily enough if you say Uncle Ian quickly enough it sounds like Unclean.

We used to have a coworker in our IT department who answered the phone "IT. Robert speaking.", but the way he said it so quickly always sounded to me like he was saying "Aunty Robert speaking". I mentioned this to a couple of coworkers. Guess what we started calling him. 

[ladyknight1]

I know many Ians and only one pronounces his "eye-an". I always have to remember that, since he will correct you.

[jedikaiti]

To go along with the most popular baby names of 2013 (http://www.today.com/moms/top-baby-names-noah-sophia-most-popular-2013-2D79637133), here are the wackiest: http://www.today.com/moms/22-most-outrageous-baby-names-2013-rarity-ransom-subaru-more-2D79669286

Subaru? Kyndle?

[JenJay]

I saw a name today that made me think of this thread. "Chrispina" like Christina, but with a P. It wasn't a typo because she(?) signed that herself.

[Addy]

To go along with the most popular baby names of 2013 (http://www.today.com/moms/top-baby-names-noah-sophia-most-popular-2013-2D79637133), here are the wackiest: http://www.today.com/moms/22-most-outrageous-baby-names-2013-rarity-ransom-subaru-more-2D79669286

Subaru? Kyndle?

Hee hee! I snerked at Rarity. Where are all the babies named Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie? 

[Morty'sCleaningLady]

To go along with the most popular baby names of 2013 (http://www.today.com/moms/top-baby-names-noah-sophia-most-popular-2013-2D79637133), here are the wackiest: http://www.today.com/moms/22-most-outrageous-baby-names-2013-rarity-ransom-subaru-more-2D79669286

Subaru? Kyndle?

Huh, I named my Subaru Gipp (last name of a legendary Notre Dame football player) because I think Subaru is kind of hard to say. I would certainly not name a human being Subaru.  (And if I wanted to name a child for the infamous Gipper, I'd opt for his first name, George.)

[pwv]

To go along with the most popular baby names of 2013 (http://www.today.com/moms/top-baby-names-noah-sophia-most-popular-2013-2D79637133), here are the wackiest: http://www.today.com/moms/22-most-outrageous-baby-names-2013-rarity-ransom-subaru-more-2D79669286

Subaru? Kyndle?

Here is a similar list of outrageous baby names. 

(http://living.msn.com/family-parenting/the-most-outrageous-baby-names-of-2013-1)

 

[Black Delphinium]

Subaru is the name one of the main characters in the anime .hack//Sign goes by.

[Ser Lucien Liliane]

Subaru is the name one of the main characters in the anime .hack//Sign goes by.

It's the Japanese word for the Pleiades constellation.

I think in this case it's just being used because it "sounds cool" or "looks cool", not for any sort of Asian heritage, which is the only case in which I can see it being acceptable.