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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 3213037" data-attributes="member: 3400">The name may ultimately be about the kid but it's also about the family as well. And when it comes to the kid finding meaning, there are some names that are simply easier to hang meaning on than others. A name like Bill is pretty dull, but my son's name, Griffin, has more of a ring to it and sounds good with his monosyllabic last name (Dunn).I have a problem with people naming their kids obviously derivative or silly stuff. Naming your kid "god" or "Moon Unit" is pretty stupid. But some like Apple and China aren't so bad. But then, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and even the person deriding the name could be way off base. Names in fantasy or sci-fi are often derived from some historical or mythic sources themselves and should be considered perfectly legitimate.Personally, I have more of a problem with names that are faddish or seem way out of time. My grandmother may have been named Albina, but I sure wasn't going to use it for my daughter. And for years we had been planning on using the name Aiden for our son before its popularity shot through the roof (I'm guessing Sex and the City had something to do with that one). So we stumbled on Griffin and realized the name was pretty cool. Then the joke turned on us as there are now 2 Griffin's at my son's day care and we've run into 1 or 2 others just shopping around town. The same happened to my sister-in-law who named her daughter Olivia. Suddenly, they were popping out of the woodwork...</blockquote>

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