[OT] Naming a child Arwen

[el-remmen]

I wouldn't worry too much about a kid going through a phase of not liking their name or other kids teasing him/her because of it.

Look I me, I grew up carting Osvaldo Oyola Ortega around - and while I hated it for a while, I grew to really love it and now would have no other name.

Arwen is a fine name.

 

[Arani Korden]

Re: Heres MHO

if i had a kid id name it thor so i could screem "THOR COME FORTH"

thats just what i think about in the we hours of the morn.

A friend of mine married a guy named Thor.

 

[Dinkeldog]

Actually, the most damaging part of my name is the last name. I can't wait to get married so I can change it.

 

[Aitch Eye]

I've just recalled that when Ahmet Zappa was younger, he got tired of people calling him "Ahmet Vomit," so he changed his name.

To Rick. He reconsidered.

 

[mythago]

Uh, Dinkeldog, you DO know that you can change your name without waiting to get married...

 

[Kai Lord]

Avril is just the French version of "April."

That doesn't make it pretty on the ears.

 

[Hecatæus]

RE: Celes

Could this be an Engrish form of the Goddess Ceres?

RE: Molly + Thin Lizzie

IIRC Thin Lizzie is an Irish band. And the song Molly Malone is a very popular one for many irish bands.

[edit] RE: As a boy I new another named Thor and had really long hair...noone messed with him, cause he was a blackbelt by age ten or so.

 

[Sixchan]

RE: Celes

Could this be an Engrish form of the Goddess Ceres?

Oh you know, it could just be. I'm not sure what the poster was originally thinking, but I was thinking of FFVI.

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

My friend named his son Elric. That poor kid. The worst part for him is going to be people who understand the reference, and wonder why anyone would name their kid after a sickly albino who accidentally murdered all of his friends and family. Bet he's going to be real popular.

The worst part is, I'm the jerk who introduced his father to those books.

Listen, I have a slightly odd name (Max), not even that bizarre, and you wouldn't believe some of the insults I got. Kids are cruel. Don't give your kids' bullies any more ammunition than they already have. No one ever got teased for being named Michael or Tom. Just MHO.

 

[mythago]

No one ever got teased for being named Michael or Tom.

Wrong. Ditto John, William or Richard.