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I have a cousin named Tiffany, and it's a very common name these days. Not sure whether it originated as a name because of Tiffany & Co. or because of Tiffany style lamps, or something else.

On the subject of names....

Tiffany style lamps, Tiffany & Co. the jewelry store and L.C. Tiffany all refer to Louis Comfort Tiffany and his family.

The Tiffany & Co. that most people know today is the remains of the Tiffany & Co. house of design which produced jewelry, stained glass of many kinds and other art objects beginning in the late 1800's. Louis Comfort Tiffany is perhaps the most famous member of the family having been extremely influential in the Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts movements, both of which broke away from the seemingly eternal Victorian era and style.

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Yeah, I'm not impugning Tiffany & Co. at all. They're still a great store. For Brits who may be unfamiliar with this unique name, imagine you meet someone who says, "Let me introduce you to my daughter, Asprey. And this is my son, Aquascutum." :hypnotized:
 

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We have our share of Tiffany's here too Jason.

I don't have any problem with made up names as long as they don't sound ridiculous, all names were made up at one time and some of our most normal sounding names were ones which were made up - Wendy by J M Barrie, Vanessa by someone I can't remember, but people don't seem to take into account if the name will sound ridiculous or if it will sound as if all that matters to them are brand names.
 

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I didn't read all the posts so I don't know if anyone mentioned Gwyneth Paltow's choice of names for her baby girl: Apple. What is with that? I don't think she will ever forgive her parents and I don't think hers is the name that would sit at the top of the list in HR as njqt pointed out earlier!

I doubt Apple will ever have to traipse her resume from place to place trying to get a job. I'm sure her mother's money and connections will ensure that she has a comfortable life no matter what her name is. That's the privilege of the rich-- they can do most anything they want without having to worry about trivial concerns like their children having to get jobs.

As far as names go, one thing that really bugs me is when someone will take a relatively tame or traditional name and change it by a couple letters or change the spelling to make it trendy and cute. Aidan to Jaden, Jayden, Kaden, Kayden (and somewhat Hayden) is one, Amy to Aimee another, etc.

I named my kid after my grandmother. It seemed like a better way to pick a name than what sounded cool and trendy at the time. Brittany was huge in the late 80s, early 90s and it seems so dated now, just the way ultra-trendy clothing gets dated really fast.

My idiot brother in law named his son after characters from the X-Men. What a toolshed.
 

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We have our share of Tiffany's here too Jason.

I don't have any problem with made up names as long as they don't sound ridiculous, all names were made up at one time and some of our most normal sounding names were ones which were made up - Wendy by J M Barrie, Vanessa by someone I can't remember, but people don't seem to take into account if the name will sound ridiculous or if it will sound as if all that matters to them are brand names.

Jonathan Swift (of all people) invented, "Vanessa." Just looked it up! Interesting!
 

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As a friend of the late Buck O'Neil, who was Director of the Negro Leagues Museum, I have to take umbrage with the dissing of Satchel. Was not Satchel Paige one of if not the greatest player in the leagues?:smile:


Yes he was! But when you name your daughter Satchel most people think of the hand held baggage rather than the Baseball great.
 

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I named my kid after my grandmother. It seemed like a better way to pick a name than what sounded cool and trendy at the time. Brittany was huge in the late 80s, early 90s and it seems so dated now, just the way ultra-trendy clothing gets dated really fast.

My idiot brother in law named his son after characters from the X-Men. What a toolshed.


Every single girl with whom I went to high school (grad '88) was going to name their daughter Brittany Nicole and thier son Noah. Ugh! Teachers must be done with this wave of children by now and I'm sure they heaved a collective sigh of relief.

edit: I guess my point being that there is TOO creative and then there is not creative enough.
 

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My idiot brother in law named his son after characters from the X-Men. What a toolshed.
If he has another son and he read this post his next name choice for a son may be Toolshed


I can hear it now "Toolshed, did you put the rake and mower back in the toolshed?" or to the X-Man son, "X-Man son, did you put the peat moss in the toolshed" to which the son looks very confused as he has no idea how to put a bag of peat moss in to his brother or why Dad would suggest it

Toolshed Has a nice sound to it. I can see the name becoming popular in a year or two from now.
 

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I have this cousin, you know the type "I found Islam in jail" type? Well his new name is Charles X and he is on this trend of these whacked up names:

Tezara Kalimba
Metrese Deku

I told him he should change his name to Okamefunde.
I know what a kalimba is. I can imagine her in high school... "Hey, I'm a thumb-piano. Wanna play me?"

You gotta love old school black women, they seriously ROCK!
ABSOLUTELY! Some of the funniest, snappiest, no-nonsense folks I have ever known were my old school black women. I adored Mizz McFarland and Mizz Mason!

I didn't read all the posts so I don't know if anyone mentioned Gwyneth Paltow's choice of names for her baby girl: Apple. What is with that? I don't think she will ever forgive her parents and I don't think hers is the name that would sit at the top of the list in HR as njqt pointed out earlier!
And her trademark phrase, when she gets to "that age," will be "I'm Apple. Eat me."
 

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Some are not:

Queen Latifah

That is a stage name. Her given name is Dana Owens, but that name really has no star power. Dana Owens is not memorable. Latifah has arabic origins and means gentle or kind. When one of dana Owens' younger relatives discovered this in a baby book when Ms. Owens was trying to think of a unique stage name, the younger relative convinced her to use Latifah, since she thought the words 'gentle' and 'kind' described Dana Owens perfectly.

Frankly, the name Jack (for example) is very common and accepted, but has no real meaning. Supposedly, it comes from John, and so do Sean and Juan, Yohan, Jean, Johan, Jehan, Jen, Jan, Janet, Jane, Joan, Jeanette, Ieuan, Evan, and the Welsh surname Jones. This is a far cry from the original name Yohannnan which is the origin of John.

At least Latifah is what it is, and isn't "made up". Maybe some day people will go back to naming their children in their own language. Won't that be nice? I bet millions of men and women are glad they weren't named "Jehovah has favored" or "He was gracious. I know i'm glad my name isn't a whole fucking sentence. What do I care if people want to call their children Sharondella or Steronicka? What's it to any of you at the end of the day?