When me and the husband talk about the possibility of having a second child, the conversation often turns to possible names.
The adorable--if oddly named-- Apple Martin.
The bad news is, we can’t seem to agree on any names. The good news is, our disagreement isn’t nearly as profound as this Tennessee couple’s:
People can be passionate about their politics. Consider, for example, the name given to a baby girl born last weekend to a Carter County couple: Sarah McCain Palin Ciptak.
The couple had agreed to name their baby girl Ava Grace, but it seems that daddy went behind mommy’s back and filled out the Social Security forms with the names of his preferred presidential candidate, as a way of showing support– STRIKE 1, as far as I’m concerned.
You’ll never believe Strike 2– he told the local newspaper about what he dId before he told his wife.
“As of right now, I’m just trying to get up enough nerve to tell her what I’ve done and hope for the best,” said Mark Ciptak. “I hope I’m still living to tell the tale tomorrow. She thought it was a done deal with Ava Grace.
“Only some friends and family members who I have called for prayer support know at this point.”
If my husband pulled that kind of stunt, he would need a lot more than other people’s prayers, methinks.
Daddy did eventually fess up to a shocked mommy, and he figures Baby Sarah McCain Palin will probably revert to Ava Grace.
I guess this doesn’t rise to the level of the couple from New Zealand who wanted to name their baby 4real, only to be rebuffed by the government because the name included a digit. The couple settled on Superman instead…seriously.
What do you think? Would you name your child after a political candidate? How would you react if your mate pulled a name switcheroo? And should parents be able to name their children anything they want, even if it’s outlandish or just plain weird?
Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin thinks so. He and wife Gwyneth Paltrow got a lot of flak for naming their kids Apple and Moses:
“There’s nothing weird about calling your baby Chewbacca if that’s what you want to call your baby,” Martin said.
“It’s no stranger than Sarah.
“A name is just a noise, and if you like it, then f*** what everyone else says.”
Well there you go. One man’s Superman is another man’s… Sarah!
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Little Sarah is going to have a lot to say when her friends ask her how she got her name. I’m all for having a story behind a name - I just hope this doesn’t end-up with a divorce behind it.
people like this should not have children, damx mental cases
Jeeze, there was an article recently about another New Zealand couple who named their daughter Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii (Last Name). The daughter petitioned the court to change her name to something like Jennifer. I understand that parents want to give their child a name with character, a story, memorable, etc., but having grown up with one of those names we named our daughter something completely normal. Children will find ways to turn any name into a joke and the more unusual the name, the more mean-spirited the joke. Children sometimes also don’t grasp the concept that their name doesn’t define them, and so making fun of the name is making fun of them. That doesn’t even address going behind your spouse’s back on an important decision.
Some parents they want the name of their child to be one of the popular and some they want to be unique..if they want it to be popular they get form politics name..