My sister in law is called Jennifer :)

I got lumbered with three fornames heheh. Danielle Sara Eleana Coombs

I was in the grocery store last week and got a good laugh. You know how folks have been naming there kids after products and fortune 500 companies? There was a woman running around the store calling to her child...Chase!

You think they may have gotten their ideas from here?
 

Hah! Good site, Dagney!

"How about Lou? When I was in England, I heard that name and it seemed to have a little tinkle to it. Randy is good too."

That's another difficult aspect -- what if your name means something to other cultures?

I was always curious what would happen if your last name was "Bates" and you were rich enough to have a butler. That might be a bit uncomfortable.

When my friend was in Physician Assistant school, one of the books that he had to read was a well-known medical tome on anatomy by Bates.

The professor, completely deadpan, advised the class that they would "have to master Bates daily."

I wonder if everybody now does. Another job I once had was a horticultural technician for a big indoor plant maintenance outfit - you know the people who come in and take care of the plants in those big indoor atriums in snappy office buildings and stuff? I took care of many of the downtown office building accounts and people would have plants on their desks and standing in their offices that I needed to take care of. I had free access to the offices of bank presidents, lawyers, stock brokers, you name it. They'd go off to lunch or out for a 2 hour conference leaving client's files spread all over their desks. People's home address, credit card numbers, social security number, bank accounts, investments - all there in open view. As "the plant lady" it was like I wore an invisibility cloaking shield. No one ever thought twice about me as I walked down the halls with my watering cans and plants. I could have wrecked havoc if I'd felt like it. I think it just goes to show that the majority of people are still pretty honest, really. But all it takes is one, like the guy who stole your car last night.:(

I don't feel comfortable posting details, but let's just say I really wish we had a card swipe system at work that would identify what card was used every time a door is open, rather than metal keys.

But you had the deceny to make the uncommon name her middle name. Do you have any idea what kind of things kids in public schools can do with the name Illyrica?

My wife dislikes her first name enough that she used her middle name. After 20 years I have to remind myself that the name I call her is her middle name, usually when filling out paperwork. Since we use her first initial and full middle name or first initial and middle initial, or sometimes first name, etc. her credit report lists all of the combinations as AKA (also known as). I think there were six or eight variations listed there.


..and no, I will not tell you what her first name is. While I have never held much back from the Cellar, spending the next 20 years on the couch is a high price to pay for full disclosure.

My father's a doctor (not an ob-gyn) and one of his pet peeves was people who named their kids after drug brand names or medical procedures. He swore to me that there are children out there name Lidocaine, with maybe a slight variation for spelling.

I still only half believe it. Unfortunately, the social security adminstration only lists the 1000 most popular first names, so I cannot verify this.

That mean plant waterer right? Gotta love PC naming. Least when I did a stint in a nursery they called it what it was.

What was her first name by the way?

Yeah come on.. the couch is nothing...

just as long as we aren't talking about the doghouse.

Rich, does your wife read the cellar? I'm going to assume for now that her given name is........


.....uhm.......

.....er........


Hermione?

Gertrude.

No, no, wait ... I got it ... Hadassah.

child care professional?