American parents invented 1,100 new baby names last year

[+ Avalon]

https://qz.com/1285427/american-parents-invented-1100-new-baby-names-last-year/

[alkan]

Many of them would seem to be non-gender-specific unless you know the background. But presumably that was true of all names when they were first introduced.

[marylander1940]

https://qz.com/1285427/american-parents-invented-1100-new-baby-names-last-year/

 

[+ VictorPowers]

Gotta love Kamreigh. I think I threw up

[rvwnsd]

Gotta love Kamreigh. I think I threw up

Its younger sibling is named Kahrowlah.

[+ Pensant]

You guys are bad!

[+ VictorPowers]

Its younger sibling is named Kahrowlah.

And Rahv-4

[Phil_musc]

Will these children have a legal cause of action when they reach maturity? Seems like parental intentional infliction of emotional distress to me.

 

As a side note, it would be terrible to be named Kamreigh and always have to correct people who spelled it the more common way, Camreigh.

[cany10011]

I'm not american so i have to ask this question: are these names predominantly in African Americans? I see a lot of service people at take out restaurants who are black and they have names that are not listed in the dictionary.

[rvwnsd]

And Rahv-4

Their cousin, wishing to be unique, spells it Rahv-Phoourh.

[samhexum]

American parents invented 1,100 new baby names last year

 

 

A mom has won Reese’s Outrageous Fan contest for naming her daughter after the popular peanut butter-and-chocolate candy bar.

 

Renee Cupp, who named her daughter Reese E. Cupp, competed against hundreds of other Reese’s-obsessed hopefuls in the contest – which ran as a social media promotion for the new Outrageous Bars.

 

The North Carolina mom was a clear stand out for her devotion to Reese’s and took home the $10,000 cash prize and free candy for a year, beating out others who had Reese’s candy tattoos.

 

Cupp told People that she and her husband came up with idea to name their daughter after the sweet and then ultimately chose it because of their older daughter, Erica, who used to go around asking for Reese’s cups as a child, the publication reported.

 

Cupp said the couple decided to “take the humor and run with it,” and named their child Reese Eve Cupp — playing off their last name.

 

“Everyone calls her ‘Rees-ee,’” Cupp told People. “It’s our favorite candy for sure. We have it in the house almost all the time. We have the Half Pound Big Cup in our freezer and the Reese’s spread in our pantry.”

 

Cupp told People though the candy is pronounced Reese-is, she has always called it Reese-ees and so she kept that while naming her second child.

 

Fortunately for the couple, 8-year-old Reese is a fan of the name as well.

 

“She loves her name,” Cupp says. “She always says ‘oh, little Reese Cup. I’m a little Reese Cup.’ She loves everything chocolate.”

[+ Pensant]

It’s all part of “prole-drift”.

 

 

http://wmbriggs.com/post/537/

[Guest]

I'm not american so i have to ask this question: are these names predominantly in African Americans? .

The short answer to your question is yes, though they’re certainly not all.

[Smurof]

I knew a guy who named his kid Espn. Wouldn't ya know it? Spends more time glued to the pro athletes than watching his child. I can't tell you how often other parents would say in disgust "Were you watching your son!?!" as his dad was stuffing his face and still focusing on the sports bets made instead on his phone. Sad.

[+ Avalon]

I knew a guy who named his kid Espn. Wouldn't ya know it? Spends more time glued to the pro athletes than watching his child. I can't tell you how often other parents would say in disgust "Were you watching your son!?!" as his dad was stuffing his face and still focusing on the sports bets made instead on his phone. Sad.

 

I remember reading years ago that when ESPN first began about a man who spent all his time at the bar watching ESPN regardless of what was airing. He didn't have it at home. His wife divorced him.

[samhexum]

I knew a guy who named his kid Espn. Wouldn't ya know it? Spends more time glued to the pro athletes than watching his child. I can't tell you how often other parents would say in disgust "Were you watching your son!?!" as his dad was stuffing his face and still focusing on the sports bets made instead on his phone. Sad.

 

But you're still gonna call him on father's day, right? :D:rolleyes:

[+ Avalon]

But you're still gonna call him on father's day, right? :D:rolleyes:

 

Are there sports on that day? After my mother died my father married a woman who was a big big sports fan. My father let me know that I should not visit on Sundays.

[samhexum]

Are there sports on that day? After my mother died my father married a woman who was a big big sports fan. My father let me know that I should not visit on Sundays.

 

She actually hated sports, she just didn't want you in her house. :D:rolleyes:

[+ Avalon]

She actually hated sports, she just didn't want you in her house. :D:rolleyes:

 

That could be true too! The feeling was mutual.

[gallahadesquire]

And Rahv-4

What of Frunner?

[gallahadesquire]

Apocryphal stories:

 

A woman was connected to her fetal monitor for so long, she named her son Hewlett Packard.

Another had such GI distress that her daughter was named Diarrhea Jones.

[Samfoslom]

i know a lot of people who drive a Camreigh

[+ VictorPowers]

i know a lot of people who drive a Camreigh

Drive or ride?

[Nvr2Thick]

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/camp-ujaama/n10690

[amused1]

Worst unique name I've ever run across? La-ah. Pronounced "LaDASHah". At least it wasn't pronounced "LaHYPHENah".