18 responses

• aaronh Mar 07, 2008
   

  I would be rn Hghs, All I have to say about that is LMAO TFF!

   
• Chuck Mar 07, 2008
   

  Wow... Having just had a baby, I can imagine subjecting my kid to something like that. I guess it is that generations' version of hippy names.

   
• Chuck Mar 07, 2008
   

  heh... that should have read can't imagine... I guess the sleep deprivation is kicking in

   
• todd Mar 07, 2008
   

  chuck: admit it: you're naming your baby "sunshine moonlight sodapop"

   
• smckenzie23 Mar 07, 2008
   

  I'm going to name my next kid 'Ralph,' but I'm going to spell it ROTFL.

   
• notgneiss Mar 07, 2008
   

  My second daughter was born in England. Her mother is French. Her first and middle names were recorded on her English birth certificate as "Heloise Esther Page."

   
• notgneiss Mar 07, 2008
   

  We went some months after her birth to the French consulate to declare her birth. The consular employee asked for her name, and we said "Heloise Esther Page."

   
• notgneiss Mar 07, 2008
   

  She repeated "Heloise Esther."

   
• notgneiss Mar 07, 2008
   

  We said, no, "Heloise Esther Page."

   
• notgneiss Mar 07, 2008
   

  She said "Oui, Heloise Esther."

   
• notgneiss Mar 07, 2008
   

  We objected.

   
• notgneiss Mar 07, 2008
   

  She eyed us coldly, and said, "Page is not a name."

   
• notgneiss Mar 07, 2008
   

  She explained disdainfully that 'names' must be drawn from the names of saints or the names of historical figures. Page (my grandmother's maiden name, and my middle name) was clearly a transgressor.

   
• notgneiss Mar 07, 2008
   

  When we objected once more, she lost her consular cool, and stated loudly "Eef John Feetzgerald Kennedy had been deeclared here, He would not be John Feetzgerald Kennedy. Because Feetzgeral, eet is not a name!"

   
• notgneiss Mar 07, 2008
   

  How can you argue with that?

   
• notgneiss Mar 07, 2008
   

  My daughter now has two legal names, depending on the provenance of the birth certificate or certificate of birth abroad.

   
• todd Mar 08, 2008
   

  notgneiss: that is so frustrating and annoying. i support the right of parents to name their kids whatever the hell they want. Even dangerous names.

   
• todd Mar 08, 2008
   

  That is a great story, though, notgneiss.