nomenclature - Jezebel

posts about #nomenclature more →
R.I.P. Margaret Gelling
What's In A Name?
Baby Hitler Taken From Parents
Field Guide To Guys: L'Homme Fatal
What's In A Name?
What's In A Name?
Dress Your Family In Whimsy And Symbolism: When Clothing Names Get Absurd

Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.

Dsmvwl Admin Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×

CurtCole
05/14/09

In reply to R.I.P. Margaret Gelling
Alnmouth
Bedwyn
Lacock
Shrewsbury
...these are my favorite.
Reply

CurtCole was starred CurtCole was unstarred

LAmonkeygirl
05/14/09

@CurtCole: I've even been to Lacock and Shrewsbury! Lacock Abbey served as some Hogwarts locations and Lacock Village was used as Hogsmeade. Very picturesque, despite the name.

Doesn't Bedwyn sound like an awesome name for someone? You could call them "Bed" for short.
Reply

LAmonkeygirl was starred LAmonkeygirl was unstarred

CurtCole
05/14/09

@LAmonkeygirl: Yeah, I think that is what I am going to call my boyfriend after a really good romp.
Reply

CurtCole was starred CurtCole was unstarred

LAmonkeygirl
05/14/09

In reply to R.I.P. Margaret Gelling
I absolutely love English place names.

Merkin-Upon-Taint

Crotchfield Green

Greatsnatch

Lower Asshat

Upper Eschalon
Reply

LAmonkeygirl was starred LAmonkeygirl was unstarred

Mary McCarthyite
05/14/09

@LAmonkeygirl: OK, it took me until "Lower Asshat" to know you were joking. I'm gonna blame the jet lag on that mental blip...
Reply

Mary McCarthyite was starred Mary McCarthyite was unstarred

marshmallory
05/14/09

@LAmonkeygirl: Merkin-Upon-Taint. You win.
Reply

marshmallory was starred marshmallory was unstarred

Kali Mama
05/14/09

@marshmallory wants to gobble and prance.: The main shopping street is situated on the cauter waulk.
Reply

Kali Mama was starred Kali Mama was unstarred

the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene
05/14/09

@LAmonkeygirl: I always enjoyed the names of Tube stops. Tooting Bec, Epping, Neasden,e tc.
Reply

Mary McCarthyite
05/14/09

In reply to R.I.P. Margaret Gelling
English PLace-Names are...rather evocative!

[www.s-gabriel.org]

Drax: could be the name of the next Jolie-Pitt

Cockermouth: pretty self-explanatory
Reply

Mary McCarthyite was starred Mary McCarthyite was unstarred

randomnessish
05/14/09

@Mary McCarthyite: Hello, my name is Sir Biggleswade, and I would love to have your acquaintance.
Reply

randomnessish was starred randomnessish was unstarred

Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
05/09/09

In reply to What's In A Name?
These are all such White names.
Reply

NellMood
05/08/09

In reply to What's In A Name?
As an Emma I am deeply disappointed to read this. Luckily I have never ever been called Emma and have always gone by my middle name, which I'm pretty sure won't be reaching #1 anytime soon.
Reply

NellMood was starred NellMood was unstarred

Academy Queen
05/08/09

In reply to What's In A Name?
My mother named me Gretchen and for a long time I wish she hadn't.

I always favored long grand names like Anastasia or Alexandra, Russian Empress names...

So I named my daughter Maia.
Reply

Academy Queen was starred Academy Queen was unstarred

TheGuvnah
05/08/09

@Academy Queen: i have not a drop of russian blood in me but LOVE russian names...anastasia is my fave.
Reply

TheGuvnah was starred TheGuvnah was unstarred

I'm Chuck Bass
05/08/09

In reply to What's In A Name?
I swear to god I am not making this up. I very briefly worked in child protection and there were newborn twins in the program. Their names were Lucifer Satan and Leviticus. And Leviticus was a girl.
Reply

I'm Chuck Bass was starred I'm Chuck Bass was unstarred

ElleL
05/08/09

In reply to What's In A Name?
I knew kids name Limonjelo and Oranjelo. Named AFTER the mothers favorite JELLO FLAVORS.

LEMON JELLO and ORANGE JELLO.
Reply

ElleL was starred ElleL was unstarred

AllThatYaz
05/08/09

@ElleL: No, you didn't. Urban legend.
Reply

AllThatYaz was starred AllThatYaz was unstarred

ElleL
05/08/09

@AllThatYaz: I SWEAR I met these kids when I was young! I really hope I didnt fall prey to that!
Reply

ElleL was starred ElleL was unstarred

stacyinbean
05/08/09

In reply to What's In A Name?
Also, a good friends' son has a boy in his afterschool program named God. Straight up, G-O-D.
Reply

stacyinbean was starred stacyinbean was unstarred

NewsBunny
05/08/09

@stacyinbean: He must be hard to yell at.
Reply

NewsBunny was starred NewsBunny was unstarred

NewsBunny
05/08/09

In reply to What's In A Name?
I hate it when you find a name you like for any future children and then you meet someone is a total dick/bitch with the SAME NAME, ruining it forever.
Reply

NewsBunny was starred NewsBunny was unstarred

ElleL
05/08/09

In reply to What's In A Name?
I have always loved the name Grace, as it is my Grandmother's name. But lately it is way too popular for my taste. Argh.
Reply

ElleL was starred ElleL was unstarred

stacyinbean
05/08/09

@ElleL: YES. I even have the damn word tattooed on my body b/c I love the meaning and how it looks AND I wanted it to be the name of my first daughter. Now, not so much.
Reply

stacyinbean was starred stacyinbean was unstarred

Chivone
05/08/09

In reply to What's In A Name?
I always liked taking a popular girl's name and naming a boy it, or vice versa. I am biased because my name is a boy's name and my dad had a really girly name but i know a couple of female Kyles, a female Elijah, and a boy named Siobhan. I think it adds something to the name when you have to take away from it the gender norm associated with it.
Reply

Chivone was starred Chivone was unstarred

ElleL
05/08/09

@Chivone: I love the name Peyton for a girl. But then One Tree Hill came along and ruined it.
Reply

ElleL was starred ElleL was unstarred

aShinyGumWrapper
05/08/09

@Chivone: Gotta admit, I hate it when people name girl's boys names.
Reply

aShinyGumWrapper was starred aShinyGumWrapper was unstarred

LolaQuinn is full of beans
05/08/09

@aShinyGumWrapper: Not even Elliott, like in Scrubs! That's my favorite boy-turned-girl name.

Also, a boy named Sue.
Reply

Sodypop
05/08/09

In reply to What's In A Name?
I mentioned earlier that the name Lola is officially out of my list of names for my hypothetical girl. It went from 752 to 246 in only 5/6 years. Plus now there is going to be a perfume.
Too bad...
Reply

Sodypop was starred Sodypop was unstarred

LolaQuinn is full of beans
05/08/09

@Sodypop: I too am disturbed by the growing popularity of all my favorite "unique" names, Lola included. So I just made it my Jezzie name and I figure I'll find a better one for lil' LolaQuinn when the time comes :)
Reply

gherkinfiend
05/08/09

In reply to What's In A Name?
My given name is Sarah, but I changed it to a diminutive version of my middle name when I was 7.

There were 7 Sarahs, a Sarah Jane and a Sara in my my class and I didn't care to be initialled any longer, so I thought changing my name made perfect sense. My parents thought they were humouring me.

23 years later, I have almost forgotten I was ever Sarah...I love my 'new' name so much.
Reply

gherkinfiend was starred gherkinfiend was unstarred

emilyanne
05/08/09

@gherkinfiend: i'm going to hold my hand up now and admit to being a Sarah. There were seven of them in my primary class at school too, not to mention five or six at my secondary and more than I could mention at university. I always had my surname attached to my name and loathed it. Also my middle name was equally boring so there was no escaping it. It's only now that I don't mind it as a name.
Reply

emilyanne was starred emilyanne was unstarred

gherkinfiend
05/08/09

@emilyanne: I actually think it's a beautiful name now that I'm older. I would definitely include it in my hypothetical daughter's name...

I was just a pretentious brat aged 7. Strangely I despise my middle name in full, but love the shortened version...which is what my mum wanted to call me (unknown to me!) but it wasn't acceptable to use shortened names as real names in 1970s Ireland. I'm surprised they didn't call me Serendipity in the end...
Reply

gherkinfiend was starred gherkinfiend was unstarred

emilyanne
05/08/09

@gherkinfiend: my dad being Irish actually wanted to call me Saoirse but my mum didn't think that the Irish for freedom was the best choice in 1973.
Reply

emilyanne was starred emilyanne was unstarred

kelsium
05/08/09

In reply to What's In A Name?
Also, I went to high school in Hippie Central and knew an Ariel Stardust, who was male. Just sayin'.
Reply

kelsium was starred kelsium was unstarred

Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

SUBSCRIBE TO Jezebel

Login

Reset Password

Register

Submit Your Comment