Parents increasingly name babies after brands

[ism]

A psychology professor has discovered an interesting trend after studying the 2000 U.S. Census. Children have been named after big brands as diverse as beauty company L'Oreal, car firm Chevrolet and designer clothes company Armani. There are even two little boys, one in Michigan and one in Texas, called ESPN after the sports channel.

Car models are a popular source of inspiration; 22 girls are registered as having the name Infiniti while 55 boys answer to Chevy and five girls to Celica. Designer firms and types of clothing were also well represented, with almost 300 girls recorded with the name Armani, six boys called Timberland and seven boys called Denim.

In some cases it seems something else was on some parents' minds - six boys were named after Courvoisier cognac.

full article @ BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3268161.stm)

I feel sorry for the ESPN boys.

[teaz0r]

my friend named her dog Chanel.
i named my rottweiler Marni.

[ChinaLama]

dogs...children... what are you trying to say, t?

[nonamerasian]

I've noticed this trend a couple of years ago. Some places are definately worse than others.

I feel sorry for these kids.

[Napoleon Chynamite]

I named my rottweiler after the bad guy from Desperado. Bucho^^

[Emperor_Mike]

Viagra

[applehead]

my sister's friend
named her dog gucci.
how stupid is that?
"c'mere gucci"
"good dog, gucci"

[deez nuts]

i'm naming my kid ermenegildo

if lebron, colin or ibarelyescapeddumpsterdeath don't go over too well

[SunWuKong]

A psychology professor has discovered an interesting trend after studying the 2000 U.S. Census. Children have been named after big brands as diverse as beauty company L'Oreal, car firm Chevrolet and designer clothes company Armani. There are even two little boys, one in Michigan and one in Texas, called ESPN after the sports channel.

Car models are a popular source of inspiration; 22 girls are registered as having the name Infiniti while 55 boys answer to Chevy and five girls to Celica. Designer firms and types of clothing were also well represented, with almost 300 girls recorded with the name Armani, six boys called Timberland and seven boys called Denim.

In some cases it seems something else was on some parents' minds - six boys were named after Courvoisier cognac.

full article @ BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3268161.stm)

I feel sorry for the ESPN boys.


ESPN?!?
what the fuck...

[ChinaLama]

i want to name my kids after the minor South Park characters, like Token, Butters, or Towelie.

and my daughters would be after master of the universe characters. "Tela," "Evilyn" or "Sorceress."

[applehead]

well. i want to name my future
child after my favorite fiona apple
song so i guess that's just as stupid
as calling your dog gucci.

[amietron]

I named my rottweiler after the bad guy from Desperado. Bucho^^
my roommate's ex-boyfriend's band is called bucho.

[nonamerasian]

ESPN?!?
what the fuck...

Espn actually sounds okay, phonetically.

[Danny]

wasn't there a chinese couple that named their child Saddam Sars after popular news events going on during the time?

[ism]

wasn't there a chinese couple that named their child Saddam Sars after popular news events going on during the time?

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/13/1052591774910.html

[mr. x]

OMG the things people do to their children

its like Major Major from Catch 22

[yangbahn50]

Sounds cool!

I'll probably name two of my guppy fishes Yoplait and General Mills.

In the future, I will buy a Feret and name it Fruit of the Loom!!!

[purezero]

Wee! Celica. =D

Armani is a name... just a last name...

[teaz0r]

I'll probably name two of my guppy fishes Yoplait and General Mills.


my boyfriend and i had a fish called sushi.
i named my guitar wasabi.