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I've heard people say giving your children odd names is mean. Are these names too odd?
Names for girls:
Storm, Saturn and Ocean
Names for boys:
Canyon, Galileo, and Johannes (after Johannes Kepler)
What do you guys think?
20 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I think there beautiful & unique, its not like Your naming them after something gross. The names You mentioned are from nature & I think there gorgeous.
- drkangel210eLv 61 decade ago
Those are more than a little bit on the odd side. Of the names you've listed, I would only consider Ocean for a girl and Canyon for a boy.
Storm sounds too much like the character on X Men. Saturn doesn't sound like a name for a person. Galileo is too old school; too much name for just about any boy. Johannes looks way too much like Johanna, a girl's name.
- ElaineLv 45 years ago
I think there's a difference between originality and ludicrousness. An original name does not make a child a target - but something as ridiculously over the top as some of the ones I've seen listed definitely impairs a child's sense of self-worth. I mean, how good did that little girl feel? She could not even tell her friends her name - for fear of teasing and/or rejection. There is definitely a line one should not cross when naming a child - how could a child named Sex Fruit or Violence ever become a successful, confident individual? It's like setting them up for failure from birth.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Of all of those, I'd say Johannes is the only viable one - I'm fond of it, though.
You may need to tone down your space theme a little. There's plenty to be had out there:
Lyra
Cassiopeia
Miranda
Umbriel
Orion
Draco
Oberon
Percival (as in Lowell)
- 1 decade ago
Saturn and Ocean sound kind of wierd. They are kind of strange names.. but some people do have unique names. whatever floats your boat if you name a person that
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Yup times 6.
- BeedsLv 51 decade ago
Yah there a bit too odd...they would probably get made fun of alothough..Johannes isn't that bad
- 1 decade ago
Just out of personal experience if you are going to give your child a unique name, either make it so that a nickname will easily be extracted from it OR make the spelling very phonetic. You have no idea how many times I've had people mispronounce my name or throw in letters and throw their own creative spin on it because they aren't patient enough to learn it... and it isn't even that hard. So PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!! make it manageable.
ps have loads of fun with the middle name! :)