You say you want strong and masculine and then you say you like the name Erwin? Does not compute.
Favorite boy names
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Yeah, we both knew that, but I generally like to shirk responsibility.
Rommel was no Nazi, those ******bags killed him. Also, if you're going to use Erwin you have to go all the way and pronounce it AIR VIN.
"Rommel's force alone captures nearly 100,000 French prisoners and 450 enemy tanks losing in the process less than 42 tanks."
Oh, come on, he probably caught them on break. You know the French.
This +1
One of the best stories was a new co-worker who had a daughter with a "unique" name that's actually listed in this thread. Turned out two other co-workers had dogs with the same name.
Don't fail one of the first tests as a parent with the name you choose.
We almost deployed this strategy, but his initials would've been JEW, or JAW. We were careful about that.
We went with the nickname trade off instead of Junior. William/Bill, Richard/****, Jack/John, etc. And my wifes maiden name.
He is Jack Cooper. (Jack was what my grandpa went by, but was actually John, whom I was named after. And Cooper, being the maternal family name.) I love the combo.
f-ing 'A' dawg
or 'Ansley'...........totally ga--- not that there is anything wrong with it
Ansley the Pansy
This just in - kids are cruel. Just about any name you can think of can be spun into a childish taunt one way or another. It's part of growing up.
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Cooper would be a great name for a boy. Nickname of "Coop". Also got the last name thingy going on there.
To me Erwin is a great grandfather's name. Almost an Irving type vibe to it. I don't think I'd hang that on a kid. These things do go in about 4 or 5 generation cycles. When I was real little Sarah was an old lady spinster name. Then it became a very popular name 20 years later.
Also agree with going with the "normal" spelling. I had a relative by marriage who was "Lynda" and nobody EVER spelled her name right. It would drive me crazy but she didn't seem to mind it all that much.
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Painting all germans doing WW2 as 'Nazi's" is ignorant and asinine.
Even though the Luftwaffe was headed by a Nazi---the German pilots hated the Nazi's
Girl names:
La-a, (Pronounced la DASH a)
Oranjello, (Pronounced a RON jello) This was a news story that I heard the mom saying that she loved jello, particularly orange and lemon and named two of her kids that. (The other being Lemonjello, (la MON jello)
La-a, (Pronounced la DASH a)
Oranjello, (Pronounced a RON jello) This was a news story that I heard the mom saying that she loved jello, particularly orange and lemon and named two of her kids that. (The other being Lemonjello, (la MON jello)
You are exactly right. So do you want to help that along as a parent because you liked a "unique" name? Or will you be one of those parents who then coddles the kid into a unique mess?
(Note, not directing this at jbindm, just at parents in general).
Technically he killed himself, but he was a dead man either way. Sorry, but I'd have to go with the Americanized version. No "AIR VIN," ha ha! Sorry!
Not to kidnap the thread or anything but a guy I worked with's wife used to work in a hospital in Peoria. One of their maternity patients got her daughter's name from the Sears catalog: Pajama - they pronounced it, PAJ' uh muh - they thought it was SO beautiful!