Lovelyish

I like unusual to a point. I have a few friends named something different. and my friend named her baby Starla. And no If I ever had a kid I probably wouldn’t name it after a company. .-.

I’m naming my first born Lovelyish.

Im all for unusal names but sometimes to a point they can really hurt a child too. I for one dont have an uncommon name but to imagine the teacher not being able to announce it or meeting someone new and trying to remember how to say it can get old or make someone feel bad. Still I find the intresting and fun to find out about…. I think it is a bit strange to go as far as name someone after a brand or function such as the “like” button but they put their own spin on it as far as meaning goes and to me that makes a huge difference. And I think Starla and Lovelyish are both beautiful names and will be beautiful babies =)

The problem with naming a kid after something like Facebook is that it goes out of fashion in a way that other names don’t. Sure, other names can go out of style – but they won’t look stupid when they’ve got age to them, either.

Take… “Elizabeth,” for instance. This name has been around for over a century and is still being used, yet it doesn’t sound stupid. Why? Because, even though it goes back to a time in history, it’s also ageless. Naming a child, say, “Facebook”? Facebook, the website, is not ageless. It is almost certainly going to go under eventually. Then what?

The other problem I have with this name is that “like” is too common a verb. It’s a word that’s used constantly; “I’d like a hamburger,” “I don’t like that show,” etc. It’s unique as a name, but not as a word, and it will probably be annoying to the child for that reason.

@RestlessPhoenix@xanga - The kid would have troubles. >.> my ex changed her name last year on fb. something silly like “Maymay likez cookiez” it confused most people. and annoyed a lot of people. (The girl didn’t care. She thought it sounded cool) because she’d like stuff. so it be like “Maymay likez cookiez likes at 11:11 i always make a wish, and it never comes true, so the next day I make that same wish at 11:11…”/something silly like that. 

 and its just a repeat of the word like. xD 

I’ll just name my first kid Gravy. Or Robofthesky. If you say it really fast, it sounds like a name.

Oh boy……

No.
Just no.

That’d be awkward for a boy to say.. “I like like.” or “I love like.” And then the girl named Facebook.. “I like Facebook.” Yeah buddy.. we all love and use Facebook too. OH YOU MEAN THE GIRL? Sorry. 

I think her uncle pie has it worse…. but all these names are pretty ridiculous… :\

I like the guy’s tshirt of a sunnyside up egg and a chicken sperm floating to heaven

I always named my stuffed animals mr.rabbit, mr.bear, mr.turtle, etc, so in keeping with the tradition, I’ll name my future baby, mr.baby or “guy” like guy richie. hi, guy!

hell no!this is not even a name,it’s a  verb:S in my language exist names like Grammar,Eggplant,Lemontree and Bouquet but ony at some far far away villages and nobody calls them that,they use nicknames.the furthest i’d go with a name would be name of a city[like Paris Hilton?] but as long as the name is cute like Lisboa, London or Paris..i wouldn’t name mu kid Massachusetts:P

@raspberryjade@xanga - Hehe too funny!

@P0RCELA1N_D0LL@xanga - i think it’s a ghost…not a sperm.

the name “Like” kind of sounds like a feminine version of “Mike”
I think it’s okay, doesn’t sound too strange once you get use to it.

To quote this article (about a couple who named their son Adolf Hitler):

“… they think they’re
making some kind of bold statement with the children, not appreciating
that the children will have separate lives and will be looked at in a
negative light until they’re able to change their name. It is abuse.”

I like unique names. Ashley, Elizabeth, Mary, etc are boring and way outdated! “Like” isn’t a name really but whatever it’s THEIR kid & they are going to have to be the one’s to deal with this poor child who gets teased on by those kids of the parents (one day maybe) who are making fun of the name now in this forum. Way to show kids how to grow up & stop making fun of names adults!

i think parents need to stop seeing their children as an extension of their own ego.  if they want to make such a bold statement, they should have the balls to change their own name.  

@bakayarodane@xanga - @P0RCELA1N_D0LL@xanga -  It’s a ghost baby chicken flying out of an egg after it’s been cracked open.

Nothing to say on the name front. Just….. sigh.

Wow. That’s an interesting choice.

well… one thing’s for sure, people talking to the baby are going to use “like” a lot in their sentences. >.<

Those people look stupid, and this only confirms it. That poor child.

Give your child a regular name and grow the fu*k up.

An Egyptian couple named their baby Facebook. It’s legit. Or, at least, that was in the Target magazine (exclusive magazine for Target employees….don’t worry, ya’ll aren’t missing out on anything)

lmao… poor kid

When I was in high school, I thought I would name my daughter Alize.  Then I grew up and would never name my child after a company, car, or anything else they wouldn’t want to be named as an adult.

I kind of like Like for a girl. As someone else said, it resembles a feminine version of Mike. Also, it just sounds weird because it’s a word in a language we actually use where as words such as Sarah are from older languages we don’t use anymore. It still has meaning

That’s not the worst I’ve heard. It’s a pretty common word, so it might be strange in some sentences and become an ongoing joke/annoying thing, and I’m not sure I like that they’re naming it AFTER Facebook. But otherwise, meh. I like unique names, because I was born when everybody named their kids Brittney, Jessica, Sarah, and Megan. And being a Sarah sucks. 

I kind of Like it. 

@P0RCELA1N_D0LL@xanga - lmfao mr baby, i lold.

This is a prime example of “Idiocracy” coming true.

Quit smoking the crack, random parents.

@stuipdthing@xanga - I agree.

They could nickname her Likey.

lol DISLIKE 

@omgroxie@xanga - Robothesky made me laugh.. I tried to say it and it comes out sounding Ukranian or something… lol

@MommyMarty22@xanga - Right? It could totally be a name.

@bakayarodane@xanga - sperm ghost

Why would they name their child Like and not Love?

I like some unusual names… Although I don’t really consider this name to be unusual… Considering it’s a word that people use on a daily basis… I would hate to be that kid. I thought my name was bad.

i’m naming my kid gaylord focker

La-a, comes to mind. “the dash aint silent!”.

lol, no, I don’t like unusual names. Sometimes, I just feel sorry for the poor kids…

The more weird/downright stupid name choices I see, the more I understand why some countries approve kids names before listing them officially.

I actually like the name. But it kinda ruins it being named after something from facebook. I can imagine 20 years from now the kids like “momma what’s facebook?”

Absolutely ridiculous! Poor child! I’m all for unique names, but this is a human being, and this name will be her identity for the rest of her life. I totally agree with the earlier comment about the parents changing their own names if they want to make such a statement! 

I thought they were going to name her something crazy. I think like if an okay name. especially if it’s someone naming the child from another country. Because in another country it’s just the sound, there is no meaning behind it. So ‘like’ is fine to me. I wouldn’t name my daughter like, but it’s okay.

I had a friend named Little and her middle name was Annie. Apparently, she told me it was because her parents formed it to say Little Annie. Luckily she went by Annie.

I’ve heard unusual names myself…

How unfortunate.

Why would you do that to your child?

Let’s see what he decides to do on how he’s treated during High School…..

I’m naming my son Kenpachi or something else unique…but unique enough they can grow old to.

I like unique names, but seriously?

“I love you, Like.”

Oh boy.

@RestlessPhoenix@xanga - Yea, they’d probably think everyone was talking about them all the time! I’d hate having that name.

I think unique names are nice. I pretty much stick to “popular” names. Not that I’m trying to give my kids a popular name, it’s just what we like. Our kids are Olivia, Alexander and Addison (due in June)

@RestlessPhoenix@xanga - try millennia! Elizabeth is probably one of the oldest girls’ names in history, aside from Mary. You definitely picked a good example of a name that is timeless – which is why it wasn’t a great example of a name that has gone out of style and doesn’t look stupid. It hasn’t gone out of style. A better example would be a name like Hester, perhaps.

That being said, I completely agree with you that Facebook – and the like button in particular – are not the best sources to draw from when naming a child. It’s just too weird.

That’ll be confusing in grade school.

“Do you like Like?”"Like-like who?”"Do you like-like Like?”"What?!”

Oh the poor kid.

Hey, stupid! Don’t be stupid, stupid. These parents are stupid.

Obviously it’s their choice what to name their child, but I think they’re just trying to get attention. Sad to bring a child into it, but if people are desperate enough they’ll do it.

Id like to add that the people who named their child “Facebook” were from Egypt and named her facebook in site to the riots and looting and the craziness that happened during the whole them not having internet and having a crazed leader…to us facebook is just a site but to them facebook was the reason their voices got heard (one of the main reasons their internet was banned) so the name Facebook to them means Freedom.

This is kind of growing on me, actually. Not the part where it’s based on facebook, but just the name. And you have to think, if English isn’t their primary language, it probably sounds exotic to them. 

Um…no.  No naming children after fads.

That’s just weird … 

I think it would get weird, but there are a lot of unusual names out there. I met a girl once name La-ia, pronounced La-dash-a.The teacher would often pronounce it Lay-a until corrected. She hated it.

That’s just plain stupid. I heard about a couple in Japan that literally named their kid the “@” sign. And a celebrity couple named their three sons Rocket, Rogue, and Racer. Which is really stupid. But funny. 

I like like.  I don’t think I would like dislike.

I went to school with a girl named Deja Vu (she was a surprise baby right after her older sister) and a boy named Courvoisier (his parents got drunk on the liquor the night he was conceived).

I do like unique names, but sometimes parents do go to far. My daughter is named Adahlise, but her name is just a compound of Adah and Elise – both Biblical, but still unique. Although, as someone previously said, “Like” is not going to sound the same in their language, nor would it really have the same meaning as in English since I’m sure Hebrew uses another word(s) to convey the sentiment of being pleasing (think of me gusta in Spanish). If an English speaking person were to name their child Like, then yes, it would be awkward.

@ CambumboKid@xanga for some reason I’m diggin’ Rogue as a name…perhaps it’s my inner gamer calling out to me