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Power Laws, Weblogs, and Your Given Name
gummint writes "After contemplating the blogsphere and pondering whether "diversity plus freedom of choice creates inequality", consider an old-media domain name: the one your parents gave you. How did they choose it? How many other persons have the same one? Get some facts, or a lot of facts. Or just comment anyway. The good news is that the extent of inequality can change massively over time: the popularity of the most popular given names has decreased dramatically since the Industrial Revolution."
I'm going to have my name legally changed to something 27 letters long with no vowels, just to watch people try to pronounce it.
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I come from iceland, which has a much smaller population then most other countries, so obviously there is a lesser chance that anybody else has the same name as I. Still there is another Arnór Heiðar Sigurðsson in my country, and it's not that uncommon... so I'm wondering if there could simply be fewer names in iceland... hmmm? I'm just posting for the fun, I don't even know if what I said makes any sense... :)
When I was a lad still living on the Indian reserve I asked "Father, how did you name me?" he replied "Son, when a new child is born into our tribe, the father looks at the landscape and names the child after the first thing he sees.
I nodded "Ok, go on."
"For instance," my father continued, "your sister 'Soaring Eagle' was named after an eagle I saw high in the sky. Does this answer your question, Two Dogs Fucking?"
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My name is androgenous. My wife refused to consider naming our daugther junior.
All my previous sigs now look like this one, I wish they were permanetly recorded when used.
Do they really say Dollar Dollar Dollar Dollar Dollar exyGal?
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My mother had this idea that she was going to name me Robert Keith, but call me Keith. My dad asked why they couldn't just name me Keith Robert. Mom said that it "didn't sound as good." Dad asked what difference it made how it sounds if nobody would use it that way. Dad's Lesson Learned: Do Not Argue With Pregnant Women. I think he slept in the garage.
At my birth, Mom took one look at me and decided that I was the spitting image of her grandfather. She decided to name me after him, so she called me Robert Scott. Problem is, her grandpa's name was DAVID. For a long time, I thought it must have been the painkillers talking, but Grandpa David was born in Scotland, and so everyone called him Scotty.
He *hated that. He thought it was akin to calling someone Polack, or Czech-boy, or Canook. He probably spins like a gyroscope every time someone uses my name.
Scott
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Perhaps after Private Ryan was saved, he decided to celebrate life rather promiscuously?
Harrison and Hillary...no prob....but I feel sorry for your son Haines....do you have any idea how many underwear jokes he's going to suffer during his childhood??
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. I've met or had direct knowledge of only about 10 Gino's in my whole life.
Come to New York - specificially Little Italy or Arthur Avenue - and you are bound to meet another 500,000 or so.
My last name is Case, and my father wanted to name me Justin. My mother threatened him with unspecified dire consequences.
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My girlfriend and I always talk about how you should have to be certified to have a kid and I think you just came up with a new section for the test. When will people realise that naming your kids something unique and unusual only serves to feed your ego and doesn't do anything to help the kid. You should also say the childs full name several times out loud in all of its variation. Harold Johnson may sound like a good name on paper but you go through life being called Harry Johnson. Same goes for Michael Hunt, Richard Hart, etc.
I was born in 1974. I wonder what happened in the 1950s - 1960s that caused such an upswing? I can't think of any popular celebrities named Ryan from that era. Any insights?
It's that blasted Private Ryan.
My name has stuck consistently in the 45-50 range... Strange. The name I have picked for my son when he comes (in a few years, hopefully no sooner) I plugged in and in the last 10 years has gone from Rank #846 to #372... It's a Japanese name, and I'm curious about the upswing on that as well.
Dacels Jewelers can't be trusted.
There were six people in your high school class named "RatBastard"?
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Actually I think the most applicable quote is this one:
Michael: Yeah, well, at least your name isn't Michael Bolton.
Samir: You know, there's nothing wrong with that name.
Michael: There WAS nothing wrong with it. Until I was about 12 years old, and that no-talent ass clown became famous and started winning Grammys.
Samir: Well, why don't you just go by Mike instead of Michael?.
Michael: No way! Why should I change? He's the one who sucks!
What exactly is the pronounciation? Is it something like "ka-ching gal"? :)
Your lucky that there wasn't a female named Chris J Smith in there for a boob job. Now that would have been one hell of a story to tell.
I applaud you for your courage in showing how unintelligent you are. That takes a lot of nerve. Most people would have read the heading that said "rank" and figured it out themselves without embarassment.
Please don't name your son Chairman Kaga
Damn V-day! First, my bastion of geekness tells me I need a date. Now, one hour later, it tells me I have a kid and I have to name it.
ACK!
So close and yet so far from the world's perfect ID number
I always figured that if I have a son I'll name him "Hung Well" or something else that will make him popular with the ladies. If it's a girl, she'll be named "girl with Herpes who will chop off your penis while you are sleeping and has a father who owns a shotgun". It might be long but I'll sleep better when her hormones kick in.
> 'Nayked party of 4'.
I know a couple whose last name is Jesus. They went out to dinner after an event with a group of people. The reservation was for 'Jesus, party of 13'
Proof of their existance
-- johnmc.
Similar trend?
Hmmm, what happened with a Monica in 1998 that made that such an undesirable name???
Popularity of the name Monica
Year of birth Rank
2001 185
2000 168
1999 150
1998 97
1997 77
1996 80
1995 85
1994 84
1993 80
1992 72
1991 76
1990 73
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