Apple-Themed Child Names on the Rise

[Ukomba]

Well, should I have kids. I shall name my first boy Thor and my first girl Calia.

All I know is the boy needs a viking name.
As for the girl, I just came up with it for rp stuff and have used it for years. So thats why for that.

Clearly this is the fault of Apple Jack, Apple Bloom, and Big Macintosh.

Give it time, you'll see the pony named kids pop up. If it hasn't already.

I had a daughter in October named Cadance. So... Ya. Of course, I favored for Jaina.

 

[lacktheknack]

Hmmm I heard of something similar about a year ago, only the parents were actual neo-nazis. Also there were specific allegations of physical abuse besides the name. Where did your story happen?

Uh... Crap, I don't remember the specifics. I heard this a while ago, I just remembered the main bits because it was so derpy.

 

[Milanezi]

Mac ain't all that bad, though it makes no sense, "Mac" or "Mc" means "son of" (McDonald "Son of Donald"), as far as I know. But again, all this naming after a brand is bad, but I've seen soooooo much worse, so much so, that the LAW intervened lol

 

[EmperorSubcutaneous]

I don't really see what the problem with the name "Apple" is, honestly. It's not too different from the gemstone and flower words that have been popular as women's names around the world for millennia. It doesn't even sound too far off from "Opal," which was a pretty common girl's name in the early 20th century.

And oddly spelled or pronounced names are nothing new either. "Anthony" came from a misinterpretation of the name "Antony" (which in turn was an alternate version of "Antonius"), but you don't see anyone flipping out over that.

Not to mention all those creepy Puritan names. I had an ancestor named Preserved, no joke.

Personally, I'm more concerned about all the princessy baby names that have been popular for the last decade or so...Olivia, Isabella, Sophia, and so on. Seems like evidence of very young mothers who want a real, live dress-up doll of their very own, and who probably read Twilight. Shudder.

 

[pffh]

Yeah here in Iceland if you want to name your child a nonstandard name you'll have to submit the name to the Name Committee and if it does not follow our grammatical rules (or is too silly) you can't name the child that. More countries need to have this.

 

[Ambitiousmould]

These names are silly. very silly. what more really needs to be said?
apparently when my mum named me Jack everyone was like "you can't call him that, it's silly". if Jack is silly, then these names are just something else.

 

[MammothBlade]

Apple is quite uninspiring. I'm naming my sons Monsanto, Exxon-Mobil, and Pfizer; and my daughters Paracetamol, Zyprexa, and Celexa.

 

[Pinkamena]

The name "Apple," while still relatively rare, rose 15 percent for girls, climbing up 585 spots in the space of a year.

I wonder how many of those babies' middle name is "Bloom".

Heard of the baby named Pinkamena Zecora Smith? How fucking stupid is possible to get...

 

[saintdane05]

I can't wait to name my kids EA and Activision, just so people can get raged.

 

[shrekfan246]

On the other hand, you don't want to give them anything too boring, like Dave or Andy. If you're going to do that, you may as well go the hog and christen them "Mediocre Smith."

Hey, what'd I do to deserve that!? Well, damn you too, Jonathan.

And my mommy says I'm the special-est boy in the whooooooole world.

It's okay, my name is David, so he got both of us with the same sentence.

OT: I always feel bad for these kids whenever I read about these stories. What possesses people to give their children, quite frankly, idiotic names? If I grew up with the name "Hashtag Jameson" I'd disown my own parents as soon as I were legally allowed.

 

[Draken Steel]

I actually really like the name Siri, and I dont think I've ever even used an apple product.

 

[TKretts3]

To be fair, Siri does sound like a nice name.
Captcha: ROY G BIV. Yeah, I'll go with Siri.

 

[Andy Shandy]

Snip

One day, the Daves and Andys of this world shall rise up and take over the world! We even have the perfect leader!

Okay, perhaps not...

Much better!

 

[The Wooster]

Apple-Themed Child Names on the Rise

take that from someone who went through secondary school with a middle name that rhymes with "gay."

Can you imagine what it must have been like for Steve Butts?

That's why I never fucked with Butts (heh, I can do it now he's gone). Anyone who went through school with a name like that has definitely killed at least once.

 

[Icehearted]

You don't have to be smart to make babies.... and ruin their lives with shitty names. Just ask the parents of poor little Sarah McCain Palin Ciptak. Humanity; the punchline to most of life's oddest jokes.

Also, Moxie Crimefighter.

 

[Random Argument Man]

Yes, I am sirius. Ha ha. Ha.

Oh god.....God....This pun......it's....ugh...Cough cough* ARGHH MY BRAIN! IT HURTS!!!

On topic, I'm pretty sure that "Mac" was already used as a nickname long before Apple was around...