January 24, 2008
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jumping the gun, perhaps
I’ve been enamored with the name Cameron for a while now, and my
favorite way to see whether or not a name is reasonable is to use it at
establishments and see how it feels. The crew at my most frequented
Starbucks rotates every few days, so I can use a couple of different names
and nobody will know the difference as long as I use cash or my
Starbucks card.I think it’s an easy enough, quirky name that can work for either boys or girls, so I was Cameron this morning.
. . . or Carmen. I guess it’s not as easy to remember as I thought.
Anyway, while going through gajillions of entries trying to find featured content, I read an entry about bad baby names, and one user recommended Nymbler as a way to find new names for incoming blessèd babes. I tried it out and had a blast – so, of course, I called Andy that night and asked him what he wanted to name his kids.
Based on the names you input, they find names that are evidently
similar, sometimes with disastrous results. Andy’s list yielded Jan,
Moses and Bram for boys’ names . . . (“now Moses, put down your Game
Boy!”)
My list looks a little more normal (see above) but I cannot name a child Tamsin with a good conscience – it looks like the name of a drug you would have in an IV to initiate contractions. Gregor just makes me think of Kafka and bugs; Alistair will perpetually remind me of Cookie Monster’s Monsterpiece Theater and Elspeth bothers me because of the lsp crammed together.
My poor children-to-be.
Comments (43)
carmen, i can totally see you naming your child boyd, though.
Cameron’s a good name.
In writing short stories, I used to use the name Jonathan Troy Cameron.
But I know of many Cameron’s, and they are all wonderful people.
Good luck with searching for a name.
Those are some interesting names. Its good that your thinking ahead. I have three kids, two of them had to wait three days before I could name them… They just didn’t look like the names I had picked. So… ya never know.
I ended up witha Charlie, an Isabelle and a Cooper… it works…
Ummm what happens if you forget the name you gave the coffee people?
Is Andy (or the site) Dutch? His results are Dutch boys names (Well Jan and Bram are).
I like the name Carmen actually. haha.
Haha cool site. I’m gonna give it a try.
I have had a look at this site, it is very interesting
Oh come on, I know a nice young man named Moses (yes, he is Mexican) and it fits him quite well, perfectly normal. It doesn’t even cause me call up images of Charlton Heston when I say his name. So, I think you should re-think Moses, definitely. Hehe.
All the names that came up for me were perfectly “normal” (though a few different spellings of that “normal” name). Interesting site. Thanks for sharing.
My son’s name is Preston James (yes, that name was chosen before Britney went and stole them for her two kids) and it’s a very distinguished name, I think…but it fits the little pip-squeak of a two-year-old too. I love baby names and how they seemingly have the ability to shape a child’s entire life. I mean, who can really look up or respect a person with a completely hideous name. That’s a lot of pressure for a parent.
I like Cameron but I think you saw what may happen to a future Cameron. They may also be called Cam or Cammy.
Years ago I had a friend who could find all of the potential flaws in a name. The only one I can remember is that naming a child Whitney will end in the child being nicknamed half Whit.
Don’t forget to look at the initials – Irene Catherine Keller becomes ICK.
It is good to pay attention to the top names of the year. I had no idea when I named my older son, Erik, that there would be 2 or 3 other Erics in his class every year.
I also used a less common spelling and no one spells it right.
BTW – I love your name. Just different enough. Did people call you Nat or Natty?
I told the girlfriend we’d name our daughter Eliza and our son Leto.
(viva references!)
Nymbler = superfun.
Whattya say we make us a Tiger Woods, Natalia.
I use a bunch of different names. The last time at Starbucks I told them my name was Shane, and he said, “James?”, and I was like, “No, Shane,” and he was like, “You got it, Chase!”
And that was that. (My real name is Rex.)
i like cameron! although i do know a family that named their son cameron because Cam backwards is like Mack. and i also in fact know a Cam that IS a mack. haha. so maybe your future son will be a playboy of sorts, but hey, at least he’d be good with the ladies instead of not at all.
names are so fun to play around with and think about. a recent friend who had a baby girl was struggling with choosing a name because the wife is ultra feminine and girly and he on the otherhand, an artist and photographer, is really sorta funky and eclectic. so they settled with Isabelle to appease the wife and Izzy for short for him. cute cute cute!
btw – totally unrelated but, did you catch AI the day before last? did you see the young 16 year old with the husky voice who had vocal paralysis?? i thinks he offically become my favorite so far!
one of my best friends’ name is Kamron.
and i had a word for you today, but i can’t remember it now!
i have been thinking of them right before i fall asleep, and then i swear i’ll remember them…
oh, and per skanickadee’s comment.. Kamron gets both “Kam” and “Kammy.” …it’s funny.
having fun at starbucks… i need to try that one. oh, wait… i can’t, they already know me…
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i love you. marry me.
stalk you later.
haha my brother’s do the name thing all the time. my mom doesn’t like them to make any reservations, because they always use some quirky last name .
i very much enjoyed the live chat thing today :]
my brother’s name is abram…but my mom wouldn’t let anyone shorten it to bram. he goes by abe mostly.
oh my gosh a bang bang a boogie woogie.
really really really?
night vision goggles locked and loaded, spidey jump suit and knock out fumes prepped and ready.
BOO
dot dot dot
can you please discuss for a good 3.47 minutes how crazy cute i am, and how much you’d both like to see a picture of my fabulously toned tush? nothing would make me happier
Does it cost extra to get your name on the cup? I never drink coffee. I’ve been to Starbucks twice and both times I’ve gotten hot chocolate. I’m lame, ha ha . . .
The name field is wide open for my future children. The only name out of contention is my own; I’m not naming my kid after myself, it would be too much to live up to.
Ha ha.
Alistair reminds me of Alistair Crowley that crazy cult dude in the early 20th century and Elspeth sounds too lispy, like you were suggesting. Or Mormon.
Did you hear about the dollar coffee with the free refills at Starbucks? They’re supposed to be test-marketing it soon.
Up to three cups of coffee a day (considered to be “average” consumption) is not thought to carry with it any health risks.
What’s the weirdest name you’ve used at Starbucks so far?
@dan - i usually just use my real name or come up with some pre-planned relatively normal name, but my BFF routinely tells employees his name is Wally
I know that there are females with the name Cameron, but whenever I hear the name I always think of it as being a boys’ name. Maybe that’s just me though.
Baby naming! That was my favorite part of being pregnant — I’ve been told that what you name a child has ALOT to do with his personality in the future [ note: most girls named daisy are blonde, bubbly types, haha, but thats a stereotype and perhaps not as true as it seems. ]
Good luck … Ca[rmen]moren. =]
Hi there oh girl of many names
ha..you are too cute..* I wanted to ask a ? but I don’t see a ‘message me’ link here..is it me…probably is..Hope things are going well at ‘home’..:) .have a great day…* Lee
Just don’t name your child “Nevaeh”. That’s a horrible name and your child will resent you and throw things at you if you do.
Your name reflects on your personality. I was looking in a name book and the descriptions, t was pretty interesting. Some parts were accurate but some weren’t.. hmm. As for your name, I kinda like names that can be girl names and boy names…but those kind of names have to be given to girls. haha.
hmm i would love to go by a new name for a day I think it would be fun ^__^
I ♥ Starbucks. =)
I bought the Juno sound track today… it isn’t as good as I had hoped it would be… but then there are a couple that are priceless.
@angi1972 - i can’t get enough of anyone else but you (duh), loose lips, superstar and all the young dudes . . . otherwise, eh (i downloaded it, to be completely honest)
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It’s good. Not Cronenberg’s best work (VIDEODROOOOOME), but it’s a damned fine movie.
@JEJustice08 - Same here.. But I guess it’s still okay.
@Natalia - (Just taking the advantage of being able to use the “reply” function.. haha.) Don’t use Elspeth. Just.. don’t go there.. ><
Ashlyn works.
The girl who wrote your name on the cup is intelligent; she must’ve misheard or gotten confused.
@yello_lego - probably, but it’s amazing what a game of Telephone goes on behind the coffee bar. I said Cameron, the order taker/part-time barista heard it and passed it along, and then somewhere between her and the other barista’s ears, something went wrong.
@Natalia - Ah, that could certainly do it. Telephone is quite amusing when you’ve got a handful of people–I remember seeing the game played on tv shows back in the day.
And I’ve never noticed the “reply” to comments option till now.. whoa.
Jeez Louise, I’m totally into this site. It’s giving me names I forgot I loved.
Sigh.It gave me Boyd too.
@CallMeViolet - it’s ridiculously addictive and will make you write down names on scraps of paper so you can input them later (just me? ok). let me know what the worst ones you get are!