retarded names syndrome worldwide?

Guest   Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:47 am GMT
Recently in the English speaking world there has been a surge in parents giving their children 'innovative' (read, retarded) names. Especially among celebrities. Is this happening in other countries too or is this just an English speaking phenomenon?
Skippy   Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:07 am GMT
I figured this was only an American phenomenon...

I have a friend from high school who named her son Pharaoh Cyrenius. I imagine she will be the only one of my friends to do something like this to her poor child (he is cute though).
Guest   Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:24 am GMT
Is your friend from high school mentally sound?
greg   Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:58 am GMT
J'ai entendu parler de prénoms qui sortent de l'ordinaire, du style :

FILLES
Clitorine (→ légende ?)
Éthyl
Marie-Clafoutis
Thérébentine (→ légende ?)

GARÇONS
Clitis (pour les fans de "Clitis Wood" = <Clint Eastwood> → légende ?)
Fêtnat (tiré de « Fêt. nat. » pour <fête nationale>, le 14 juillet → légende ?)
Robinet (sans doute une reprise de l'ancien français)
Tugdual (origine bretonne, courant en Bretagne)


Jusqu'en 1966 s'appliquait en France la Loi du 11 germinal an XI (1er avril 1803), assez sévère et contraignante (et arbitraire) en matière de choix du prénom. Mais avec les évolutions législatives de 1966, 1981 & 1993, à peu près tout est possible... Y compris la vogue des séries TV des années 80-90 avec les inoubliables Djézonne, Djéssica, Djénifère, Djérémi (ou Djérémaille...) et leur cortège de Pressetonne, Brandonne, Braillane etc... Inutile de préciser que ces prénoms sont chargés d'une connotation sociale extrêmement marquée, en général négative. Aujourd'hui les prénoms qui font fureur sont Charlotte, Chloé, Clara, Emma, Inès, Jade, Juliette, Léa, Lola, Lucie, Manon, Marie, Océane, Sarah, Zoé (etc) pour les filles, et Alexandre, Antoine, Arthur, Baptiste, Clément, Enzo, Hugo, Louis, Lucas, Mathis, Maxime, Paul, Raphaël, Théo, Thomas (etc) pour les garçons.
Guest   Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:54 pm GMT
<<Clitorine (→ légende ?)
...Clitis>>

wow. hmmmm...

is it just me, or is it hot in here?
Skippy   Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:05 pm GMT
Nope, she's pretty lucid.
Guest   Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:03 pm GMT
hancock
Guest   Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:10 pm GMT
Carla Bruni is the most weird name, Carla the Brownies
lol
Guest   Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:17 pm GMT
You say weird names, look at these:
ARMANDO BRONCA SEGURA
Mª DOLORES FUERTES DE BARRIGA
RAMONA PONTE ALEGRE
ANA MIER DE CILLA
MARGARITA FLORES DEL CAMPO
and more
Guest   Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:23 pm GMT
At least in Spain you can't give your child the name you want, let's say ones like Superman, Osama, Diablo or thinks like these. Frequently there are problems with inmigrants because they inisist in giving their sons weird names forgetting that they are in Spain. If one want to baptize his baby he must be even more careful because many priests only accept names of saints.
Guest   Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:25 pm GMT
One couple in Japan tried to name their child 悪魔 (akuma), which means "demon", a few years ago.
Guest   Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:44 pm GMT
A Brazilian women say ''Made in USA'' written on her pair of jeans, so the gave her daughter a name: Madeinusa.
Guest   Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:45 pm GMT
<<A Brazilian women say ''Made in USA'' written on her pair of jeans, so the gave her daughter a name: Madeinusa.>>

Really? LOL
Guest   Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:47 pm GMT
A Brazilian women saw ''Made in USA'' written on her pair of jeans, so the gave her daughter a name: Madeinusa. She found it a cute name.
Guest   Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:50 pm GMT
Madeinusa is not that rare in Latin America, there is even a Peruvian movie with this name: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0476298/