[MrXY]

(07-02-2013 11:08 AM)Days of Broken Arrows Wrote:  

Great idea for a thread!

I think this way of judging people is way more valid than astrology (which someone mentioned above) because our names are given to us by our parents, who shape us by both nature and nurture.

My big concern these days is what kind of parents are giving their girls boys names like Kendall, Morgan, Darby, and even Taylor. What kind of raging feminist mentality must be behind this? And what will the reps of these girls be? I guess we already know what the name Taylor now signifies...Here's an article on the topic:

http://blog.chron.com/momhouston/2011/07...opularity/

I don't think it's feminism, I think it's an attempt to raise the child's social status by giving them a name that sounds more upper class.

This has it's origin in the South I believe-it's been a Southern custom for a long time to give one child of the family the mother's maiden name as a first or middle name as a way to honor her family. Most often, this child was a girl; for instance if the mother's maiden name was Montgomery, one of her daughters would be named Montgomery. This got associated with the Southern upper class even though southerners of all classes do it.

It also happens with boys, one of my uncles first name is his mother's maiden name-the name isn't really masculine or feminine in nature but he uses his masculine middle name at work while everyone in the family calls him by his first name. Notice that all the boy's names you mentioned are actually family names, not traditional boy's first names

There definitely are patterns in names though-it seems that every other guy arrested has the middle name Earl or Wayne. Humphreys are almost always fat. Tiffany, Crystal, Amber or any other stripper sounding names are often sluts. Shaneekwa and Tammeka and any other pseudo African made up names are hoodrats. You could go on and on with this.