Heard at the beach
It's finally warm where I live so I took my kids for an afternoon at the beach. While there, we got to listen to lots of parents calling their kids.
Here's what we heard:
Joseph, Henry and Iris
Sophia and Amelia
Sawyer and Petal
Cash and Braisin
By PJ
Mon, 05/14/2012 - 4:19pm
Mon, 05/14/2012 - 4:19pm
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Braisin? A braisin in the sun?! Oh dear.
Yes, that's what I thought too. I don't know, I only heard the name I didn't see it written down so maybe they spell it Braysen or something but that's how it sounded to me.
Could be Brazen/Brayzen for those who need extra Scrabble points.
A pretty lovely and neat selection, other than the unfortunate Braisin (I lol'd at braisin in the sun), but no matter how it's spelled (I would guess Braycen or some such), it sounds like Brazen, and I don't think that's adjective I'd choose to have associated with my son. Maybe Brazen's next siblings could be named Craven and Wanton. Maybe with sisters Villynne and Shady.
Ha ha! I always wonder if parents who choose names like that really understand what the words mean? Do the parents of little Talons and Drakes understand the imagery with which they have saddled their sons? I remember a few years ago a poor girl named Temptress auditioned for American Idol. It was painful for me to watch her thinking about the baggage she had to carry because of her name. Perhaps Brazen's parents were unaware of the word or thought that it meant "bold." Yikes! Poor child.
I do remember that a few years ago someone on this site linked to a hospital site that announced new babies. One of the babies--a boy!!!!--was named Maiden (this was somewhere out west--maybe Montana or Wyoming). I cannot believe that his parents had a clue. They must have just drunk the sounds-like-Aidan koolaide and not mentioned their choice to anyone. Poor lad.
Wait, what's wrong with Drake? It comes from Latin draco and means "dragon"—seems pretty cool to me. Also, there's the duck, which is a pretty harmless reference, and the surname (Sir Francis Drake—a controversial character, but seen by some as a hero). Is there some other association I don't know about?
ITA. Drake's Cakes maybe? It never dissuaded any parents from naming their Little Debbies.
We had this discussion once a couple years ago--if I recall, Miriam noted that Drake is of course etymologically related to dragon, and in western tradition dragons are considered to be evil, and are often associated with Satan, and therefore it can be a name with a rather sinister meaning. I'm sure this was the reason for Draco Malfoy being given that name in the HP series. My own association with Drake is influenced first by male ducks, then by the surname, then by dragons, and my associations with dragons is split between the negative western version and the modern fantasy novel/movie version and the eastern friendly version, so Drake doesn't seem like a particularly evil name to me. But I'm guessing that's the reference.
I don't think Drake is a "bad" name; I just think that parents who choose words as names should be aware of what the words mean. Another person who posted her years ago mentioned that she was considering her daughter Miasma, because she liked the sound of the word. She had no clue what it meant and seemed surprised when other people pointed it out to her.
Sawyer & Petal are awesome sibset names :) Are they boy & girl or girl & girl? Petal is sweet, never thought of it before!!
Sawyer and Petal were a brother/sister at least as far as I could tell.