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Posted: May 16 2007 at 12:41

I had a leopard gecko called Tarkus - does that count?

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Posted: May 16 2007 at 13:04

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If i had a daughter, i would name her Karelia....

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Posted: May 17 2007 at 05:00

I just read in Guitarist magazine that a couple in Sweden have won their battle with the Swedish government to be allowed to call their daughter Metallica.

"The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."

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Posted: May 17 2007 at 05:08

A B Negative wrote:

I just read in Guitarist magazine that a couple in Sweden have won their battle with the Swedish government to be allowed to call their daughter Metallica.

Now Lars Ulrich will issue a "cease and desist" order on them for using the Metallica name.

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Posted: May 17 2007 at 05:13

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Posted: May 17 2007 at 06:12

memowakeman wrote:

If i had a daughter, i would name her Karelia....

Are you sure? Karelia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelia) is a geographical reference, first of all. Jody's advice is golden.

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Posted: June 07 2007 at 17:44

For daughter: Vera or Julia (after a Pavlovs Dog song).

For son, ehm...

well...in former Yugoslavia (most notably in Macedonia) male name Pop is very common (see the PA entry for Tihomir Pop Asanovic, for example). Also, there is nothing unusual with the name Rok (especially in Slovenia). So, I guess its nothing wrong if I name my son Pop-Rok Ermm

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Posted: June 10 2007 at 14:23

Dweezil is a really good name, and I would name one of my kids (if I get any, I don't plan to) Dweezil if it hadn't been so obvious that I was just ripping off Frank Zappa in doing so. It's hard to come up with something original these days...

Nebëhr Gudahtt is a really nice name aswell. Continuing the Magma theme, one could name twins Ürgon and Gorgo.

Edited by Philéas - June 10 2007 at 16:14

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Posted: June 10 2007 at 14:32

TheProgtologist wrote:

Listen guys....don't name your children weird names.PLEASE

I am a male who has gone through life with the name Jody and I used to get in fights on almost a daily basis because I was teased about my name quite a bit and grew very touchy about it.

that's because you ARE a big girl Jody. Tongue

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Posted: June 10 2007 at 14:55

TheProgtologist wrote:

Listen guys....don't name your children weird names.PLEASE

I am a male who has gone through life with the name Jody and I used to get in fights on almost a daily basis because I was teased about my name quite a bit and grew very touchy about it.

Now what Johnny Cash song does that remind me of? A boy named Jody? Sissy? Of course, A boy named Sue.....

But seriously, I think you have a point here Jody. I went through my music collection for our childrens names, about 6 years ago, but decided to stick with decent human names. Our daughter we called Gwendolyn Kyra, because we like Celtic names, and Kayleigh was a bit too obvious, and our son is Yannick, Yannick again for the Celtic influence (and a tiny reference to Janick Gers and tennis player Yanick Noah). His second name Joël was picked by his mother, for less proggy reasons. Wink

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Posted: June 10 2007 at 15:06

What about poor Yannick Top of Magma, Angelo, don't forget him!

I'd name my cats Meurglys and Calyx if I had two cats to name...

As for sons and daughters... well, I want unique names, but not silly ones. I think perhaps a silly name for a middle name is fine though.

Therefore, I could have the name Meurglys as a middle name for a daughter. Man-Erg wouldn't work quite so well... but Gog Magog might! LOL

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Posted: June 10 2007 at 15:09

There's a simple rule for naming kids: remember they are human beings, not possessions.

Never give your children names you wouldnt like for yourself.

sermon over. Wink

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Posted: June 10 2007 at 15:23

I was thinking, if I get 4 daughters, I'll name the last 2 proggy. The first ones will be Katri and Sonja, and the two will be Julia and Anna after SBBs 'Slovenian Girls' album, which is brilliant by the way.

I wish I was English though, it would be easier to adapt names like Kayleigh, which is really pretty, or Fripp, which is the name I use for my character in all RPGs, and would for my son too. It's just really cool.

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Posted: June 10 2007 at 15:58

Tony R wrote:

There's a simple rule for naming kids: remember they are human beings, not possessions.

Never give your children names you wouldnt like for yourself.

sermon over. Wink

I'd love to be have a silly name actually, I would prefer it to James. LOL

So if I named a son something odd, it means more than likely, I would want that name myself.

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Posted: June 10 2007 at 16:20

Geck0 wrote:

What about poor Yannick Top of Magma, Angelo, don't forget him!

That's Janik Top actually, according to the liner notes of my Üdü Wüdü CD. Tongue

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Posted: June 10 2007 at 16:23

Geck0 wrote:

I'd love to be have a silly name actually, I would prefer it to James. LOL

So you really think it could get sillier from that? Masocism

Edited by Passionist - June 10 2007 at 16:23

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Posted: June 10 2007 at 16:33

Philéas wrote:

Geck0 wrote:

What about poor Yannick Top of Magma, Angelo, don't forget him!

That's Janik Top actually, according to the liner notes of my Üdü Wüdü CD. Tongue

I think it's Jannick Top actually. LOL

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Posted: June 10 2007 at 16:46

Geck0 wrote:

Tony R wrote:

There's a simple rule for naming kids: remember they are human beings, not possessions.

Never give your children names you wouldnt like for yourself.

sermon over. Wink

I'd love to be have a silly name actually, I would prefer it to James. LOL

So if I named a son something odd, it means more than likely, I would want that name myself.

As a kid I would have given anything for a dull boring (i.e. non-Hollywood) name - Though probably not James either since that was originally going to be my first name and Dean my middle name until my Dad said that was a stupid idea, though I don't suppose James Dean Bradfield thinks so...

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Posted: June 10 2007 at 22:36

andu wrote:

memowakeman wrote:

If i had a daughter, i would name her Karelia....

Are you sure? Karelia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelia) is a geographical reference, first of all. Jody's advice is golden.

Wow, actually i hadnt idea of what Karelia was, anyway i still like the name, and love the song

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Posted: June 10 2007 at 23:20

I seem to remember hearing that Roine Stolt's sons are named John Sebastian Stolt and Peter Gabriel Stolt. Not sure of the truth f that one though.

I did go to elementary school with a couple of uniquley name-maimed kids. The family name was Tree. The children were Merry Christmas and Douglas Fir. I always did feel a bit sorry for them, even when teasing them mercilessly.

Edited by Trademark - June 10 2007 at 23:20