Oh, you’re going to love me, because I’m going to name all my children with names that begin with W. And for added fun, my last name begins with W as well!
Theme naming is never a specifically good thing.
My half-siblings and I were all given names that, when shortened, were gender neutral:
Eli, Sam, Dani, Micki.
Prickly
The relatives of one of my friends have three sons, Jade, Forest, and Kelly. Their last name is Green. I shit thee not.
My grandmother was Mary Lamb, a great-aunt was Rosie Bloom (and she married Mr. Buts), and I know a Peter Wolf.
Tiffany
(Ignore My Phones Wierd Capitalization) i always Wanted A boy To GO With My Daughter Azure, So I Could Name Him Cobalt. I Told My Daughter That Would Have Been Get Name As A Boy, And Now She Goes By Coby On The InterWebs.
Lazarus
There are apparently 3 different Wayne Kerr’s in a town near me, my gaming group used to roleplay with one of them.
Raye J
Oh gods. Pun names. Those are the worst. My dad taught a student named Justin Kase. And Precious Duckworth, which is not a pun, but it is possibly the worst name ever.
I think giving someone a name that’s got a gender-neutral nickname is actually a really good idea, in case that person realizes they aren’t cis-gendered.
vsophi
I agree there, though that sadly does leave out some very nice gender-specific names.
Of course, they could always reclaim them in the name of their preferred gender.
joy2b
I knew a guy who had a lovely name that didn’t seem gender specific. When he got interested in transitioning, he asked to be called by a new name, that was quite gender specific.
Most people who transition (regardless of the degree of it) are honestly going to want a different name. However, it gives them a way to make that transition a bit easier. Also, it’s great for people who are gender-queer.
L.K. Croctuta
Though nothing actually came of it, when my mom was pregnant with me they seriously considered giving me a name starting with C. This was due to the fact that between my older sister, my mom and my dad the first name initials in my family at that point were A, B and D. The reason I didn’t get a C name was the only one my parents liked was Charlotte and I already had a cousin named Charlie.
LockeZ
Wil Wheaton is a superhero!?
NightmareWarden
Give them all an “O” middle name please! Octavio, Oden, Ogden, Olly, Olive, Olga, Oleg, Owen, Omar, Owl, Orion, Orville… There are so many options!
Vim-Hogar
WOW, that is a lot of options.
TJ Baltimore
The three brothers of my best friend from college have initials that spell out shortened versions of their first names, so that Benjamin Edward N. becomes B.E.N., Jonathan Oliver N. becomes J.O.N., and Daniel Andrew N. becomes D.A.N.
I would consider this the coolest name idea ever if I didn’t have a friend named Christa with the middle name Lynn: “crystalline”!
Clarifer-Jones
My sister had the extreme misfortune of having her initials spell out PEW. Our dad is a reverend, so this was especially awkward.
madd
We specifically chose names that didn’t make anything with the initials. No leg, rug, jog, bag, hug, etc. for our kids. We did, however, give the boys an English first name and a Spanish middle name. Our daughter got a Spanish first name and an English middle name.
Kiggy
My parents named all their boys with a given name followed by Dad’s name,
Thus: JG (me), CG, IG, and DG. Only our sister was spared… sorta. She got Mom’s name then her own given name (NL).
So far CG and IG have become parents, and neither made the same mist……er, didn’t follow the tradition.
N0083rP00F
I may have mentioned it in an earlier iteration on this topic – one of my nieces has the initials JFK….. Yeah, bro had a bruised shoulder for a while after wifey realized what happened AFTER the papers were finalized.
Verdande
I’m one letter away from having the initials R.I.P. Just imagine the gravestone. 😀
eyss
My parents named me and my brothers with C names, and my sisters with H names.
Could be worse. I had a cousin who had five children; other than the first who was named “Mary” after her mother, the other four all had names starting with “D” (Daniel, David, Debra, and Dennis), and their middle names — even Deb’s — were all the same (Eugene). Imagine — four kids with the same “DEB” monogram!
lightsabermario
Our entire extended family, completely unintentionally, all have two syllable names. Not a single one-syllable or three syllable name. And I think I plan on continuing this tradition. Two-syllable names just sound natural to say to me.
Richie
… and more natural to yell for.
Don
Walky Walkerton?
Biege
David Walkerton 😛
Jelli
That’s okay, because Wendy Watson kicks butt. Your children can follow in her double-double u example.
Maja!
In my mother’s family all us cousins minus one have old Nordic names like Troels, Tue, Nanna, Signe, Gro and Maja – I’m sure they didn’t plan it that way, but I know at least my father wanted me and my sister to have names which aren’t derived from male names (like Laura from Laurentius, Christine from Christian etc.) and then it’s pretty safe to go with an old Nordic name…
You think that’s bad, my mom gave my younger sister and I rhyming names (Beth and Ruth), so when she’d holler for one of us, if we didn’t hear her correctly, she’d end up with both of us. (Or she’d just yell “Beth! Ruth! Whatever I named you!”, hoping she’d get the right kid.)
Spiny Creature
Out of curiosity, what accent/dialect do you have that “Beth” rhymes with “Ruth”?
Chiming in late since Beth’s comment hits so close to home.
My folks gave me a first initial “P” and a middle initial “K” before Dad entered the seminary. It was only after he was ordained that they realized what they had done to me.
As for Beth’s travails, be grateful that she didn’t call you the dog’s name. Mom had the habit of just keep on calling out the men in the house’s name (including dogs that had died years ago) until one of us answered. Especially when some male was in trouble. This would not have been so bad (I just waited for Dad or my little brother to answer first :-D), but she never had that problem with my 3 sisters names. Or the cats.
Shadow12000
You will utterly despise my father. His initials are R.A.M., and his favorite football team is the Rams…so he names me after himself so that he can have that damn “S” for his technical initials, and I get stuck being called the very childish form of my first name by my entire family so they can distinguish who is being talked about or called. I’ve asked them not to, they’ve refused because it’s easier for them.
It will never change. My cousin is William J. C***** III, he’s my age (wrong side of fifty) and his mother and sisters still call him “Billy.”
joy2b
It’s possible to get your family to call you nearly anything, if you’re willing to push it. I recommend a mixture of brownie bribes and a willingness to prank. (However, grandparents may need to be exempt from the rules.)
Bill
Been there. I was named after my father and my parents referred to me as “Little Bill” until I got to college.
Ziaheart
Koreans have this tradition thing where… even I’m not certain what’s going on here, but our ancestors chose a bunch of Chinese characters and the boys of each generation must have one of those character in their names and with each generation the Chinese character changes and we have to cycle through those generation through generation. My dad’s generation got “hyun”, which isn’t too bad. My generation got “man”, and all the boys names that has “man” in it are really really old fashioned, country bumpkin names. So my mom broke the tradition and named my brother without any “man” in his name. Which is a shame. Because he could have been a Man-Joon. Which would be so similar to man-doo (dumpling).
303 thoughts on “Freaky”
Super Duper
Oh, Joshua. Stupid, stupid, sexy Joshua.
Wait, isn’t that a Jewish name?
Bilfred
….no….of course not….
AJBulldis
Technically yes, but it was no doubt chosen by his parents because it’s a Biblical name.
Sir Robin
I just realized that Joyce’s parents are those people who name all of their kids with names starting with the same letter.
That means I hate them
Kernanator
Oh, you’re going to love me, because I’m going to name all my children with names that begin with W. And for added fun, my last name begins with W as well!
Sgore
Going the alliteration route for names then?
Step one of raising super powered kids.
Yusaku777
Be careful not to repeat the initials THREE times, though. Superpowers do not lie down that path. I speak from experience, as the bearer of RRR.
LookingIn
at least it’s better than the bearer of the initials KKK!!!!
saltchocolate
Your grav makes that comment even better!
Agentomega
So wait, if Kernanator goes with three W, their kids will either be called “The Internet” in school, or possibly Megaman references will be made.
GrrArg42
But… but she could make www happen! Internet baby!
…
If an T married a P you could work out http with a hyphenated last name.
N0083rP00F
KKK? Whats wrong with my little sisters initials?
[okay the last two are hyphenated but yeah] >P
BlueMario
Every male from(starting with) my father’s father down is initialed JDD.
That’s 9 people so far.
Cattus
You must be fun on ‘talk like a pirate’ day. Arrrrrrrrgh!
captainswift
If it’s JJJ, you actually end up poisoning them against superpowers.
Gordon Blvd
BRING ME PICTURES OF SPIDER MAN!!!
Jess
My dad’s initials are BS
Kernanator
Yup, that’s the plan!
Mr. Bulbmin
Theme naming is never a specifically good thing.
My half-siblings and I were all given names that, when shortened, were gender neutral:
Eli, Sam, Dani, Micki.
Prickly
The relatives of one of my friends have three sons, Jade, Forest, and Kelly. Their last name is Green. I shit thee not.
Jeff K!
My grandmother was Mary Lamb, a great-aunt was Rosie Bloom (and she married Mr. Buts), and I know a Peter Wolf.
Tiffany
(Ignore My Phones Wierd Capitalization) i always Wanted A boy To GO With My Daughter Azure, So I Could Name Him Cobalt. I Told My Daughter That Would Have Been Get Name As A Boy, And Now She Goes By Coby On The InterWebs.
Lazarus
There are apparently 3 different Wayne Kerr’s in a town near me, my gaming group used to roleplay with one of them.
Raye J
Oh gods. Pun names. Those are the worst. My dad taught a student named Justin Kase. And Precious Duckworth, which is not a pun, but it is possibly the worst name ever.
Animal
I went to school with a guy named Duncan Hines. No shit.
taekwondogirl
I think giving someone a name that’s got a gender-neutral nickname is actually a really good idea, in case that person realizes they aren’t cis-gendered.
vsophi
I agree there, though that sadly does leave out some very nice gender-specific names.
Of course, they could always reclaim them in the name of their preferred gender.
joy2b
I knew a guy who had a lovely name that didn’t seem gender specific. When he got interested in transitioning, he asked to be called by a new name, that was quite gender specific.
taekwondogirl
Most people who transition (regardless of the degree of it) are honestly going to want a different name. However, it gives them a way to make that transition a bit easier. Also, it’s great for people who are gender-queer.
L.K. Croctuta
Though nothing actually came of it, when my mom was pregnant with me they seriously considered giving me a name starting with C. This was due to the fact that between my older sister, my mom and my dad the first name initials in my family at that point were A, B and D. The reason I didn’t get a C name was the only one my parents liked was Charlotte and I already had a cousin named Charlie.
LockeZ
Wil Wheaton is a superhero!?
NightmareWarden
Give them all an “O” middle name please! Octavio, Oden, Ogden, Olly, Olive, Olga, Oleg, Owen, Omar, Owl, Orion, Orville… There are so many options!
Vim-Hogar
WOW, that is a lot of options.
TJ Baltimore
The three brothers of my best friend from college have initials that spell out shortened versions of their first names, so that Benjamin Edward N. becomes B.E.N., Jonathan Oliver N. becomes J.O.N., and Daniel Andrew N. becomes D.A.N.
I would consider this the coolest name idea ever if I didn’t have a friend named Christa with the middle name Lynn: “crystalline”!
Clarifer-Jones
My sister had the extreme misfortune of having her initials spell out PEW. Our dad is a reverend, so this was especially awkward.
madd
We specifically chose names that didn’t make anything with the initials. No leg, rug, jog, bag, hug, etc. for our kids. We did, however, give the boys an English first name and a Spanish middle name. Our daughter got a Spanish first name and an English middle name.
Kiggy
My parents named all their boys with a given name followed by Dad’s name,
Thus: JG (me), CG, IG, and DG. Only our sister was spared… sorta. She got Mom’s name then her own given name (NL).
So far CG and IG have become parents, and neither made the same mist……er, didn’t follow the tradition.
N0083rP00F
I may have mentioned it in an earlier iteration on this topic – one of my nieces has the initials JFK….. Yeah, bro had a bruised shoulder for a while after wifey realized what happened AFTER the papers were finalized.
Verdande
I’m one letter away from having the initials R.I.P. Just imagine the gravestone. 😀
eyss
My parents named me and my brothers with C names, and my sisters with H names.
GrrArg42
I would like to see that with X and Y
Bill
Could be worse. I had a cousin who had five children; other than the first who was named “Mary” after her mother, the other four all had names starting with “D” (Daniel, David, Debra, and Dennis), and their middle names — even Deb’s — were all the same (Eugene). Imagine — four kids with the same “DEB” monogram!
lightsabermario
Our entire extended family, completely unintentionally, all have two syllable names. Not a single one-syllable or three syllable name. And I think I plan on continuing this tradition. Two-syllable names just sound natural to say to me.
Richie
… and more natural to yell for.
Don
Walky Walkerton?
Biege
David Walkerton 😛
Jelli
That’s okay, because Wendy Watson kicks butt. Your children can follow in her double-double u example.
Maja!
In my mother’s family all us cousins minus one have old Nordic names like Troels, Tue, Nanna, Signe, Gro and Maja – I’m sure they didn’t plan it that way, but I know at least my father wanted me and my sister to have names which aren’t derived from male names (like Laura from Laurentius, Christine from Christian etc.) and then it’s pretty safe to go with an old Nordic name…
Whittier
My mom named all us kids C names that also almost all sounded nearly alike.
And now you see why I went to court to change my name.
spaceinvader42
Not only do I and my brother both have names that begin with J, but so do all of my cousins on my dad’s side of the family.
Beth
You think that’s bad, my mom gave my younger sister and I rhyming names (Beth and Ruth), so when she’d holler for one of us, if we didn’t hear her correctly, she’d end up with both of us. (Or she’d just yell “Beth! Ruth! Whatever I named you!”, hoping she’d get the right kid.)
Spiny Creature
Out of curiosity, what accent/dialect do you have that “Beth” rhymes with “Ruth”?
OrlahEhontas
Chiming in late since Beth’s comment hits so close to home.
My folks gave me a first initial “P” and a middle initial “K” before Dad entered the seminary. It was only after he was ordained that they realized what they had done to me.
As for Beth’s travails, be grateful that she didn’t call you the dog’s name. Mom had the habit of just keep on calling out the men in the house’s name (including dogs that had died years ago) until one of us answered. Especially when some male was in trouble. This would not have been so bad (I just waited for Dad or my little brother to answer first :-D), but she never had that problem with my 3 sisters names. Or the cats.
Shadow12000
You will utterly despise my father. His initials are R.A.M., and his favorite football team is the Rams…so he names me after himself so that he can have that damn “S” for his technical initials, and I get stuck being called the very childish form of my first name by my entire family so they can distinguish who is being talked about or called. I’ve asked them not to, they’ve refused because it’s easier for them.
Shadow12000
Side note: I’m 25 now and they still call me it.
Jeff K!
I will hereby assume your name is Richard.
Animal
It will never change. My cousin is William J. C***** III, he’s my age (wrong side of fifty) and his mother and sisters still call him “Billy.”
joy2b
It’s possible to get your family to call you nearly anything, if you’re willing to push it. I recommend a mixture of brownie bribes and a willingness to prank. (However, grandparents may need to be exempt from the rules.)
Bill
Been there. I was named after my father and my parents referred to me as “Little Bill” until I got to college.
Ziaheart
Koreans have this tradition thing where… even I’m not certain what’s going on here, but our ancestors chose a bunch of Chinese characters and the boys of each generation must have one of those character in their names and with each generation the Chinese character changes and we have to cycle through those generation through generation. My dad’s generation got “hyun”, which isn’t too bad. My generation got “man”, and all the boys names that has “man” in it are really really old fashioned, country bumpkin names. So my mom broke the tradition and named my brother without any “man” in his name. Which is a shame. Because he could have been a Man-Joon. Which would be so similar to man-doo (dumpling).
Jen
Yeah, our Korean family did that, too. The boys of our generation are Min-ho, Sung-ho, and Kun-ho.
Aizat
“It feels like I’m wearing nothing at all..nothing at all….NOTHING AT ALL!”
vanjealous
Only if your name is “John Derek” and this is a scene from “The Ten Commandments”!
Sir Robin
That’s probably the best thing she could have said
JebJeb
The vocal equivalent of a cold shower.
timemonkey
Nothing kills an arousal quite like the thought of being married to a woman.
Doctor_Who
I find Joyce adorable, but I have to admit, the thought of marrying her sends a chill down my spine.
Aizat
Joyce is adorable and all but…marriage? I’d go with my plan of dying alone at 30, thank you very much.
Yotomoe
Joyce is like Amy Rose. Cute kid but I wouldn’t want to be attatched to her.
Packy
All the more Joyce for me, then!
Kirby
Someone in the other universe doesn’t seem to mind.
Not that the name of that person isn’t completely obvious by looking at the names of Willis’ other comics.
Josh
I still don’t understand that shipping… even if it is canon!
Tenn
@Josh: To be honest, as natural as it feels to me, I wouldn’t even be able to comprehend it if I hadn’t read the whole thing.
vsophi
You’re talking about Joyce/Walky, right?
It’s actually pretty adorable in the Walkyverse. Both Walky and Joyce are a lot more mature, so they make it work.
Yotomoe
*Little more mature
FIXED.
vsophi
Compared to Dumbiverse Joyce and Walky? I’d say they are buckets more mature.
MrSmiley
They embrace their quirkieness more in the walkyverse. This hides their maturity a bit… while exemplifying it at the same time.
jiynx
this made me snort, then chuckle. well done.