Children's Names

[dv8]

i actually find myself irrationally drawn to the idea of naming your child in whatever way you want. i mean, it's YOUR child, right? why not name it like you would name your new puppy dog? after something you like, perhaps? i have a friend with a dog named pudding...
or maybe after the looks? shaggy? fluffy? (it is important NOT to make it fluffer)

but no, people always chose predictable and boring (unless they live in manabi, of course). in DR men often want all the kids named after themselves. strange how males are the most proud of the things they do exactly like everyone else: getting drunk and breeding kids...

 

[pollogringo]

I don't know. Saying you met James Bond in San Pedro de Macoris would make for a great story. I wonder how he likes his martinis. I wonder if he's ever had a martini.

 

[Castle]

i have a friend with a dog named pudding...

That reminds of some crazy dude I once met whose dog was named Flipper, his cat was named Lassie, and his fish was named Garfield.

 

[barker1964]

This guy here in Florida named his daughter. African Money and her nickname is Penny..........LOL

 

[keepcoming]

My brother in-laws daughter has his name and her mothers name combined, Winkiara. I have seen this quite a few times. I kid you not there is a woman living in the campo near my in-laws with the name vegina, spelled that way. Maybe this is why so many people have "nicknames" here. Funny I know most all my spouses extended family by their "nickname" rather than by their birth name. For me that was what I always found odd here. Of course I saw it back in the US also but not to the extent they do it here.

 

[CaptnGlenn]

(it is important NOT to make it fluffer)

LOL.... I LOVE it... Just like me... one foot stuck in the gutter, eh dv8??? (I assume I've correctly understood your reference to "fluffer".)

 

[Ken]

i actually find myself irrationally drawn to the idea of naming your child in whatever way you want. i mean, it's YOUR child, right? why not name it like you would name your new puppy dog? after something you like, perhaps? i have a friend with a dog named pudding...
or maybe after the looks? shaggy? fluffy? (it is important NOT to make it fluffer)

but no, people always chose predictable and boring (unless they live in manabi, of course). in DR men often want all the kids named after themselves. strange how males are the most proud of the things they do exactly like everyone else: getting drunk and breeding kids...

Most people think of the future of the child and try to prevent the problems that often come with a name the parents thought was cute when their child was a baby.

 

[dv8]

LOL.... I LOVE it... Just like me... one foot stuck in the gutter, eh dv8??? (I assume I've correctly understood your reference to "fluffer".)

i don't know what you're talking about.

says dv8 innocently.

 

[Chirimoya]

I have one this semester named Joan....go figure.!!

If he has Catalan ancestry, it makes perfect sense.

 

[dv8]

names of guys who studied with miesposo: mikiway (milky way) and estop (matilda will love that one).

 

[La Rubia]

Maybe this is why so many people have "nicknames" here. Funny I know most all my spouses extended family by their "nickname" rather than by their birth name. For me that was what I always found odd here. Of course I saw it back in the US also but not to the extent they do it here.

I think that a witch has to know your full name to put a spell on you. By using nicknames you confuse the witch and she's not able to make a spell "stick."

 

[dv8]

a bit more about naming your children in ecuador:
Ecuador posee los nombres menos comunes - Taringa!

and uruguay:
Y a vos te mataron con el nombre? - Taringa!

read the comments

 

[Ken]

I think that a witch has to know your full name to put a spell on you. By using nicknames you confuse the witch and she's not able to make a spell "stick."

That's right. Apodos (nicknames) are protection against brujas (witches).

 

[Trainman33]

My brother in law is named Wendy for some reason.

 

[dv8]

i worked once for an american recruitment company. some of the people i contacted were: priti pusey and raj harricant.
they should elope.

 

[nomadamericana]

Last month I met Bin Laden in Santo Domingo Oeste while visiting my brother-in-law.

 

[Lucifer]

?Anj?! So Ilana is a Christian... Who woulda thunk it?!

 

[dv8]

and there i was thinking ilana comes from hebrew...

 

[Lucifer]

and there i was thinking ilana comes from hebrew...

:laugh:

 

[Barnabe]

For example, I've told people that "Danielle" is a girl' s name in the States and they've laughed and think that is totally strange!

It ize becoze everibodee no zi americanze ave a problaim weez aurtograf.

Zats ouaye zey kanote speeque dominican corectlee

Barnab?