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[loyt.livejournal.com]

These past couple of weeks I have become obsessed with the name Strummer.
And I've recently decided that if I ever have a baby boy, i will call him Strummer. I know it sounds stupid, but I like it and at least it would be differnet, also it's in honor to Joe Strummer from The Clash - a band I have loved since a tot, cause mother and uncles used to blair the music loudly.

I mentioned this to my mother in the car today. And her first question was "What would it's middle name be?"
I hadn't put any thought into that at all. So I sat dumbfounded for a secon and decided that I'd like to use an Irish or Scottish middle name with it - because my family heritage is of Scottish and Irish.

So here are some thoughts:

Strummer Ewen
Strummer Boyd
Strummer Eoin
Strummer Tavis
Strummer Fynn
Strummer Miach


Any thoughts or suggestions?
Also feel free to tell me if you think the name is bogus. I'm open to eveyrones oppinion.

Comments

[comicstar.livejournal.com]

I like Strummer Boyd.

How do you pronounce Miach?

[loyt.livejournal.com]

My granddad told me how to pronounce years ago, but Ican't remember :(
I'll ask him when he calls next.

[loyt.livejournal.com]

Ack. I know his real name wasn't Joe Strummer, not ocmpletely silly.
But I quite hate the name John and Graham is sadly my biological fathers last name.

[easter.livejournal.com]

Honestly, it's a hideous name and I think it's a really childish way to pick your baby's name. Sorry.

It could work as a middle name though.

[kimberpotamus.livejournal.com]

I like it but possibly as a middle name.

People generally shorten names when speaking to people and I think Strum sounds a bit odd.

But I like it a lot as a middle name.

[kimberpotamus.livejournal.com]

Also, I think all the names you suggested. But try Strummer as the middle name and the middle names as first names.

[lneef.livejournal.com]

You admit yourself that it sounds stupid. I agree with that.

If you want to honor Joe Strummer, why not Joe?

[loyt.livejournal.com]

I really hate the name Joe, plus its also an Uncle's name.
And I personally don't like using names that have already been used by other family members.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

Please don't take this personally, but Strummer is a really dumb name.

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

*in my opinion! sorry, didn't mean to sound like my word is the law.

[ber-waves-of.livejournal.com]

I'm probably the minority here, but I actually like it. I love anything music related, and I also like surnames as first names. My son's name is Lennon :)

I would choose a middle name that is more "normal" to go with it, so it doesn't sound like you just stuck two made-up names together. This is what we did with my son. My husband wanted some off-the-wall middle names, but we ended up going with Lennon Daniel.

I say if you like Strummer, go for it! Who cares what people think? It's your kid!

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I think John Graham Yourlastname would be really nice.
Or if you really want Strummer in there, John (or anything really) Strummer Yourlastname

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

Meh, I'm not going to call it stupid.. it's your choice after all. But personally I would put as a middle name.

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

Call me a perv, but when I read "strummer" my first thought was that it was a euphemism for female masturbation.

[lneef.livejournal.com]

It does! Maybe a British euphemism.

[harangues.livejournal.com]

i think it would make a decent middle name. Ewen Strummer sounds nice to me. At least that way you can still have it in there, and call him that if you choose to.. or he can call himself that if he grows up to be a rocker =p

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I don't like it as a first name at all. It's not a name, and I can't picture this on an adult at all. Maybe as a nickname, but definitely not as a first name. If you're that attached to it, I'd suggest using it as a middle name (which I've seen done before). That makes it so that the name is included, if he likes it he can choose to go by it, but he's not saddled with a name that is going to make people give the 'wtf?' look for the rest of his life.

I have a difficult time seeing the name Strummer Travis Lastname on a job application or a business card, but I think Travis Strummer or Finn Strummer (with a y it looks like a typo of Flynn) would work much better and I like both names.

[loyt.livejournal.com]

I can see where and why a lot of people don't like it as a first name.

Also Tavis, is spelt as Tavis. And Fynn is spelt that way too (wasn't a typo on my half haha), they are both Irish names.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

Strummer is... well, I would restrict its use to a middle name. And I usually have quite outlandish taste in names.

But it's meaning sounds dopey, the sounds themselves get stuck together in the mouth, and just... it rhymes with Hummer and Bummer and nothing good.

I can't possibly imagine a middle name "right" for it, since anything you came up with to balance it would probably be better in my eyes and thus bump Strummer to middle name status.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

*its

[yellowsummers.livejournal.com]

I really like it as a middle name, but I don't like action names as first names.

[http://users.livejournal.com/chikoli_/]

I like Strummer Boyd.

[drunkontea.livejournal.com]

I personally don't like Strummer. Is Boyd taken from Incubus.

[loyt.livejournal.com]

No, Boyd isn't take from Incubus. It's an Irish name that I've quite liked since I was younger.

[hockeychick57.livejournal.com]

I like it as a middle name. :)

[roseofjuly.livejournal.com]

I'm not a fan of the name Strummer at all. It sounds gimmicky/rock star-ish, and as someone pointed out, that's not his real name.

I do like the names Eoin and Tavis.

[babyeraserhead.livejournal.com]

Strummer Boyd is just amazing.

Strummer...

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

It makes me think of some sort of rare sex act.

That said, I like Strummer Boyd and Strummer Fynn for middle names. I like Flynn even better.

What about naming your kid Clash? I like it better than Strummer. You could even call him "The Clash".

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

no no no, no and nooooooooo!

but if you must, i like strummer boyd best.

[composure.livejournal.com]

Everyone likes Strummer Boyd the best. To me, that sounds like Drummer Boy. I'd pick something different!