Something bad, something (maybe) good

[taillow.livejournal.com]

I'll start with the good:

I came up with the name Salem Ellis this weekend, and it kind of hit me like a ton of bricks. I think I really like it a lot. I could go with a different middle name, but Ellis is my great-uncle's name, and I like it a lot. So suggestions/criticism/praise is welcome. And, yeah, I was watching "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" this weekend, haha. I asked my husband what he thought of Salem, and he asked what the middle name could be. I told him "Salem Saberhagen, of course!". He shot that down, haha.

Now on to the bad. I'll put this behind a cut, since it's just sort of mean:



My father in law likes to clip out "funny" obituaries and save them for when my husband and I come to visit. Usually it's someone with an amazing nickname in quotes or something. In this case, it was the man's living relative list:

"He leaves to cherish his memory his children, Antione Lamont, Andre, Adrian, Aliayah, Antoine Loreal, Ariana, Anton, Arian, A'Marion, Antonio, Antoine Lemar Jr., Prince, Princess, Denarius and DaSean...."

That's either some incredibly lazy naming or some very creative naming.

Comments

[isoldereverie.livejournal.com]

haha! I read the obits for names, too! Those are some...intersting...name choices! lol I guess whoever used Prince, Princess, Denarius and DaSean is the family rebel. heh

Salem is a bit different. I guess it depends on your social circle. If the people you are close to are accepting of it, then I don't think it would be as much of a burden. However, if everyone (family, friends, random folks) tends to flinch at the suggestion, you might want to reconsider. On the plus side, it is easy to pronounce and spell. Most people are familiar with Salem, the place, if not the cat. ;)

[taillow.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I wonder if they are the outcasts in the family.

And I haven't mentioned the name Salem to my mom, yet, but she's usually a pretty good measure of whether the name is ridiculous or not. If she laughs, it's safe to say that most of my family would laugh at it, too. The only thing is that she had a cat named Salem before I was born. So that could make her love it or hate it, depending on how she looks at it.

[taillow.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

I really like the name!

[taillow.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[samaside.livejournal.com]

I love Salem. And it goes so well with Ellis. If he ever finds that Salem doesn't work for him he could always go with Ellis.

[taillow.livejournal.com]

That's true, too.

[red-inuzuka.livejournal.com]

Salem's pretty cool, but I'd always think his parents lived in MA or were fans of the witch trials XD

[taillow.livejournal.com]

I could think of worse things for people to think about us, haha. I used to be super obsessed with stories about the witch trials, but I can't say I'd classify myself as a "fan" of them.

[red-inuzuka.livejournal.com]

True, and you could definitely pick a much worse name too, hehehe. I'd say go for it, esp if you live down south (which i think you commented below). I would think most people would think of it, but it wouldn't be as powerful as up in New England (where I am).

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I think Salem is not the best choice for a first name - for many it will call to mind burning witches. I like Ellis though.

[taillow.livejournal.com]

Honestly, here in southern Indiana, most people will probably think of Salem, IN and John Cougar Mellencamp (he lives there). But I can't say that for everyone, and you could be right.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is a very badly named family!

I think of the Salem witch hunt which isn't so good.

Salem Ellis sounds good together though.

Food for thought from my list:
Silas, Cyrus & Sirius (though you have the obvious HP reference there) Callum, Colm, & Cassuis.

[taillow.livejournal.com]

My mom has pushed for Sirius before, but I'm not sold. We're big HP fans, too, but it's a bit too "literal", if you know what I mean. Silas is very cool, though, I'm really into old fashioned names like that.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's pretty blatent where the name came from.
Do you think Hermione is in the same boat too?

I know a guy called Silas, he pulls it off well.. I think it gives you ultimate cool!

[taillow.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that goes for Hermione, too. But it's still very pretty.

[istytehcrawk.livejournal.com]

I work at a newspaper, so I see those horrific things firsthand. I think I've even posted a few of them here.

My favorite obit name EVER, though, was the 100-year-old woman named Margherita Martini.

[taillow.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, awesome.

[traezer.livejournal.com]

That guy had 15 kids?!?! I wonder how many baby mamas where involved...

[taillow.livejournal.com]

And I want to know if they had any say in the picking of the names! Obviously the mother(s) of the last four did.