Why??

[satunian.livejournal.com]

So on facebook a friend of mine posted a bulletin about two friends of his having a baby girl.

The baby's name?

Carrion.

Yes, like a dead animal carcass.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carrion

Comments

[krysteener.livejournal.com]

Carry on bag?

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

yeah that was my first thought too, didn't know about the roadkill thing

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

My first thought was "Carry on my wayward son."

[aballard23.livejournal.com]

YAY KANSAS! :D

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

mine too

[yourcrowbar.livejournal.com]

or maybe said friend is a fiona apple fan

[satunian.livejournal.com]

I dunno... that's like Garbage being your favorite band so you name your baby Garbage.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

no excuses

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

=O
omg omg omg. this is one of the worst i've heard. why not name her carrie or carrie ann?

[orbg.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's possibly one of the worst names ever. I prefer cre8tv and hyphenated and apostrophed names to that! Poor, poor kid.

[drunkontea.livejournal.com]

Do they know what "Carrion" means? Maybe they confused it with a pre-existing name... If so, someone should tell them--SOON!

[satunian.livejournal.com]

they're probably people who saw a word they didn't know and instead of bothering to know anything about it, just said, oh that's pretty, let's name our baby that! Like Chlamydia

[so-there.livejournal.com]

maybe he misspelled it and it really is Carrie Ann or something...

*is hopeful*

[snailrevolution.livejournal.com]

Eew. D: Poor baby. They can call her Carrie? D:

[feliciagomez.livejournal.com]

oh my god :( that poor child :(

[beepandetch.livejournal.com]

Someone needs to tell them. I don't think they know. They can't know. That's like naming your child Cadaver.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I thought of carry-on bag.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

That's disgusting. I wish people would pick up a dictionary before they named their child. Hell, I used to READ the dictionary in elementary school and look for cool new words to use but I know that's a bit much to ask.

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

That's terrible!! :(

[satunian.livejournal.com]

I still don't think that excuses it really. I doubt they found it in a name book. So where did it come from. Some people never heard of Chlamydia (my favorite example), does that mean it's alright for someone to name their daughter that? IMO, no.
Besides, a lot of people WILL know the word as well. I don't think I'm particularly special and I know a secret word no one else does! I'd bet money a fair majority (or at least 40%) would have heard of the word before.

And yes, the link says that before the definition because that's the etymology - where the word developed from. A lot of dictionaries do that.