news report on baby names.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I was watching the news tonight, and they had a segment on baby names in Alberta. Ethan and Olivia are the top baby names in the province for 2008, but the segment heavily featured less common names that showed up last year too.

Optimus
Zephram
Anakin
Brazen-Lee
Coal
Gonzo
Rexall
Anarchy
Tyranny
Science
Tree
Natorious
Barack
Obama
Leonidas
Xerxes
Napoleon

So, what does everybody think? I think that I can already guess for most of them, but it's an interesting list nonetheless. I'll totally admit, I've considered Anakin more than once.

Comments

[erikalyn.livejournal.com]

Rexall? Seriously? Like the drug store?

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Given the area, I think it's more likely that it's for Rexall Place: home of the Edmonton Oilers.

[erikalyn.livejournal.com]

Well, essentially it's the same thing considering the company has the naming rights. Rexall pharmacies are all over the place out here, so it's not like someone would name their child after Rexall Place and not realize that they are in actual fact naming their child after a drug store chain. Either way, with Rexall being so prominant here in many ways, it seems ridiculous that anyone would actually want to use the name for their baby. Some people's children..

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I realized after I commented that I might've said it wrong. Yes, Rexall, like the drug stores, I just meant that people probably weren't naming them after the stores specifically, but the rink instead. No doubt that people would definitely associate the drug store with them as well, even if theire parents didn't.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

I forgot that was the name of the arena :). Hmm, naming a kid Joe Louis doesn't seem weird, unless people know you're a Wings fan, and even then. . .

[den-snilek.livejournal.com]

Hah.. a Barack and an Obama in Cananda? Wow! I wonder how many little Baracks are gunna be running round in teh next 4 years!

[theshadowland.livejournal.com]

...You, uhm, live VERY, VERY CLOSE to me.

Just sayin'. ;)

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Actually, not really :) But we get Global Edmonton here too, and I was just flicking by when your news came on.

[erikalyn.livejournal.com]

Ok, so I just looked at your profile and I live in Cold Lake too! Small world.

[theshadowland.livejournal.com]

Really?!

I've always wanted to tell you that you look really, really familiar in your userpicture (as in I'd seen you before) but I didn't want to sound like a stalker.

I have probably seen you before. Hahaha.

[erikalyn.livejournal.com]

Haha, maybe! I've only lived here since September and I've been sticking close to home these days being that it's always so damn cold here and I have a 9 month old baby but it's not like it's a big town, so it's certainly possible!

[chirpygirly.livejournal.com]

Optimus - too close to optimist, it confuses my brain!
Zephram - eh
Anakin - haha fans
Brazen-Lee - "Brazen, you're being awfully brazen!"
Coal - not a fan of it spelled Cole either, since it is a mineral.
Gonzo - totally made me LOL! I love the muppets, but come on! Unless there's some other Gonzo people love.
Rexall - I don't mind Rex, and I don't hate Rexall, but it makes me think of Paxil.
Anarchy - bad bad choice.
Tyranny - sibling of Anarchy I presume. =/
Science - oh come on! Today class, we're going to study science, no not Science (last name).
Tree - You know, Elan means tree in Hebrew, which I think is a better alternative.
Natorious - good grief
Barack - *gag*
Obama - *barf*
Leonidas - Leo as a nn, the saving grace.
Xerxes - no
Napoleon - no!

[heatherpantss.livejournal.com]

Tree? Hahaha!

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

LOL at Tyranny and Anarchy. I really hope they are siblings...

[samaside.livejournal.com]

I hope that soon they're have a sibling named Democracy to keep them in check. :P

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

And then little Communism, nickname 'Commie'.

[samaside.livejournal.com]

OPTIMUS - Transformers. :P
ZEPHRAM - Star Trek.
ANAKIN - Star Wars.
GONZO - Muppets.
LEONIDAS - 300.

In all honesty, Zephram, Anakin, Tree, and Leonidas aren't that bad. Neither is Xerxes. I actually really like Xerxes but I prefer Artaxerses.

Brazen-Lee could actually be considered clever, I think, i fit weren't so aweful.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Napoleon! XD

I know someone who knows someone whose name is Xerxes. I actually kind of like it, but would definitely never use it.

Rexall, like... the pharmacy?

Optimus is kind of hilarious.

Anarchy and Tyranny... reminds me of when I named one of the children I had in the Game of Life 'Agony'.

Natorious is just... no.

And Tree. I mean, I love trees, but how about something like Willow, or Rowan, or even... Ash?

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I wonder if the parents of Optimus went all out and made his middle name Prime?

[erinleighralph.livejournal.com]

I really just hate that Notorious is misspelled as Natorious. WTF is that fuckery?

[pinkysmith.livejournal.com]

an attempt at being able to call him "Nat" instead of "Not"

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

i am SO naming my kid science now...

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

Science is awesome!

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

I can't help but admit that some of these seem like practical jokes.

Gonzo, I can't help but think of the Muppet.

Hmm, Science and Tree. . .

[arbus.livejournal.com]

GONZO?

as in... the muppet that no one knows what kind of animal he is?? the one thats in love with a chicken?? THAT gonzo??

i love the muppets just as much as the next guy, but come on!!

[biiiitch.livejournal.com]

Umm....WTF?

Gonzo..as in the Muppets?
Anarchy..that's just sick.
Tyranny..see Anarchy
Science..why?

This whole list is pretty terrible. I feel bad for these kids.

[stillbefree.livejournal.com]

The name Anakin is actually growing on me, probably won't ever use it though. The rest of the names listed here (except for the two listed in the first sentence.), are awful.