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[blitzgirl.livejournal.com]

A lady I know just had a grandson, his name is Brewer? What do yo think? I don't really like it, makes me think of beer.

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[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

It definitely makes me think of beer, which is a very odd association for a child's name. He'll probably just love it around the high school / college era though, when beer is his best friend. I can just hear his friends chanting "Brew-er! Brew-er!" as he does a beer bong.

I heard a joke on tv recently, I think it was on the sitcom Frasier, where one person was listing off their name choices and the other replied, "Where are you getting these? The Big Book of Medieval Occupations?"

Tanner
Thatcher
Piper
Archer
Porter
Shepherd
Tyler
Sadler
Carter
Tucker
Chandler
Fletcher
Mason
Spencer
Parker
Sawyer

Seriously, I think the occupation names are a bit out of control. A kindergarten class list really is going to sound like the population of a medieval village. I guess it goes along with the obsession with surnames-as-firstnames that people have. It's just weird when you think about them for what they are -- occupations.

great minds think alike

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with this comment, down to the posting of other "Occupational Names".

Re: great minds think alike

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

I left off a few:
Taylor
Sailor
Cooper
Hunter
Harper
Baxter
Dexter

I seriously never thought about these like this before. There are more of them than I thought!

[ciara-belle.livejournal.com]

"Where are you getting these? The Big Book of Medieval Occupations?"

*dies* I love that.

I agree. I'm not a huge fan of the "surnames as first names" trend.