What's in a name?

[DrSteve]

Well, quite a lot in fact. Problem Child and I will be having our first (a boy) in April. Well, she will be doing the "having" part and I'll take up the slack where I can. So...we have to pick a name...and since he will be raised as a strict scubatarian I thought it appropriate to see what responses we got from the board. Perhaps even diving related (let's have some fun with acronyms)? His last name will begin with a C...

 

[Jim Ernst]

can you change the last name to cousteau, lol, just kidding of course, i think this will be an interesting thread to monitor and see what responses you get

 

[BigWhiteSquare]

You could do worse than "Sheck Exley C...."


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[SueMermaid]

Crud. I was gonna pick that one.

Well, I'll just have to pick another. How about Marlin?

 

[drbill]

Hmmm... did you want us to suggest a common name or a scientific name? Let's see... we could try Cnidarian for the first or Pachycerianthus for the second.


And re: the Cousteau suggestion... most of us know the problems Jean-Michel Cousteau had with the Captain when he used that name for the Fiji resort (which is now the Jean-Michel Cousteau Fiji Islands Resort).

 

[RainTurtle]

When we were unaware that we were having a daughter, I told my husband I liked Reef for a boy name - he didn't : ) but since it didn't turn out to be an issue we didn't have to deal with the disagreement. And since it will take me a long time to forget pregnancy and labor...I doubt we'll have to worry about the name issue again.

Suzanne : )

 

[almitywife]

how about manufacture names?? Apollo, Sherwood or Mares, i think Zeagle would be a be hard for a kid to live with

 

[DrSteve]

Yeah Apollo, and it has links to Battlestar Galactica!

Problem Child suggested "DANiel"

I have to veto Jacques or Cousteau, as strict scubatarians that would be construed as taking our founder's name in vain

 

[Ber Rabbit]

How about Stan (or Stanley) Ray? Ok so it doesn't start with a "C" but you could nickname him "Stingray" from it pretty easily :biggrin:
Ber :lilbunny:

 

[O2BBubbleFree]

The only thing I can come up with is to make the first initials S. A. (SAC rate)? Too obscure, though.

To really be 'helpful' I would have to know your last name.

For instance when my friends, the Loars, were having a baby, I suggested 'Limbo.'