Should Some Baby Names Just Be Retired?

Madeline Holler — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:01:00 GMT

For those of you following my own personal baby naming drama, an update: we're all set. Sort of.

My husband and I still can't agree on which of the boy names should be the first name and which one should go in the middle. But, you know, at least we have two names. What's been nice (or maybe a curse?) is the lack of pressure from friends, family ... and facists.

In Italy, some nice couple is having to decide whether to take the money and name their child after Benito Mussolini or his wife, Rachele.

From the LA Times

The MSI-Fiamma Tricolore party, the descendant of Mussolini's fascist party, said the initiative in the poor, southern region of Basilicata was meant to keep alive names "at risk of extinction" and pay tribute to the movement's roots.

Italy's birth rate is already very low. And, well, nobody wants to name their baby after Musso-fucking-lini! Pretty sure Adolf isn't making a comeback anytime soon either.

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Should Some Baby Names Just Be Retired?