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Should Some Baby Names Just Be Retired?
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.
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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Gary commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amAll it takes is one coup to ruin a good baby name.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amAh, what a great topic! I just went back and read your linked article. I never wanted to be one of those last-minute-baby-namers who had to meet their child (ROLL EYES) so we had a name all picked out for our son or daughter. For sure our boy was going to be Roderick Jon….he was born and after I held him and looked over at my husband holding him I was struck by the absolute fact that the baby’s name was Timothy David. That wasn’t even one of our considerations so I don’t know where it came from.
To this day, at 25 years old, he is still Timothy David. A couple years ago after hearing his baby name story he actually sent me a formal thank you note for not naming him Roderick (which I still like…).
Funny subject eh!
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amMy grandfather was named Benedetto after Mussolini. The family lore says every kid named after him at that time was given a new pair of shoes. Well, decades later, we named our son Benedetto (Benny) after Grandpa…so I guess that means we’re fascists?
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