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Auggie

(31,160 posts) Fri May 9, 2014, 07:52 PM May 2014

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Noah: the new #1 name for boys born in the U.S.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/09/most-popular-baby-names-2013_n_5294755.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063

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Noah: the new #1 name for boys born in the U.S. (Original Post) Auggie May 2014 OP

So we're going to see a flood of boys named Noah? n/t Silent3 May 2014 #1

+1 Auggie May 2014 #5

two per family. n/t Gore1FL May 2014 #7

And lol for the goal TxDemChem May 2014 #11

This is my brother Noah and this is my other brother Noah. Ron Obvious May 2014 #14

Lol for the set up TxDemChem May 2014 #10

...followed closely by the return of "Rainbow" Arugula Latte May 2014 #20

Did they just find this name? Curmudgeoness May 2014 #2

I can't wait till they make a movie about Onan onager May 2014 #13

I thought they did in the eighties... Ron Obvious May 2014 #15

Right, the one starring that Austrian jack-off... onager May 2014 #16

Onan Ron Obvious May 2014 #17

Ha! Good one! My favorite Parkerism... onager May 2014 #18

I found that one a bit self-indulgent. Arugula Latte May 2014 #19

I wonder if this is linked to rising sea levels LiberalEsto May 2014 #3

Noah, how long can you tread water? Fumesucker May 2014 #4

I am OK with Noah in the same way I am OK with naming a kid after Harry Potter or Luke Skywalker. nt Gore1FL May 2014 #6

Better than Poindexter LostOne4Ever May 2014 #8

If I wanted my kid to hate me when he grew up, I'd name him Noah. Tobin S. May 2014 #9

Well with the oceans rising .. smartphone May 2014 #12

Better than Sue, I guess. temporary311 May 2014 #21

Of course, no family will name their kid Ham sakabatou May 2014 #22

Too bad "Heath" (short for "Heathen") didn't make the list... n/t Stargleamer May 2014 #23

Silent3

(15,190 posts)

1. So we're going to see a flood of boys named Noah? n/t

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Fri May 9, 2014, 08:19 PM

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Auggie

(31,160 posts)

5. +1

Reply to Silent3 (Reply #1)

Fri May 9, 2014, 09:16 PM

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Gore1FL

(21,127 posts)

7. two per family. n/t

Reply to Silent3 (Reply #1)

Fri May 9, 2014, 09:49 PM

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TxDemChem

(1,918 posts)

11. And lol for the goal

Reply to Gore1FL (Reply #7)

Sat May 10, 2014, 10:17 AM

May 2014

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

14. This is my brother Noah and this is my other brother Noah.

Reply to Gore1FL (Reply #7)

Sun May 11, 2014, 01:36 PM

May 2014

TxDemChem

(1,918 posts)

10. Lol for the set up

Reply to Silent3 (Reply #1)

Sat May 10, 2014, 10:16 AM

May 2014

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)

20. ...followed closely by the return of "Rainbow"

Reply to Silent3 (Reply #1)

Mon May 12, 2014, 02:50 PM

May 2014

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

2. Did they just find this name?

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Fri May 9, 2014, 08:26 PM

May 2014

Funny, it has been around a long time. Nice simple name.

I can't wait till they make a new movie about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

onager

(9,356 posts)

13. I can't wait till they make a movie about Onan

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #2)

Sat May 10, 2014, 12:40 PM

May 2014

n/t

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

15. I thought they did in the eighties...

Reply to onager (Reply #13)

Sun May 11, 2014, 01:37 PM

May 2014

Onan the Barbarian, it was called.

onager

(9,356 posts)

16. Right, the one starring that Austrian jack-off...

Reply to Ron Obvious (Reply #15)

Sun May 11, 2014, 03:02 PM

May 2014

n/t

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

17. Onan

Reply to onager (Reply #16)

Sun May 11, 2014, 03:54 PM

May 2014

Apparently Dorothy Parker had a pet parakeet she named Onan because he tended to spill his seed upon the ground.

onager

(9,356 posts)

18. Ha! Good one! My favorite Parkerism...

Reply to Ron Obvious (Reply #17)

Sun May 11, 2014, 11:05 PM

May 2014

...is the one about her going to a Halloween party. She saw some people bobbing for apples.

Parker: "What are those people doing?"
Host: "Ducking for apples."
Parker: "Change one consonant and you have the story of my life."

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)

19. I found that one a bit self-indulgent.

Reply to Ron Obvious (Reply #15)

Mon May 12, 2014, 02:48 PM

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LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)

3. I wonder if this is linked to rising sea levels

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Fri May 9, 2014, 08:43 PM

May 2014

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

4. Noah, how long can you tread water?

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Fri May 9, 2014, 09:12 PM

May 2014

Gore1FL

(21,127 posts)

6. I am OK with Noah in the same way I am OK with naming a kid after Harry Potter or Luke Skywalker. nt

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Fri May 9, 2014, 09:48 PM

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LostOne4Ever

(9,288 posts)

8. Better than Poindexter

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Fri May 9, 2014, 10:41 PM

May 2014

Wait...that can be shortened to Dexter!

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)

9. If I wanted my kid to hate me when he grew up, I'd name him Noah.

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Sat May 10, 2014, 02:35 AM

May 2014

smartphone

(87 posts)

12. Well with the oceans rising ..

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Sat May 10, 2014, 10:24 AM

May 2014

We will need a lot of Noah's around to build lots of arks for the floods that will be coming.

temporary311

(955 posts)

21. Better than Sue, I guess.

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Mon May 12, 2014, 08:49 PM

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sakabatou

(42,146 posts)

22. Of course, no family will name their kid Ham

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Mon May 12, 2014, 10:30 PM

May 2014

Stargleamer

(1,989 posts)

23. Too bad "Heath" (short for "Heathen") didn't make the list... n/t

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Wed May 14, 2014, 09:11 PM

May 2014

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