Would you name your offspring the name of a product or company?

[Deja Q]

E.g. "Mercedes", "Chanel", "ESPN", et al?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3268161.stm

God, NO! No no no no no!

They do not need such advertising...

And Heaven forbid the day we get little Microsoft Smith... :puke:


Oh, this baby's name is

Del Monte

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

1. No, but a friend had a dog named DeWalt, like the tool company.

He was a good dog!

[BikeWriter]

15. A friend had a dog named Ditty, short for Ditty bite you?

[Radio_Lady]

23. I can go one better. My ex and his wife named their dog Ditters von

Dittersdorf. Call name was "Ditter."

He was an actual composer way back when and lived from 1776 to 1800. First name was KARL.

Read about him here.

[LeftyMom]

2. How did you know LeftyKid's real name is Veganaise Hufu Smith?

:rofl:

[Gormy Cuss]

20. You named him Smith after the cough drop brothers?

Are those things even vegan?
:P

[LeftyMom]

24. Probably not

Jesus, you don't even want to know what a production it was to find cough drops with no honey, gelatin, glycerin or bone char bleached sugar in them. I'm just never going to let myself get sick again, 'cause that was a pain.

[Gormy Cuss]

25. I hear ya.

Vegan is still tough for things beyond table food. Mint tea isn't that handy a substitute for a lozenge.

[LeftyMom]

26. I found some at the food co-op

They're lemon and have brown rice syrup in them instead of sugar. My kid thinks they're candy and I have to hide them or he'll take them all. I learned not to bother checking at the drug store though, I had checked every single package of lozenges at Walgreens with no luck but the food co-op had plenty of stuff that would work.

:)

[seaglass]

3. I was going to name my daughter Allegra, before the allergy

medicine was invented. She's very happy I did not.:-)

[KitchenWitch]

18. I know a woman named Allegra

I am certain she is pissed about the drug. (Funny thing, she is a nurse).

[Radio_Lady]

22. Oh, I like that name too. See my post later.

[Spirochete]

4. No

and neither would my son, Toyota, or my daughters, Tampax and Pinesol. j/k :rofl:

[Left Is Write]

5. Mercedes was a girl's name long before it was a car brand.

[Telly Savalas]

8. Yup. I have a relative named Mercedes who was born before

the inception of the car company.

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Must be pretty damned old

Mercedes has been the world’s most innovative automotive brand for more than 100 years. When Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG) delivered its first Mercedes on December 22, 1900, this was the start of a development which led to the formation of DaimlerChrysler AG towards the end of the 20th century.

http://www.mercedes-benz.com/content/mbcom/international/international_website/en/com/international_home/home/heritage_new/history_new/brand_company.html

[mduffy31]

13. Mercedes was his daughters name

The man who came up with the car.

[Telly Savalas]

32. Wikipeda said 1926,

It must be referring to it's current form.

[Left Is Write]

39. Either way, the name's still been around long before the car.

[Haole Girl]

6. I heard once that someone named twins Levi & Strauss. n/t

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. My son's middle name is Orion

Like the constellation, not the movie company.

[DanCa]

12. My middle name is Elvis honestly.

Daniel Elvis, I just go by the initial in real life.

[BikeWriter]

17. "Elvis honestly" That's a cool name.

[DanCa]

19. Lol it kinda is honestly.

[mykpart]

9. My daughter in law is named Kimberly.

Thank God my son is NOT Clark!

But, isn't Skinner a pasta?

[DanCa]

11. can you imagine a kid being named after Hot Pockets?

:evilgrin:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

36. or Roto-Rooter.

Lysol.
Preparation H.
Alpo.

[flordehinojos]

14. Mercedes is a name commonly used in spanish speaking countries

where people are often named for the saints on whose "saint day name" they happen to have been born.

Mercedes is not for Mercedes Benz. It is for, "Our Lady of Mercy" or, in Spanish, "Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes".

[Mutley]

16. Oh sure. Claritin or Coca Cola.

Maybe Foldgers or Volvo. All great names if you ask me.

[Radio_Lady]

21. I happen to like 'Allegra' -- musical term and antihistamine!

[xmas74]

27. I have a distant cousin named Montgomery Ward.

A relative went into labor in the dressing room and she named him after the store. They gave her all kinds of free stuff.


Funny thing is she was in the dressing room shoplifting when she went into labor.

[miss_american_pie]

28. I named mine after literary figures

If some people out there like shopping as much as I like books, who am I to criticize? :)

[Radio_Guy]

29. If I had a child

Especially a boy, I would name him something like David Ulysses and call him "D.U." for short.

[redwitch]

30. Viagra Energizer Jones

He's a VEJetarian. :yoiks:

[kwassa]

31. Many products are named after people

usually people in their industry early, or famous historical figures.

Honda

Sony

Hoover

Dodge

Chrysler

Chevrolet

Cadillac

Pontiac

Olds

Buick

Lincoln

Ford

[Deja Q]

33. Talk about vanity!

:rofl:

[uppityperson]

34. Kleenex (girl) Trojan (boy)

no body function threads, I know, I know.

[Floogeldy]

35. Yes. I want a son named Tah Cobell.

:)

[BigMcLargehuge]

37. it depends...

if we have another baby, and it's a girl, I was thinking of proposing the name -

Bratz Doll Heinz Baked Beans Coca Cola Charmine McLargehuge

if we have another baby and it's a boy, then -

GI Joe Coors Light Nextel Doc Martens McLargehuge

What do you think?

[wizdum]

38. I know a guy named Monte Delmonte. Isn't that a blast?

Can you believe his parents named him Monte Delmonte? I mean really. What were they thinking???