How not to name your kid

I heard this being discussed on the radio the other day. I was left rather horrified by it all, but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised at anything people do these days.

Apparently on an Aussie parenting website a discussion happened where people were talking about naming their kids. One mum disclosed the fact that, unbeknownst to her husband, their sons were all named after the mum’s ex-lovers.

Wow. This is wrong on so many levels. I mean, how could you do that to your husband. And why would you want to associate ex-lovers with your children?

The radio station decided to open their phones to our local residents to see if something similar happened here. They had two calls while I was listening.

The first was a woman who’s father-in-law had a mistress and he named the children with the mistress the same names as his marriage children, so he didn’t get caught out with the wrong name.

The second was a woman who named her son after an ex-boyfriend. She tried to get his first name through, but her current partner twigged, so she suggested an alternate name… the ex-boyfriend’s middle name! Of course, the current partner didn’t know that and agreed. When asked why, she said he was her first love and she wanted something to commemorate that love.

But naming your son with another person after him? There must be better ways to remember them by.

Do you know any horror stories about how people have named their kids?