Name crazy

On the meaning of names

My roommate was naming her fish, and she wanted one of those really long, really elaborate, way cool manly Spanish names. We went on the Internet and found some cool names for the little Betta, and tried to find names with interesting meanings. Personally, I would have named him “BettaMax,” but maybe that's not such a good idea.

Hey, the fish's name was pretty cool. But suffice to say that people out there are pretty crazy about names. I visited a lot of baby naming sites, including kalabarians.com, that are out there to help parents choose names that will scar their kids for life - in a good way. At least in theory. They’re actually preying on the gullible, frightful first-time parent. I’m sorry, but there’s no way my name is responsible for who I am. Granted, names affect perception, but give me a break. I have one of those names that is easy to yell out, as in “Nicooooooooooole.”

So I suppose it is uniquely useful for parental intervention. But the really sad part is the site tries to read your entire personality based on your name. Meanwhile, any differences between the description and the person are blamed not on the hoax that this site is, but on the fact that you need to PURCHASE a FULL analysis of all your middle names, surnames, last names, maiden names and perhaps even your cool Mafia nickname. I suppose if I had a cool gangsta’ nickname like “Sly” (I only have the nickname “Slim”) the reading might say, “You are sly like a fox.” Duh.

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