What Would You Name Your Children If .

What did you name your child and why?

Timothy Joseph (Step) - named after his father (this is the kid who was a father at 15 and really despised me when I first married my current wife)Matthew Allen(Step) - named after wife’s brother, Allen was grandfatherMichael Andrew(step) - named because wife liked the name Michael, Andrew was brothers nameThe step after names are because they were wife’s kids who I adopted years ago, just easier to explain when you see my kids names later on in this listTimothy Paul (adopted) - no ideaRyan(adopted) - no ideaMatthew Michael- I always liked the name Matthew, Michael is my first name(eliminated any chance of a junior by using my name)Austin Joseph/Ariel Janice - I always liked the name Austin, Joseph just the name, Ariel came from the little mermaid, and Janice is my sisters name (yes I know my twins can be both called AJ, it was not intentional)Zacharia Paul - Wife liked Zacharia and gave him my stepdads middle nameJacob Thomas - Liked the name Jacob, Thomas is my middle nameYes there were two Timothy’s and Matthews in my house at one point, to keep them separate, one went by TJ and the other Tim. With the Matthews, we called one M&M and the other Matt. Luckily I still have not had a lawsuit filed for infringing on the M&M name yet lol

Should you name your child Dick?

Most people named Dick have actually been named Richard by their parents. Dick is a common nickname for Richard.Peter is another word for penis, and is not a nickname. Even so, teasing about the name Peter or Dick is minimal because they are common names (unless their full name is something like Peter Principal, or Dick Cox).I have a brother named Richard. He was teased for many things, but very seldom for his name. Our relatives, including my mom, and most of my dad's friends, called my dad Dick. By the time my brother moved out, both he and my dad were receiving phone calls from adults asking to speak to “Dick”. My mom, innocent and ignorant of the double meaning, always asked, “Big Dick, or Little Dick?” I'm sure it gave them pause, but no one dared comment. A few required some clarification before they could answer.So the closest he came to being teased was when I once suggested that Little Dick is a Native American name.I never understood why everyone called my father Dick; his name was John.

How did you decide your child’s name?

I have 4 children and all of them were named in some part after something quirky.Ethan Raphael Ethan got his first name partially because I had never met or seen an unattractive Ethan in my life and thought that would be a good sign for him later in life.  His middle name however was more meaningful as it was a combined with a couple of things.  Originally my son was going to have a different name but he simply didn't fit it when I saw him.  While I was at the hospital I was reading a book: "Unlocking the Seven Genuises of Leonardo DaVinci."  In it it talked about DaVinci's interactions with this other punk artist of the Renassaince era: Raphael.But that's not entirely how it happened.  When he was getting his first bath he scrunched up his face like a turtle.  Immediately I thought of the Ninja Turtle and he became my own little turtle namesake since then.  (Surprisingly he has not gotten sick of the Ninja Turtle toys and things he gets from time to time... yet)Maddox Connor- Maddox got his name for geeky reasons... I grew up reading the blog made by a guy with the acronym Maddox.  It was terribly irreverent and hilarious and not something that I had heard any kid named yet.The Best Page In The Universe.Connor came because I was pregnant during the Lacy Peterson trial and that was the baby's name.  Yes I admit that one is a weird one even for me but hey I just admitted to naming a kid after a Ninja Turtle and a web troll so...Sakura Faye-Sakura after the flowers which bloom at the time she was born and because I remembered seeing the name on my Gelly Roll pens (the most coveted pens ever when I was growing up) and always loved it.Faye is a reference to the Cowboy Bebop character Faye Valentine.and lastly my latest son...Jonas Caspian-His middle name (previously debated to be his first name) was originally supposed to be Hunter after Hunter S Thompson but, as much as I love his written work, I didn't want to name my kid after a drunk.  Instead his middle name ended up becoming about as a reference to The Chronicles of Narnia's Prince Caspian character.So his first name?  It's a Weezer reference of course.  I joked about having it be in his birthing announcement but it never ended up happening.  Nonetheless I thought him having a song he could use in intros would be kind of cool... that and Rivers Cumomo is also extremely attractive.  (Note: his middle name almost was Rivers as well but I didn't want to overdo it with the Weezer references)