Kid Names

[lukethedrifter]

I know a few white Indias and a white Indira or two.

I think Metallica would make a better name.

[IMADreamer]

I went to college with a kid named Indy, it was short for something spanish but it was still weird. I swear there is a contest on who can name their kids the worst name.

Some I've heard:
Finola
Euaon (don't even know how to pronounce that)
Kayshe (yep the radio station, and it's a boy)
Santi
Apple
Angel
Prudence
Ferrari (great car name, really stupid kid name. Especially when you are trailer trash)

[longhornbaseball]

Indie for a girl is awful. Indie for a boy is [expletive] awesome.

[docellis]

I am not bothered by Indie at all.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

I am not bothered by Indie at all.

Me either. I know someone who named a son Gandalf. And then there's Alaric. "Not Al - Alaric please." Really?

[ghostrunner]

I don't think it's that bad really. I agree it's probably a pretentious choice but it's not weird enough that she'll get teased about it. It's not like it's Pilot Inspektor or anything.

[Radbird]

I am not bothered by Indie at all.

Me either. I know someone who named a son Gandalf. And then there's Alaric. "Not Al - Alaric please." Really?

Gandalf is better than Bilbo, I suppose.

I think Indie is okay as a nickname or shortened version of a more formal name, so perhaps that's an angle to work with your sister, thrill. Mrs. Rad wanted to name our daughter Mackenzie - I didn't want her to become known as Mac, so I convinced her to make it her middle name. So you could suggest that to your sister (having a first name that flows well with it would help sell it).

[thrill]

I think I just have hipster fatigue. It's not that bad a name.

[haltz]

My nephew is named Seamus. Same hipster nonsense.

I told her she was damning him to a life of spelling it for people three times a day just because the father's great great grandparents lived in Ireland or some [expletive]. She didn't care.

[lukethedrifter]

There was a kid named Gandalf running around the park one day. I couldn't believe his mother did that. I really couldn't.