I was looking at www.babynames.com (don't ask why) and anyway, there is a database of like 6,500 names from every nationality in the world (maybe?) so anyway, I thought I would start by looking at only the "American" ones. I soon reconsidered. You see, most of the names we use in America came from other countries, and the ones that are truly American are the ones which have been invented right here at home. I now understand why we borrow names from other areas of the world. They are obviously much better at the art of naming. Allow me to explain. A name which, as a nickname, may be fine (although that could be disputed) is Pooky. Many others sound more like adjectives describing the person, rather than a name to appear on a birth certificate include, among others, Blue, Red, Teal, Brilliant, Content, Early, Happy, Lucky, Modesty, Obedience, Unity, and Trapper. Objects are also being used, for example, Butterfly, Cinnamon, Denim, Dragon, and Stone. A few other names that I don't know where the fuck they came from include Mystery, Nature, Rangle, Starbuck, Velvet, Welcome, Wind, Infinity, Ireland, and Minor.
I saved for last the very funniest one I found. This one makes me crack up terribly every time I think of it. I feel so sorry for the child who has to answer to the name Moon-Unit.
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That might be poor Frank Zappa's daughter, if I remember rightly. Starbuck is from Moby Dick, which is a 'great American Novel' so I can understand that, but Rangle? Early? Minor? Poor freakin kids!! Mind you, I personally know a Roadz, and a Pacific. ;)
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