Jessica, you can probably guess my opinion on atypical names.
Which is...why hide it in the middle? Kids will be traumatised anyway, and they'll hate you anyway.
Zoe: Captain will come up with a plan. Kaylee: That's good. Right? Zoe: Possibly you're not recalling some of his previous plans.
'Safe'
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§ ita § - Jan 26, 2007 8:19:16 am PST #2844 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Aims - Jan 26, 2007 8:20:17 am PST #2845 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
calls dibs on Ruebeus
Jessica - Jan 26, 2007 8:20:27 am PST #2846 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Which is...why hide it in the middle?
Because the first name's already picked out, and has been for years. The middle name was up in the air until we knew the gender.
Laura - Jan 26, 2007 8:20:34 am PST #2847 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
{{ChiKat}} Tissue~ma.
I'm convinced that, for the most part, most people go through a phase where they hate their name.
What Aimee said. Name the child what pleases you and E. He'll go through the stages of hating and loving no matter what you name him.
Mine were both named after people IRL. They don't hate me for this, yet.
DavidS - Jan 26, 2007 8:21:35 am PST #2848 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
should one avoid giving a kid a really weird middle name even if you really like it? Not "Moon Unit" or "Apple" weird, but, um, fictional. From a genre universe. Slightly more obscure than "Frodo" but only just.
As you note, you're named after a Dune character. I think it's fine to put an atypical name - like say, "Azalea" - in the middle.
DavidS - Jan 26, 2007 8:22:28 am PST #2849 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
calls dibs on Ruebeus
Man, I don't even like Hagrid as a character that much anymore. Does anybody? I guess Aimee.
§ ita § - Jan 26, 2007 8:23:23 am PST #2850 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Because the first name's already picked out, and has been for years. The middle name was up in the air until we knew the gender.
Unless it's an ugly name or a cruel one (and you wouldn't be considering it if it were) don't hesitate.
Aims - Jan 26, 2007 8:23:29 am PST #2851 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I like the name Ruebeus. It's different.
JZ - Jan 26, 2007 8:25:16 am PST #2852 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Your Mom is not bawdy, nor lewd.
Not in mixed company containing her sons or sons-in-law, no. But among other women, or like-minded men to whom she is not related? YUH HUH.
WindSparrow - Jan 26, 2007 8:26:18 am PST #2853 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
My feeling is that it's a middle name and should therefore yield a minimum amount of trauma.I'd say, the worse the middle name, the better the incentive to good behavior, at least in public.
Imagine hearing "Harry Hagrid Bone, you come here this instant!" blaring down the playground at you. It would make him think twice about wandering off again.