Girls Named After Cities: Classic or Dud?

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I, personally, have never met someone named "Sydney" who didn't rule.

Please discuss.

― JM, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i have also never met a girl called middlesborough, or moenchengladbach, or cape town. however, it is certainly possible that i may have had the aquaintance of a sofia at one time

― gareth, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

middlesBRough

― peter, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My wife's cute little cousin is named Sydney! She was our flower girl.

I tried to convince my wife our first daughter should be named Billerica, but she wouldn't go for it (some vague thing about the poor girl hating us for all eternity or something).

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Two words: Phoenix Gulzar. Hello, that's horrible. No one should be named after cities, everyone should be named after characters in French films.

― Ally, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You have to admit that Brooklyn is worse than Phoenix in the name department. What are they gonna call their next kid, Hoboken?

― Nicole, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Having been in both places, I'd way rather be named Brooklyn than Phoenix. If I was named Hoboken, I'd fucking kill myself. Hoboken is the worst place in the entire world, it's worse than Queens.

― Ally, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm named after a place - the infamous Kimberley diamond mine in South Africa. Can I tell you how great it is for your namesake to be something affectionately termed "The Big Hole"?

― Kim, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well, at least you weren't named "The Big Hole" -- I could see that causing problems somewhere down the line. Still wouldn't be as bad as Hoboken, though.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I cannot say enough bad about Hoboken. I remember being forced to stand on a street corner with Fred and Mark, in a NASTY section of Hoboken (now imagine that - you'd think the whole thing is pretty horrible but there are actually "bad" sections!), for like hours while Stephanie made out with Brian, who is like the stupidest person I know. I'm all, dude, can we just ditch them? But then we were watching them and laughing, so. It was like 3am when we frigging got to leave.

If I had a kid, which I won't, I'd name it Newcastle just to annoy it.

― Ally, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Winona Ryder = dud
Wynona Judd = CLASSIC

― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ally, I was assuming you were named after a location in "Quadrophenia".

― Tim, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Actually, to answer that seriously, as if I'm meant to, I was named after the Elvis Costello song.

― Ally, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hey! no dissing on Queens! I spent a good part of my life in LIC/Astoria, and they were some of the happiest times of my life. The only people who are afraid of Queens are either Guylanders who have only ever been to the scary Eastern reaches, or else newbies to NYC who are afraid to venture into BBQ for fear they'll be shot if they leave the tourist areas. So :-P

― masonic boom, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Kate, I'm from Queens. Queens is hella lame, I'll defend it against anyone else but it's still hella lame. I'll only live there again if I have to. I mean, it's obviously way better than Brooklyn, Staten Island, and the Bronx (this isn't even mentioning New Jersey or Connecticut, which are like parts of New York not yet officially annexed), I mean duh. But it's not a patch on Manhattan. Except for Washington Heights, it's way better than Washington Heights.

― Ally, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think Idlewild is a nice name for a girl.

― mark s, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I hate Manhattan. Totally over-rated. They should chop off everything below 14th Street. Ooh, Momus is going to kick my ass now. ;-)

― masonicboom, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh, below 14th St is crap, it's for wannabe hipsters who think a location makes them cool, as opposed to personality.

― Ally, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Below 14th St. is crap because it's part of Manhattan, which is utter crap. That said, "Wall Street" would be a great name for a girl, especially a girl in a Bond movie.

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Below 14th is the only place with really good tattoo parlours though. The rest use crap ink.

― Ally, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Aaaahhh, I crave for the good old days, back when it was ILLEGAL to get a tat in NYC, so everybody had to run upstate to get them done. I had mine done in Amsterdam. That's Amsterdam, NY, way up in the scary Adirondacks. ::shudders::

― masonic boom, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I was too young for that time period, I reckon. I'm surprised it's not illegal again now, what with Giuliani. I mean, he doesn't even like strip clubs, of course he's going to hate tattoos.

― Ally, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Worra 'bout girls named after months? I like April as a name, it's sexy. Suggests a girl who prefers not to wear a bra even though she needs one. May and June don't do much for me. I think some people are called March - dumb name. And some guys are called August - poncy name. And that's it. Maybe someone's called October; that'd be the best "ber"-month name. Oh, and days of the week: I'm aware of Tuesday and Wednesday (both girls), but that's it. Seems to lack imagination on parents' behalf. Kid's lucky not to be called "Bedpost".

― AP, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

eight months pass...

Parents named their kid Como because they'd had their honeymoon at Lake Como so my Mom said to them it's a good thing you didn't do your honeymoon in Ocean Park New Jersey.

― Frank Kogan, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Kid's lucky not to be called "Bedpost".

Or "Linoleum."

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 2 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I still like the joke about Ally being named after her place of conception.

― Nitsuh, Sunday, 3 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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