My High school friends and I thoroughly covered the porn name thing several years ago so I'll stay out of that one. However, I DID go to Junior High with a girl named Cinnamon Parfait.

LOVE the porn name thing!!!
Mine is Darlene Greenbrier!!

For your baby, how 'bout Jenna Rose-I like it at any age.
For my porn star-Miranda Freedom
well, even better-My SIL would be
Toots de Belieu
:-o
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ok
we went to school with a girl named April Flowers. i thought that was nice.
but we also went to school with an overweight and tall for her age girl whose first name was unfortunately "Very" - she came from a family in which all the names rhymed "very, merry, keri" even "cherie."
but that's not the thing of it, we also went to school with a boy whose last name was "Gross" which means large in german, and he was sadly, also large for his age.

so the joke went: if Very XXXX(her last name) married XXXX(his first name) Gross, she'd be Very Gross!

I am sorry Very if you ever read this!

Wife is at 27 weeks and we know it's a girl. After much MUCH debate, we finally settled on Madison (I like it because it seems like it will be fun to wake my daughter up on a Saturday morning to tell her that we're having Maddy-Daddy day while mom goes to the spa, not to mention that I thought it was reasonably unique but not in a goofy sort of way).

Now I read from the Post article that it's an "idiot" name... as if I didn't have enough to stress out about (being a first time dad)

Do fodorites really think that Madison is not a professional sounding name - I keep saying "Dr. Madison Bell" in my head, and it sounds okay...

Yay Terrence! I'm 27 weeks too! Congratulations! (and I think Madison is lovely).

My niece is in school with a little girl named "Phoenix" - I have to restrain myself from asking her if her friend has "risen from the flame" or if her parents are sentimental about Arizona. What the heck were her parents thinking when they named her?

lolly, I have to ask you where your friend encountered "Lemonjello" and "Orangejello" because I have a friend who teaches near Atlanta and told me the same story. So it's either an urban legend, or proof that it's true!

Margie, I knew a woman named Carolyn who changed her name to Phoenix. I could never address her by her new name and keep a straight face.

I think people ought to be named after people; preferably people their parents either love or admire. NOT after places or things.

I'm inclined to think Lemon & Orangejello aren't a joke. When we lived in Atlanta, we knew a middle-aged man named Coke. Yes, that was his given name, not his nickname. Who knows what his parents were thinking.

This is such a fun thread. I don't have kids, so no worries about getting offended or finding my kid's name on the idiot name list.

My first name is Jennifer and there are always tons of Jennifers around. I used to wish for a more unique name when I was a kid, but now I like my name. When I say it, everyone knows what I said. My parents almost chose to name me something else because Jennifer was such a popular name, but they decided to go ahead because my mom had had her heart set on naming a daughter Jennifer for a very long time. I was named after someone very special to my mom.

dln, Coke <i>is</i> a very big name around Atlanta.

My daughter is naming her soon to be born son, Crispin. I had never heard that name, but have heard of two people named that since I started paying attention. it`s an old name, not one of those new ones.

I am a Jennifer and was one of five in my class in 2nd grade. We had to take variations of the name but I still got to keep Jennifer. I was happy with that but now I'm pretty much a Jen which is ok too. I remember growing up thinking my name was too trendy and part of the whole Valley Girl thing (you can guess my age as well) but I see women in power like that governor of MI is a Jennifer and I think it's fine. The bottom line is that name matters but it is not everything.

I personally like Madison to get to Maddy. Jack is another name I like but I don't want to have to name my son John to get people to call him Jack so I will just say Jack.

And btw, the other way to get your porn name is www.mypornname.com. :)

Okay- My porn name is: Gidget Dogwood.

My name is Justine Olivia- I personally love it. Very famine and elegant, yet not very common.

&quot;very famine and elegant&quot;
Well, they say you can never be too rich or too thin.

yancerj:I hope you mean feminine ! LOL!
Thought of another one-my brother's middle name is Norwegian after my Dad's dad-is spelled &quot;Ole&quot; and said
'OH-lee'. Being raised 60 miles from the Mexican border you can imagine the teasing he got for his middle name
&quot;oh LAY&quot;
:-D
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My name already sounds like a porn name, although I have gotten comments through the years about how original and nice it is, but I still have to cringe everytime I have to spell it out for someone (including my last name.)

My name? Janna Lee (named after my grandmothers, but still sounds like a stripper at times!)

I also hate all the different variations on names. Just take a name and spell it right! Sandee, Britnee, Mandie, Carolyna, Lorayne, wtf??!!

Ah, as for my so called porn star name, mine is too funny: Kitty Geneva

Islandmom, do what my cousin did who just gave birth last Tuesday. She was set to name her son Mateo, but took one look at him and thought it didn't fit. When the baby comes out, take one look and the name will come to you.

Am I missing something. Does &quot;famine&quot; and &quot;elegant&quot; go together?

Terrence, Look at how tired Madison is already. Pull yourself together and name the newest Bell....Nelly. I hope you're old enough to appreciate this. (-: