’4real’

Wow what a response...Personally I like the name obviously not the way it is spelt but there are other ways they can spell the name to make it more attractive....Foreal, Phreal...

Everyone has a right to choose their childs name regardless of what other people think, and respect is gained by your actions and what kind of person you are it has nothing to do with a name....

Remember 4real maybe the name they register him under but he may be known as something else...like his middle name..

My son has a different name too so I am in no place to judge those parents who come up with strange/unusual names...

It is obvious we are not all going to agree one way or the other but there is no need to make snarky remarks about the parents or what they will name their other children....none of us know if the child will like/hate his name or even if he will be teased at school...we are all just make assumptions.



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Deez wrote: My son has a different name too so I am in no place to judge those parents who come up with strange/unusual names...

Me either

Yeah I agree it can be taken too far. In my nursing career I have come across a Flyriver, Thankyou and Blue bell just to name a few.

Emma - did you watch My name is Earl last night? He had a piece of advice for a girl named Summer "Just because you have a stripper name, doesn't mean you have to grow up to be a stripper" (wisdom from the man who named his son Pilot Inspektor)

P.S. Can't wait to see what your sister is going to name her kids. You could just yawn every time she calls them and mutter "borrring"

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I think there is a difference between unusual names and thoughtless names...

nikkiwhyte wrote: Emma - did you watch My name is Earl last night? He had a piece of advice for a girl named Summer "Just because you have a stripper name, doesn't mean you have to grow up to be a stripper" (wisdom from the man who named his son Pilot Inspektor) P.S. Can't wait to see what your sister is going to name her kids. You could just yawn every time she calls them and mutter "borrring"

She has "reserved" Max and Isabelle -yawn!

And LMAO at My Name Is Earl - he's so right! My baby doesn't have to be a stripper, she could be a truck driver instead

There are names and then there are nouns, they are not necessarily the same thing. Lycan and Alize are actual names for people. There are children out there called Riot and Kaos, Foreal isn't a name its a slogan. Its like calling your kid Coke or Pepsi.
I wish parents would put some thought into what they name their children, I've had to go thru life with a name my parents picked from a movie. By the time I was old enough to change it, was kind of used to it.

And Max is a nice name, however there are too many dogs with that name.

At the time 1973, it was unusual to name your child after someone in a movie, I got teased a lot about my name when I was in school, people still have a hard time spelling it.

I guess its more common now to use names from movies.

Its interesting that I trend towards more traditional/common names for my future (unborn) children based on my experience, where as I know people who are the opposite for the same reason.

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