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sammyg2 01-28-2009 02:07 PM

Think twice about giving your kid a stupid name
 
I've watched a trend where people make up ridiculous names for their kids, maybe they shouldn't do that.
Or............... maybe the type of people who do that are more prone to have criminals for kids?

Quote:

Boys With Unusual Names More Likely to Break Law
Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Boys in the United States with common names like Michael and David are less likely to commit crimes than those named Ernest or Ivan.

David E. Kalist and Daniel Y. Lee of Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania compared the first names of male juvenile delinquents to the first names of male juveniles in the population.

The researchers constructed a popularity-name index (PNI) for each name. For example, the PNI for Michael is 100, the most frequently given name during the period.

The PNI for David is 50, a name given half as frequently as Michael. The PNI is approximately 1 for names such as Alec, Ernest, Ivan, Kareem, and Malcolm.

Results show that, regardless of race, juveniles with unpopular names are more likely to engage in criminal activity. The least popular names were associated with juvenile delinquency among both blacks and whites.

The findings, announced Wednesday, are detailed in the journal Social Science Quarterly.

While the names are likely not the cause of crime, the researchers argue that "they are connected to factors that increase the tendency to commit crime, such as a disadvantaged home environment, residence in a county with low socioeconomic status, and households run by one parent."

"Also, adolescents with unpopular names may be more prone to crime because they are treated differently by their peers, making it more difficult for them to form relationships," according to a statement released by the journal's publisher. "Juveniles with unpopular names may also act out because they consciously or unconsciously dislike their names."

The findings could help officials " identify individuals at high risk of committing or recommitting crime, leading to more effective and targeted intervention programs," the authors conclude.

equality72521 01-28-2009 02:09 PM

I know a guy named Jack Goff

onlycafe 01-28-2009 02:09 PM

dick palmer.

TerryH 01-28-2009 02:21 PM

Paging Mike Hunt!


Got ribbing as a kid for Terry. Not the most masculine of names. I survived it and even have a niece named after me, but she spells it Tari. My best friends wife is named Terri.

equality72521 01-28-2009 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TerryH (Post 4449801)
Paging Mike Hunt!


Got ribbing as a kid for Terry. Not the most masculine of names. I survived it and even have a niece named after me, but she spells it Tari. My best friends wife is named Terri.

Actually, I went to school with a Mike Hunt.

HardDrive 01-28-2009 02:38 PM

Al Cahalik.

JMPRO 01-28-2009 02:44 PM

I don't think any of this is funny.

Adolf

Dantilla 01-28-2009 02:48 PM

I know a couple where both the husband and wife are named "Kelly".

Great people, with lots of phone goof-ups.

Aurel 01-28-2009 02:53 PM

There is a young Adolph Hitler here in NJ...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,468250,00.html

the 01-28-2009 02:57 PM

lol, it's not the stupid names that cause kids to engage in crimes, it's the fact that the vast majority of parents who give their kids stupid names are stupid themselves, and the apple doesn't end up falling far from the tree.

Fishman7 01-28-2009 03:01 PM

Had a professor by the name Dick Loose.

poorsche930 01-28-2009 03:01 PM

This is not a joke. Way back in 6th grade, I'll never forget this. The middle school librarian's name was Harold Dix. True story. :eek:

equality72521 01-28-2009 03:03 PM

Let's not forget Nascar"s own Dick Trickle.

rammstein 01-28-2009 03:09 PM

There was a Harold Sack in the pharmacy computer at my high school job many years ago.

Racerbvd 01-28-2009 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sammyg2 (Post 4449763)
I've watched a trend where people make up ridiculous names for their kids, maybe they shouldn't do that.
Or............... maybe the type of people who do that are more prone to have criminals for kids?

Then this country is in real trouble:eek:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/10/america/10babies.php

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/21/obama-babies-post-inaugur_n_159722.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/01/21/2009-01-21_mother_of_children_named_after_nazis_we_.html

URY914 01-28-2009 03:51 PM

The mini series ROOTS started a whole new trend in strange names...

porsche4life 01-28-2009 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TerryH (Post 4449801)
Paging Mike Hunt!


Got ribbing as a kid for Terry. Not the most masculine of names. I survived it and even have a niece named after me, but she spells it Tari. My best friends wife is named Terri.

The local wal-mart pharmacist is Michael Hunt.

gassy 01-28-2009 04:21 PM

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1233192101.jpg

ckissick 01-28-2009 05:00 PM

Does Mike Litoris have a sister named Delores?

There was a guy in Santa Barabara named Dick Stillhard.

legion 01-28-2009 05:06 PM

People I know exist:

Harry Dick
Tijuana Hooker
Randy Cox
Harry Butt and his wife Iona Butt

First names (not nicknames) of people I know whose parents should be beaten:

Spooner
Steel
Tijauna

Zeke 01-28-2009 05:09 PM

Just being Milt is tough enough.

URY914 01-28-2009 05:10 PM

What about Oral and Anal Roberts?

Porsche-O-Phile 01-28-2009 05:47 PM

I actually went to school with an Edward E. Ward (we presented him with the prestigious "Edward E. Ward Award" at graduation) and a Jennifer Eric (Jenn + Eric = "Generic").

Dumb parents.

Another one I can't stand is parents who name their kids "cute" sounding baby names. Unfortunately those cute little babies eventually grow up into adults who are going to try to make it in the hard real world. Tough to do when you're named "Buffy" or "Pebbles" or "Chip" or "Muffy" or "Candi". Unless they're going to be in porn.

I loathe the names "Trevor" and "Tyler" too. Jee-zus Tapdancing Christ are these parents trying to turn their kids gay and make them start "boy bands"?

onewhippedpuppy 01-28-2009 06:33 PM

I occasionally get email traffic at work from Gay Cox. Must.....not.....reply......

TerryH 01-28-2009 06:41 PM

Jerry Robinson, the goofy orthodontist on The Bob Newhart Show?


Peter Bonerz

lendaddy 01-28-2009 06:45 PM

I knew a Harry Kok(pronounced cock) and his brother's name was Dick. I schit you not.

JeremyD 01-28-2009 07:32 PM

had an employee applicant named: Placenta roberts same time we were working a girl named Strawberry Pancake. I've had a whole slew of stupid names over the years.

tangerine911S 01-28-2009 07:41 PM

Jack Meehoff

craigster59 01-28-2009 07:45 PM

I've posted before about some of the crazy names of people I've known (Penny Nichols, Barry Hatchett, etc). Working in movies and TV, we do police stations, hospitals, etc and have to fill out the "dry erase boards' for set dressing (patient lists, detectives cases). Some of the names Phil McCracken, Hugh Jass, Hugh Jorgen, Dick Fitzwell, Skip Towne, Dick Gazinya, Seymour Kooch, Betty Nailzer, etc. Look for them in the background on your favorite show.

Z-man 01-28-2009 08:01 PM

So where does "Zoltan" fall?!?

:eek:

Hawktel 01-28-2009 08:04 PM

Talked to Richard Moran today. And a Ocean. That was her first name.

Laneco 01-28-2009 08:07 PM

Names
 
I went with some girls when I was lets say younger. Dian Goodhead and
Sandy LeFlesh if I had that last name I would have had boys.


Steve

Schumi 01-28-2009 08:14 PM

Well this is a no brainer.

!. Degenerate, third class dumb f&^$ have kids

2. Name kids dumb ***** names because of said state of being in #1.

3. Kids grow up *****ty, again because of said state of parents in #1.

4. Kids commit crimes, because of #3.

tabs 01-28-2009 09:32 PM

Mother always used to complain to her friends that she had a throughly a$$ backwards son that just couldn't do anything right. Even at Two years old Mother wanted me to read Nizesche and if I couldn't explain the dialectic to her at dinner she would smack me across the head saying "Get your facts straight boy." So ya might say I learned real early that ya better learn to tap dance real fast or get your noggin smacked. Anyway one day Mother just started calling me TABS for short.

DARISC 01-28-2009 09:51 PM

Sam Giancana,
Sammy the Bull.
Son of Sam,
Sammy the Troll.....

The list of sleazebags goes on and on.....

David 01-29-2009 04:08 AM

We have some interesting nick names at work from the old days. One guy is 'pecker'. At a company function my boss went to introduce 'pecker' and family to his wife when he realized he didn't know his real name.

Pecker took the lead and introduced himself as 'pecker', his wife as 'mrs pecker', his son as 'little pecker', and his daughter as 'pecker less'.

True story.

legion 01-29-2009 04:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laneco (Post 4450538)
I went with some girls when I was lets say younger. Dian Goodhead and
Sandy LeFlesh if I had that last name I would have had boys.


Steve

Steven LeFlesh would be a good one.

MattKellett 01-29-2009 05:56 AM

At school there were 2 girls who's names were next to each other in roll call, they were :

Wendy Allcock
Anna Balls

I kid you not!!

Mo_Gearhead 01-29-2009 06:21 AM

School must be difficult, but then ( for some) comes basic training and the
oh-so-kind-and-caring ...DRILL INSTRUCTORS!

We had a guy in boot camp named - Ben (Benjamin) Dover.

________________

Not name related but: one guy had a skin condition. It caused blotchy, pale/pinkish patches on his face/arms/body.

One D.I. quickly pronounced him; " Private Pinto" !

T77911S 01-29-2009 06:30 AM

when i left the hospital when my daughter was born, there were 3 babies that were named
treymea
treymia
treymo


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