THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: xnikki118x on February 07, 2007, 04:20:56 AM
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Patrick Dempsey (McDreamy!) and his wife just had twin sons, named Darby Galen and Sullivan Patrick. They also have a 4-year-old daughter named Talulah.
Why does it seem like famous people are so much more likely to give their kids weird, off-the-wall names? Really. Talulah? I'd NEVER name my daughter that!
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I want to name my daughter Leiloo Aurora
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Patrick Dempsey (McDreamy!) and his wife just had twin sons, named Darby Galen and Sullivan Patrick. They also have a 4-year-old daughter named Talulah.
Why does it seem like famous people are so much more likely to give their kids weird, off-the-wall names? Really. Talulah? I'd NEVER name my daughter that!
This is studied in Freakonomics. I recommend checking it out.
The short of it:
We all know names go in and out of style. It turns out that names have a sort of scale that they follow.
For example, when Richie Rich across town has a kid and names him, the name immediately becomes attractive to more people in lower social castes. When legit celebrities are involved, this effect is amplified. A good case study of this, is on the variations of the name Brittany.
Where do the fancy names come from in the first place? Well, in the case of Richie Rich, the top of the social heap is more likely to have a better education, and thus be exposed to more good name sources, whether they be historical figures or literary figures or what. In the case of celebrities, anything goes.
The book is, of course, a bit more in depth, and wasn't written at 1AM. Where do fucked up names come from? They come from parents being exposed to wacky names. Easy as pie.