MELON PEACH TRIXIE HAMILTON III
Brace yourself; the top baby researched
names of 2013 are out (searched for in 2012 and ‘trending’ in 2013 apparently)!
This made the news cycle this morning; a celeb starlet must have not wrecked
their car last night, or dropped over from dehydration. And I know the conflict
in the Middle East still rages on so that’s not necessarily news or at least,
not salacious ‘new’ news (it falls under maintenance reporting apparently). But
trending baby names, that is front page stuff my friends.
So, as per the report, the top five
girls names are 1. Isabella 2. Millie 3. Sookie 4. Ann and 5. Ella. I’m really hoping that Sookie did not make the list because of ‘True
Blood,’ but then again, we are a monkey see/monkey do society and since the
dawn of Brooklyn Beckham, I’m sure there are a lot of Seattle Smiths and
Houston Jones running around out there. God help us all. As for the boy’s
names, the top five are 1. Jacob 2. Max 3. Liam 4. Ted and 5. Mo. I’m not sure if Mo is short for Mohammed, but I kind of hope it is. At least
that will show we are broadening our myopic ethnic scope. The article goes
on to say that the retirement home/golden standard names are making a comeback like
Betty and Ted (or Beaver and Ward perhaps?), as are the royal names due the
existence of Wills and Kate. The King’s sibling – not that he’s getting one -
is definitely being named Queen Elisabeth. I mean, King and Queen, come on,
that’s genius (and we could then get a dog named Prince and a bunch of potted plants named...'disenfranchised subjects').
Funny enough, to me it always seems
like the names don’t really change that much, I mean Max and Isabella have been
front runners for ages, barring the addition of the wacky celeb names that have
pushed their way into the zeitgeist. ‘Peach. Yeah, you heard me, her name is
Peach. Kim Kardashian named her kid that and it’s totally classy.’ Um okay then. In defense of all the Apples and
Peaches of the world, I suppose it feels odd and abnormal to all of us until
they become the norm. Think of the world when the majority of us are named
after fruits, vegetables and cities. It will be so colorful won’t it? (ahem) Then
again, when I think of someone named after a fruit, I’m thinking porn or life
on the pole, not law review. I could happily be wrong of course; perhaps the
next Supreme Court Justice will indeed be named Melon Trixie Hamilton. Who am I
to say?
Many think my name is abnormal,
funny enough. I’m not sure how, but trust me, if I had a nickel for how many
times I’ve had to pronounce it, then repronounce and pronounce yet again, to
only hear it pronounced wrong, well I’d be Warren Buffet. The irony is, I then
will meet a 3 year old who hears my name and says it perfectly. Who says they
don’t listen.
Happy Tuesday.