Is Ed an acceptable first name?

[Buster Highmen]

I knew of an Edwin who had a running battle with teachers who would cross out his full name and replace it with "Edward".

That said, we gave our kids totally unique first names with the theme of mountain water features neither of us had ever heard used as names. Yeah, yeah, so twirly, twirly.

Unique names partition the literate from the not so literate, especially our last name.

[toast2266]

Ward could be his middle name. Leaves the options open.

[KQ]

Ward could be his middle name. Leaves the options open.

Now that's some smart thinking!

[prsboogie]

Eddie from Iron Maiden


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FTW!!!

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[BmillsSkier]

There is only one nickname for someone giving themselves a nickname-DICKHEAD.

Whenever I meet someone that introduces themselves with a nickname not derived from their legal handle, I ask them "How did you earn that nickname?". If they then say something like "it's because of how I play hockey", I would ask "Oh, did your teammates give you that moniker?". If no, I would walk away and mutter "dickhead" under my breath. That guy just earned a nickname.

Absolutely.

Eddie from Iron Maiden


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Eddie Van Halen?

[bagtagley]

Absolutely.



Eddie Van Halen?

Regardless, Dickhead also fits.

[muted]

Confession: muted is a nickname I gave myself.

[abraham]

I knew of an Edwin who had a running battle with teachers who would cross out his full name and replace it with "Edward".

That said, we gave our kids totally unique first names with the theme of mountain water features neither of us had ever heard used as names. Yeah, yeah, so twirly, twirly.

Unique names partition the literate from the not so literate, especially our last name.

Tartsnatcher is such a unique last name these days

[GoldMember]

There's always Edgar...

[The AD]

A short-name like John for Jonathan is selected by the individual.

A nickname like Shitdick is given.

Name you kid the long-name so they can choose to be a William, Will, Bill, or Billy. You’re going to call them Shitdick anyway.

But if you do decide to go for the shortened version you can't just decide later you want to be known only by the long form, e.g. everyone knows you as Charlie, but suddenly you insist being called Charles. That's a douche move.

[schindlerpiste]

Eddard (GoT)
Ewald (Bayern)
Eduardo (de Silva)

[Snow Dog]

Up here some parents named their child Rocky Rambo [Wei Nam Kam] because they were Stallone fans and wanted a tough kid.

He grew up to be an axe murder hacking two random people to death.

The court heard that Kam was obsessed with violent video games, including testimony from clinical psychologist Dr. Edward Shen, who said he may have been in a “gaming consciousness.”

Kam’s defence pushed the theory that the accused thought he was in one of those video games at the time of the killings.

[Conundrum]

Badger Tartsnatcher has a good ring.

[Buster Highmen]

Wanda Round
Anna Falaktic
Jerry Mander
Clea Nunderwere

[Timberridge]

Buster Highmen

[Buster Highmen]

Vera Similitude

[Meathelmet]

Eddie?

Well why the hell not. Destined for great things that name is.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_the_Eagle

[BmillsSkier]

Turd Ferguson still cracks me up.

[The Reverend Floater]

My youngest daughter's name is Grace but I call her Goo because she's 5 months old...and is a pile of goo. The wife is worried that this will stick (no pun intended) and would be a very unfortunate nickname during high school. Thoughts?

[The AD]

Eddie?

Well why the hell not. Destined for great things that name is.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_the_Eagle

I think it's sort of funny that "Eddie" is a riff on his last name: Edwards. His first name is Michael.

[Conundrum]

My youngest daughter's name is Grace but I call her Goo because she's 5 months old...and is a pile of goo. The wife is worried that this will stick (no pun intended) and would be a very unfortunate nickname during high school. Thoughts?

She shouldn't worry. I don't think Doo Doo Brown stuck. I quit using that at least a couple weeks ago.

[mtnjam]

I have a friend named Ed as in Ed Dibble

[Buster Highmen]

Lewis Tools.

[ötzi]

I wanted to name my son Pagan but my wife demurred. It's okay, it turned out he is one anyways.

[The AD]

Lewis Tools.

Friend of mine has the last name Zopf. His family managed to resist naming anyone Jack.