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    James MacMillan is offline Membership Revoked for repeated rule violations.
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    I'm not really sure why, but I always liked the name James.

    But really - I think the best names are those that are in common use will cause less problems for the child. Also the names that have established nick names are good.

    The current trend to just mix a bunch of letters together is strange to me.

    Good wholesome names like:

    Robert, Bob
    John, Jack
    James, Jim
    Francis, Frank
    Howard, Hank
    Geoffrey, Jeff
    Peter, Pete
    Gregory, Greg
    William, Bill
    Albert, Al
    Bradford, Brad
    Charles, Chuck
    Daniel, Dan
    Edward, Ed
    Zackeria, Zack
    Zebulan, Zeb
    Izekiel, Zeke


    And the list can go on and on……

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    Quote Originally Posted by Panache View Post
    I think that Mike, David, Nelson, Hank, Colin, Todd, Dee , Bradley, Glen, or perhaps Jamie would be among your best choices.
    Now that would just be sucking up, unless of course David was the name chosen.

    Quote Originally Posted by Prester John View Post
    Saints names and Bible names.

    Can't go wrong either way.
    Again, that makes David a great choice.

    Quote Originally Posted by James MacMillan View Post
    But really - I think the best names are those that are in common use will cause less problems for the child. Also the names that have established nick names are good.

    The current trend to just mix a bunch of letters together is strange to me.
    Also, the trend to use a fairly common name, but give it an unusual spelling. I know the parents think it's clever, but all it does is cause problems for the kids in school when everyone spells their name wrong by using the common spelling.
    We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. - Japanese Proverb

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    Quote Originally Posted by davedove View Post
    Also, the trend to use a fairly common name, but give it an unusual spelling. I know the parents think it's clever, but all it does is cause problems for the kids in school when everyone spells their name wrong by using the common spelling.

    I had put Norman spelt "Tormod" in the mix

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    Joseph is an excellent name (says the Sister of St. Joseph)!

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