[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Names

[Catherine Keegan]

:--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Kathryn" <kcawte at k...> wrote:
> > But secondly I was wondering if you guys had any thoughts on the
>subject, knew people who had given their kids odd names, have names
>you love/hate, suggestions for names and what sort of impression the
>name would give you.

What a fun topic!  I live in a place where many, many hippies ran off to in 
the early '70's.  There are some wonderful names here in 
Mendocino.  There's a tax accountant called "Raven Deerwater".  Never met 
him but I love the name.  One of the tech support staff for my ISP is 
Sage.  My acupuncturist is Jorgen.  The guy down the road is named 
Moonlight and he once had a business partner called River.

The trend of taking surnames and using them as first names has caught me 
off guard.  I was standing in line at a store when an older man yelled, 
"Keegan, come here!"  As I started to reply, a small boy ran over to 
him.  Hmmm.

Mountains are showing up a lot.  A friend named her daughter McKinley.  I 
think they're calling her Mickey most of the time.  Sierra is popular, too.

While it seems kinda odd at times, I'm starting to enjoy it.  My classes 
were full of Catherines and Deboroahs in the '60s.  There must have been at 
least two or three in each of my classes.

Catherine (one of the many) in California