When it comes to original baby names, my former neighborhood in Brooklyn was always worth a, "How do you spell that?" at least once during a mom group meet-up. I prided myself on not passing judgment. Simply smiling and repeating the baby's unusual name over and over in my head until "Neverland" just rolled off my tongue when I played This Little Piggy with the baby next to mine on the blanket. But now one couple has gone too far, and I'm officially ending my "live and let live" stance on unusual baby names. Stop it, crazy parents. Enough is enough.
An Israeli couple named their baby 'Like' after the Facebook 'Like' button. No, I'm not kidding. Yes, I am very, very, very sorry.
Lior and Vardit Adler welcomed a baby girl, and apparently someone's first instinct was to hit a 'Like' button, so they gave the baby that name. I can't figure out if it's the height of laziness or hipster-dom. Either way, going through life being named after a button on a social network, which also happens to be one of the most common words in the world, is stupid. I'm sorry, but it is.
The article on CNN said the couple was looking for a "unique" moniker. Do you know how many times in a day the average person says "like"? Well I don't either, but that poor kid will because her head will be whipping around every time someone expresses their feelings about pastries or big butts. And it's only a matter of time (this is assuming FB is still hip 13 years from now) when a kid on the playground adds "un-" in front of her name, and the world's easiest yet most damaging nickname is born.
Not cool, parents. Not even as harmless as Bear Blu. Let's just hope that little girl has a fantastic middle name.
What do you think about this baby girl's name? Like?
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I say, as long as it isn't vulgar, let people name their kids what they want.
I think it's an idiotic name if my parents named me something horrible I'd change my name when i turned 18 and tell them how much i hated the name. There is original and then there's original for a reason, reason being it's a stupid name. lol
WHat about the girls over here named Shalom? It sounds ok over here. Over there weird.
I don't know I have a nephew named Huckleberry, I think I would have been happy if he was named Like.
HEY My daughter Is Huckleberry Elizabeth! Thankyou very much,
I do 'like' it. Lol. Had to. Anyway, I see nothing wrong with it. I do like it.
If it makes you feel better, I hated my name (Jennifer) growing up because it was about as original as black. I tried to choose more unique names for my children - Aiden, Connor and Emily. Guess how many of those I have met. You cannot win for losing...
LIKE is just as bad as Blanket and Apple! I hate most of the names people choose for their kids, but they didnt ask me! most of the names are'nt even names, just nouns! oh, and spelling your kids name diffrently is not cute it's just annoying!
Oh, people, get over yourselves! It's none of our damn business what someone else names their kid, why, why WHY does The Stir insist on writing 5-10 posts every day about how stupid someone's name is?
Kids have enough to deal with growing up without having to get teased for having a name like that. Um, seriously, that isn't even a name. The one name I can't stand is Nevaeh, I just don't like it at all. But at least it is valid when it comes to names. But Like???? WTF?? I don't get it.
When I was pregnant I had trouble finding names I liked for my kids. Amber didn't have a name until she was 2 days old and the social security people needed to know what name to put on her ssn card. I wanted to call her October, but her dad (and my mom) thought it was too weird.
I'm going to have to show them this article. Heehees.
Like is a word in Hawaiian pronounced LeeKay, if they say it like that I think it would be beautiful. =]