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Your hypothetical friend Mrs. Stein tells you that they're thinking of naming their son Frank. It started off as a joke, but now they're seriously discussing pros and cons. She'd like your thoughts. Your knee-jerk reaction first, perhaps, but more importantly your considered opinion.
What do you think overall? Would it help or hurt with the inevitable playground teasing? What about later in life? Would it work better with a different middle initial? Would Franklin be better than just Frank? How would it affect his sense of humor? Or choice of majors in college? What other thoughts do you have?
(Just a morning musing brought on by having talked to my niece last night about my old thought of naming my hypothetical future son Frank.)
What do you think overall? Would it help or hurt with the inevitable playground teasing? What about later in life? Would it work better with a different middle initial? Would Franklin be better than just Frank? How would it affect his sense of humor? Or choice of majors in college? What other thoughts do you have?
(Just a morning musing brought on by having talked to my niece last night about my old thought of naming my hypothetical future son Frank.)
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my last name was melton during my stepfather years, and gettign called "melton the monster" was devastating. i can't imagine that getting called frankenstein would be any easier; i'd think it would be harder because you'd know your parents had to have known what would happen...
now, if one's part of a family where everyone, including the parents, grew up with a joke name, it might be something different. but if one's parents have names that didn't make them a target/butt of jokes when they were children but saddle their chid with one, that says something pretty troubling (to me, ymmv)