Comments on: CAREFUL, KAL-EL; WATCH OUT WHIZDOM! http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/03/29/careful-kal-el-watch-out-whizdom/ baby names Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:15:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jade http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/03/29/careful-kal-el-watch-out-whizdom/comment-page-1/#comment-16222 jade Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:01:36 +0000 http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=2673#comment-16222 well my son name is Kal-El thomas and he is fantastic and loves that his names after superman... it also has the meanin "star child" i think its lovely well my son name is Kal-El thomas and he is fantastic and loves that his names after superman… it also has the meanin “star child” i think its lovely

]]> By: Annelise http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/03/29/careful-kal-el-watch-out-whizdom/comment-page-1/#comment-2618 Annelise Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:55:07 +0000 http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=2673#comment-2618 Then again, think how many people with "normal" names don't like them and change them. I know a Jennifer and a Melissa who both had their names legally changed, and my grandmother Edith has never been called anything but Margery. For their generations, those names were perfectly normal! Plus we all know dozens of people who refuse to respond to anything except a particular nickname, and sometimes those nicknames (I'm thinking of a girl called "Bonsai" and a man called "Cork") are far stranger than their given names! Then again, think how many people with “normal” names don’t like them and change them. I know a Jennifer and a Melissa who both had their names legally changed, and my grandmother Edith has never been called anything but Margery. For their generations, those names were perfectly normal! Plus we all know dozens of people who refuse to respond to anything except a particular nickname, and sometimes those nicknames (I’m thinking of a girl called “Bonsai” and a man called “Cork”) are far stranger than their given names!

]]> By: Lola http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/03/29/careful-kal-el-watch-out-whizdom/comment-page-1/#comment-2617 Lola Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:43:07 +0000 http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=2673#comment-2617 A a woman who grew up a painfully shy girl, I would have died had I been given something out of the ordinary. As is, my unusual nickname (well, it was unusual for 35 years!) made it easier to stand out when I wanted to. But then, I've also had three gregarious monster children of my own and have realised that something slightly uncommon might be a better fit for some. Outrageous is a digfferent story, though. Everytime I see Kal-El in particular, I wonder "What was wrong with Clark"? I've known a few people with unusual names for the times, a male Artemas (I've mentioned before hates his name), a male Pax (who likes his) and Chinese female Holly (who always moans "my Parents can't say my name!") and a handful of others that seem to get along perfectly well with theirs. So I've come to the conclusion that you'll probably know what's best for your own kid. But I always try the ones I'm considering on myself before they go on my list. I figure, if I can deal with it, the kid probably can too. A a woman who grew up a painfully shy girl, I would have died had I been given something out of the ordinary. As is, my unusual nickname (well, it was unusual for 35 years!) made it easier to stand out when I wanted to.

But then, I’ve also had three gregarious monster children of my own and have realised that something slightly uncommon might be a better fit for some. Outrageous is a digfferent story, though. Everytime I see Kal-El in particular, I wonder “What was wrong with Clark”?

I’ve known a few people with unusual names for the times, a male Artemas (I’ve mentioned before hates his name), a male Pax (who likes his) and Chinese female Holly (who always moans “my Parents can’t say my name!”) and a handful of others that seem to get along perfectly well with theirs.

So I’ve come to the conclusion that you’ll probably know what’s best for your own kid. But I always try the ones I’m considering on myself before they go on my list. I figure, if I can deal with it, the kid probably can too.

]]> By: Andrea http://nameberry.com/blog/2009/03/29/careful-kal-el-watch-out-whizdom/comment-page-1/#comment-2613 Andrea Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:56:13 +0000 http://nameberry.com/blog/?p=2673#comment-2613 I've seen Kal-El and Jor-El a few times in birth announcements in the last few years and once a Kal-El who was the son of a father named Jor-El. I don't think it's actually that bad a name. If he hates it, he can go by Kal. People usually adapt to strange names. I went to college with a girl named Sparrow -- daughter of hippies -- and there was a girl named Cinnamon at a neighboring high school. After the initial "How'd you get that weird name" comments, people just thought of them as Sparrow and Cinnamon. I’ve seen Kal-El and Jor-El a few times in birth announcements in the last few years and once a Kal-El who was the son of a father named Jor-El. I don’t think it’s actually that bad a name. If he hates it, he can go by Kal. People usually adapt to strange names. I went to college with a girl named Sparrow — daughter of hippies — and there was a girl named Cinnamon at a neighboring high school. After the initial “How’d you get that weird name” comments, people just thought of them as Sparrow and Cinnamon.

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