Mennix

Good friends had a baby boy this week, named him Mennix, never heard it before... Thoughts?!

I've heard of Mannix which I actually quite like a lot. I'm not sure I like this with the "e" instead of the "a". I think Mannix would make a great middle name. All though some could say it sounds like manic.

Hmm...I think that Mennix sounds like a new pharmaceutical product used to treat menstrual cramps.

Best wishes to your friend, though!

LOL... the first things I tgought of were Meningitis & Manic Depressive....
Hes adorable though, but definately not a name I would have chosen....

My husband hears "manic" too, that's why we'll never use it. "To treat menstrual cramps" LOL, Jill. What I don't like is when pharmaceutical companies take nice names like Allegra and ruin them.

I thought at first it sounded like medicine but not the kind Jill said. It's weird how something can sound like a brand name of something and if you had to guess the product, everyone says medicine, and not car, or magazine, or electronics, or an educational toy. It sounds masculine to me, which I guess is a plus if it's a name for a boy. Maybe a little too much testosterone, or maybe not enough (Men Nix).

I didn't think manic, more like medics. It's one thing to call one boy Manny, but not Menny.

disa_lan wrote:My husband hears "manic" too, that's why we'll never use it. "To treat menstrual cramps" LOL, Jill. What I don't like is when pharmaceutical companies take nice names like Allegra and ruin them.

I hear you about taking beautiful names like Allegra and slapping them on drugs. Ugh!

I can seriously imagine the Mennix commerical for cramps:

"Got menstrual cramps? Nix 'em with brand new Mennix."

As an aside, did you ever notice how the lovely, cheerful names that pharmaceutical companies give their drugs are in stark constrast to the list of horrid side-effects that are always read by the commercial's narrator as tranquil music plays in the background?

Like Smilex (I made that up), which will undoubtedly have a list of side-effects that includes "sudden death," "vomiting," "hallucinations," "weight gain," "unwanted body hair," and "the growth of a tail and third eye."

:-)

jill wrote:

disa_lan wrote:My husband hears "manic" too, that's why we'll never use it. "To treat menstrual cramps" LOL, Jill. What I don't like is when pharmaceutical companies take nice names like Allegra and ruin them.

I hear you about taking beautiful names like Allegra and slapping them on drugs. Ugh!

I can seriously imagine the Mennix commercial for cramps:


"Got menstrual cramps? Nix 'em with brand new Mennix!"

Did you ever notice how the lovely, cheerful names that pharmaceutical companies give their drugs are in stark constrast to the list of horrid side-effects that are always read by the commercial's narrator as tranquil music plays in the background?

Like Smilex (I made that up), which will undoubtedly have a list of side-effects that includes "sudden death," "vomiting," "hallucinations," "weight gain," "unwanted body hair," and "the growth of a tail and third eye."

:-)

LOL, your killing me. Your absolutely right, a pretty name to cover up nasty side effects. Even every day products have "pretty" names that become ordinary to our ears. Like mountain dew, oh how poetic but all I can think of is the soda beverage. Okay it's not a name. Ajax could be a "cool" name if it wasn't already a cleaning product. It has mythological history to it, it's like Alex but not, is a great way to get Jax as a nn but alas it's a cleaning product. We actually named a cat we once had Ajax, full name Ajax Sputnik Psycho Kitty. It's too bad we already used it, maybe Ajax would have made a good middle name.

Haha! I love your kitty's name!

More names I now associate with products, like Ajax:

Maybelline
Duncan (I still think it's handsome, but I think of Dunkin' Donuts now)
Colby (cheese...not exactly a product)
Avon
Ivory


What else?

Can't say I like it...sounds off to me. Kinda like a cat's name actually lol