Baby Names Update
A lot of good baby names suggestions in the baby name thread. Here’s what I’m thinking: I’ll eventually pick my favorite, and then we’ll have a vote. The winning name will be the IMAO baby’s official blog name to hence be referred to on the blog.
So keep submitting baby name ideas (you can do that in this thread now). Frankly, though, I’ve really started to warm up to the idea of having a daughter named Cheney.
“Now, Cheney, I’m going to teach you how to use a BB gun– Argh! My face!”
“Little Cheney, what did you just tell me to do to myself?!”
“Cheney, I told you your doll won’t speak because it’s broken. Waterboarding won’t force it to talk.”
“Cheney, we have to shop around. You can’t sole-source contract your doll house to Halliburton.”
(20 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5)
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March 19th, 2010 at 3:10 pm
How about: “Cool Hand” Luke Skywalker Flemming?
March 19th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
“Rove, stop making little Clinton cry!”
March 19th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Cheney sounds like a cool name for a girl. But Sarah Palin would be just as good, especially since she’s an NRA member.
“Sarah, would you please bring that shot gun over here? No, not that one, the 12 gauge pump action. See, you load some rock salt into the shells like this, load them and take careful aim at the hippie, then you…”
If it’s a boy, only Fred Thompson would be right.
March 19th, 2010 at 3:21 pm
“Palin, stop teasing little Barack. Oh, look, you made him wet his pants again!”
March 19th, 2010 at 3:29 pm
“Cheney, go easy on your classmates. Your fellow Kindergarteners just can’t read yet.”
“I know you want to be President, honey, and you will be. But you gotta turn 35 after you turn 18 first.”
“You’ve done what? Created your own private Gitmo for neighborhood cats? Good girl.”
March 19th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Colt.
March 19th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Yes Cheney, of course it’s okay to punch Barack if he keeps cheating. It’s the only way he’ll learn.
March 19th, 2010 at 3:31 pm
John Browning Fleming has a nice ring to it.
Not as nice as Pennsylvania Long Rifle Fleming, but nice nonetheless.
March 19th, 2010 at 3:46 pm
LOVE the name Cheney! Seriously. Your baby on the way really has been a bright spot on some dark days on Twitter and I thank you both for procreating and celebrating publicly.
March 19th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
“Cheney, we have to shop around. You can’t sole-source contract your doll house to Halliburton.”
Why not?
I like Haliburton if its a boy, or Odin or Zeus, all strong manly names. You will want to avoid girly names like barry, rom, or harry.
If its a girl, I like Shopping. So you can be all like: Lets go, Shopping or Where you been?Shopping?
Girls are like cats, it doesn’t matter what you name them, they are never going to obey anyway.
March 19th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
How about….Ima Fleming
March 19th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Haliburton Fleming
Marco – love “John Browning Fleming”! I think that belongs at the top of the heap.
March 19th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
I’ll third John Browning Fleming.
March 19th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
Horace Greeley Fleming. Go west young man, and figure out how to get that Pelosi thing voted out of office.
March 19th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
I would advise you to have a boy.
March 19th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
What would be the feminine form of Dick Cheney?
Vagina Cheney?
March 19th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
How about Reagan Magnus Fleming. You have the greatest president, with the name of the toughest villain in X-men. No one will mess with that kid.
March 19th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
You could use it for a boy or a girl
March 19th, 2010 at 4:47 pm
I think Rubeus is a rather fetching boy’s name. I’m just sayin’…
March 19th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Smith Wesson Fleming
Heckler Koch Fleming
Colt Remington Fleming
Assault Weapon Fleming
Although that last one might be a bit of a problem if Obama manages to “deem” assault weapons banned. Because you’d be all like, “Why did you skip school today, Assault Weaon?” And he/she would be all like, “I can’t go to school, Daddy. I’ve been banned.”
March 19th, 2010 at 5:16 pm
“Morpheus Transformer Fleming”
(If someone introduced Morpheus already, apologies.)
March 19th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
hwuu,
No, Vagina Cheney would be the feminine form of Penis Cheney. You gotta think slang, but I don’t think we want to go down that road.
March 19th, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Conan The Fleming
March 19th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
How about 45/70 that would really confuse the census.
March 19th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Cheney is cool but what if someone slips and calls him Che for short? On the plus side you might get rich selling Little Che tee-shirts.
CurlyMoe or Shemp? Or you could name “him” after your favorite dog of all time, Santa’s Little Helper.
JZilla.
March 19th, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Personally I’d suggest a Spanish first name so he/she will fit in better with his/her peers twenty or thirty years from now. As an alternative I’d suggest a Chinese first name so he/she will fit in well with the people who will be in charge of the nation by then.
March 19th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Yah. I was thinking Chairman (like Chairman Mao) or if you are superstitious, Jesus. That always goes over with the south of the border types and would probably inflame the asians.
March 19th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Marko, that sounds a little too pornstar for me. Let’s stick with John Browning Fleming.
March 19th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Boy: Robert’); DROP TABLE Students;– (You can call him “Little Bobby Tables” for short)
Girl: Help I’m Trapped In A Drivers License Factory
(Thank you, XKCD! http://xkcd.com/327/ )
March 19th, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Or, if it’s a girl, Ima O. Flemming
March 19th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
“I’ll eventually pick my favorite, and then we’ll have a vote. The winning name will be the IMAO baby’s official blog name to hence be referred to on the blog.”
Okay, as long as that’s the kids ‘blog’ name. I really don’t think you should trust the general public to come up with your kids’ real name.
March 19th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
You’re acting like you didn’t get a thousand excellent suggestions the other day. What, Phlegm Fleming isn’t good enough for you?
Chuck Norris Fleming
007 Fleming
Banjo Fleming
Or what about something prayerful, like No Episiotomy Fleming?
No Cone Head Fleming?
Natural Childbirth Is For Suckers Fleming?
Please Let This Child Be Born Before Single Payer Kicks In Fleming? Well, that one’s a bit long for a baby…
Seriously, I think El Guapo is the best one.
You know, you can only type Fleming so many times before it loses all meaning.
March 19th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
Not trust the general public?? What? Is Corona a representative?
Maximum Max Flemming
March 19th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
As a father of four girls the only appropriate name for a first born girl is ‘Awesome’. Oh and maybe a curling reference.
March 19th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
Terrible Troy – “Not trust the general public?? What? Is Corona a representative?”
No, I’m an observant voter. Nuff said.
March 19th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
“Cheney, sweetie, you can’t make your doll, Georgie, be a conservative when he doesn’t want to be.”
“Here, Cheney, I got you some new dolls. This one’s “Bolton.” This one’s “Rove.” And look at this one! “Sarah.”"
“Cheney, I know Meghan McCain is chubby. It’s because her Daddy is a RINO. They’re just big like that.”
“Cheney! How many times do I have to tell you the cats aren’t terrorists!
“Cheney, I agree the Teletubbies are horrible, but that’s no reason to kill the television, honey.”
March 19th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
Innominatus, don’t blame your dirty mind on me!
March 19th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
and by “vote” do you really mean “deem”??
March 19th, 2010 at 11:48 pm
Max Fightmaster Fleming
James T. Fleming
Honor Fleming
Maybe do as the Romans did and assign your kid a number.
“What a cute baby! What’s its name? ”
“Ohh that’s just little One Fleming.”
March 19th, 2010 at 11:56 pm
frank, i hate to break it to you, but you really have little to no input into the baby’s name. SarahK will have the final (and only) say. just so you know.
resistance is futile!
March 20th, 2010 at 12:15 am
I’m fond of Charles Delaney Fleming.
It sings.
March 20th, 2010 at 1:47 am
girl: Ja’el (Judges 4:21) a tough chick. (handy with tools.)
boy: Caleb (Joshua 14:11) wholly followed the LORD. (strong to the finish, held a grudge against the Anakim for 45 years, finally pwned them.)
March 20th, 2010 at 1:52 am
Sheena ………. Iggy ………. Chompette ………. Trigger ………. Pookie
MST (Pronounced Misty) ………. Rosebud! ………. Flem Fatale ……….
March 20th, 2010 at 3:46 am
If you’re going to have more than one kid, you should name them after wrestling stars. If you name your kid Superfly, it would be a totally unique name unless you moved to California.
March 20th, 2010 at 3:49 am
Has anyone mentioned Boba Fett Fleming? Or how about The Rancor Fleming? That one’s good for a boy or a girl.
March 20th, 2010 at 10:00 am
Relentless Fleming
Merciless Fleming
March 20th, 2010 at 10:38 am
flemming anus?
March 20th, 2010 at 11:25 am
Reagan Winchester Fleming
Ronald Hudson Fleming
Patton Lee Fleming
Madison Jefferson Fleming
March 20th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Tax Write-off Fleming
March 20th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Inigo Montoya Fleming.
That way when the PelosiCrats finally round you up, he can go around the entire DNC stating his name, what they did to him & telling them to prepare to die.
March 20th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
imao diaper babe?
March 20th, 2010 at 3:24 pm
Rush Sean Fleming. If it’s a girl, throw it back.
March 20th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
Girl : Trimethylxanthine.
Boy: Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate
March 20th, 2010 at 11:13 pm
Aquagirl or Aquaboy. Later on, this can be developed.
March 20th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
Or keep it simple, Baby Blogger Fleming.
March 21st, 2010 at 4:05 am
Quetzalcoatl J. Fleming
March 21st, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Just name her after her father…Basil Fleming…umm…uh…oh, wait…was that supposed to be a secret?
March 22nd, 2010 at 11:54 am
Fromunda Fleming
What A. Fleming
Ow! Ow! You’re on My Hair Fleming
Phoenix Dark Dirk Fleming
March 22nd, 2010 at 1:37 pm
Ulysses Caligula Fleming
You got most of your bases covered with this one.
September 7th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
HEAR, HEAR! for naming your girl Cheney! It’s a name with a long, honorable, and INTERESTING history.
Although Cheney was originally my surname, when both parents died — hence could no longer be offended
— I pretty much dropped my given name (which I loathed 24/7/365 for almost 50 years). Legally I still have that given name, but in daily use it’s only a first initial; in business and publishing I’m now known as Cheney plus my married surname; to my friends I’m still Spike or Spikeygrrl, the silly but oddly apt nickname/”street name” I acquired at one of my first corporate jobs. All of which works out just fine because I was never given a “middle name” in the first place.
My only son, now adult with kids of his own, has an uncommon but very historic name as well. One big advantage if your child has an outsize personality to go along with an unusual name, he or she could well become known as a one-namer (like Madonna or Cher). What a great way to ensure that from a very early age you and your personality and your accomplishments become “mnemonic Velcro.”