Parents Increasingly Naming Children Apple, Mac and Siri

[obsama1]

Can you really say that children named Mac are directly named after the product? It's somewhat of a common name. However, Siri (unless you're in Norway) and Apple are terrible names. Those kids will have a hard time in school and it will be difficult for them to get a job with such odd names.

 

[catbus1]

[citation][nom]bavman[/nom]WTF? is this real? Who the hell does this to their children?[/citation]

"adults" that frankly shouldn't be having children in the first place. Their inability to foresee such obvious negative affects of literally their first responsibility regarding the child obviously won't be able to foresee other terrible actions in the future regarding how they raise their children either.

1st world problems resulting in telegraphing incredible terrible parenting.

 

[killerb255]

There's a porn star named Siri...

 

[PiraticaL]

All I can do is shake my head. I can't even really think of any other response.

 

[bigdragon]

I fear for the future of humanity.

Toms, how much has the use of the names Steve increased? How about Tim? I bet those are up quite significantly too.

 

[Usersname]

I foolishly named my son Windows. When he was old enough to start driving lessons he kept crashing...

 

[zeratul600]

[citation][nom]steve360[/nom]Let's not forget the Egyptian dad that named his daughter "Facebook" in honor of their uprising which didn't turn out so well.It's things like this that I wish there was some way we could remove these people from the gene pool (without having to kill them).[/citation]
you can vasectomize them!

 

[john15v16]

The only reason I clicked on this stupid title was to see if it was posted by Zak...I was right...

 

[tokencode]

Apple could grow up to be a great spokesperson for Microsoft... Apple says " Surface make the iPad look like a toy."

 

[tokencode]

I'm going to predict Google will grow up to be a know-it-all, Siri will be a ditsy blond receptionist and Apple will be a spoiled brat that doesn't get along well with others.

 

[tmk221]

[citation][nom]MisterZ[/nom]Apple are a joke. I'm naming my 3 sons i3, i5, and i7.[/citation]

hahaha

 

[XIGRIMxREAPERIX]

So when is Zach going to change his name?

 

[bak0n]

[citation][nom]MisterZ[/nom]Apple are a joke. I'm naming my 3 sons i3, i5, and i7.[/citation]
Showing a bit of favoritism there aren't you?

 

[IQ11110002]

Ok, It looks like we now know the character names for a sequel to the movie "Idiocracy".
I can't wait, I could use another laugh.

 

[madjimms]

I'm going to vomit....

 

[drwho1]

well at least no one named their kid after Windows 8....
/sarcasm

 

[Guest]

What makes me sad is the amount of people joining the band wagon just because this "news" is somewhat related to "Apple". Reality check for you: all of your name means something and was choosing probably for stupid reason. Think of all the people in the world called Rose, or Christian. Who knows if "Melinda" didn't become popular just because it was the brand of a good bread? But mostly: WHO EVEN CARES? There's not only English speaker in the world that realises that "Apple" isn't just a beautiful name for a brand but also a fruit. Anyway, it saddens me that people would crucify parents for that mere reason, it's weird.

 

[jonathan1683]

I know a girl named apple, shes hot with lots of friends naturally. I don't know what her parents were thinking shes my age so 29 years ago I doubt they named her after the company. Google on the other hand ouch, she better be smokin

 

[MisterZ]

I actually think that Siri is not a bad name at all. It's a little odd, yes, but there are far stranger names around. Mac is nothing special and does not necessarily have anything to do with Apple products. However, calling your child Apple, Orange or Chili Dog is just not on.

Siri as a name has been around for a long time. I know of a girl named Siri who is about 26 now.

 

[goodegg]

My friends have a daughter named Mackenzie. They call her Macks or Max. Not Mac. Not ever Mac. This article is stupid. These parents are stupid.

 

[stefanGR]

WTF , Apple ? If your gonna name your child after an IT product at least go with Alienware

 

[Guest]

Or at least Commodore

 

[classzero]

[citation][nom]Vladislaus[/nom]Bing is a Chinese surname that predates the Bing search engine by two millennia.[/citation]
Yes but Microsoft has ruined it

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]jupiter optimus maximus[/nom]If you are going to name your child after a product, then you aren't ready to bear children.[/citation]
I was going to say the same about Mercedes or Porsche as girls names, but they were around before the cars
...
Actually, so was Mac and Siri as names, but there you go...

 

[drakennz]

Umm isn't there a significant possibility that people are naming their children Apple after the fruit, as opposed to the brand? I'm not saying it's a good name by any means, but (as with the other names as well) jumping to the conclusion that correlation = causation is rather deluded at best.