Monday, February 17, 2025

Naming a newborn

I read a few years ago that one or more African nations had passed laws that a baby could not be named too weirdly.  I am just writing to drop a word of encouragement for naming a child with a somewhat traditional name, not something too weird.  I have just read in the last few days that Elon Musk has 12 o3 13 children with a set of four different mothers.  I guess one of his children is named "X".  I hope that changes.


If we pause and think about the experience of growing up, we can recognize the value of an ordinary name.  The guys at lunch were discussing the idea of naming a child with a word to remember the circumstances and conditions in effect at the time of the birth.  One common was a name of "Broken rubber" for a child that was not supposed to have been created.  I recommend not using that name.