Home› All Encompassing Trip

So I just named my kid Lukin...

lukinsdadlukinsdad Posts: 57
edited November 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
Am I a huge dork for naming my child after a song or is it a kick-ass name like I think it is?

Baby boy by the way. Born this past Wed the 4th...
Post edited by Unknown User on
«1

Comments

  • CantKeepMeHereCantKeepMeHere Posts: 2,177
    Whats the last name...

    I would say my vote would be HELL Yeah!! Think of your other children..when they are all grown up his sister can say to her husband "Guess where we are going to dinner tonight?... Lukins!"
    My Pearl Jam Fan Videos
    Best on the web - check them out
    http://www.youtube.com/user/cantkeepmehere
    <left><a href='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4676758738_20a07ec4f1_m.jpg/'><img src='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4676758738_20a07ec4f1_m.jpg' border='0' alt='Image Hosted by flickr.com'/></a><br/>
    </left>
    2008 Bonnaroo - 2009 Philly 2&3 - 2010 MSG 1&2
  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    that's fucking awesome
  • aspoonfulweighsatonaspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,055
    :thumbdown:

    Sorry, but since you are blatantly asking for opinions I will flat out tell you that I feel sorry for your son.

    And I thought nothing could be worse than "Vedder". Yikes.
  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    OMG......Wow
  • WildsWilds Posts: 4,329
    I like it. It stands alone as a nice name even without any PJ association.
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    I hope your kid gets into (c)rap and creed

    Horrible name

    It's like naming your kid apple or espn
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • QuarterToTenQuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,642
    congratulations.

    cherish every moment.
    Nice shirt.
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,201
    metsfan wrote:
    I hope your kid gets into (c)rap and creed

    Horrible name

    It's like naming your kid apple or espn

    Well it's his child and he can name that child whatever he wants. I wouldn't have done it but if there was no PJ relationship would you still have objected? have you had to name a child as yet?

    It may seem odd at first but what appears to be odd names grow into something fantastic as that child's personality falls into place with said name. More important than any name given, love that child with ALL your heart and soul.

    Peace + OneLOve
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • lukinsdadlukinsdad Posts: 57
    cantkeepmehere wrote:
    Whats the last name...

    I would say my vote would be HELL Yeah!! Think of your other children..when they are all grown up his sister can say to her husband "Guess where we are going to dinner tonight?... Lukins!"


    I love it! I really did not think about that. I guess I should have gave some history... My wife and I did not want to know the sex of the baby before birth, so we had to come up with two names. She loved the name Lucas, I was not crazy about it. One day while we were driving we were playing the name game. Saying names for everything we saw. She grabbed one of my bootlegs, and said "What about Lukin?" We kept talking about it and trying different spellings, and decided to keep it the same. I know it is a last name, and the song really has no relevance(though I do love the song, and it was awesome to hear in philly a week before he was born, he held out and let me go on Saturday as well!)... but we love it.

    I was looking for opinions and maybe bragging a little bit about being a first time DAD! It is a great feeling, even with all the (c)rap... Thanks for your opinions, the positive feedback and all the wishes of luck. :D
  • WildsWilds Posts: 4,329
    There are dozens of people on facebook with the first name Lukin, including this guy.

    http://www.facebook.com/people/Lukin-Gi ... /506542555


    Not so unusual.


    http://www.babycenter.com/baby-names-lukin-597835.htm



    Edit: Just threw this out there for any haters who only associate that great name with PJ.
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    g under p wrote:
    metsfan wrote:
    I hope your kid gets into (c)rap and creed

    Horrible name

    It's like naming your kid apple or espn

    Well it's his child and he can name that child whatever he wants. I wouldn't have done it but if there was no PJ relationship would you still have objected? have you had to name a child as yet?

    It may seem odd at first but what appears to be odd names grow into something fantastic as that child's personality falls into place with said name. More important than any name given, love that child with ALL your heart and soul.

    Peace + OneLOve
    pj related or not I still woulda objected to the name. Naming your kid after someones last name and pj song is a bit odd. Kinda like naming your kid brooklyn or something.

    Congrats on being a dad OP
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,201
    metsfan wrote:
    g under p wrote:
    metsfan wrote:
    I hope your kid gets into (c)rap and creed

    Horrible name

    It's like naming your kid apple or espn

    Well it's his child and he can name that child whatever he wants. I wouldn't have done it but if there was no PJ relationship would you still have objected? have you had to name a child as yet?

    It may seem odd at first but what appears to be odd names grow into something fantastic as that child's personality falls into place with said name. More important than any name given, love that child with ALL your heart and soul.

    Peace + OneLOve
    pj related or not I still woulda objected to the name. Naming your kid after someones last name and pj song is a bit odd. Kinda like naming your kid brooklyn or something.

    Congrats on being a dad OP

    Seems even more appropriate now that I've read a story behind it and it appears to be a more popular than i thought. A big congratulations on being a first time Dad I hope there's many more to come. :)

    PS I'm liking it More and More :D

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    I wouldn't do it personally, but it is far from bad. It's not like you called him Rats or Whipping.

    On a side note, My little nephew initials are LBC. My sis is a PJ fan too, but this is rather a cool coincidence.
    Sydney 11/02/2003
    Sydney 14/02/2003
    Sydney 07/11/2006
    Sydney 18/11/2006
    Sydney 22/11/2009
    EV Sydney 18/03/2011
    EV Sydney 19/03/2011
    EV Sydney 20/03/2011
    Melbourne 24/01/2014
    Sydney 26/01/2014
    EV Sydney 13/02/2014
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    Interesting.. been looking at this thread and i still dont know if i like it or not! Guess i've never heard it being used as a name before so it probably just seems weird.

    Congratz anyhow!
  • supersonicyearssupersonicyears Posts: 2,619
    Congratulations!

    Great name. :)
    "In the age of darkness
    want to be enlightened"
  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    I like it. When he's older people will more than likely call him Luke so that's not really unusual.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

    9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
    5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
    8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
    EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    i think its cool.

    congrats on the baby. good luck !


    -steve
    Peace, Love.

    "To question your government is not unpatriotic --
    to not question your government is unpatriotic."
    -- Sen. Chuck Hagel
  • ClaireackClaireack Posts: 13,561
    If you like the name that's great, but more importantly CONGRATULATIONS!!
    <a href="http://s952.photobucket.com/albums/ae8/catkinson_2009/?action=view&current=domo.jpg&quot; target="_blank"><img src="http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae8/catkinson_2009/domo.jpg&quot; border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    congrats..
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • FirstExitFirstExit Los Angeles Posts: 973
    I agree with the above poster that people are gonna call him "Luke". Luke has a few variations...I know some kids who are officially named "Luke" and some named "Lucas" and are called Luke for short anyway. I think it would be pretty cool to be "Lukin". It's unique.
  • PRL1JAMPRL1JAM Posts: 787
    I like it...congrats on your baby boy
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    aspoonfulweighsaton wrote:
    :thumbdown:

    Sorry, but since you are blatantly asking for opinions I will flat out tell you that I feel sorry for your son.

    And I thought nothing could be worse than "Vedder". Yikes.

    you do realize everyone will call him Luke for short.... :roll:
    5/28/06, 6/27/08, 10/28/09, 5/18/10, 5/21/10
    8/7/08, 6/9/09
  • SongburstSongburst Posts: 1,195
    I know some people that named their kids Talladega and Bristol -- Lukin is kind of along those lines too (just to give a bit of perspective to what you are asking).

    Weird names (and to a lesser degree stupid parents who spell their kids common names oddly in an attempt to be original) are really hit or miss. I'm fully against them but that's just me. Lukin isn't so bad because you can call him Luke but you will always know that you named him after a PJ song and that might bother you later on.

    Just my completely worthless opinion.

    edit: Congratulations on the son BTW. Wasn't trying to bring you down -- kids are lots of fun.
    1/12/1879, 4/8/1156, 2/6/1977, who gives a shit, ...
  • PJFAN_seattlePJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
    I like it!
    Congrats on the baby
    Shows:
    Seattle Key Arena 9-21-2009
    Seattle Key Arena 9-22-2009
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    whatever... he can go by luke if he doesnt like it... it not necessarily my cup o' tea but atleast its not as bad as todd :P
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

    http://seanbriceart.com/
  • aspoonfulweighsatonaspoonfulweighsaton Posts: 2,055
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    aspoonfulweighsaton wrote:
    :thumbdown:

    Sorry, but since you are blatantly asking for opinions I will flat out tell you that I feel sorry for your son.

    And I thought nothing could be worse than "Vedder". Yikes.

    you do realize everyone will call him Luke for short.... :roll:

    That's obvious.

    I must have misunderstood. I thought he wanted opinions on what he named his kid, not what he would be called.

    :roll:
  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 3,965
    Happy for your new baby boy! Enjoy him for sure no matter what his name is. All kids have nicknames, and I'm sure his will be Luke or something to that effect. I love the story and love that he is loved. :)
    "I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
  • FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,963
    Congratulations to you and your wife on your new arrival :P :P :P

    I really like the name, it's come across as very strong and powerful. As someone who had an unusual first name growing up I can tell you that he may hate it for a few years (during the tween/early teens), but then hopefully, like me, he will mature and come to love and appreciate it.
    "What the CANUCK happened?!? - Esquimalt Barber Shop
  • brother123brother123 Posts: 792
    metsfan wrote:
    I hope your kid gets into (c)rap and creed

    Horrible name

    It's like naming your kid apple or espn

    im fond of Orange.

    I'd have to agree with metsfan
    <a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v44/brother123/?action=view&current=thewh0.png&quot; target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v44/brother123/thewh0.png&quot; border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,933
    babylukin wrote:
    Am I a huge dork for naming my child after a song or is it a kick-ass name like I think it is?

    With all due respect, this is one of the most insane things I've ever heard in my life. Lukin? I could see a Beatles fan naming their daughter Lucy, Michelle or Rita. I could see a Michael Jackson fan naming his son Ben. But Lukin is a horrible name first name to have. I know Jeremy is off-limits for PJ fans because he kills himself in the end. But LUKIN??? Well at least you didn't name him Boom or Johnny Guitar.
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2

    Pearl Jam bootlegs:
    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
Sign In or Register to comment.