Pearl Jam-related child names?

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  • Black73
    Black73 Posts: 1,018
    No kids with PJ-related names, but used to have a dog named Vedder.
  • joe2468
    joe2468 Posts: 3,049
    i dont know what show i was just watching but some CELEBRITY just named their kid VEDA or VADA not sure
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  • GTFLYGIRL
    GTFLYGIRL NewYork Posts: 788
    joe2468 wrote:
    i dont know what show i was just watching but some CELEBRITY just named their kid VEDA or VADA not sure


    Like Veda Sultenfuss... from the movie "My Girl" !!

    Or maybe it was one of the Olsen chicks and she named the kid... Vedda.. ;)
  • shadowcast
    shadowcast Posts: 2,345
    IwasBit10 wrote:
    aspoonfulweighsaton wrote:
    If you really plan on loving your child you would not do such things.

    Please.

    Stop the madness.

    I agree. I can't help but to find it a little selfish of the parents. I picture a 6 year old boy at school introducing himself as Vedder or Lukin, and then having to explain that it comes from his father's liking of Pearl Jam. I dunno, just not my style.

    Why not just name him Edward? Or Jeffery? Or Michael? Still gets the job done without being so in-your-face about it.

    Boring......I personally think last names make great first names.
  • nevmiles
    nevmiles Ottawa, ON Posts: 1,363
    What names are mentioned in PJ songs? I was thinking about this the other day . . . . our two boys are named Jeremy & Ben (in all honesty, NOT because of PJ), I got thinking that Jeremy & Ben are both mentioned in PJ songs . . . are there any others (PJ originals?)? If we ever have a third child, it would be kind of interesting if we could find a name that is also mentioned in song lyrics.

    here is what can think of off the top of my head:

    - Jeremy (from Jeremy, obviously)
    - Ben (Rats: "Ben, the two of us need look no more")
    - Frank (Dirty Frank)
    - Mike (Dirty Frank: "who's Mike McCready? My God he's been ate!")
    - Johnny (Johnny Guitar)

    Any others? Any girl's names?
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  • evenflowman
    evenflowman Posts: 1,347
    Last year My wife and I had a son and named him Lukin and so far the response is amazing and everyone says that is such a cool and unique name. And surprising only one person has sad oohh that is a pearl jam song isn't it. Why go traditional and when he is in kindergarten there will be 15 Ethans.
  • toridanioth
    toridanioth West Seattle Posts: 132
    I plan on naming my girl Everlea Carlin. And calling her EV- or Evie. carlin is combo of my mothers name Karen Lynn- and then there is the george ref. I also thought Theodore for a boy- call him teddie.

    Keely could be good for a girl- and not super obvious.

    and edward- way too popular- and would want your kid to be lumped in with all those twilight people?

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  • peachjam44
    peachjam44 Posts: 2
    My son's middle name is Vedder. Sam Vedder
  • Yield98
    Yield98 Posts: 152
    jameslw13 wrote:
    My wife and I are beginning to talk about having a child, and the process of name selection. Does anyone on here have any good PJ-related names for a child (boy or girl)?

    Thank you in advance.
    James

    Our five year old is Edward Michael. Even if it was crazy back then, he is definitely my little Eddie and I have no regrets!
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  • vonnegutnaked2
    vonnegutnaked2 Posts: 43
    Our firstborn is due to arrive in a few weeks (don't worry...I still get to go to Wrigley, while my wife stays home and nurses)...Ok, that sounded like a jerk thing to say.

    Anyway, I suppose subconsciously, our name choices had some Pearl Jam relevance.

    If we had a girl, her name was going to be Chloe. My wife picked that. I don't know if having heard Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns so long made it sound so good to me, but it was easily my favorite of the names she had contemplated.

    But we are having a boy. We went back and forth with a lot of different names, but ultimately decided on Thomas Stone. We're calling him Stone.

    People who know Pearl Jam and know how I love Pearl Jam always assume it's related to that. But honestly, it's not. My actual love for the name Stone actually dates back to the sitcom "Night Court". I just always thought it sounded good for lack of better terms. Again, I still wouldn't say we're naming our son after Stone Gossard or a ficitional television judge, but again there's probably some sort of subconscious effect there.
  • blackmosquito
    blackmosquito Posts: 59
    I used Pearl as my daughter's middle name and Edward for my son's middle name
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  • Miiike
    Miiike Posts: 436
    My husband and I were talking about names the other day, and totally by coincidence, we came up with a girl's name where the initials are PJ!!!!! AWESOME!!!!! And our boy's name starts with M, so I'm now suggesting a middle name that starts with M too, so he would be M.M. Scully. Just in the hope that the kid might get a little of Mike's talent . . . :)

    Oh, and I recently found out that my middle name (Margaret) means 'Pearl'. And look it's not the most glamorous name in the world, but if anyone wants to hide 'Pearl' within their daughters name, then Maggie is a goer!

    Although Pearl itself is so pretty, I love that for a girl. I love EVIE too, And Lukin!!! Perfect! And Stone is AWESOME. A great name for a boy . . .

    I have a fairly unique name. Not so unique that people don't know what it is, but unique enough to be the only one in my school and work. And I do think unique names are a nice gift to give to your kid, purely because it's a nice badge of individuality . . . it has been said to cause narcissism, but I don't think that true! I'm as narcissistic as the next person, but not overly so . . . ;) And look at Stone. Could anyone be less narcissistic?

    So kudos to all of you who have chosen somewhat unique or different names. :) The traditional ones are lovely too (and personally I have a soft spot for Jeremy) but in my experience unique is kinda nice . . .
  • carbon436
    carbon436 Posts: 352
    We named our daughter Evey (EV) and get lots of compliments until we say how we came up with it.....then we get the "oh you're crazy" fake smile...
  • Miiike
    Miiike Posts: 436
    carbon436 wrote:
    We named our daughter Evey (EV) and get lots of compliments until we say how we came up with it.....then we get the "oh you're crazy" fake smile...

    Hahahaa. I can just see the look on their faces! GREAT NAME for a girl though. Really pretty and unique.

    I used to love Eddie for a girl, for years, but given he's the third person in our marriage already, I don't know whether his name should literally become the third person in our house! ;)
  • JeremiasSpoken
    JeremiasSpoken Posts: 45
    My two beloved sons were named Cameron and Jerome Mateo.. ;)
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  • dianamontana
    dianamontana Posts: 24
    I think if you come up with something that's heartfelt and has personal meaning to you, that makes it special.

    Whether it's the name of a song, lyrics, a family member, or someone famous that you get your inspiration from, I say, go for the unusual or traditional, whatever speaks to you.

    I personally don't know any parent who feels like they made a mistake and really wishes they had named their child something else. I also have never known anyone whose name has scarred them for life.

    Even "Dewdrop" has its charm. :)
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  • ladydocNYC
    ladydocNYC Posts: 635
    I have a last name as a first name (it was my grandmother's maiden name) and though I hated it as a little kid, I've loved it since college. It's nice to have a unique name. My name is occasionally seen as a male first name but almost never as a female. People tell me they love it all the time.

    Not sure I personally would feel comfortable going with a blatant PJ reference for a first name for a child (though my dog's name is Lukin!), but if I WAS going to do that, I think Vedder would be a really cool-sounding first name for either sex.
  • aennil
    aennil Posts: 415
    I don't have children, but i have a tendency to name the objects i am very fond of or use a lot. A little bit like when you give a boat a name. I just do it with my computer, my bicycle and my favourite bag...
    When a friend of mine gave me his old surfboard, there was no doubt: it was an Edward!
  • aennil
    aennil Posts: 415
    nevmiles wrote:
    What names are mentioned in PJ songs? I was thinking about this the other day . . . . our two boys are named Jeremy & Ben (in all honesty, NOT because of PJ), I got thinking that Jeremy & Ben are both mentioned in PJ songs . . . are there any others (PJ originals?)? If we ever have a third child, it would be kind of interesting if we could find a name that is also mentioned in song lyrics.

    here is what can think of off the top of my head:

    - Jeremy (from Jeremy, obviously)
    - Ben (Rats: "Ben, the two of us need look no more")
    - Frank (Dirty Frank)
    - Mike (Dirty Frank: "who's Mike McCready? My God he's been ate!")
    - Johnny (Johnny Guitar)

    Any others? Any girl's names?

    Perhaps Shelley? (from the version of Black played in Chile this year....don't know if anyone has figured out who she is though....)
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    Jeremy

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