Vedder as a first name???

tombrady12
tombrady12 Posts: 57
edited November 2009 in The Porch
Wife pregnant and if we have a boy we are considering naming him Vedder. What ya think?
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  • Gmoney
    Gmoney Posts: 1,618
    I think it'd be a better middle name...
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • cellophane_star
    cellophane_star Posts: 117
    There was another thread similiar to this where someone said they named their daughter "Vedder". I thought it was pretty cringeworthy but whatever works for you.
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  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,129
    Gmoney wrote:
    I think it'd be a better middle name...
    I agree
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  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    I like Vedder as a first name but I like the unusual
  • mvw
    mvw Posts: 1,706
    Sounds silly. Give your child the chance to grow up and be his/her own person. Middle name maybe, but otherwise "Vedder" is better suited for a dog or pet.
  • BeerBaron
    BeerBaron Toronto-ish Posts: 4,100
    Gmoney wrote:
    I think it'd be a better middle name...
    Agreed. As a first name I think it is pretty lame...
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  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    awful.
  • osappy1
    osappy1 Posts: 11
    My cat's name is Vedder, I think it works for a Pet
  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    No.

    And congrats!
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  • Pontikas
    Pontikas Posts: 210
    name him after your father/mother or another relative not a rock star
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  • Break The Sky
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    Do it! I have a unique first name and I cannot tell you the debt of gratitude I owe my parents. Vedder is not so off the wall it is hard to pronounce and I guarantee he will never meet anyone else with the same name as him, just as I have never met anyone else with the same name as me.

    I think you'd be making a mistake not to. You've been given the opportunity to name your kid something really special.
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  • markin ball
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    DeLukin wrote:
    No.

    And congrats!

    +1
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  • Plankton
    Plankton Posts: 692
    Naming someone after a celebrity... Not for me. Personally I think it's ugly as anything other than a surname.
  • theserialthrilla
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    Big Drop wrote:
    Do it! I have a unique first name and I cannot tell you the debt of gratitude I owe my parents. Vedder is not so off the wall it is hard to pronounce and I guarantee he will never meet anyone else with the same name as him, just as I have never met anyone else with the same name as me.

    I think you'd be making a mistake not to. You've been given the opportunity to name your kid something really special.


    i agree with this...its up to you..i get shit for my 3 boys names all start with L..i like vedder ..

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  • the wolf
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    up to you and the wife.

    congrats btw. ;)
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  • decides2dream
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    the wolf wrote:
    up to you and the wife.

    congrats btw. ;)



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  • bicyclejoe
    bicyclejoe USA Posts: 1,203
    edited November 2009
    Congrats.
    But Vedder as a first name (or middle) comes off as pretty obsessive and cringe-worthy. Wouldn't you feel more comfortable using a family member's name or a historical figure who moved mountains, through suffering and sacrifice and justice, rather than records?
    And I say that as a longtime Pearl Jam and Ed Ved fan -- and a father who named his daughter Eleanor after Eleanor Roosevelt.
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  • velogator
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    I think it's cool, but it depends on what your last name is. If you have a last name that works, go for it. maybe your last name is "Mann"

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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,017
    tombrady12 wrote:
    Wife pregnant and if we have a boy we are considering naming him Vedder. What ya think?


    If your so enthralled with Eddie Vedder......why not just name your kid "Eddie"?

    Someone in the other forum started a thread talking about how he named his kid "LUKIN"!!! That's complete insanity.
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