What do you think of the name "Blue Ivy" for a child? | Bloggers Lair | Yakezie Forums

I personally think it's a silly name for a child but others will disagree.

I was compelled to write this post from looking at twitter yesterday.

If you want your child to be successful don't do this!

Thanks for the reply Corey.  There is so much that goes into parenting I guess some people forget about how important a name is :-(.

OneCentAtatime said:

Before European occupation of America, American Indians used to name their children by the first eye soothing thing they looked at right after the child birth. 

A 'Blue Ivy' sound like that.

Interesting..  but during that time it was socially acceptable.  Now it's a different ball game

jaicatalano said:

That was going to be my daughter's name but we opted out in the last push.  Not a fan.

bahaha opted out at last push! 

I'm going with :  United Nations Blue Kangaro-Paws <insert last name>

Future president baby!

hahah

I don't really see the point in getting that up in arms over what someone names their kid.  Will it makes things harder for the kid?  Maybe.  Does your post judging their name and publicly ridiculing it make things better for the kid?  Almost certainly not. 

I have no problem with the name.  Look at the parents.  Umm, dad is named after a train line.  

Yeah, for the avg person, having a strange name could cause some hardship but OTOH, why should we name our kids standard names all the time just because other kids had those names?  Hardly a formula for being exceptional.

Well, I was thinking of naming my son Zigmund Ferdinand Saxe-Coburg Gotha Nedev Logsdon on the basis that if he survives on the play ground with this name he will be so tough that his life will be sorted out. Then didn't like that he will be called Ziggi; my doctor called him Ferdo till he was about two LOL.

Like the song A Boy Named Sue

I would like to thank everyone for their comments.  I had a lot of fun writing this article but even more fun responding to the comments, dm, emails. 

I mean, they're your kids – name them how you like.  But!  I hope people think about the possibility a name might not look so good on a resume.  

I personally don't think it's that bad to be honest. Ivy might have negative connotations, though, like "poison ivy".