Anybody give their kid a gun name?

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Seems someone has already years ago -- Colt McCoy, sometimes quarterback for the Cleveland Browns :)
 
Just name the bot John Marlin, and your last name. That doesn't seem very far out there. Most people won't even pick up on it, and it will throw back to the greatest lever actions ever made. (Sorry Winchester fans.)
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Out of respect to my granddaddy and his Win 94 which I inherited, no way.
 
"There's my boy. Hey, Savage, C'mere!"
"Here's little FN."
"My little girl is the the one in the bassinet 3rd from the left, says Mannlicher." (if you insisted on Steyr related. Sorry I couldn't help myself.

OP, seriously though, if you wanted AUG-like, there is Auggie?
 
A sales rep that calls on my wife's company has a real nice kid named Gunner - does that count?

I have seen a lot of hunting dogs named Ruger, Brownie (for Browning) and Winnie (for Winchester)
 
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@ GodsGunman : I agree completely with your stance. Its nice that at least my folks had the thought to name me after the laurels.....

I could totally see Colt, I'd have a harder time with some of the others.

" Little Kel-Tec, get your butt over here ! "
 
A long time ago I read advice about naming a dog that said something to the effect of "don't name a dog something that you'd be embarrassed to yell down the street". As in when you're yelling for your dog to come inside.

Same applies to kids I think! :neener:


I fall on the side of giving the kid a nice, normal name that no one will think twice about. Childhood is bad enough as it is. On top of that, a name can affect your adulthood as well.

True story: knew a girl named "Tresa" instead of Teresa or Theresa. She was CONSTANTLY having to tell every new person she met that it was "Tr" and not "Ter" at the front of her name.

She even was at an interview where the manager mentioned that he thought she'd made a typo on her resume when spelling her name!! Think about the impact for a second. Her resume could've gone straight in the trash right off the bat because a manager might have thought she made a careless error.

Don't give a kid a weird name, no matter how "unique", "cool", or "different" you think it is.
 
Don't let them hate!!
Either name your kid Glock or Bushmaster, maybe if you just wanna be mean go with Rohrbaugh, try learning to spell the name in kindergarten. :eek:

Just kidding, I knew a girl named Daisy but I doubts she was named after a BB gun.
 
I guess an option would be to name him/her for a character from a gun-related tv show that you like.

... but NOT "Paladin"!!


Side note: I think my dad named me for one of the characters in the old "Route 66" show, but he's never said and I never asked... :D
 
My Dad wanted to name me Zeno...after a Texas Ranger he knew as a kid. Thank goodness my Mom refused, and I am happy to sign my name....

Jim
 
I named one son Four T. Five and the other Nine M.M. I am curious to see which one is more sucessful
 
I'm not going to throw stones in the glass house but
Oldest boys name is Dweezel Jett and the youngest is Jaxson Diesel

The oldest is 8 years and goes by jett that's what every one started to call him ,the youngest 6 years is jaxs to people that know him and no problem so far on the names
so i say do what you will and the kid will be fine
 
Name him sue.... It'll make him tough, but don't be surprised when he try's whipping your tail when he grows up....

Oh, don't y'all know someone named their kid Colt Ford?
 
It's Steyr. If you want to raise him like the boy named Sue, spell it right bro.
 
Steyr sounds ok to me and it is a bit unique. I'd imagine that most people wouldn't pick up on the fact that it is gun related.

My son has a little girl in his class named "La-a" ... I wish I was kidding. It's pronounced "La-dash-a". So yea...when you have people named that...Steyr doesn't sound so bad.

My son is named Javen Scott (pronounced like raven but with a "J"). It was a name I made up when I was a child and it always stuck with me. He likes it and it's different. My daughter (1 yo) is more traditional. Her name is Chloe Elise.

At the end of the day...it's your kid and thus your choice.
 
My daughter and her husband named my grandson Raiden. The name is a character in the video game Mortal Combat. After being around the little fellla since he was born his name fits him perfectly. Pedal to the metal, take no prisoners personality. Grandpa is going to have fun teaching him to shoot when he gets old enough. The good thing is that he listens to Grandpa and doesn't even think about doing otherwise. At a year and one half old, I figure I have at least 5 years to get the old Winchester 1906 .22 fixed which has been in the family for over 80 years.
 
Sigh. I am going to be the killjoy here and declare this off topic. I am stoked that the OP is having a baby and its been a civil discussion, but it just isn't a high road topic. Rather than close this thread I would rather it just sort of end of it's own accord. Whatever the name is, post some pictures when he arrives!

As a side note, my name in the orphanage was Herschel, and there was evidently serious talk about changing that to Tartac. Thank god someone suggested Tim....

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Oui

I named my son Chauchat. I have pretty low expectations of him...
Our daughter, who was better planned, is named Ackley Improved Shlock...

The most popular name in London for new baby boys has been Mohammed for a couple of years now and in the Middle East the most popular name is currently Jihad. Not kidding! Something to consider when naming your youngin'...
 
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We have the winner! Oliver (as in Winchester). Samuel (as in Colt). I think I'd pass on Gaston though! Eugene (as in Stoner) is a bit outdated as names go.

I think a cute name for a little girl would be "Mainspring"!
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"Featherspring" may be more traditional...
"Springfield" is cute.

My parents said they almost named me Kent -- most of you probably don't even know that was a popular cigarette brand. That's what they smoked!
 
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People give their kids all kinds of names. Look at "Movie-Stars" for example.

Plenty of good ones still available.......
 
I could read a class roster of nothing but names, a week ahead of the first meeting and, if I chose to, identify with about 80% accuracy a certain characteristic of the students regarding which we as Americans are not allowed to discriminate. For some kinds of names, that accuracy level could be nearly 100%.

Why would parents want to pre-identify any characteristic of their children?

Names matter. Giving one's son the name of one's favorite rifle makes one sound like one needs to re-order one's life priorities.
 
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