What's in a Name?

Ok, so today is supposed to be my reflections on pop culture. There are some celebrities out there who name their kids weird things. But this one takes the cake for sure.

Last week Roni was watching The View. On there (in case you didn't know) there is a segment called "What The Hell." This is the time when the ladies deal with headlines and stories that make you say "What the hell?" It seems that a couple from Lehigh Valley, PA had a little trouble getting a bakery to make a birthday cake for their 3 year old son. The problem was that the bakery wouldn't do a cake inscribed with the boys name: Adolf Hitler Campbell. Here is a copy of the write up if you want to read it.

As I heard about this story and have read a bit about it since, I can't help but feel bad for the kid. His father claims that it is "just a name" and that they used it because of the fact that no one else did. You know I can dig using a name that is different, just look at my kids' names: Averi, Aspen and Knight. There are some names though that are just synonomous with bad things. That would be why they aren't popular names. Some names you don't hear -ever- would be: Adolf Hitler, Judas Iscarriot, Joseph Stalin, Vladimir Lenin, Benedict Arnold or Napoleon Bonaparte.

Now while these names don't mean that a person will actually end up being like their namesake, there is a reason that they are not used. Can you imagine being saddled with a name that people automatically associate with hate and acts of violence? Or to have your name associated with betrayal? Yes a name is just a name, and the bearer may not be anything at all like the person it came from, that doesn't mean that people won't automatically jump to conclusions about who they are. It is my hope that these little children will not become something based on the names they have been given, but rather will be people who are different than what their names may suggest (also, they may want to consider legally changing those names when they get old enough to do so). Peace and Love y'all.