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Ptolemy? Was Xerxes and Mordaci already taken?



Holy crap! If this kid wasn't born to a celebrity he'd have to be in major Ptherapy after he turned Ptwenty-five... and suffered some major playground hazing during his formative years...

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what a retarded name!

wtf is wrong with some celebrities? naming their kids like that



When there's no more room in hell, The dead will walk the earth...

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I don't think the problem is limited to celebrities only. As an employee of the public school system, I run in to plenty of kids with f'ed up names.

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Someone in my town named their kid 'Princess Tiara', granted she was 19 when she had the baby, but that's no excuse, the poor kid is in for a lot of name calling. As for Ptolemy I like the name, fits well in Hollywood.




Veronica:If everyone jumped off a bridge, would you?
Heather McNamara:Probably

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LMAO Princes Tiara


When there's no more room in hell, The dead will walk the earth...

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Very Amusing. I agree, what are these people thinking!

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Here's another reason not to name your son Ramses or Atticus Tiberius Spotty Spotty Spots Bottom the Third...

from livescience.com

http://www.livescience.com/culture/090128-names-crime.html

Boys in the United States with common names like Michael and David are less likely to commit crimes than those named Ernest or Ivan.

David E. Kalist and Daniel Y. Lee of Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania compared the first names of male juvenile delinquents to the first names of male juveniles in the population. The researchers constructed a popularity-name index (PNI) for each name. For example, the PNI for Michael is 100, the most frequently given name during the period. The PNI for David is 50, a name given half as frequently as Michael. The PNI is approximately 1 for names such as Alec, Ernest, Ivan, Kareem, and Malcolm.

Results show that, regardless of race, juveniles with unpopular names are more likely to engage in criminal activity. The least popular names were associated with juvenile delinquency among both blacks and whites.

The findings, announced today, are detailed in the journal Social Science Quarterly.

While the names are likely not the cause of crime, the researchers argue that "they are connected to factors that increase the tendency to commit crime, such as a disadvantaged home environment, residence in a county with low socioeconomic status, and households run by one parent."

"Also, adolescents with unpopular names may be more prone to crime because they are treated differently by their peers, making it more difficult for them to form relationships," according to a statement released by the journal's publisher. "Juveniles with unpopular names may also act out because they consciously or unconsciously dislike their names."

The findings could help officials " identify individuals at high risk of committing or recommitting crime, leading to more effective and targeted intervention programs," the authors conclude.

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