Torment you kids today - give them a strange name!

I thought as a first post, I should justify the name of this blog.

"Lucifer Cheesecake" has been a running joke between me and my fiance, as to what to name our kid. Look if Gwyneth can called her daughter "Apple", I can call my son Lucifer. Or Lucy for short. It's cute!

To balance things a little, we'll give him a not-so-evil sounding middle name. The first thing came to my head was "Cheesecake". (I was hungry)

Honestly, the whole weird name thing seems to be trendy now. What with celebraties naming theirs with things like Coco, Apple, and what about the Beckhams boys?

It's not just a thing for the rich and famous either. I blame it on the fact that the world is getting too crowded. What better way to be unique then a strange name? My music teacher from high school named her daughter Jaz. With one Z. I also know of a lady who named her daughter Liberty-Jane. (It kinda sound like a super hero name doesn't it?)

If you don't have enough heart to totally ruin your offspring's life, why not give them a normal name with creative spelling? I've dealt with someone called Leesa. That's the first I've seen someone spelling my own name that way. And for extra fun, name your daughter Kristine or Cristine, or Chrystine, even. (She'll learn to spell her name out straight after introducing herself to people. She might even develop an interest in spelling, you never know.)

And if you are stuck with a common name, you can be creative and change your own name! It's easier if you're Chinese, of course, since we pick our own "English name". Conveniently, it's not on any legal document, so we can change it whenever we want. I know a friend with two names that she interchanges between. Then there is this guy who changed his name because he started going out with a girl called Juliet. You can see where that is going. I guess this is a bit like getting your girlfriend's name tattooed on your arm. It's a bit less painful though, I guess.

I doubt I can get away with naming my son "Lucifer" though. A while ago I heard a story about a Japanese guy in the US trying to name his son Satan and he wasn't allowed to. Some freedom of speech huh. That and my fiance thought mentally tormenting our son might not be that good of an idea. We might name him something boring instead like Arthur.

At least I can name my blog whatever I want without ruining its life.