What do you think of the name Ransom?
I saw someone named their son this and while it sounds cute and actually means "warrior's sheild", I'm personally having a hard time getting past the image of kidnapping and ransom notes/money that immediately come to mind upon hearing the name.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
I immediately had negative connotations for it. Cute for a pet, though.
coconut / 8861 posts
Err, it's better than what Teen Mom 2's Leah just named her daughter.
grapefruit / 4817 posts
It's actually a family name of mine and I tried to get my husband to consider it, but he wasn't into it. I like it, though a lot of people will automatically associate with the negative connotation.
coconut / 8234 posts
Kidnapper: We have your son, we'd like a ransom.
Mom: But you said you already have my son!
pomegranate / 3604 posts
@cascademom: wait a sec i thought she miscarried? Is this ANOTHER baby?! How did i miss that?Also, ew.
And yeah...not a fan of the name. Sorry OP.
grapefruit / 4681 posts
@cascademom: Well at least it fits with the twins names!
@bree72: I am hoping it is a family name. I think it sounds pleasing and rather cute, but it has too much of a negative connotation for me.
@mrsjazz: lol
grapefruit / 4681 posts
@sera_87: She got pregnant after the miscarriage. This LO was just born. And no hard feelings lol, this isn't on our baby list of names!
coconut / 8861 posts
@sera_87: It's another baby. Her first baby with Jeremy was due within days of my LO. She miscarried, but got knocked up again. I still can't get over the weird spelling to that name.
coconut / 8861 posts
@anbanan15: I love the jokes about how she'll have an A-Team or Triple A's.
grapefruit / 4681 posts
@cascademom: I had to look it up to see if was even a name! She gets points for creativity I guess. ETA: Ahh I didn't see that! I wonder if middle names are the same letters?
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
@cascademom: I think there are a million worse names than Addalynn, though it's definitely not on my list of favorites whatsoever, lol!
yeah..not feeling ransom. I got a little worried seeing this thread wondering what it was about!
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
@cascademom: One of my biggest pet peeves with names is when people make them up, so obviously I am not a fan of Addalynn!
pomegranate / 3516 posts
I immediately thought of kidnappers and ransom notes.
@sorrycharlie: I agree. Addalynn isn't the worst name ever but it's also not my favorite. Also, me too with the worry. I immediately though "What? What happened?" when I saw the title.
grapefruit / 4703 posts
Yeah, no way to Ransom. I thought this thread was gonna be about the Mel Gibson movie, haha.
As for the teen mom name, she basically gave her twins the same name (Aleesomething) so Addalynn doesn't sound too shocking to me.
pomegranate / 3398 posts
@sera_87: It's Adda-lynn and I think it's pretty.
Ransom on the other hand not so much.
grapefruit / 4681 posts
Oh sorry everyone for the getting you all worried about kidnappings and Mel Gibson movies!! Not my intent lol! I did at least post in the correct category. I changed the title to say as a name 
grape / 92 posts
I like some pretty weird names but Ransom sounds too much like a dog's name for me.
coconut / 8279 posts
I kind of love Ransom! Guess I'm the only one.. haha
I heard two coworkers in the supermarket talking yesterday and one was calling the other fellow "Hawk". I thought to myself, that's a pretty badass name! Then I saw his name tag and it was "Hoque" which is an Arabic name and made sense when I saw his face. Still cool.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
Not a huge fan of it....but I could get used to it if I needed to!
blogger / watermelon / 14218 posts
Immediately thought of Mel Gibson. Great movie! Bad name (IMHO).
cantaloupe / 6800 posts
No. Imagine being 35 in a corporate world being called Ransom? Nonono.
cantaloupe / 6923 posts
@rachiecakes: my friends named their kid bear. Tough name! I would name a kid wolf lol.
I like ransom!
clementine / 943 posts
How on Earth do you take a grown man seriously with a name like Ransom?
No. Just.... no.
persimmon / 1341 posts
I've known people with dogs named Ransom so I'm not feeling it for a human
nectarine / 2217 posts
Ransom is okay i guess... sounds nice, but I suppose the child/man would have to explain one too many times 
addalynn is not bad at all i think!!
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