Naming your son "Quenton" after Once A Runner

Named after Harry from Harry Potter.

I'm 36.

My dad's second middle name is "Quentin," since he was the fifth-born child. I would never name my kid that though (especially the misspelled version).

Personally, I really like the name Quentin. Most people will associate it with Tarantino. Literary types will probably think of William Faulkner's Quentin Compson. Runners will think of OAR. Works all around.

Concerned Citizen wrote:

Groucho wrote:

Peter Paul Andmary, obviously

Nice try. Paul wasn't an apostle, just in case you didn't know.

Just in case you didn't know:

Just you know wrote:

Concerned Citizen wrote:

Nice try. Paul wasn't an apostle, just in case you didn't know.

Just in case you didn't know:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle

He was an Apostle, but not one of the original 12. So He couldn't be part of the posters name.

Shouldn't it be Quentin?

Just because the book got it wrong don't compound the error

'Personally, I really like the name Quentin. Most people will associate it with Tarantino.'

What about Quentin Crisp for the older and more liberal generation?

Concerned Citizen wrote:But seriously, I'm named after two of the twelve apostles. I'll not mention which ones, as I don't want to give up being anonymous.

No good reason why this bothers me, but I hate it when people name their kids after biblical characters. The connotation that it's "holy" or something just drives me up the wall. (As do most ridiculous, man-made religious rituals and practices.)

Beez L. Bub wrote:

No good reason why this bothers me, but I hate it when people name their kids after biblical characters. The connotation that it's "holy" or something just drives me up the wall. (As do most ridiculous, man-made religious rituals and practices.)

Yeah, me too. It bugs me every time I meet someone with a name like John, James, Philip, Matthew, Thomas, Andrew, Paul, Joseph, Ethan, Joshua, Daniel, Jacob, Jonathan, David, Michael, Mary, Ann, Elizabeth, Ruth, etc.

If you meet anyone with a biblical names like that it's a sure sign that their parents were religious fanatics, because there's no other reason to give your kid one of those names.

It also drives me up the wall that the days of the week are named after pagan gods. I hate it when someone says "It's Tuesday" like I'm supposed to join them while we worship their ridiculous made-up Germanic god of war. Tiw isn't real, man!!! How about just saying "It's "1/18" instead of being so f*ing superstitious!

My wife picked the name Sebastion and I was all for it but she changed her mind and we never settled on a boy's name.

Had two girls.

I think she would have went for Quenton with that spelling as well.

In case we somehow have another child I will think of this.

Marrow2000 wrote:

I'm named after a guy in a book, too. David, from David & Goliath.

I don't think David and Goliath is a specific title of a book.... It's actually a story in a larger collection of teachings and stories passed down orally thousands of years and written down in many different languages that were eventually collected into a major two volume work that has seen a few translations and rewritings over the centuries....

Additionally, the David in the David and Goliath story is actually a young King David of Israel...

good try though....

Also, how come no one has named their son Slinger, yet? Why must Quenton Cassidy be the only character to get such an homage?

I always get wierd looks when I say thank Thor its Thursday!

Now there's a badazz name for a kid - Thor Jones

Betcha he'd go into field events... Not like some distance running kid named Quitnon Casiddy

I named my kid Sodom, and he turned out to be gay.

Nerdy Looser wrote:

I always get wierd looks when I say thank Thor its Thursday!

Now there's a badazz name for a kid - Thor Jones

Betcha he'd go into field events... Not like some distance running kid named Quitnon Casiddy

I ran against a kid named Thor in high school. Dude was probably from Scandinavia somewhere, because he had the Scandinavian style last name ( -son).

Are your friends' names "Ace" and "Gary"? If so, then this makes perfect sense and would, considering the circumstances, be acceptable.

I'll take your runner named Thor and rasie you a thrower:

http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/c-track/mtt/serafenas_thor00.html

(I'm waiting for the day he takes up the hammer throw...)

Well...I guess I did good then naming my son "Thor Jones" and he WAS a shot and discus thrower in high school and played football..