0:00 What Happens If Parents Don’t Give Their Baby a Name? 15:29 What Happens to the Bodies if a Cryogenic Company Goes Bankrupt? 28:25 What Happened to Dead Bodies After Big Battles Throughout History? 38:38 What Happens to Your Stuff When You Get Sent to Prison for Life? 49:30 What Happens when You Ask a Surgeon For Your Amputated Limb Back? 1:00:16 What Happens When You Donate Your Body to Science and How Do You Do This? 1:17:29 What Happens if you Renounce Your Citizenship But Don’t Belong to Another Country When You Do It? 1:30:45 What Happens if You Leave Your House to a Pet in Your Will? 1:40:54 What Happens When You Freeze Water in a Container So Strong the Water Can’t Expand Into Ice? 1:45:44 What Happens to Your Stuff When You're Declared Dead, Then Turn Up Alive like a Certain Shire Hobbit? 2:01:13 What Happens if You Commit a Crime in Space?
My mother died from a rare type of kidney cancer. Before she died, she arranged to donate her body to a local medical school, so when she died the hospice personnel called the medical school, and personnel from the school came to our home and got her. I did medical transcription for 25 years, and over the years I transcribed reports on the same type of cancer my mother had, and there are now treatments available for that type of cancer that weren't available back in the 1980s when my mother died. I like to think that my mother's donation played a part in the development of the treatments that are now available.
She Absolutely Did! Highly recommend if u haven’t already, check out the channel-Institute of Human Anatomy. Incredible what they have learned from sooooo many who made the same decision of your ❤ Mom. I believe you will be with her again 4ever in eternal Bliss
That’s honestly great, and I’m glad you can find comfort in that. She made a selfless choice to contribute towards saving others from the same fate and that’s beautiful
We, as Jews, had to name our children after a deceased family member, but we ending up switching the first & second to make sure his initials didn;t spell something stupid.
@@SafetySpooon I was friends with a guy in college who's first and last name made the initials B.S. He was always so embarrassed by it until I suggested he use his middle initial, R, instead, for at least casual things. For some reason that had never occurred to him before. Not the sharpest crayon in the box, but a very kind guy.
The problem with children in a group is, they WILL find some way of being cruel about some aspect of any kids name, no matter what trouble the parents go to ensure otherwise.
@@bladewind0verlord Yes, but trust me, my name is quite innocuous, so was my sisters, and virtually from the first day I was in school kids made fun of my name. It is just what kids do. When they did it to my sister, I didn't do anything to the guy most eager to chant abuse at her because he was small, I walked over to the biggest one of them, who was grinning hardest, kicked him in the nuts, leaned down and put my fingers in his nostrils, and stood him back up saying "Oh, I am sorry, I slipped". Then that kids big brother came and beat me up, and I took my beating, as price of protecting her. Then when he was done, I stood up and said "the next time he makes my sister cry, I am going to do it again, Mike, you better talk to him". And he looked me in the eye, and knew I was fair dinkum, and within my rights, and could take a beating. It stopped.
My cousin's husband's parents were hippies that followed the grateful dead. His parents named him Cannabis. I think they ended up in prison for a really long time but can't remember why(LSD manufacturing?). When he turned 18 and got out of foster care he changed his name and never did drugs or drank alcohol.
When my sister was born, my parents hadn't really settled on a name for her, but they had tentatively picked out the name, Robin. After she was born, however, they brought her into my mom's hospital room and she had a totally different name listed on her name band. It turned out that while my mom was resting, and my dad was out of the room for a moment, my grandmother, my mother's mother, who HATED the name Robin, had slipped out of the room. The nurse with the paperwork came by and caught my grandmother outside the room while my mom was sleeping and had asked her what my sister's name was. She told them the name that SHE liked. My mother woke up to all the paperwork done. And she didn't have the guts to stand up to her mother. So my sister ended up stuck with the name my grandmother gave her. And strangely enough, she grew to resent that name all through childhood because it was one of those names that in my grandmother's time, was a girls name, but in modern times, was common as a boy's name with a tiny different spelling, and it wasn't common as a girls name. So my sister went through her whole childhood, where she had short hair because my parents didn't like long hair on kids... too much trouble... and as a result, she was mistaken for a boy CONSTANTLY!!!!
My uncle also has a name that at the time he was born was masculine, but is now feminine (I call them generational "flip names") and at some point will be masculine again and back and forth. I also have a couple of cousins that have masculine/feminine flip names like that. Lots of people on my family tree have flip names and I have been doing my genealogy since 2005 . My uncle uses his middle name on a daily basis though. I also have a name I resent. My folks had agreed on something else (I hate that too), but due to various circumstances that all piled up in the weeks before I was born. Then on the day I was born, one of my parents changed thier mind at literally the last minute (doctor asked what they were going to name me) and named me after three great aunts. As a result, I grew up with a name that is really common on that side of the family, and it sucks when a ton of others in your family have the same name you do, and that you actually hate.
Robin is a pretty gender neutral name too, but it still sucks that your grandma went behind your parents' backs to rename her. It's not her child and not her place to decide what to name the kid. I can get interfering if it was a goofy name like Haighleigh-lough, but Robin is a perfectly reasonable and cute name. Maybe someday your sister can get it legally changed if she wants.
@wolvie1618 I've always thought it was a feminine name, the only male Robin I've ever heard of is Robin Hood but I assume that's a pun rather than being an actual name. There are several Robin in anime who are all female. I don't recall any Robin's in western media although I don't have much exposure to that. I'm not saying it can't also be a boys name but I think it's understandable why people will assume the person is a girl barring obvious appearance to the contrary.
Simon and crew! I dont know if you guys take suggestions, but I would love a compilation of animal facts. Also thanks for all the hours of knowledge you've given me, cheers!
My maternal grandmother and both my parents were donated. I plan on doing the same. Funeral costs in the US are absolutely outrageous, and if a body that would normally be discarded (buried or cremated) could help the greater population through research, it just makes sense to us. At least in Missouri, it is quite easy to have someone come take the body from the hospital for free.
My mother was donated. A lifelong teacher, she felt that it was better to instruct a larger group of doctors and researchers than to donate body parts to a smaller group of recipients. We had to pay a funeral home to pick up her body; the university would not retrieve it from a private property. Even so, the cost was much lower than direct no-frills cremation. (Texas)
In Finland children get their name only when they are baptized. This began way back because it was feared that if the devil heard the name of the unbabtized child he could lure the child. This is so common that many think that baptizing is for the purpose of giving the name.
My mother had no idea what to name me so all she did was reverse her first and middle names. IE, she was AB and named me BA instead. A pretty easy fallback, IMO.
We seriously need laws on naming infants here in the US. Especially the impossible to pronounce part. There are so many kids whose names are not even spelled phonetically possible.
In Canada, my mother hadn't named me after over a week and when the hospital was discharging us, they made her name me before they allowed us to leave. Mom had no idea what to pick so all she did was reverse her first and middle names. IE, she was AB and named me BA instead.
Danish person here, my name happens to be Hebrew and not on the list of accepted names, my dad just lied to them, my mom is from the Philippines and he just told them that it was a Filipino name (it isn't)
Not on topic but please do not have your child have a (rather awful) legal first name but have them go by their middle name instead. A lifetime of being referred to by a name you don't automatically respond to is not worth it.
Better yet do not give your child a rather awful name that’s the real problem it’s so selfish As far as middle name is being used concerned that’s more come in the night not the end of the world
My mom's full name was Judy Renà but went by Renà. My cousin's name is Angela Michelle but goes by Michelle. But I get what you mean... my brother's wife is named Michael Michelle... her dad wanted a boy so bad that he named his first daughter after himself. He went on to have 4 more girls 😂
@@jrmckim Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez. In the past it could be worse. I have been doing my families genealogy since 2005 and have come across some doozies. In the past (before 1900-ish) some populations (mostly Mennonite style communities) had a habit of naming thier sons after thier female relatives maiden names. So instead of John, Michael and Roland, you end up with sons with first names like Crapper, Shuffals, Baumwart, Replogle and any other horrible surname you have ever heard of just because thier mom, granny or great granny etc was Clementine Crapper, Sally Shuffals, Betty Baumwart or Rachel Replogle. I spoke to a woman once at a Genealogy forum (her mom only had sisters), her moms father was named Orange Couch the third. Orange Couch #1s grannys maiden name was Orange and thier last name was already Couch, so yeah. I have a couple family members myself who would have been beaten up every day at school for thier names. That is likely why I personally would never give a kid an obvious surname (Madison, Cooper, McKenzie etc) as a first name, that is just a giant bag of worms and kids lives are tough enough without having to explain why mom and dad named them Ghostbuster Crunchwrap Miller (or whatever)...
@@wolvie1618 That is common in my family on both sides one grandparent and five great grandfolks used thier middle names and several before that. (Been doing my own genealogy since 2005) As well as countless uncles, cousins etc... When your family gets in a rut where a ton of people have the same handful of names, people end up using middle names, or nicknames, one or the other so that you know which "Monty" or "Rachel" you are dealing with.
Thank you for the segment beginning at 1:00:16. I made arrangements years ago to be a medical cadaver upon my demise, and though I was aware that certain circumstances would preclude its use in that way, I did not know that height and weight were considerations. It turns out that I am both too tall and too obese for an anatomy lab, so I guess it's the Tennessee body farm for me. That has been my backup plan all along anyway. I'll have to see to the legal arrangements, I suppose.
The body farm at UT Knoxville has strict regulations, and most people don’t qualify. You also have to pay for the transport of the body to them and you don’t get any remains back, since they keep the skeletons for more research. It’s actually extremely hard to get them to take someone. I would recommend looking at a school close to you
@@christinanichols-cooley5264 Thank you for the information. I downloaded the necessary forms for UT Knoxville, but I haven't gone over them yet. I'll have to see what they require. As for the cost of transport, my life insurance should cover that, and the ultimate disposition of my remains is of no consequence to me, nor to my remaining family.
I'm in the US. My uncle , who is in his 60s, was officially Baby Boy [Last Name] (not including his last name because I didn't talk to him before posting). He had that as his name until he filed for social security , and then he had to pick one. We don't 100% know why my grandparents never filed his name. But my dad said that they moved around that time and their parents just never changed it.
I live in Michigan and my wife never had a birth certificate because her mother was in jail at the time of birth so the paperwork was never filled out and now it's as if she doesn't exist because without a birth certificate we can't get a Social Security card or identification card. Which also means she can't work and wants to but it's illegal to get paid cash. And found that she's no way able to get a birth certificate after 40 years
@_Quack_Wack_ it's not the taxes that's the hard part because she does know her social security number we just don't have documentation to prove it in writing. She can't get a job because without an identification no one will hire her because they can't even run a basic background check or trust references so on and so on. And where we live there aren't any cash jobs that she would be able to do.
And for the business that would pay her whether it is in cash or by check still wouldn't be legal because they wouldn't have the proper paperwork from her for their accounting department and their taxes., hence, no job opportunities
Babies born to mothers who test positive for drugs (or the baby does) where I live are often assigned Baby Girl or Baby Boy, including Baby Girl A and Baby Girl B in the case of twins, because child welfare sometimes removes the child(ren) before the parents come up with a name. It's usually corrected quickly and the name invariably ends up being one that definitely would not be allowed in any countries with name lists. The U.S. has very few rules about baby names and I wish that would change. First name on the chopping block is "Brooklyn MacKenzie." Next is "Khaleesi."
Worst name I've come across: a young girl named "Coloni" yes, the human colon, except adding an "i" somehow makes it cute, right? I'm surprised that her brother wasn't named "Rectumi" or something equally stupid!
My sister-in-law was waiting for a prescription for my nephew when she heard a pharmacist stumble over a kid's name. His mother stood up and said, "It's pronounced Shi-theed", spelled 'shithead'. I'll never forget the lady that sued her daughter's school for failing to pronounce her name right. "Ledasha", spelled 'L-a'.
@@DrgnLdyLizzie2001 damn, tell me you didn't want that kid without telling me you didn't want that kid. She must have hated him to name her kid Shithead. Rip little bro, hopefully he can change it when he's old enough.
@@wolvie1618 Not "shithead". In reality it's probably an Arabic name, maybe "Shaheed". Don't believe that someone could get away with filing a birth certificate using "Shithead" spelled out.
if i was king, i'd make it illegal to give kids names that other people living already have. you want to name your kid ted? gotta wait for the other ted to kick it. it would be CHAOS lmao
In Japan, there is something called a “KiraKira” name, meaning a unique (and usually weird) name. The tame ones are things like 天使 read with English pronunciation “Angel”, but I met a kid named “楽草” (literally “fun grass”) which was pronounced marijuana .
A couple in the U.S. lost their baby shortly after birth for excellent reasons. They had given him a name unofficially, but they refused to sign papers to make his name legal for Sovereign Citizen reasons. Because he didn’t have a name, he couldn’t be signed up for social security, so he wasn’t eligible for any Medicare/Medicaid programs. CPS had to pay his medical bills out of their own budget for the entire length of the case. At the final hearing, the judge excoriated the parents for refusing to give their son something as basic as the gift of a name. After he finished removing their parental rights, he approved a motion by CPS to formally name the baby the name the parents had unofficially chosen for him, then sent him off to be adopted by his foster parents. Ironically, given the topic of this segment, the two hopelessly nutty hyper-religious SovCit parents had chosen a normal name for their baby.
A friend's youngest brother's official name was "Baby Boy" up until the age of 5, when the local public school refused to register him, unless his mother had it legally changed to something else.
My father wanted his body to be donated to a UC, however, he never completed the paperwork. Now he's in a national cemetery with my great grandfather who died in the horrors of Normandy. Thanks for the info about how they got bodies back from war. I can't imagine a marine first in line in Normandy had it easy and he prob went out in less than 10 minutes. Semper Fi. Never forget.
It would suck so hard if you were signed up and invested to be frozen, but then got sick in such a way that they couldn’t keep you viable. multiple organ failure sucks
More than likely not. It’s much more difficult to get a body donated to a legitimate university than most people think. There are also many companies that will bury in fine print that they can sell pieces to different places for experimentation
Allowing that cryonics work, you still need to fix the original cause of death. For example, if you end in a heart attack, when you try to revive the body, you not only need to restore the body to the original state, you now have a live person that has is suffering from a fatal heart attack. Reviving that body implies that we have a cure for heart attacks.
as someone who does data entry on accounts and sees a lot of names, some parents should not be allowed to name their children. they do awful things that will definitely cause the child to suffer in middle school due to something the parent thought was funny or cute when they were a baby. Names should not rhyme.
I was named before I was born as my mother was very ill and might have died. I was called Twin 2 Surname. She didn't know our genders so had to pick names also, just in case. But my hospital bracelet and my medical records had twin 2 surname until I was officially registered much later. Same obviously for my twin brother, as twin 1.
My brother was born abroad during my dads army service in Germany. He was issued a German birth certificate but would have to be registered here in the UK when the tour was finished. Except neither parent did that. Mum gave him his German certificate and told him to make sure he never lost it, which he did. It took him over 3years to get proof of him being British and get a new British birth certificate.
My grandmother was born (1905), she was named Gladys. Then her mother met a woman she hated named Gladys, and demanded they change her name. When the state aligned their DMV software with the national Social Security records several years ago, my aunt (who had her nickname on her license) had to get a notarized statement from 3 people that she was the person on both her license and her birth certificate.
"the UK" well once again actually "England and Wales", Scotland gives half the time, initial chi numbers are usually issued for "baby ", the Germans would get conflicting Informatik between English officials and the GRoS on gender of names too.
As an expert on strange names I can confirm that it is frustrating. No I didn’t stutter, yes I said “Storm” like the weather and I was not born in a storm. And I don’t know, I didn’t name myself.
I met someone who craved red jello while pregnant. So much so, that she named him Redjello! You read that correctly. Her next pregnancy, she craved orange jello. You guessed it. Orangejello! Redjello and Orangejello!
Agreed! I chose to name my son after my father and brother, they were Sr and Jr but my bro didn’t name his boy the third. So I decided to name my boy the third and when I told my dad he cried 🥹aaaaaaand then 1 month later my dad died. So the first 2ish years of my son’s life it was difficult to call him by his name cuz we missed my dad so much. We just called him ‘Mr.Hims’ or ‘The Boy.’ But my son has definitely grown into the name, it fits him perfectly and my bro calls him mini me 😂. ❤
That’s not true at all. I’ve paid for the funerals of 2 in laws and my dad. And my daughter is going to school for mortuary science. Most people still have funerals
@@AnnaAnna-uc2ff yes norway and scandinavia atleast got a list of not recomended baby names. dont think elon musk could name his child after a car parts number in norway tho.
Kids should not be allowed to be named numbers... at some point this should be considered neglect or abuse as that kid will deal with hassle and bullying and confusion from others for the rest of their lives.
I haven't seen this yet but my 1st thought was take someone else's name like the man who took Trowa Barton's name on Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz. No Name: I was feeling insecure without a name. I wouldn't mind taking his name.
hundreds of palestinian children have been forced to forfeit their right to a name due to their entire families being deceased and unable to give them their name, thought it was something that should be brought up here
What Happens to Your Stuff When You're Declared Dead, Then Turn Up Alive? Like in the movie Castaway? The Hanks character didn't even get his wife back.
Don't ever try anything detrimental to your child in France, in the matter of their bureaucratic procedures, folks. Jail would be the certain and sure resolution. Write the wrong thing in one of the child's forms, or miss a set procedure, and a Magistrate appoints the child their own personal bureaucrat who has nothing more to wish for than you making a second mistake.
I wish my mom had not named me. She's incredibly stupid when it comes to these things. Never an elemental name even with animals! So I changed my name legally. Ha!
My LEGAL name, on my birth certificate at 72 years old, is still "Baby Girl" G------. Issued a week after my birth! WHAT were they thinking for 9 months?
Any parent that names their child something ridiculous shows that they are complement self absorbed and lack any compassion for the future of their child. They just do it as a reaction piece to garner attention and reactions from others. It's just a display of immaturity and selfishness to a extreme degree.
Before vaccines, parents would wait to see if the baby would survive to give a name. But today just give a name. A lot of common names if you really can't decide
Not just baby Smith, but hospitals frequent have to deal tmulteof the same name . Given name popularity in seasons they may be in for silR age related conditions. There are systems
Thank you so much for using Fahrenheit along with Celsius for us uncivilized barbarians across the pond who's government refuses to join the rest of the world in measurement and temperature.
It`s plain disturbing how backward people can be with regards to naming a baby. I wonder just how suitable they are to even be a parent. I thank my parents for giving me a sensible name that I am proud to have.
It’s hard to name a kid before you get yo know them. I chose to name my son after my father and brother, they were Sr and Jr but my bro didn’t name his boy the third. So I decided to name my boy the third and when I told my dad he cried 🥹aaaaaaand then 1 month later my dad died. So the first 2ish years of my son’s life it was difficult to call him by his name cuz we missed my dad so much. We just called him ‘Mr.Hims’ or ‘The Boy.’ But my son has definitely grown into the name, it fits him perfectly and my bro calls him mini me 😂. ❤
I named my daughter "Bridget" in 2002. She told me, "Mum, you think you gave me a normal name, but you didn't. I would have been better off if you had called me Shaniqua."
I have a comic that I clipped from my moms womans magazine when I was a kid. I still have it and it reminds me of your comment. It is a little girl (schoolbus in the background) who has just gotten off the bus. Her mom is holding her knapsack and they are obviously heading into the house. The little girl is very frowny, and has her hands shoved in her pockets. The caption at the bottom says "Everyone in my class is Shamiqua, Taylor Or Ashley. How'd I get stuck with a wierdo name like Mary". 🤣 I have been doing my families genealogy since 2005 and yesterdays "old lady/man" names are tomorrows trendies. The popularity pendulum almost always (It has not for "Dorcas" since the early 1800s as an example) swings back, and names that have not been popular (the swing usually happens in 75-125 years) for a while will be trendy again. So in the near future we may be seeing alot of Beulah, Gertrude, Gottleib and Beauregard and thier great-grands etc will be the Brittney, Madison, Jayden and Quinley. Even recently, names like Stella and Hazel are trending upwards. People "search" for a "unique" (or "normal") name, and think, hey, this is cute because they never knew anyone with that name, not realizing, that 80-ish (a pendulum swing) years ago, that name was all over the place, just not necessarily in thier family.
@@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 my parents almost named me Hazel after my grandmother. I'm so glad they didn't. I hate the name they did choose, but I would have LOATHED Hazel even more.
@@wolvie1618 I was named after 3 great aunts, and I hate it, so yeah, I feel you. I wasn't supposed to be called that but one of my parents (I was about 5 minutes old) changed thier mind at the last minute. The name they had originally was actually just as bad, so I didn't get lucky enough to dodge any kind of bu]]et.
Why Tampa? LoL What'd we do? I'd let them test me. Would love to be in a Lamborghini as a CTD. I am donating my body. I'm leaving the money with family just in case I'm rejected. It will be set aside for basic cremation costs in that time, changed yearly to COL.
0:00 What Happens If Parents Don’t Give Their Baby a Name?
15:29 What Happens to the Bodies if a Cryogenic Company Goes Bankrupt?
28:25 What Happened to Dead Bodies After Big Battles Throughout History?
38:38 What Happens to Your Stuff When You Get Sent to Prison for Life?
49:30 What Happens when You Ask a Surgeon For Your Amputated Limb Back?
1:00:16 What Happens When You Donate Your Body to Science and How Do You Do This?
1:17:29 What Happens if you Renounce Your Citizenship But Don’t Belong to Another Country When You Do It?
1:30:45 What Happens if You Leave Your House to a Pet in Your Will?
1:40:54 What Happens When You Freeze Water in a Container So Strong the Water Can’t Expand Into Ice?
1:45:44 What Happens to Your Stuff When You're Declared Dead, Then Turn Up Alive like a Certain Shire Hobbit?
2:01:13 What Happens if You Commit a Crime in Space?
I want to hear about what happens if a parent says no to signing a birth certificate...
My mother died from a rare type of kidney cancer. Before she died, she arranged to donate her body to a local medical school, so when she died the hospice personnel called the medical school, and personnel from the school came to our home and got her. I did medical transcription for 25 years, and over the years I transcribed reports on the same type of cancer my mother had, and there are now treatments available for that type of cancer that weren't available back in the 1980s when my mother died. I like to think that my mother's donation played a part in the development of the treatments that are now available.
She Absolutely Did! Highly recommend if u haven’t already, check out the channel-Institute of Human Anatomy. Incredible what they have learned from sooooo many who made the same decision of your ❤ Mom. I believe you will be with her again 4ever in eternal Bliss
That’s honestly great, and I’m glad you can find comfort in that. She made a selfless choice to contribute towards saving others from the same fate and that’s beautiful
When our daughter was on the way, our decision was based on "what should we name our daughter so she doesn't get beat up or made fun of?"
We, as Jews, had to name our children after a deceased family member, but we ending up switching the first & second to make sure his initials didn;t spell something stupid.
@@SafetySpooon I was friends with a guy in college who's first and last name made the initials B.S. He was always so embarrassed by it until I suggested he use his middle initial, R, instead, for at least casual things. For some reason that had never occurred to him before. Not the sharpest crayon in the box, but a very kind guy.
The problem with children in a group is, they WILL find some way of being cruel about some aspect of any kids name, no matter what trouble the parents go to ensure otherwise.
@@uncletiggermclaren7592 yea but you should maybe make a basic effort to not paint a giant target on their back?
@@bladewind0verlord Yes, but trust me, my name is quite innocuous, so was my sisters, and virtually from the first day I was in school kids made fun of my name. It is just what kids do.
When they did it to my sister, I didn't do anything to the guy most eager to chant abuse at her because he was small, I walked over to the biggest one of them, who was grinning hardest, kicked him in the nuts, leaned down and put my fingers in his nostrils, and stood him back up saying "Oh, I am sorry, I slipped".
Then that kids big brother came and beat me up, and I took my beating, as price of protecting her. Then when he was done, I stood up and said "the next time he makes my sister cry, I am going to do it again, Mike, you better talk to him". And he looked me in the eye, and knew I was fair dinkum, and within my rights, and could take a beating.
It stopped.
My cousin's husband's parents were hippies that followed the grateful dead. His parents named him Cannabis. I think they ended up in prison for a really long time but can't remember why(LSD manufacturing?). When he turned 18 and got out of foster care he changed his name and never did drugs or drank alcohol.
Elon Musk's child has suffered the consequences of the US not protecting them from being given names that alienate and humiliate them.
It really is sad
I like Elon but I am so sorry for those kids
My 1st thought
When my sister was born, my parents hadn't really settled on a name for her, but they had tentatively picked out the name, Robin. After she was born, however, they brought her into my mom's hospital room and she had a totally different name listed on her name band. It turned out that while my mom was resting, and my dad was out of the room for a moment, my grandmother, my mother's mother, who HATED the name Robin, had slipped out of the room. The nurse with the paperwork came by and caught my grandmother outside the room while my mom was sleeping and had asked her what my sister's name was. She told them the name that SHE liked. My mother woke up to all the paperwork done. And she didn't have the guts to stand up to her mother. So my sister ended up stuck with the name my grandmother gave her. And strangely enough, she grew to resent that name all through childhood because it was one of those names that in my grandmother's time, was a girls name, but in modern times, was common as a boy's name with a tiny different spelling, and it wasn't common as a girls name. So my sister went through her whole childhood, where she had short hair because my parents didn't like long hair on kids... too much trouble... and as a result, she was mistaken for a boy CONSTANTLY!!!!
My uncle also has a name that at the time he was born was masculine, but is now feminine (I call them generational "flip names") and at some point will be masculine again and back and forth. I also have a couple of cousins that have masculine/feminine flip names like that. Lots of people on my family tree have flip names and I have been doing my genealogy since 2005 . My uncle uses his middle name on a daily basis though. I also have a name I resent. My folks had agreed on something else (I hate that too), but due to various circumstances that all piled up in the weeks before I was born. Then on the day I was born, one of my parents changed thier mind at literally the last minute (doctor asked what they were going to name me) and named me after three great aunts. As a result, I grew up with a name that is really common on that side of the family, and it sucks when a ton of others in your family have the same name you do, and that you actually hate.
Robin is a pretty gender neutral name too, but it still sucks that your grandma went behind your parents' backs to rename her. It's not her child and not her place to decide what to name the kid. I can get interfering if it was a goofy name like Haighleigh-lough, but Robin is a perfectly reasonable and cute name. Maybe someday your sister can get it legally changed if she wants.
And ROBIN cannot be a boy's name?????
@wolvie1618 I've always thought it was a feminine name, the only male Robin I've ever heard of is Robin Hood but I assume that's a pun rather than being an actual name. There are several Robin in anime who are all female. I don't recall any Robin's in western media although I don't have much exposure to that. I'm not saying it can't also be a boys name but I think it's understandable why people will assume the person is a girl barring obvious appearance to the contrary.
I guess the 3rd Nolan Batman movie hasn't reached your country yet?
Simon and crew! I dont know if you guys take suggestions, but I would love a compilation of animal facts. Also thanks for all the hours of knowledge you've given me, cheers!
My maternal grandmother and both my parents were donated. I plan on doing the same. Funeral costs in the US are absolutely outrageous, and if a body that would normally be discarded (buried or cremated) could help the greater population through research, it just makes sense to us. At least in Missouri, it is quite easy to have someone come take the body from the hospital for free.
My mother was donated. A lifelong teacher, she felt that it was better to instruct a larger group of doctors and researchers than to donate body parts to a smaller group of recipients. We had to pay a funeral home to pick up her body; the university would not retrieve it from a private property. Even so, the cost was much lower than direct no-frills cremation. (Texas)
As a tribal member in connecticut we name children sometimes twice . English/ indigenous
Same in Hong Kong. You’ll have a an English and a Chinese name.
Same in europe, especially Greece, i have my Greek name and my English name.
Yes; we've done this for centuries (Jews)
Thats pretty common everywhere. My father was ½ Cherokee and had 2 names.
I would love to hear a few examples of Indigenous names, please? Thanks in advance.
In Finland children get their name only when they are baptized. This began way back because it was feared that if the devil heard the name of the unbabtized child he could lure the child. This is so common that many think that baptizing is for the purpose of giving the name.
Actually,no.
I’m surprised the fallback of [Parent’s name] Jr. isn’t a common use.
My mother had no idea what to name me so all she did was reverse her first and middle names. IE, she was AB and named me BA instead. A pretty easy fallback, IMO.
Using Jr. isn’t really common outside of the US
I find it's usually done by an arrogant parent with a big ego. E.g. how Nigella Lawson got her first name
@@coconutsmarties IMO it's a disgusting practice. Very disrespectful for the child.
My name is Charles, it was almost Zoltan, my dad is Hungarian it has nothing to do with Dude Where's My Car, I swear!
Epic movie
You DON'T Mess With The Zoltan..
We seriously need laws on naming infants here in the US. Especially the impossible to pronounce part. There are so many kids whose names are not even spelled phonetically possible.
When I was 3 days old my mom was still debating between two names so my sister just picked for her
I love this channel. Way to answer questions I'd never even thought about, 'but now that you mention it...' xD
There have been some rather gruesome scandals recent by body brokers in the US.
In Canada, my mother hadn't named me after over a week and when the hospital was discharging us, they made her name me before they allowed us to leave. Mom had no idea what to pick so all she did was reverse her first and middle names. IE, she was AB and named me BA instead.
Danish person here, my name happens to be Hebrew and not on the list of accepted names, my dad just lied to them, my mom is from the Philippines and he just told them that it was a Filipino name (it isn't)
Not on topic but please do not have your child have a (rather awful) legal first name but have them go by their middle name instead. A lifetime of being referred to by a name you don't automatically respond to is not worth it.
Better yet do not give your child a rather awful name that’s the real problem it’s so selfish
As far as middle name is being used concerned that’s more come in the night not the end of the world
My mom's full name was Judy Renà but went by Renà. My cousin's name is Angela Michelle but goes by Michelle.
But I get what you mean... my brother's wife is named Michael Michelle... her dad wanted a boy so bad that he named his first daughter after himself. He went on to have 4 more girls 😂
I knew a girl in high school who went by her middle name because she didn't like her first name. And honestly, her middle name suited her far more.
@@jrmckim Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez. In the past it could be worse. I have been doing my families genealogy since 2005 and have come across some doozies. In the past (before 1900-ish) some populations (mostly Mennonite style communities) had a habit of naming thier sons after thier female relatives maiden names. So instead of John, Michael and Roland, you end up with sons with first names like Crapper, Shuffals, Baumwart, Replogle and any other horrible surname you have ever heard of just because thier mom, granny or great granny etc was Clementine Crapper, Sally Shuffals, Betty Baumwart or Rachel Replogle. I spoke to a woman once at a Genealogy forum (her mom only had sisters), her moms father was named Orange Couch the third. Orange Couch #1s grannys maiden name was Orange and thier last name was already Couch, so yeah. I have a couple family members myself who would have been beaten up every day at school for thier names. That is likely why I personally would never give a kid an obvious surname (Madison, Cooper, McKenzie etc) as a first name, that is just a giant bag of worms and kids lives are tough enough without having to explain why mom and dad named them Ghostbuster Crunchwrap Miller (or whatever)...
@@wolvie1618 That is common in my family on both sides one grandparent and five great grandfolks used thier middle names and several before that. (Been doing my own genealogy since 2005) As well as countless uncles, cousins etc... When your family gets in a rut where a ton of people have the same handful of names, people end up using middle names, or nicknames, one or the other so that you know which "Monty" or "Rachel" you are dealing with.
Thank you for the segment beginning at 1:00:16. I made arrangements years ago to be a medical cadaver upon my demise, and though I was aware that certain circumstances would preclude its use in that way, I did not know that height and weight were considerations. It turns out that I am both too tall and too obese for an anatomy lab, so I guess it's the Tennessee body farm for me. That has been my backup plan all along anyway. I'll have to see to the legal arrangements, I suppose.
The body farm at UT Knoxville has strict regulations, and most people don’t qualify. You also have to pay for the transport of the body to them and you don’t get any remains back, since they keep the skeletons for more research. It’s actually extremely hard to get them to take someone. I would recommend looking at a school close to you
@@christinanichols-cooley5264 Thank you for the information. I downloaded the necessary forms for UT Knoxville, but I haven't gone over them yet. I'll have to see what they require.
As for the cost of transport, my life insurance should cover that, and the ultimate disposition of my remains is of no consequence to me, nor to my remaining family.
I'm in the US. My uncle , who is in his 60s, was officially Baby Boy [Last Name] (not including his last name because I didn't talk to him before posting). He had that as his name until he filed for social security , and then he had to pick one. We don't 100% know why my grandparents never filed his name. But my dad said that they moved around that time and their parents just never changed it.
I live in Michigan and my wife never had a birth certificate because her mother was in jail at the time of birth so the paperwork was never filled out and now it's as if she doesn't exist because without a birth certificate we can't get a Social Security card or identification card. Which also means she can't work and wants to but it's illegal to get paid cash. And found that she's no way able to get a birth certificate after 40 years
How did she go to school?
@lindadeeds5326 it was the early 80s so paperwork eventually got forgotten about. So she had no problems till adulthood.
Not illegal, I believe you can make something like 6k a year before having to file taxes
@_Quack_Wack_ it's not the taxes that's the hard part because she does know her social security number we just don't have documentation to prove it in writing. She can't get a job because without an identification no one will hire her because they can't even run a basic background check or trust references so on and so on. And where we live there aren't any cash jobs that she would be able to do.
And for the business that would pay her whether it is in cash or by check still wouldn't be legal because they wouldn't have the proper paperwork from her for their accounting department and their taxes., hence, no job opportunities
Babies born to mothers who test positive for drugs (or the baby does) where I live are often assigned Baby Girl or Baby Boy, including Baby Girl A and Baby Girl B in the case of twins, because child welfare sometimes removes the child(ren) before the parents come up with a name. It's usually corrected quickly and the name invariably ends up being one that definitely would not be allowed in any countries with name lists. The U.S. has very few rules about baby names and I wish that would change. First name on the chopping block is "Brooklyn MacKenzie." Next is "Khaleesi."
Worst name I've come across: a young girl named "Coloni" yes, the human colon, except adding an "i" somehow makes it cute, right?
I'm surprised that her brother wasn't named "Rectumi" or something equally stupid!
My sister-in-law was waiting for a prescription for my nephew when she heard a pharmacist stumble over a kid's name. His mother stood up and said, "It's pronounced Shi-theed", spelled 'shithead'.
I'll never forget the lady that sued her daughter's school for failing to pronounce her name right. "Ledasha", spelled 'L-a'.
@@DrgnLdyLizzie2001 damn, tell me you didn't want that kid without telling me you didn't want that kid. She must have hated him to name her kid Shithead. Rip little bro, hopefully he can change it when he's old enough.
She could write her name as ":i".
@@wolvie1618 Not "shithead". In reality it's probably an Arabic name, maybe "Shaheed". Don't believe that someone could get away with filing a birth certificate using "Shithead" spelled out.
Love the content
if i was king, i'd make it illegal to give kids names that other people living already have. you want to name your kid ted? gotta wait for the other ted to kick it. it would be CHAOS lmao
Ted is unavailable.
Ted8578 is.
Would you like Ted8578
In Japan, there is something called a “KiraKira” name, meaning a unique (and usually weird) name. The tame ones are things like 天使 read with English pronunciation “Angel”, but I met a kid named “楽草” (literally “fun grass”) which was pronounced marijuana .
A couple in the U.S. lost their baby shortly after birth for excellent reasons. They had given him a name unofficially, but they refused to sign papers to make his name legal for Sovereign Citizen reasons. Because he didn’t have a name, he couldn’t be signed up for social security, so he wasn’t eligible for any Medicare/Medicaid programs. CPS had to pay his medical bills out of their own budget for the entire length of the case.
At the final hearing, the judge excoriated the parents for refusing to give their son something as basic as the gift of a name. After he finished removing their parental rights, he approved a motion by CPS to formally name the baby the name the parents had unofficially chosen for him, then sent him off to be adopted by his foster parents.
Ironically, given the topic of this segment, the two hopelessly nutty hyper-religious SovCit parents had chosen a normal name for their baby.
Interesting topic
A friend's youngest brother's official name was "Baby Boy" up until the age of 5, when the local public school refused to register him, unless his mother had it legally changed to something else.
My father wanted his body to be donated to a UC, however, he never completed the paperwork. Now he's in a national cemetery with my great grandfather who died in the horrors of Normandy. Thanks for the info about how they got bodies back from war. I can't imagine a marine first in line in Normandy had it easy and he prob went out in less than 10 minutes. Semper Fi. Never forget.
It would suck so hard if you were signed up and invested to be frozen, but then got sick in such a way that they couldn’t keep you viable.
multiple organ failure sucks
I've opted in for body donation to science. I'm 5.11 and 70kgs wondering if they'll accept me when I finish up.
More than likely not. It’s much more difficult to get a body donated to a legitimate university than most people think. There are also many companies that will bury in fine print that they can sell pieces to different places for experimentation
Allowing that cryonics work, you still need to fix the original cause of death. For example, if you end in a heart attack, when you try to revive the body, you not only need to restore the body to the original state, you now have a live person that has is suffering from a fatal heart attack. Reviving that body implies that we have a cure for heart attacks.
Some lady got pissed at a Southwest employee laughed at her daughters name which was Abcde. What did she expect?!?
Massachusetts you can do 7.5 years in county! It’s horrible
as someone who does data entry on accounts and sees a lot of names, some parents should not be allowed to name their children. they do awful things that will definitely cause the child to suffer in middle school due to something the parent thought was funny or cute when they were a baby. Names should not rhyme.
I was named before I was born as my mother was very ill and might have died. I was called Twin 2 Surname. She didn't know our genders so had to pick names also, just in case. But my hospital bracelet and my medical records had twin 2 surname until I was officially registered much later. Same obviously for my twin brother, as twin 1.
My father's birth certificate said "Baby Boy" for a first name. Yet there was never any problem with him using his actual name.
My brother was born abroad during my dads army service in Germany. He was issued a German birth certificate but would have to be registered here in the UK when the tour was finished. Except neither parent did that. Mum gave him his German certificate and told him to make sure he never lost it, which he did. It took him over 3years to get proof of him being British and get a new British birth certificate.
When I had my daughter in California 28 years ago they would not let me take the baby home without a name; I’m so angry right now
My grandmother was born (1905), she was named Gladys. Then her mother met a woman she hated named Gladys, and demanded they change her name.
When the state aligned their DMV software with the national Social Security records several years ago, my aunt (who had her nickname on her license) had to get a notarized statement from 3 people that she was the person on both her license and her birth certificate.
"the UK" well once again actually "England and Wales", Scotland gives half the time, initial chi numbers are usually issued for "baby ", the Germans would get conflicting Informatik between English officials and the GRoS on gender of names too.
im getting a bilateral salpingectomy next month and im asking for my tubes lol
then they will name him after some years of birth or maybe he can choose any name he wants
When I went to register my daughter's birth, the registrar spent the time I was there taking the Mickey out of my name!
I have meet a grown man named Baby Boy…..I worked in a hospital. The names parents give some children in US should not be allowed….”L-a”……true story
Simons head looks way bigger in this video 😂 with love Simon❤😂
It would be interesting to know more about countries that arent the USA.
In Kansas the last name doesn't have to match either parent.
In Alabama the parents need to have had the same last name since they were born
@coconutsmarties 😂 New York state, actually has the highest incest rates. (At least they used too)
Do you have a video yet of the cases of babies accidentally being swapped at the hospital?
Not what I planned on waking up to. Thanks for that PTSD flashback there fact boy.
As an expert on strange names I can confirm that it is frustrating. No I didn’t stutter, yes I said “Storm” like the weather and I was not born in a storm. And I don’t know, I didn’t name myself.
All I am suddenly thinking about is the episode of monkey dust when ‘unfit parents’ name their baby Othello
I met someone who craved red jello while pregnant. So much so, that she named him Redjello! You read that correctly. Her next pregnancy, she craved orange jello. You guessed it. Orangejello!
Redjello and Orangejello!
Yeah. They don't let a kid out of the hospital without a name.....But kids are like dogs....How do you give them a name if you do not know them yet?
Easy
Agreed! I chose to name my son after my father and brother, they were Sr and Jr but my bro didn’t name his boy the third. So I decided to name my boy the third and when I told my dad he cried 🥹aaaaaaand then 1 month later my dad died. So the first 2ish years of my son’s life it was difficult to call him by his name cuz we missed my dad so much. We just called him ‘Mr.Hims’ or ‘The Boy.’
But my son has definitely grown into the name, it fits him perfectly and my bro calls him mini me 😂. ❤
3:34 this is actually not correct anymore. Since 2008 gender neutral names are allowed.
Reupload?
Back in 1980, when Dad died we gave him a funeral, we invited people and all that bit. Nowadays nobody has funerals! They're too expensive.
That’s not true at all. I’ve paid for the funerals of 2 in laws and my dad. And my daughter is going to school for mortuary science. Most people still have funerals
I named my son Cassander Reuben Cortez.
Is this an old video or did Simon find the fountain of youth?
In norway you don’t have a list of names you have to choose from lol that’s just incorrect
Does Norway have a list of names that are NOT allowed?
lol
@@AnnaAnna-uc2ff yes norway and scandinavia atleast got a list of not recomended baby names.
dont think elon musk could name his child after a car parts number in norway tho.
They could've gone with 'Thing 1 and Thing 2'
Kids should not be allowed to be named numbers... at some point this should be considered neglect or abuse as that kid will deal with hassle and bullying and confusion from others for the rest of their lives.
I haven't seen this yet but my 1st thought was take someone else's name like the man who took Trowa Barton's name on Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz.
No Name: I was feeling insecure without a name. I wouldn't mind taking his name.
my portuguese teacher is amazed at the choices british names can be, in portugal is an approved list, no daisy's, blossoms or elms and so one here.
Daisy is a classic British name like Rose and Violet.
Whistleboy whistler better be your next sons name simon ;P
Why can't you name a kid bridge? Bridget is okay though
Well sometimes parents take a bad decision about the name, sometimes they give the child a name that wil Going to be a trauma for him
Scara mains, where you at?
hundreds of palestinian children have been forced to forfeit their right to a name due to their entire families being deceased and unable to give them their name, thought it was something that should be brought up here
Should just give those babies a GUID (Globally Unique Identifier): 6B29FC40-CA47-1067-B31D-00DD010662DA #problemsolvedandiseezeroflaws
What Happens to Your Stuff When You're Declared Dead, Then Turn Up Alive? Like in the movie Castaway? The Hanks character didn't even get his wife back.
Don't ever try anything detrimental to your child in France, in the matter of their bureaucratic procedures, folks.
Jail would be the certain and sure resolution. Write the wrong thing in one of the child's forms, or miss a set procedure, and a Magistrate appoints the child their own personal bureaucrat who has nothing more to wish for than you making a second mistake.
I wish my mom had not named me. She's incredibly stupid when it comes to these things. Never an elemental name even with animals! So I changed my name legally. Ha!
I have an unusual name. I am 55 years old and still suffer.
Please share your name, I'm very curious.
Suffer....?! Really?
You know you can change your own name (for a small fee) if you really "suffer" 😂
My LEGAL name, on my birth certificate at 72 years old, is still "Baby Girl" G------. Issued a week after my birth! WHAT were they thinking for 9 months?
What!!! That’s nuts! Out of curiosity how old were you when your parents chose a name?
Neon light is working! OGBB
Futurama tells us what would happen, lol.
You forgot the rules for native americans! 😅
We jad a ridiculous amount of provisional ballots that had to be issued was pretty big across the county
There is a Namibian politician called Adolf Hitler Uunona.
Any parent that names their child something ridiculous shows that they are complement self absorbed and lack any compassion for the future of their child. They just do it as a reaction piece to garner attention and reactions from others.
It's just a display of immaturity and selfishness to a extreme degree.
If I had twins, I would give them Borg names, such as 1 of 2 and 2 of 2, and my 3rd child’s name would be 3 of 2.
Depending on the country, that would be illegal.
Picabo is a wonderful name!
How can you tax something if it doesn’t have a label.
Denying a baby to have a name is denying it a proper identity.
Before vaccines, parents would wait to see if the baby would survive to give a name. But today just give a name. A lot of common names if you really can't decide
Why?
Tribal children have a couple ceremonies or rights of passage so to speak , we have ( English names for documents)
The lone warrior doesn't need a name!
Give me no name, for I wish to neither be known nor remembered. Let me be lost to the sands of time like those long before.
Not just baby Smith, but hospitals frequent have to deal tmulteof the same name
. Given name popularity in seasons they may be in for silR age related conditions. There are systems
Thank you so much for using Fahrenheit along with Celsius for us uncivilized barbarians across the pond who's government refuses to join the rest of the world in measurement and temperature.
It`s plain disturbing how backward people can be with regards to naming a baby. I wonder just how suitable they are to even be a parent. I thank my parents for giving me a sensible name that I am proud to have.
In the Netherlands you have only 3 business days to name your child 😊
No! In this reality its the Rotting Turtle Overlords.
Ghostbuster Crunchwrap Milller.
This sounds like but for some reason does not quite look like Simon.
Of course the Americans had to complicate the fuck out of something like a childs name.
How prisoners are treated in the US is inhumane, disgusting and a shame for a developed nation.
59:50ish. That judge is a clown.
We had a skeleton in science class in middle school. She was a young girl. Maybe 16 years old. I don't know if they do that anymore
It’s hard to name a kid before you get yo know them. I chose to name my son after my father and brother, they were Sr and Jr but my bro didn’t name his boy the third. So I decided to name my boy the third and when I told my dad he cried 🥹aaaaaaand then 1 month later my dad died. So the first 2ish years of my son’s life it was difficult to call him by his name cuz we missed my dad so much. We just called him ‘Mr.Hims’ or ‘The Boy.’
But my son has definitely grown into the name, it fits him perfectly and my bro calls him mini me 😂. ❤
It's pronounced Yew den FFS! Why on earth did you think J is pronounced as in jellybean in German?
I named my daughter "Bridget" in 2002. She told me, "Mum, you think you gave me a normal name, but you didn't. I would have been better off if you had called me Shaniqua."
I have a comic that I clipped from my moms womans magazine when I was a kid. I still have it and it reminds me of your comment. It is a little girl (schoolbus in the background) who has just gotten off the bus. Her mom is holding her knapsack and they are obviously heading into the house. The little girl is very frowny, and has her hands shoved in her pockets. The caption at the bottom says "Everyone in my class is Shamiqua, Taylor Or Ashley. How'd I get stuck with a wierdo name like Mary". 🤣 I have been doing my families genealogy since 2005 and yesterdays "old lady/man" names are tomorrows trendies. The popularity pendulum almost always (It has not for "Dorcas" since the early 1800s as an example) swings back, and names that have not been popular (the swing usually happens in 75-125 years) for a while will be trendy again. So in the near future we may be seeing alot of Beulah, Gertrude, Gottleib and Beauregard and thier great-grands etc will be the Brittney, Madison, Jayden and Quinley. Even recently, names like Stella and Hazel are trending upwards. People "search" for a "unique" (or "normal") name, and think, hey, this is cute because they never knew anyone with that name, not realizing, that 80-ish (a pendulum swing) years ago, that name was all over the place, just not necessarily in thier family.
@@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 my parents almost named me Hazel after my grandmother. I'm so glad they didn't. I hate the name they did choose, but I would have LOATHED Hazel even more.
@@wolvie1618 I was named after 3 great aunts, and I hate it, so yeah, I feel you. I wasn't supposed to be called that but one of my parents (I was about 5 minutes old) changed thier mind at the last minute. The name they had originally was actually just as bad, so I didn't get lucky enough to dodge any kind of bu]]et.
Why Tampa? LoL What'd we do? I'd let them test me. Would love to be in a Lamborghini as a CTD. I am donating my body. I'm leaving the money with family just in case I'm rejected. It will be set aside for basic cremation costs in that time, changed yearly to COL.