Bristol Palin, 18-year-old daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, and boyfriend Levi Johnson welcomed a son over the weekend.
The baby’s full name is Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston.
My first impressions:
- Tripp is awfully close to Trig, the name of Tripp’s 8-month-old uncle. This could cause some confusion.
A first name that ends with a P, plus a surname that starts with a P, equals…Tripalin. Sounds like something one might find in a medicine cabinet, no?
What do you think of the name?
Source: People.com
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Well, technically his last name is Johnston, so no Tripalin…
Still, when I read it the first time, I thought “Isn’t one of her brothers named that already?” Pretty confusing.
Good call, Sarah — I really ought to think before I post. :) Thanks.
My immediate thoughts on hearing the name were similar to yours, Nancy. I’m wondering why she chose a name so similar to her younger brother’s name — Trig/Tripp — and also similar to her older brother’s name — Track/Tripp. It seems unusual to match one’s child’s name to that of the mother’s siblings. I expected the name would be “unique”, but not one so similar to Bristol’s brothers’ matching names, especially that of the other baby in the family Trig. I think the almost identical names will cause confusion — perhaps especially for both little boys: “Did they say Tripp or Trig?”. I wonder if the whole Palin family had a say in choosing the name for Bristol and Levi’s baby. I think Easton would have been a more distinctive first name in that family, but of course not so unusual.
I’m just happy she didn’t name the kid Zamboni.
It’s true that Tripp fits right in with Track and Trig.
In any case, congrats to the couple. I wish them happiness, and I hope they’ll be good parents.
Tripalin does sound like a medication. But Tripp Johnston sounds like a character on Days of Our Lives.
According to Alaska blogger Own the Sidewalk, Tripp Easton is named for a hockey penalty and a brand of hockey sticks. http://is.gd/edhV
“Trip” (one P) is a not-uncommon nickname for the son of a “junior”: a male offspring with the Roman numeral three after his name; it’s short for triple. But Tripp with two P’s? Have to assume someone was trippin’. Maybe Levi’s mother (recently busted for drug possession) cast the deciding vote.
OH MY GOODNESS can that family get any stranger.
My poor kids are named for authors and family members; didn’t even consider hockey sticks.
Until I saw Nancy’s post I was going to say that Easton is a brand of hockey equipment, so Angela almost got her ‘wish’.
Tripp. Like “Failure to Launch” Tripp. Can’t stand it, it’s horrid. I can’t see how anyone with this name could possibly be taken seriously. I may eat my words here, and this kid may very well grow up to be a governor or something, but IMO this name has some severe idiot connotations.
Whoa, he’s Trippin’! Handy when he wants to smoke pot or partake in other illegal recreational drugs.
A Tripp to ________ (insert flavor of the wekk/night/month). This will be useful during the college years when he references one night or weekend stands.
Already this kid is doomed (well, he was probably doomed before being named with the excellent hypocritical we-shouldn’t-teach-sex-ed-in-schools-only-at-home-WAIT-my-daughter’s-pregnant-how-could-this-happen situation.