Danger Is My Baby’s Middle Name
| 6 February 2013 |
A pair of real-life “Danger is my middle name” babies have been featured in the news lately:
- Rafferty Basil Danger Wills, born in January to Felicity and Sam Wills of England.
- Stephen Danger James, born in January to Telita and Dean James of Australia.
But these aren’t the first dangerously named babies to make headlines. Here are some earlier examples:
- Nash Edward Danger Gray, born in 2011 to Jon and Ruth Gray of Nevada.
- Bodhi Danger Huxhagen, born in 2011 to Rowan and Belinda Huxhagen of Australia.
- Billie Danger Lampard (girl) and Ridley Danger Lampard (boy), twins, born in 2010 to Amy and Glenn Lampard of Australia.
- Radley Danger Chapple, born circa 2008 to Peppa and John Chapple of California.
- Maxwell Danger Rogers, born in 2006 to Chloe Maxwell and Mat Rogers of Australia.
- Broderick Danger Scott, born in 2006 to Sarah Wilner and Kevin Scott of California.
- Jakob Danger Armstrong, born in 1998 to Adrienne and Billie Joe Armstrong of California.
And I’ve come across a few other examples that never made the news.
So, just how common is the middle name Danger?
The SSA doesn’t publish middle name data, so there’s no official set of numbers we can look at. Fellow baby name blogger Laura Wattenberg claimed last year that Danger was a “really popular middle name for boys right now.” I disagree — Danger is still uncommon/bizarre enough to be newsworthy, after all — but it does look like Danger has been picking up steam lately.
Would you ever consider (I mean seriously consider) giving your baby the middle name Danger?
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P.S. There’s a guy in Florida named Danger Dangervil.
Of course not! Is there something I’m missing here? Some other association with the word/name “Danger”? Or is this just attention-getting behavior on the part of the parents at the expense of their infant? But then again, they’ll be raising him, so he may turn out to be the sort of boy/man who enjoys the reaction he’ll get — again and again — to his peculiar middle name.
I have a coworker whose fourth child, first boy, is M@xon Danger John Lastname.
Honestly? I prefer family names in the middle, but I think it’s funny and not that big of a deal. It’s not like it’s a first name.
Here’s an interesting discussion if anyone is interested in where the phrase “Danger is my middle name” may have originated: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=523573
I can see Kayt’s point that it might be “funny” to give a child “Danger” as his (or her) middle name, but any joke gets old/stale eventually and the baby is likely to outlive the humor in this one.
I notice they mostly seem to be from California or Australia – is it that the middle name Danger is more common in these areas, or so uncommon that it is deemed newsworthy?
I wouldn’t ever use Danger as a middle name. I think it’s ridiculous.
I do have a cousin who has a son that’s about a year old that has Danger as his middle name.
I wouldn’t use danger. My cousin has 2 year old twins with middle names of Rocket and Hammer, however.
My oldest son has the middle name Danger. I loved it when I heard Billie Joe gave the name to his boy. We chose the name for our son because we want him to take risks in life, to live life to the full, to enjoy it, to keep his adrenaline pumping to really make the most of every opportunity he has and to make his own opportunity when necessary.
I have a normal middle name. It’s plain and boring and I never use it. I wanted to give my children a name that can be fun, that they can show off if they want and if they end up with different tastes to us, well, like me, they can choose not to use it. Simple.
Along the same train of thought, our second son has the middle name Venture :)