Ah, I don’t know where any of y’all grew up, but I grew up in a neighborhood made up of nearly equal parts starving artist/hippies and black people, and the names of many friends made Pirate sound “normal”. Those kids grew up to be everything from performers to garbage collectors to accountants, and none that I’m aware of suffered to the point that they had to change their names or anything. Point being, it depends on the kind of community you live in, and if you reside in, say, a small town in the American midwest, your opinion on the acceptability of a name like Pirate in Los Angeles may be rather inconsequential. I’m not crazy about Pirate, personally, but I do prefer unique/original names in general. Good on ‘em!

I know,what’s with the famous folks giving their kiddos such crazy names?Is’nt it too hard to name them somthing simple like Mary or Alexander?Oh,well-It could be a lot worse,Jermaine Jackson has a son name Jermajesty,but I belive a more fitting monkier would be Jerfamilyisnutso.

Come on everyone…kids (and adults for that matter) can turn ANY name into something to be mocked, be it unusual or not…if your name is Max, you will get “Maxi Pad” at some point in your life, I’m sure…if your name rhymes with something, you’ll get all the variations of that…my mom’s name is Gail and she said people would call her “Gail the Whale” (even though she never had a weight problem)…I don’t think it matters if the name is common or unique…actually, sometimes the kid with the “different” name is regarded as being cool…I think it could be an advantage actually sometimes…I remember knowing someone with the name “Dallas” and I always kind of thought of him as being creative (whether that was true or not!). It CAN be an advantage to have a cutting-edge name, regardless of how unusual…it will give kids a chance to interact with you more “hey, how’d you get that name!?” and maybe they will make MORE friends than if they had been named something ordinary. When I was little, there were 3 Jennifers in my class…and I was always “Jennifer M.” and I hated it. I remember wanting to have my parents call me Monica at one point! (no idea why! I just liked that name!)

Remember, it is only a NICKNAME. By the time he gets to school, he may (or may not) want to only be called by his real name and not Pirate.

Children can be mean. These children with weird names will be taunted and made fun of by their school mates. I think some people probably like the name “Pirate” because they like the movie Pirates of the Caribbean so they think it is a cool name. To me it is very shortsighted to give you child an indentity that will mocked his entire life. There are celebrities from days gone by who have given their children weird names and the children change their names as soon as they are old enough because they are sick of being made fun of.

In a strange way I kind of like pirate! lol

Jennifer, i know what you mean about being named something ordinary and have someone with that name do something infamous perhaps.

I remember, when I was doing my art coursework at the end of highschool, i had to interview some professional artist who did art in relation to the topic I was writing about. I tracked down and interviewed this man…thing was his name was Michael Jackson. But I don’t think anyone could hear that name without thinking of the singer.

Maybe someone will name his/her kid “Pornstar” next… speaking of which, I always giggle whenever someone is named B.J…so, there you go.

What would suck is to be named something rather ordinary and then have someone with that same name do something infamous (allegedly or not) a la Scott Peterson or Robert Blake!

Rainbow would be cute, my friend has a thing for rainbows (special meaning behind it) and has always said she wanted her daughter (if/when she has one) to have Rainbow somewhere in her name. I almost thought you were her until I looked at your name! Anyways, for all we know that could be the story behind baby Pirate’s name. We don’t really know. I don’t know if I would choose something that strange, but to each their own I suppose. Also, I’m kinda with some of the other people on this site…his mother is a porn star. Sometime in his childhood, he’s gonna have to deal with that. Much, much worse than just having a bad name.

I like the name Rainbow for a girl, (i have meaning why i like it, and I WOULD use it) At least they are creative and not like everyone else, Serena, and Carmella aren’t normal, they are unusual, Jane or Tom are “normal”. Children tease kids for anything not just names, so it doest matter, maybe it’s just me but i rather be unique (my name is Sabrina), than be like everyone else. Pirate isn’t that bad, someone names thier kid God’iss now that’s worse.