WHile I agree that it is nonsensical to compare Bob and Pilot Inspektor; I get his point. We gave our children names that we considered normal, but not commmon; either in this time or in this country. Our daughter is Seraphine- a french variation of St. Seraphina and derivative of the word seraphim, a type of angel- our son is Griffith, a strong ( and very normal 0 welsh name. you should have seen the responses of some fmily members…they seemed embarrassed and introduced out daughter as Sera..when no one calls her that. If we had named her bluebell madonna ( whic I find strangely cute) I would understand them wanting to call her “Bell” maybe…but cripes…

If he thinks he is tired of hearing it, wait until little Pilot Inspektor starts school. Yeah, and read that last sentence out loud…
And what is his nickname? Pile?

Pilot…not too bad. Inspektor…um..? Together, that’s just an odd name. You’re going to get questioned on it. He doesn’t have to answer it. Or can just say, “I liked it.”

I have to say, it is annoying at times when people give me a funny look about my son’s name, Declan. Yeah, it’s not terribly known, but it is a name.

And Lena, honey, I went with a saint’s name for my son (St. Declan was an Irish saint from the 6th century, pre-dating St. Patrick) and it didn’t save me from the funny looks and questions about his name. And some of the names in my family…those names wouldn’t work in this day and age.

Chiara, what you said made me remember that the name Wendy comes from Peter Pan. For “friend”. Instead of saying “friend” it was said, “fwendy” and became Wendy, if I remember right. People who first used the name were probably looked at funny. But now, it’s a well-known name. Right now, Pilot is an unusal name, but like you said, maybe it won’t be a few hundred years.

It is not only celebrities that give their children original names. Perhaps some people have more limited experience, or in their area it is less common to be imaginative. But many celebrities have not gotten where they are by thinking within the box. Why would they begin now? It bothers me to hear the argument that the children will be teased. Why should we cave in to bullies? Rather, we as parents must teach our children not to tease others for any reason. And we should set the example for them – starting by not calling others ‘weird’. I think that often when people say weird, they really mean, I haven’t heard of that before.

The name is weird as hell. So is Sugar. So is Apple. So is Bluebell. So is Phoenix Chi. So is Kingston. sSo is Peaches. So is Trixibelle. So is Hiranii. What next? Dimebag? Dingleberry? Whatnot? Widget? Wingnut? Fuzzy Wuzzy? Celebrities must’ve read Dr. Seuss’ “Too Many Daves” and gone wild. What happened to family names? What happened to Saint’s names? What happened to names that wouldn’t be a reason for a kid to get beat up or later arrested just on principle?

Long live Hayley, Hannah, Sarah, Emily, and Kenny, My little Bobs.

I can’t help but think that movie stars especially have such ENORMOUS egos that they can’t bear to be “ordinary” even though their kids would thank them for it. At least Violet Affleck is named for her grandmother…come to think of it, that doesn’t really fall in the weird name category. How about “Moon Unit”?

Oh come on! Comparing Bob to Pilot Inspektor?? There is no comparison and The parents knew that. What I find sad is that the parent’s either had no consideration for their child having to have that name his whole life…or that they used it as a publicity stunt. Either way, sad.

If Dad is tired of the questions, imagine how tired Pilot will be in a few years.

I am not a big fan of the name. But he sure is a cutie. Lokk at those blonde curls!!

I think it’d be a fun name to have, I like it. I wish mine was half as odd as Pilot Inspektor.