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Scrolling on Instagram yesterday I came across a "baby name reveal" where a couple announced the name of their son. They said they had a hard time choosing a name for a boy and that a girl would've been Birdie Lou (the father's name is Lou, according to comments).
They chose the son's name based on records/artists they like and have meaning to them so the boy is named... Pony Ramone.
The comments weren't kind and I certainly get why. I kind of hope it was a joke but it doesn't seem like it.
They chose the son's name based on records/artists they like and have meaning to them so the boy is named... Pony Ramone.
The comments weren't kind and I certainly get why. I kind of hope it was a joke but it doesn't seem like it.
This message was edited 5/18/2025, 3:54 AM
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I saw this too!
Definitely not my style, but I can see how it 'sounds' like a name if you remove the context. I also have to resist the temptation to read it as Ramone rhyming with Pony - Po-nee Ra-mo-nee...
Definitely not my style, but I can see how it 'sounds' like a name if you remove the context. I also have to resist the temptation to read it as Ramone rhyming with Pony - Po-nee Ra-mo-nee...
There's over a hundred people named Pony listed on findagrave!
I grew up with someone called Po and liked that, so that's an option, and theoretically, it's not sillier than Bucky really (I went to school with a Bucky)...
But yeah, Pony is very weird (and very punkabilly). Apparently, they chose it because of an Orville Peck album, so I guess the alternative would have been Orville Ramone.
I grew up with someone called Po and liked that, so that's an option, and theoretically, it's not sillier than Bucky really (I went to school with a Bucky)...
But yeah, Pony is very weird (and very punkabilly). Apparently, they chose it because of an Orville Peck album, so I guess the alternative would have been Orville Ramone.
I'm shocked there's so many examples! Definitely seems more like a stage name than a legal name for sure but I appreciate knowing that there's precedent for it at least
Oof.
...yikes.
Listen, if an artist's work moves you like that, then I'm fine with honoring that in a child's name. But there's a way to do it.
Naming a child Pony is not the way.
Actually Ramon wouldn't be bad as a first name -- not my style, but certainly fine. But... eek.
Listen, if an artist's work moves you like that, then I'm fine with honoring that in a child's name. But there's a way to do it.
Naming a child Pony is not the way.
Actually Ramon wouldn't be bad as a first name -- not my style, but certainly fine. But... eek.
Someone already posted about this, unless some other couple did the same thing. That even one couple did is plenty bad enough.
Birdie Lou is awful too, it sounds like some hillbilly caricature from the 1950s or thereabouts. Like she might be a one-off character on the Beverly Hillbillies who comes to Beverly Hills to visit the Clampetts and I don't know, falls in the swimming pool or something.
Birdie Lou is awful too, it sounds like some hillbilly caricature from the 1950s or thereabouts. Like she might be a one-off character on the Beverly Hillbillies who comes to Beverly Hills to visit the Clampetts and I don't know, falls in the swimming pool or something.
So the family is just obsessed with animal names.
Ponyboy Michael Curtis the character created by S. E. Hinton in her book The Outsiders is my first thought when I hear Pony. Even the character in the book mentions though that people query with shock and disbelief if it is his real name.
That poor child is going to spend his life explaining his name and confirming it is real and not a nickname. Yet again parents have picked what they like without considering the consequences for their child. I can see the jokes already.
That poor child is going to spend his life explaining his name and confirming it is real and not a nickname. Yet again parents have picked what they like without considering the consequences for their child. I can see the jokes already.
Pony is absolutely ridiculous. Why not just name him horse? I'm not a fan of Birdie Lou either.
Or Colt or Mare.. even Trotter would have been better than Pony and that says a lot..
This message was edited 5/18/2025, 7:49 AM