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Hippy Baby Names
In honor of the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock, here are some “hippy baby names.”
The most popular names are certainly classifiable as “hippy” or “hippy-ish” or “hippy-esque.” Whatever you want to call them. I’m talking about Rainbow, Sunshine, Rain. Sky, Willow, Flower. Moon Beam. Others are less popular, but obvious if you think about it. Fillmore. Dharma. Paisley. (“OK, we’re going to take a bong hit and close our eyes. The first thing we see when we open our eyes, that’s what we’re naming the baby… *pfff* Paisley… cool…”)
But Emmanuel? Christian? Those I wouldn’t have pegged as “hippy names.”
Note that all of this list is hardly scientific. It’s from a site called Hippy.com. Which I suppose could be the official web site of all things Hippy. But I doubt it.
Peace and love. Peace and love.
Image: Fossilwear1985, where you can get some tye dye baby clothes. For more, visit HappyHippy.com. Dude.
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Mistress_Scorpio commented on Aug 14 09 at 1:27 pmI dated a guy in high school whose mom was thankfully talked out of naming him Gaily Love.
Toy Kitchen commented on Aug 14 09 at 1:31 pmDated a girl once that was named September, but born in February. ??
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DCMama commented on Aug 14 09 at 2:15 pmMy hippy friends named their kid Christian, but I don’t think they were aiming for a hippy name.
Brett Singer commented on Aug 14 09 at 2:31 pmYeah, I was surprised to see the name Christian on this list.
Kate commented on Aug 14 09 at 3:04 pmMy sister’s name is Lily Pheasant (yep, a flower and a bird). My hippy dad, who turned 18 at Woodstock, was the one who put his foot down when my non-hippy Mom suggested Pheasant as the first name.
jeannesager commented on Aug 14 09 at 4:32 pmMy mom wanted to name my brother Christian – but the French version which my father said sounded too much like “Cretin” when pronounced. He put his foot down and we ended up with an Alex.
Madeline commented on Aug 14 09 at 6:54 pmOne of the squarest couples I know named their daughter Summer, which felt more on the hippy-ish side to me.
And I’m with you, Christian and Emmanuel feel decidedly anti-hippy (like, get a haircut, get a job kind of names).
Anon commented on Aug 14 09 at 11:15 pmlol@ Maryjane. I’m a fan; but naming your kid after marijuana?
Momma commented on Aug 15 09 at 8:40 amOne of our employees named their son FREEDOM!!!!!!!!! Good gawd.
Gloria Sedano-Sarabia commented on Jul 28 11 at 7:33 amI once met someone named Beau. French for beautiful boy. His response was, “My parents were hippies.”
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