Christmas

Christmas is my favorite holiday, but I would never use this.

Wow, you guys almost killed this name just because it's the name of a holiday! I looked at the name Easter, and there were so many good comments! So why not for Christmas, either? I love it, and I think that Christy or Chris would be great nicknames.

It's better than being named "Halloween" at least.

Ridiculous as a name. A kid with this name would get hella teased.

I like it and we all have our own opinions! I like both Holly and Christmas as a name!

It goes great for a girl but it can not be a boy's name! Just stick to Holly instead of Christmas which is supposed to be a holiday not a name!

Feliz Navidad! Love! Brings back happy memories!

This is a name for Hallmark channel original movie protagonists.

God Jul! (Merry Christmas!)

I actually really like it! It's religious but not over-the-top.

I agree noisynora! I really like it, and it could work on either gender. What if this was your first name, and you had a casual middle name? For example: Christmas Anna? I think it would be cool and funny! If this is your name, and you get bullied, stand up to it, for example say: "Well I like it!" And walk off and ignore the bully! The other names similar to Christmas names, like Fern and Holly, are also really pretty!

Update: I changed my mind. This isn't a "Christmas Name", and neither are Fern, Holly, Noel/Noelle, Belle, and Christine/Christina. Anyone could use these!

I don’t really like it. Kinda ridiculous. If you have a Christmas baby or whatever I honestly think all of these are better than the name Christmas itself:

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- Holly (Means “holly tree” or “tree with red berries”
- Faith (Means “to trust” and used to represent god's faith)
- Solstice (Means “when the sun stands still” like the Winter Solstice.)
- Belle (Means “beautiful” in French. And you know, Christmas bells.)
- Noelle (Literally means “Christmas”)
- Christina (This means “follower of Christ.”)

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I’ll let you be the judge on if you prefer Christmas over these names.

Ridiculous as a name.

Not gonna use it as a given name for someone, but we all nevertheless love the holiday itself. If you think I'm being a Grinch for being critical of Christmas as someone's first name or surname, I'm fine with that.

I don't know about this name. How about Holly or Christine?

I’m liking the sound of it but it’s literally Christmas.

Christmas would be a good name in a story for a character, but I couldn't see it on a real person.

Might as well name your children Halloween or Thanksgiving if you’re gonna name your child Christmas.

While it does sound, in a way, pretty, I imagine the bearer of this name would often be teased or insulted. There are plenty of names that are equivalent in meaning to Christmas.

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I would consider naming my child, if I were to have one, Christmas. I probably wouldn’t name it that, but it would definitely be a possibility.

Too creative and colorful. It seems overdone.

I think that it's the most beautiful name ever. This is on the top 5 list for me to name my child. I don't know. The name Christmas is just the best ever!

I would say Christmas is a strange name for a child, but that doesn't mean it should be criticized. What if the child was born on Christmas. That would make sense for a mother to name her child Christmas.

I don't know why I'm even surprised that Christmas is on here. People have named their kids worse names.

How is this even considered a name? It's a holiday, not a name for crying out loud, if you actually name your kid this you should be hit on the head.

I would not name my kid after an over-commercialized holiday.

Well, I've been reading all your comments and it's OK that some people are in agreement with the name Christmas and others just don't like it. I want to say that my first name is Christmas. I love my name and every person that I meet says it's a beautiful name. My nickname is Xmas and I really like it. Some friends called me Chris and also love it. My dad gave me that beautiful name. He wrote a song about me and my name. My family is so happy to have Christmas all around the year :)
I never felt weird about my name, instead I always feel special ☺.

It's actually not bad.

Wow, I never knew this could be used as a name. I guess you do learn something new everyday. I love the holiday ☺, but as a name...? I mean I get the appeal however I just don't think it works. Christopher for a boy and Christabel and Chrissy for a girl are great names. Christmas would be a good name for a character in a book or something though. (^^)ｂ.

There are actually two girls on Facebook called this. I was surprised since I've never heard of it. It's the rarest name I've seen so far.

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No offense, but if I were to choose Christmas... Well, I wouldn't. Why not stick with Christine/Christina or the many variants? Christmas doesn't sound like a name.

Maybe a middle name? Oh, and the nicknames are BEAUTIFUL!

I'd prefer Noel (pronounced NO-el) for a boy, Natalie or Noelle (no-ELL) for a girl. They're less obvious, and wouldn't lead to so many jokes at Christmastime.

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And by the way, I never heard of it meaning "Christ festival". My father told me it's a shortening of "Christ's Mass".

More suitable for a girl than a boy, and I really can't see it on anyone of the age of 10. It has a pretty sound, and if it wasn't the holiday I would consider using it possibly.

I know someone who told me his grandmother's last name was Christmas so her parents named her "Mary." Get it? Mary Christmas. That that's kind of cute, but I'd heistate making Christmas a child's first name. Maybe a middle name if the child was born on Christmas day.

Is this a freaking joke?

Wow. This is a NAME.

Just odd. And even odder on a girl. But it does sound nice even with so many consonants and would be nice for a character.

Why would you choose the name Christmas? If you really needed to have a Christmas themed name why not choose something like Holly, Noel or Ivy? I guess a good nickname would be Chrissy but I wouldn't ever use this name.

It's a silly name to begin with, but knowing that it's the name of the disease that the last Tsarevich had makes it completely horrible in my opinion.

To the person who said Christmas was the disease the last tsarevich had so many people above me, what the heck? No. He had hemophilia (or haemophilia, if you're British). Christmas is not the name of a disease as far as I know (and since I work in the medical profession, I have a pretty good idea), unless you count the rampant commercialism and obnoxiously early advertising of the holiday as a disease.

Christmas is a cool sounding name, but I don't think it would work in real life. Keep it for a character or a pet.

You can't go wrong with this name!

This, in my opinion, would be like naming your kid "birthday" or "4th of July". Who *does* that?

I guess the sound isn't that bad, but all I can think of is the holiday. To me this name is highly inappropriate for a child born on any day other than December 25.

I think Christmas is a very pretty middle name for a child born around the holiday. I don't understand why so many people find it weird. I mean there are also girls called Summer and the name doesn't sound weird in winter. She could go by Christie or Chrissy in case she didn't like Christmas.

I like Christmas as much as the next guy but I will never name my kid this.

It sounds weird at any time of the year, during Christmas and in the middle of July. It makes no difference. Besides, this name sounds like the type of name the sort of Christian wackos who religiously watch Fox News and believe there really IS a war on Christmas would choose for their daughter.

I love the name Christmas for a girl, and I'd use it.

I do have to say it is a pretty sounding name, but I think "Noel" would be just as pretty and a little less awkward for the bearer.

Why is it acceptable to name a child Noelle or Natalie, but not Christmas?

I have never heard of a name as such, but people will be people.

I really don't like the idea of naming your kid after a holiday. And, like during the summer, and other months where Christmas is a long ways away, their name will just sound weird. During Decemeber and the other Christmas months it would be cute, but otherwise, *gag*. Plus, what about all the adults and people complaining about how much stress Christmas causes? Then it sounds as if the child causes stress! Cute idea for a story, however, but not for a kid.

That is one heck of a weird name!

It's a nice word, but you wouldn't name a child "Pentecost", would you? Or what about Hanukkah? Halloween? :)

If you gave your kid this name it would suffer a life of torment. Just think of Shannyn Sossmon naming her little boy 'Audio Silence'. Christmas would be WAY worse!

Has anybody actually called their child this? DON'T DO IT!