Major

Funny name.

Major is Latin, meaning greater. About 30 years ago I gave much thought to naming my son Major. His middle name would have been Thomas. I settled on another name for him. A name I found to be a worthy choice as well. He likes his name and has stated he likes Major Thomas too and my take on the reference to the song, Space Oddity by David Bowie.

As someone with the first name of Major I hope it never catches on or becomes too popular. I love that it's my name and it fits me very well. As far as teasing went I was called Minor a lot but it was balanced with my last name. In my case it was the anglicized version of Magnus/Mahgnus, a name my grandmother's Danish family used before immigrating to the United States. It's a great name, but please use it sparingly.

Hyper-masculine names are becoming a necessity as people are assigning traditional boy names to girls. If you go with "Michael, James, Andy, etc," then chances are your little boy will wind up with a female classmate of the same name. Unfortunately, in that situation, the girl is not ridiculed for having a boy name. Instead the boy is laughed at for having a girl name. Trust me on this, as a "Tyler" growing up in the 80's, I was constantly called Mary Tyler Moore. As parents move away from the traditional boy names, the girl names will follow. All of the "Braxtons, Brodies, Bradys, etc" that dominate the male name landscape of today will soon become the female names of the future. If none of that bothers you then don't worry about naming around the trends. However, if you want a lock down name that will never cross over the gender line, then Major works great. I have a 2 year old named Anderson Major. We were set on calling him Anderson until about 2 weeks before his due date when we met a little girl named, you guessed it, Anderson. In hindsight, with his personality, he was born to be Major. I'm not sure how it would work out if you have quiet, shy, passive little boys, but for our little boy, Major is the only name that fits.

I can already see the amount of jokes aimed towards a kid with this name.

I don't care if this is your maiden name, if you are in the military or whatever- I find this name ridiculous as a first name. If you have a reason to use it, use it as a middle.

Major is my 2 year old's name. I chose it because it is a strong, gender specific name, which hopefully will never see the top 100 list. It fits him well.

Don't name your kid this, especially if your last name is Payne.

I'm a military nut, so I love this name.

Not a good name. Makes me think I'm talking to a Major in the military. One who had this name was Maj. Major Major from Catch 22.