Calculus as a name?

[Sin Stalker]

My wife and I are expecting our second kid. We just found out its a boy and well, shit. I had a great girls name all ready to be used. As for boy's names, I've got a short list (still open, though) but the top pick (for me, not my wife) is Calculus. My wife was originally on board with the name but has switched to the dark side. I think due to other's reviews of the name. We both want lesser used or completely unused names, but nothing that sounds completely crazy. I'm not naming my kid Toaster (gotta stick with the criteria I list below). And Calculus sounds like it should have been an ancient name, like Romulus!

 

She recently posted on reddit about the name and I still don't think a single person has said anything positive about it.

 

My criteria for a name is it must be related to math, science (preferably quantum mechanics, astrophysics and/or cosmology), sci-fi, superheroes and/or comic books. I'm a fan of all of that and, should my brain not fail me, studying to be a physicist. I like Calulus (both the math and the name). I get that many have PTSD when it comes to math, but that's a problem with their teachers and education experience, not the subject itself. Calculus is amazing, both in application, practice and philosophically. I love it.

 

My math professor, as well as some engineering classmates/friends have stated they think the name is awesome, but perhaps they are just saying that to my face. So I thought I'd ask the community here; what do you think of the name Calculus (Cal for short)?

 

 

P.S. He'll have a traditional middle name (named after a family member) that he can fall back on if he has issues with it. So the potential of complete life ruining is unlikely.

 

P.P.S. Side note/story, I was almost named Jor-El, after superman's father (my fam needed a J name), but ended up with Joseph. I thought it would be neat if I "almost" called my kid Kal-El, but instead went with Calculus (or some other Cal/Kal portion name). 

[SpaceGhostC2C]

9 minutes ago, Sin Stalker said:

She recently posted on reddit about the name and I still don't think a single person has said anything positive about it.

I can understand why. The moment I hear Calculus as a name, mt brain immediately thinks of calculus.

9 minutes ago, Sin Stalker said:

My criteria for a name is it must be related to math, science (preferably quantum mechanics, astrophysics and/or cosmology)

Quasar > Calculus  

[puny_santa]

How about Calculus McCalculus?

Or Harambe if you would like

 

On a serious note hope you have a healthy baby and umm I guess Casey or Calculus but sounds too much math to me kids might make fun of him but I don't know

[dalekphalm]

If you really want to name your kid that, and your wife agrees, go for it.

 

But personally, anytime people name their kid an "odd" name, I imagine that kid is gonna go through some growing pains with it. He'll probably get teased, etc. Sure he can fall back on his middle name, but never the less.

 

In the end, it's up to you. I think it's an odd name. You're essentially giving your kid an ancient Greek/Roman-esque name. That sounds "cool" to a nerd, but in reality... well, that's quite odd indeed.

 

Most people will not understand. If that's okay with you, then name the kid that anyway.

[PlayStation 2]

I'd do Julius if you want something ancient-sounding.

[Volbet]

If you're going to name your kid something ancient, wouldn't it make sense to name the kid an actual name?

While Calculus does sound cool (odd, bu still cool), I think it would be cooler for name to have an actual history.

But I don't know if I should point any fingers here, My daughter is named Yuliana, after all. 

 

3 hours ago, Sin Stalker said:

P.P.S. Side note/story, I was almost named Jor-El, after superman's father (my fam needed a J name), but ended up with Joseph. I thought it would be neat if I "almost" called my kid Kal-El, but instead went with Calculus (or some other Cal/Kal portion name). 

Nicholas Cage pretty much ruined all of those names to me. 

 

3 hours ago, Sin Stalker said:

I get that many have PTSD when it comes to math, but that's a problem with their teachers and education experience, not the subject itself.

I willfully disagree. 

I have had some amazing math teachers but I still despise advanced math. 

[Guest]

Euclid or something sure... It actually sounds like a name. 

 

Calculus? To me that's just the same as naming a child Algebra or Geometry. 

 

It's beyond weird IMO

 

[Teddy07]

I don't get why people pick a fancy name for their child. The child will be fucked for life with a stupid name.

 

Why don't you pick a regular name? Many pick a fancy name so a regular name is way better now. 

[Dredgy]

His high school girlfriends will have a great excuse for their parents

"Sorry I'm late, spent all night doing Calculus"

[SteveGrabowski0]

Call him Algebraic Geometry. No one wants to be named after a highschool subject.

[SteveGrabowski0]

6 hours ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

I can understand why. The moment I hear Calculus as a name, mt brain immediately thinks of calculus.

Quasar > Calculus  

Call him Main Sequence. Or maybe Horizontal Branch.

[Dash Lambda]

Problem is that 'Calculus', while a name, is really just a thing name.

If you want to give him a cool sounding math-related name, I'd go with something like Isaac, Blaise, Euclid, Friedrich, Gottfried/Wilhelm, Bonaventura/Cavalieri, Bernhard, maybe even Kerala.
(Yeah, I know Isaac is a rather normal name, but I've always loved it, and the guy is considered the friggin' inventor of calculus.)

[SteveGrabowski0]

13 minutes ago, Dash Lambda said:

Problem is that 'Calculus', while a name, is really just a thing name.

If you want to give him a cool sounding math-related name, I'd go with something like Isaac, Blaise, Euclid, Friedrich, Gottfried/Wilhelm, Bonaventura/Cavalieri, Bernhard, maybe even Kerala.
(Yeah, I know Isaac is a rather normal name, but I've always loved it, and the guy is considered the friggin' inventor of calculus.)

I'd go with first name Betterthan, middle name Gauss.

[Speedyv]

Please don't do that for the sake of your child. 

[Teddy07]

4 minutes ago, Speedyv said:

Please don't do that for the sake of your child. 

Or the bullies will have an easy target

[NumLock21]

Give your child a regular name not one of those fancy types where you think it's cool.

[Sin Stalker]

10 hours ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

I can understand why. The moment I hear Calculus as a name, mt brain immediately thinks of calculus.

Quasar > Calculus  

Only Calculus is how we have derived and uncovered quasars! So Calculus > Quasar.

 

 

7 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

If you really want to name your kid that, and your wife agrees, go for it.

 

But personally, anytime people name their kid an "odd" name, I imagine that kid is gonna go through some growing pains with it. He'll probably get teased, etc. Sure he can fall back on his middle name, but never the less.

 

In the end, it's up to you. I think it's an odd name. You're essentially giving your kid an ancient Greek/Roman-esque name. That sounds "cool" to a nerd, but in reality... well, that's quite odd indeed.

 

Most people will not understand. If that's okay with you, then name the kid that anyway.

 

7 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

I'd do Julius if you want something ancient-sounding.

I don't want ancient sounding. My point was that Calculus sounds more like a name than Geometry or other math subjects.

 

 

6 hours ago, Teddy07 said:

I don't get why people pick a fancy name for their child. The child will be fucked for life with a stupid name.

 

Why don't you pick a regular name? Many pick a fancy name so a regular name is way better now. 

Yes, conformity is easy. But I do not conform based on ad populace. 

 

A "normal" name simply means a name which has been used by others (thereby removing the use of the unique identifier) and one which is socially accepted.

 

 

5 hours ago, Dredgy said:

His high school girlfriends will have a great excuse for their parents

"Sorry I'm late, spent all night doing Calculus"

Love it!

 

4 hours ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Call him Algebraic Geometry. No one wants to be named after a highschool subject.

Calculus, while being taught in high school, is really a college thing. You don't really use it until you go into advanced subjects like physics, economics and finance (to name a few).

 

Does calculus get used in software engineering? 

 

3 hours ago, Dash Lambda said:

Problem is that 'Calculus', while a name, is really just a thing name.

If you want to give him a cool sounding math-related name, I'd go with something like Isaac, Blaise, Euclid, Friedrich, Gottfried/Wilhelm, Bonaventura/Cavalieri, Bernhard, maybe even Kerala.
(Yeah, I know Isaac is a rather normal name, but I've always loved it, and the guy is considered the friggin' inventor of calculus.)

That isn't a problem. All names were things before they were used as human identifiers. 

 

I am not really interested in naming my kid after a mathematician. 

 

6 hours ago, Volbet said:

I willfully disagree. 

I have had some amazing math teachers but I still despise advanced math. 

 Sorry but I'd question that validity, especially if you despise it. How can someone despise the foundation of modern technology and scientific understand? The way we can take the most advanced and logical language of the human race, math, and give specific things and features of things a name in that language is amazing. But then on top of that, taking those names and being able to link them together in a way no other language can do, via integrals and derivatives is utterly astonishing! We take descriptions of an object in relative space and give it descriptions like velocity, acceleration, jerk, etc, and each of these seemingly separate descriptions can be transformed into one another!

 

Anyone who despises advanced math had teachers who properly lacked an understanding of its scope. It is utterly amazing!

 

But I digress...

 

 

3 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

Give your child a regular name not one of those fancy types where you think it's cool.

What is a regular name? 

 

For instance, my wife named our first kid Zuri (which is Swahili). Many may not consider it a normal name, in the US, but in other parts of the world it could be called "regular". 

 

The aspect of a "regular" name or "normal" doesn't actually exist. But I figure most mean a common regurgitated name. I do not see why it should be done with names, yet with other topics, new is okay. People like trying new foods, inventing new foods. We like new designed computer cases and discovering new aspects of the universe.

 

It is strange to me that when it comes to names, conformity and regurgitation is so desired. "Name him like everyone else because everyone else was named after everyone else," is not a cogent argument. Plus, at some point all names we use today were used for the first time, originating from a thing, or object, whether named after the that culture's name for the sun, air, bird, a color, a food, or some combination of those and beyond.

 

When is stagnation okay?

 

And doesn't anyone like the name?

 

 

[NumLock21]

1 minute ago, Sin Stalker said:

Only Calculus is how we have derived and uncovered quasars! So Calculus > Quasar.

 

 

 

I don't want ancient sounding. My point was that Calculus sounds more like a name than Geometry or other math subjects.

 

 

Yes, conformity is easy. But I do not conform based on ad populace. 

 

A "normal" name simply means a name which has been used by others (thereby removing the use of the unique identifier) and one which is socially accepted.

 

 

Love it!

 

Calculus, while being taught in high school, is really a college thing. You don't really use it until you go into advanced subjects like physics, economics and finance (to name a few).

 

Does calculus get used in software engineering? 

 

That isn't a problem. All names were things before they were used as human identifiers. 

 

I am not really interested in naming my kid after a mathematician. 

 

 Sorry but I'd question that validity, especially if you despise it. How can someone despise the foundation of modern technology and scientific understand? The way we can take the most advanced and logical language of the human race, math, and give specific things and features of things a name in that language is amazing. But then on top of that, taking those names and being able to link them together in a way no other language can do, via integrals and derivatives is utterly astonishing! We take descriptions of an object in relative space and give it descriptions like velocity, acceleration, jerk, etc, and each of these seemingly separate descriptions can be transformed into one another!

 

Anyone who despises advanced math had teachers who properly lacked an understanding of its scope. It is utterly amazing!

 

But I digress...

 

 

What is a regular name? 

 

For instance, my wife named our first kid Zuri (which is Swahili). Many may not consider it a normal name, in the US, but in other parts of the world it could be called "regular". 

 

The aspect of a "regular" name or "normal" doesn't actually exist. But I figure most mean a common regurgitated name. I do not see why it should be done with names, yet with other topics, new is okay. People like trying new foods, inventing new foods. We like new designed computer cases and discovering new aspects of the universe.

 

It is strange to me that when it comes to names, conformity and regurgitation is so desired. "Name him like everyone else because everyone else was named after everyone else," is not a cogent argument. Plus, at some point all names we use today were used for the first time, originating from a thing, or object, whether named after the that culture's name for the sun, air, bird, a color, a food, or some combination of those and beyond.

 

When is stagnation okay?

 

And doesn't anyone like the name?

 

 

Zuri sound unique and special while also like a standard name. A name based on a math subject isn't.

[dalekphalm]

3 minutes ago, Sin Stalker said:

Only Calculus is how we have derived and uncovered quasars! So Calculus > Quasar.

 

 

 

I don't want ancient sounding. My point was that Calculus sounds more like a name than Geometry or other math subjects.

 

 

Yes, conformity is easy. But I do not conform based on ad populace. 

 

A "normal" name simply means a name which has been used by others (thereby removing the use of the unique identifier) and one which is socially accepted.

 

 

Love it!

 

Calculus, while being taught in high school, is really a college thing. You don't really use it until you go into advanced subjects like physics, economics and finance (to name a few).

 

Does calculus get used in software engineering? 

 

That isn't a problem. All names were things before they were used as human identifiers. 

 

I am not really interested in naming my kid after a mathematician. 

 

 Sorry but I'd question that validity, especially if you despise it. How can someone despise the foundation of modern technology and scientific understand? The way we can take the most advanced and logical language of the human race, math, and give specific things and features of things a name in that language is amazing. But then on top of that, taking those names and being able to link them together in a way no other language can do, via integrals and derivatives is utterly astonishing! We take descriptions of an object in relative space and give it descriptions like velocity, acceleration, jerk, etc, and each of these seemingly separate descriptions can be transformed into one another!

 

Anyone who despises advanced math had teachers who properly lacked an understanding of its scope. It is utterly amazing!

 

But I digress...

 

 

What is a regular name? 

 

For instance, my wife named our first kid Zuri (which is Swahili). Many may not consider it a normal name, in the US, but in other parts of the world it could be called "regular". 

 

The aspect of a "regular" name or "normal" doesn't actually exist. But I figure most mean a common regurgitated name. I do not see why it should be done with names, yet with other topics, new is okay. People like trying new foods, inventing new foods. We like new designed computer cases and discovering new aspects of the universe.

 

It is strange to me that when it comes to names, conformity and regurgitation is so desired. "Name him like everyone else because everyone else was named after everyone else," is not a cogent argument. Plus, at some point all names we use today were used for the first time, originating from a thing, or object, whether named after the that culture's name for the sun, air, bird, a color, a food, or some combination of those and beyond.

 

When is stagnation okay?

 

And doesn't anyone like the name?

 

 

Well, to be fair, you asked our opinion, we gave it, and you totally disregarded it

 

If you like the name, and your wife is willing, then just use it!

 

Who gives a shit what random people on LinusTechTips forums think about your child's name?

[SpaceGhostC2C]

2 minutes ago, Sin Stalker said:

Only Calculus is how we have derived and uncovered quasars! So Calculus > Quasar.

My point was strictly aesthetical  

 

2 minutes ago, Sin Stalker said:

Yes, conformity is easy. But I do not conform based on ad populace. 

Plus it's not like life ends at 16. Whether someone will find it funny or not during a couple childhood years isn't that important in the big scheme of things. An it's not like being called "John" will grant you an easy time.

I mean, are we really going to address bullying like we would address running away from a cheetah? (i.e., don't worry about out-pacing the cheetah, just out-pace the other guy )

 

2 minutes ago, Sin Stalker said:

 

For instance, my wife named our first kid Zuri (which is Swahili). Many may not consider it a normal name, in the US, but in other parts of the world it could be called "regular". 

It's also how you'd say Zürich in "Zürcher"  

 

2 minutes ago, Sin Stalker said:

When is stagnation okay?

OK, I didn't like Calculus, but please, don't call him Stagnation!

[ARikozuM]

Erasmus? Emil?

[Sin Stalker]

12 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

Well, to be fair, you asked our opinion, we gave it, and you totally disregarded it

 

If you like the name, and your wife is willing, then just use it!

 

Who gives a shit what random people on LinusTechTips forums think about your child's name?

True, but there are certain arguments people keep making that aren't logically sound. So I am trying to filter past those... plus I'm tryingn to find someone other than people in my math classes who like the name...

 

 

6 minutes ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

My point was strictly aesthetical  

 

Plus it's not like life ends at 16. Whether someone will find it funny or not during a couple childhood years isn't that important in the big scheme of things. An it's not like being called "John" will grant you an easy time.

I mean, are we really going to address bullying like we would address running away from a cheetah? (i.e., don't worry about out-pacing the cheetah, just out-pace the other guy )

 

It's also how you'd say Zürich in "Zürcher"  

 

OK, I didn't like Calculus, but please, don't call him Stagnation!

And you wouldn't know the aesthetics of a quasar without calculus bringing us the shapes and motions. So the aestetics are from calculus.

 

I feel like names like john, mike, etc, are stagnation. 

 

Maybe I should just change my name to Jor-El and name my kid Kal-El.

[Princess Luna]

18 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Zuri sound unique and special while also like a standard name. A name based on a math subject isn't.

Call someone Calculus is just mean... All the bullying he'll suffer, silly jokes, I doubt any one could ever feel special with this for a name, you have a huge responsibility by giving someone their lives name, go with something like that feels like trolling to me... regardless how well intentioned you were.

[Volbet]

6 minutes ago, Sin Stalker said:

Sorry but I'd question that validity, especially if you despise it. How can someone despise the foundation of modern technology and scientific understand? The way we can take the most advanced and logical language of the human race, math, and give specific things and features of things a name in that language is amazing. But then on top of that, taking those names and being able to link them together in a way no other language can do, via integrals and derivatives is utterly astonishing! We take descriptions of an object in relative space and give it descriptions like velocity, acceleration, jerk, etc, and each of these seemingly separate descriptions can be transformed into one another!

 

Anyone who despises advanced math had teachers who properly lacked an understanding of its scope. It is utterly amazing!

 

But I digress...

The validity of what exactly?

 

I also don't despise math as a concept. That would be ridiculous.

What I despise is the fact I had to learn it to the point where it became meaningless to me. Math beyond a certain point has absolutely no application in my day-to-day life. I can find science to be fascinating without having an understanding about the mathematical foundation of everything.

Just like people can enjoy philosophy without having a comprehensive knowledge of Aristotilian logic.

 

Also, I had three math teachers in the my time as high school student. All three of them were engineers from various fields, so I do think they understood the scoop math has.

 

3 minutes ago, Sin Stalker said:

True, but there are certain arguments people keep making that aren't logically sound. So I am trying to filter past those... plus I'm tryingn to find someone other than people in my math classes who like the name...

It seems like you've already made up your mind then.

[AshleyAshes]

ITT: "How do you ensure that your child files for a legal name change the day they turn 18?"

In a thread 18 years from now: "News: Judge denies teen's name change to 'FUCKYOU MOMNDAD'"