Huffington Post An Alabama couple is shocked at the backlash they’ve experienced after naming their newborn son “Krimson Tyde.”
Summer and Steven Steele, who are from the small town of Andalusia, Ala., named their son after Alabama University’s football team, the Alabama Crimson Tide. The couple told Alabama Media Group thatthey are “big Alabama [football] fans.”
The baby boy, Krimson Tyde Steele, was born Dec. 17, and his story quickly went viral after being posted to Twitter on Saturday. Some of the reactions weren’t particularly kind:
https://twitter.com/ThenTylaSaid/statuses/418028487547830272
reevaluate your life if you name your kid "krimson tyde"
— Emily Head (@emilyheaddd) December 31, 2013
https://twitter.com/bucksbbq/statuses/418009656011665408
Gawker Media’s sports news site Deadspin even published a list of baby names on Monday that are “better than Krimson Tyde.”
“I’m shocked, I didn’t think people would make such a big deal about it,” mom Summer Steele told Alabama Media Group.
While the couple has clearly dealt with a whole lot of nastiness over their decision, they are getting some crucial support: from a man who named his children “Crimson Tide” and “Alleigh Bama.” Seriously.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/31/krimson-tyde-baby-name-alabama_n_4523837.html
hey that aint nothin.. I knew a guy named Dick Weiner and his dads name was Harry… true story
got another one… I know of somebody right now with a last name of Youngpeter…. lmfao.. I”m not kiddin…
Name of new born baby human = car license plate name. Unbelievable!
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It is nobodys business what people name their kids.
Yeah, just ask Dweezle and Moonbeam.
LOL thats right Millard 🙂
I had to go and watch “Montana” by Frank Zappa just to appreciate the genius of his absurdity.
LOL, and Ima Hogg “First Lady of Texas,” daughter of Gov. Jim Hogg.
I stand corrected Digger. Yes, the kids are the ones who will have to live with why their parents named them the name that they did.
Sssssssssoooooo … is Diggerdan … ah, never mind. LOL!
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It’s not a tattoo. If the name bothers the kid she can change it later, and it’s not half as bad as the nick-names kids give each other, which usually get more use than the kid’s real name.
As for the backlash, I’m with Digger on this one — “It is nobodys business what people name their kids”, but once it’s posted on the internet, it’s subjected to everyone’s opinion.
Strange (or original) names are popular these days, and Krimson is a lot nicer than many names that are much more common.
“Learn to work the saxophone
and I play just what I feel…
Drink scotch whisky all night long and…
die behind the wheel.
They gotta name for the winners in the world
and I want a name when I lose…
They call our panel the Crimson Tide…
Call me Deacon Blues.”
-Steely Dan
lol. I was thinking this too. steely dan rocks.
Oh for pity sake…they could have named him Sue….
This is no news
Many people of the immigrant population in america have
names most americans can’t even pronounce, or know the meaning of.
That said, if this couple had a baby girl and named her krimson tyde
it might earn her some teasing once a month during puberty, no?
-flek