Fox Sports hurt My feelings today…
A coworker was laughing a minute ago. Seems that Fox Sports is picking on us few Ethans out there. My name is becoming a pretty popular name. I'd like to say it is because of me, but my survey results aren't in yet. But it was a top 5 name for newborns in 2004 according to the Social Security Administration.
First off, my name is actually John Ethan Otterlei. Ethan is my middle name for those who didn't know that. I switched in 2nd grade to go by Ethan full time. There are still a few who call me John. I think it is only those anti-establishment types who don't like change. But my Dad doesn't have a middle name, due to his Father disliking his own middle name. So my Dad and Uncle Harold have no middle names. Grandpa's name was Johan Lars Otterlei. He was the first JLO. For work, my Dad actually asked me to borrow my middle initial for his email address username.. They told him he was john.x.otterlei. So he now goes by john.e.otterlei…
But Fox Sports was ripping on the name Ethan…
The most popular boys' names are Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew, and Ethan. Those aren't necessarily poor choices, but what batter is going to be afraid to face Ethan with the game on the line?
strong, firm, constant.. Those words define Ethan on a name definition site. Sounds like Brad Radke or Eric Gagne to me. Must be a slow news day.
Do your research Fox Sports!!!
Don't worry about it E, its obvious that Fox Sports just hates Whitey in general. Besides, the “names for the sports fan parent expecting a child and wanting to give that child every advantage possible on the field of play” names were made famous by those actual sports players, and sound pretty pansy-ish when you just think of the names themselves.
You switched your name when you were in the second grade?!?!? I mean seriously!! How old are you in second grade? Like 7 or 8?
I wanted to be different… Plus, girls started calling me at home and my mom thought they were calling for my Dad.
I think they are some pretty sweet names… But to make the name Ethan sound weak, I guess they didn't see the Mission Impossible movies.
Ethan Hunt wasn't weak…
Ethan,
I came across this on searching my own name on Google. Actually, grandpa's name was not Johan Lauritz, it was Johan Lars. Lars was Grandpa Johan's dad's name. I don't think your Great-Grandpa Lars was a very friendly guy. He expected Grandpa Johan to take over the farm and was very disappointed in his son when he left the farm and went off to school in Sweden to become an electrical engineer. I think you could say they had a rocky relationship.