Parents Give Child Normal Name

UTICA, NY. Jean and Arnold Brownson just gave birth to a baby boy last Tuesday named John, that’s right, the Brownsons gave their child a normal name, the first reported case of this in over 4 years. With names like Brooklyn, Payton, Zoey, Bentley, and the ever horrible McKenna gaining in popularity, it's becoming harder to find normal names given to children. “We {my husband and I} thought that John was a nice name, and a name that you don’t hear very much anymore so we wanted our child to have a nice name” said Jean Brownson “We want our kid to not hate us in the future for the name we gave him” she added. Many friends of the Brownsons are critical of their choice, calling it lackluster and just downright boring. “John is a stupid name” said Lauri Norcomb, who has a three year old son named Nixon “I just think that parents should be adventurous and come up with fun names” added Norcomb, after giving Nixon her phone to play with. With some friends on the defense about normal names, a few neighbors have been pretty vocal about how nice it is for a change. The Brownsons were talking to there elderly neighbor about the name the other day, and she was very happy to hear about the normal name, “I'm glad that some people are still coming up with normal names. My daughter just had a baby boy the other day and she named him Rain; what kind of name is that? Rain is something that falls from the sky, it ain’t no person's name” said Vi Bennett, a neighbor of the Brownsons. The Brownsons have said they did consider other names ahead of time such as Richard or Jeremy, but thought John would be a nice name that the kid wont hate for the rest of his life.