Probably one of the most difficult tasks apart from giving birth to a baby is finding the most appropriate name. Many a couple would fight over deciding the name for their baby and if you add the in-laws, it becomes a frustrating exercise. Even with help of Google or the book of baby names, sometimes it looks like the name for your kid hasn’t been found yet that you have to invent the name yet. Or you love a hobby so much that you start naming your child after a car or name the kid after a city where he/she was conceived like the Beckhams.

Though honestly, I find it fun going through the list of baby names as it is also educational in which you learn where the name is derived from and it is usually something dignified, beautiful, brave, intellectual, biblical, or noble.

But what if some parents name their kids after firearms? Yes! Guns!

According to the baby names website, Nameberry, parents in the US naming their babies after guns, gun terms, firearms manufacturers, weapons, and warriors are on the rise. One name, Gunner, has even made it to the list of top 200 names for boys:

"Names related to guns and firearms manufacturers are one of the most dominant types of violent names on the rise. The most popular of all: Gunner, given to over 1500 baby boys last year. Taken together with the 750 boys named homonym Gunnar, an authentic Scandinavian name meaning "bold warrior," places it among the Top 200 boys’ names. Cannon is also in the boys’ Top 1000. Other gun-related names chosen by US parents in 2014 include Trigger, Shooter, Caliber, Magnum, and Pistol. The names of gun manufacturers may have images that transcend their relationship to guns, but they’re on the rise for whatever reason and include Barrett, Remington, Kimber, Ruger, Wesson, Browning, Benelli, and Beretta."

So far, Nameberry hasn’t mentioned gun models being picked such as 1911, M16, M14, or ARX-160. Just imagine naming your eldest as AK-47? Probably, most schools in the USA would be hesitant to accept such a kid named after a gun model given that some of the worst mass shootings in the USA happened in schools. And we strongly recommend not naming a kid "TEC-9". Do you know of anyone who does?

Some individuals are concerned with the rise of such "violent names" as a reflection of a violent gun culture in the U.S. But knowing some parents, a few have a tendency to name their kids after "tough names" so they won't get bullied when they grow up (unless the bully is named "Howitzer" or "Tank").

Do you believe that names of people are usually reflections of the times when they were born? If you do and if they are named after guns and firearms companies, then what does it mean to you?