Just what does make the Palin family choose those bizarre names for their children?

Who can doubt granny Sarah is the mastermind behind Tripp Easton Mitchell, the name of Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston’s newborn child?

Tripp’s name follows the tradition the Palins started when they named their first son Track. Now a 19-year-old soldier, Track was named for, well, that circular pathway people run around. It’s a word name, it’s a place name, it begins with T just like Todd’s. And it’s a truly original name with genuine personal meaning.


Younger son Trig Paxson Van’s name follows the pattern set with Track: Trig is Norse for “true” and Paxson is a snowmobiling area in Alaska.

And now grandbaby Tripp Easton Mitchell’s name fits the same mold, with Tripp a one-syllable, it’s-not-really-a-name name starting with T, presumably as a tribute to Todd. The infant even has Todd’s middle name, Mitchell, as one of his middle names; out-of-the-box middle naming is another Palin baby name trademark. And Easton references a place like so many of the other Palin names.

Baby-mama Bristol’s own name, along with her sister Willow’s, is a place name. Daughter Piper’s name was chosen partly because of the airplane and partly because, as Todd has said, “it’s cool.” Piper’s middle name is Indy, as in Jones, 500, and movie.

To me this is just another obvious indication of Sarah Palin's selfishness.

She gets all kinds of attention from people asking her about the "interesting" names she has chosen for her children, with apparently no concern whatsoever as to how these children will be teased by their peers later on in life.

Maybe THAT is why so far none of her children have successfully finished high school!

And I find it particularly sad to see Bristol following the same pattern of behavior. I mean"Trig" and "Tripp"? Really?

How soon can you put your children into self defense classes anyway?