names you should never give your kids

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BORIS

Thursday, October 25, 2007 5:59 AM

I've heard some doozies in my 20+ years of working with kids: Duran (he liked us to call him Joe), Rourke ( Mickey Rourke), some names were original interpretations of classics eg: mashell (michelle), Jaisen, etc. I also met two guys that had grown up next door to each other, and their names were Ghenghis and Attilla. What are some crazy/weird or just wrong names you've heard people give their kids?.

SHINY

Thursday, October 25, 2007 6:51 AM

Jayne.

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MADMUTANT

Thursday, October 25, 2007 8:36 AM

My Brothers friend is named Babe Olympia Precious Jewel and her sister is called Ruby Jewel. Babe however prefers to go by Naomi now and thats incredibly understandable. What were her parents thinking!

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DEEPGIRL187

Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:54 AM

Nicolas Cage's son is named Kal-El. Does that count?

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AGENTROUKA

Thursday, October 25, 2007 11:09 AM

Naming kids after tv characters, in general, bugs me.

Little Chiana's or Aeryns or Inaras or D'Argos or such... Brrr! I see fans post about doing that regularly on the internet.

EARTHGIRL

Thursday, October 25, 2007 12:25 PM

when I was in the hospital with my last child (Kayla) thee was a newborn being tagged Nafarious Freedom. That's a big name for such a little baby!

I've also known two brothers Art and Drew. I guess their parents were artists!

My father worked with a Candy Cane and my brother knew a James Bond. My mom used to work with a Helen Back. Honest, all these are real people. Real people we should feel sorry for!!

My neighbours just named their son Declan after the dresden files character (do I have the right show for that?)

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KOFFEE

Thursday, October 25, 2007 12:32 PM

There is a couple locally who named her son Indiana.

And yes, their last name is Jones.

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JADEHAND

Thursday, October 25, 2007 12:49 PM

I've heard stories, and I hope they are just stories, of children with the names Areola and Placenta. Apparently the mother overheard their doctor speaking, and thought the names sounded pretty.
I've considered some odd names for my children if I were to ever have any. A female would be Kayleigh, after the song, not Kaylee. A male would be Atticus, from "To kill a mockingbird". Of course, they'd have reasonable first names that they could use.

The song (for the few curious):

A man who walks the Earth

CAUSAL

Thursday, October 25, 2007 1:07 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Koffee:
There is a couple locally who named her son Indiana.

And yes, their last name is Jones.

If they really wanted to be faithful to the movie, they would have named him Henry, Jr.

My nerd is showing!

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Thursday, October 25, 2007 1:09 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by boris:
I've heard some doozies in my 20+ years of working with kids: Duran (he liked us to call him Joe), Rourke ( Mickey Rourke), some names were original interpretations of classics eg: mashell (michelle), Jaisen, etc. I also met two guys that had grown up next door to each other, and their names were Ghenghis and Attilla. What are some crazy/weird or just wrong names you've heard people give their kids?.

As for reinterpretations of classics, my wife worked with a woman named Danyell. *shudder*

There's a couple 'round here, last name of Berger, who, inspired by the surge of nationalistic pride following 9/11, named their son Patriot. I would object to that as a ridiculous name under any circumstance, but when you pair it up with the last name, well...want some Freedom Fries with that?

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Thursday, October 25, 2007 1:26 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Causal:
If they really wanted to be faithful to the movie, they would have named him Henry, Jr.

And the dog should have been named Indiana!! LOL!!!

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CRYSTALKEI

Thursday, October 25, 2007 1:42 PM

I named my daughter after a tv character *hangs head in shame* But not a major character, a guest star. Ainsley Hayes from The West Wing played by Emily Procter. Luckily, we have a lot of Scottish background and Ainsley is a very traditional Scottish boy's name. So, yeah, we tell people that more often. But on occasion the husband likes to tell people she's a young republican in reference to a line from West Wing.

Of course, I've vetoed my husbands next three choices...Caprica being the most irritating. Hoepfully Ainsley's siblings will have better names than BSG.

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MISTERG

Thursday, October 25, 2007 1:45 PM

Name I've run across before: Farrell Badger

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MSG

Thursday, October 25, 2007 2:23 PM

As a teacher, I have seen some really awful name spellings ( like Brittney spelled Britkneei) but the worst was a set of twin girls whose mom decided to reference her dessert preferences in their names which were.... Lemonjello and Oranjello ( yes Lemon Jello and Orange Jello) on their 18th birthday at 8 am they were in the county court house changing their names to Jane and Sarah
Also knew some people in my parent's neighborhood whose last name was Rexick and they named their daughter Anna ( yes Anna Rexick)

Please people I beg you before naming any child say the words Supreme Court Justice and then any name you are considering. If it makes you laugh when you say the name, don't name your kid that...

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STEAMER

Thursday, October 25, 2007 3:38 PM

Once upon a time there was a fella named Husband. Almost the entire Pacific fleet of the U.S. Navy was destroyed while under his command.

I have a friend who named her children Anakin and Arwen....THAT'S gotta bring on some behaviour later in life. If I were going to have a whole passel of critters and I damn sure ain't, leastways the names Malcolm and Kaylee are normal. Anybody who names their twin boys Jayne and Wash, well....best wishes.

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DEEPGIRL187

Thursday, October 25, 2007 3:58 PM

I just thought of another one. I live in Michigan, and for those of you who aren't familiar, our hockey team is the Detroit Red Wings. One avid (read: psychotic) family named their son Joe Louis. Guess what their last name is? Arena. There's crazy, and then there's f**ckin' crazy, and these folks certainly fit the bill. Poor kid.

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DESKTOPHIPPIE

Thursday, October 25, 2007 4:02 PM

I knew someone in college called Arwen. I actually thought it was kind of a nice name, but I can understand the issues.

I also had the following conversation with my friend Libby very recently. I have known Libby for about eight years, and she announced her engagement to a guy called Alex Bell a few weeks ago. (Before you ask, his middle name is Martin.)

Libby: The only thing is, I can't take his second name.
Me: Why not?
Libby: Oh, come on! With my name?
Me: What's wrong with Elizabeth Bell?
Libby: *staring at me* Linda... that's not my name.
Me: Oh! Were you actually christened Libby?
Libby: Linda... my name is Liberty!
Me: What??? No it isn't!!!
Libby: Yes it is!!!
Me: No way!!!
Libby: How the hell can you know me for eight years and not know my name???
Me: But I just assumed... Ohhhh, I get it. Liberty Bell. Yeah, that's gonna be an issue.

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AGENTROUKA

Thursday, October 25, 2007 4:05 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by crystalkei:
I named my daughter after a tv character *hangs head in shame* But not a major character, a guest star. Ainsley Hayes from The West Wing played by Emily Procter.

Well, that's still a "real" name, though, and not an entirely obscure or "exotic" and not spelled in a really "special" way, either, so it doesn't really apply.

Even names like Kaylee or Malcolm, while they have me eye-rolling, are not an objectionable choice at all, because they allow their kid some neutrality. Zoe.. Hell, Hoban! All fine with me!

Something like "Aeryn Sun Miller" or "Han" or "D'Argo" or , say, "Caprica" (Hah!)... where it's undeniable, that's where I cringe and frown and send accusatory looks in the parent's direction.

Firefly is a decent source of names, if one must, because they're all fairly ordinary. Even River is not unheard of. I actually love their use of more obscure traditional names, like Jubal.

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Thursday, October 25, 2007 4:13 PM

A good friend of mine called her daughter Tara, which she swears was after the Irish hill fort of the high kings and not after the Buffy character.

When her kid was still too young to understand me, I used to tell her, in a very cheerful voice, "And when you're four I'm going to tell you alllll about your lesbian Wicca namesake! Oh yes! Alllll about your lesbian Wicca namesake! So you can tell alllll the other kids at school!" It's still a running joke between her Mum and me.

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Thursday, October 25, 2007 4:14 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DesktopHippie:
I also had the following conversation with my friend Libby very recently. I have known Libby for about eight years, and she announced her engagement to a guy called Alex Bell a few weeks ago. (Before you ask, his middle name is Martin.)

Mayhaps he has a brother named Graham....Ai ya, that poor girl.

One time my dad came over to me with his house keys and stated, I'd like you to meet Francis and Scott. So I got one up on him by replying, Ah, just moved up from Florida, did they?

Some fun can be had in nomenclature. But if your last name is the name of a colour (i.e. Brown, Gold, Green), do not, I say again, do NOT name your daughter Savannah.

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MILFORD

Thursday, October 25, 2007 5:23 PM

Teaching in Texas I get lots of dumb country names, but this past fall I had a Cougar, who admitted he was named after John Cougar Mellencamp. I asked him why they didn't name him John. He didn't know, and then topped it off by telling me his parents were named Jack and Diane.

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Thursday, October 25, 2007 6:22 PM

Oh I can think of so many others... unusual is fine as long as it's really a name...Also, please no naming your kid Candy, Taffy, Muffy, or Cissy...unless you have some sort of family tradition of being strippers....
Also, if you name your kid after a literary figure...please look up the spelling!! I have student right now named after a character in the Three Musketeers named Dartanyon ( yes they meant D'Artagnan) but they spelled it phonetically Dar-Tan-Yon

BTW Tara is a place in Ireland and it's very famous... :)But I love the idea of letting the kid in on the "other" Tara!

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MILFORD

Thursday, October 25, 2007 6:32 PM

I don't know how well this fits here, but I had to judge a soroity/fraternity homecomin gyell contest yesterday and I had an epiphany:

No sorority should ever contain the Greek letter Mu. You're just asking for it.

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SHADESIREN

Thursday, October 25, 2007 6:40 PM

the saddest thing I ever hears was when some people I knew (not riends, but they were part of our V;TM game at the time) had their baby boy, they decided to name him..

I kid you NOT...

Vlad Lestat

He had a normal-ish last name, Gunther, but Vlad Lestat? For the rest of his life, people are going to be asking him if his parents were lame-o vampire wannabes... and he's going to have to say yes if he wants to be honest. lol. Couldn't even call him Vladimir, which at least would have looked pretty cool, he got hung with just "Vlad". Can you imagine calling a fat, cuddly little four year old Vlad??? I can't.

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Thursday, October 25, 2007 7:00 PM

both of my daughters are named after Diana Rigg, who I had a major crush on as a young man.
The older is Helena- Rigg played that role in a TV production of Midsummer Night's Dream in the late 60's.
The younger is, of course, Diana, born during the years of the Princess.
My wife, wonderfully understanding woman that she is, jokes that if we'd had a third, we would have named it Emma, after Mrs. Peel.

PHOENIXROSE

Thursday, October 25, 2007 7:11 PM

Tara is also a deity in Buddhism; I knew a girl named Tara when I was a child; her mom was Buddhist.
Speaking of Buddhist names, I took an order from a woman named 'Nirvana' once, though she said her parents weren't Buddhist. So that's pretty weird.
My mom says she knew a girl in college named Nancy Ann Cianci. *shudder*
I heard so many crazy odd names working for the answering service, but none of them are popping to mind. A lot of it was the last names, though. Like 'Smallcock'. So not kidding.

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DEEPLYKIDDING

Thursday, October 25, 2007 7:17 PM

I grew up in the Milwaukee, WI area. Many of the towns, cities & lakes have Native American names. For example, Milwaukee generally translates to "pleasant land" or "gathering place [by the water]" (its on the western edge of Lake Michican).

I was back home visiting a few years back, and stopped in a store. I was stunned by the name tag of one of the store employees:

Wakeesha. Milwaukee is next to the city of Waukesha. Granted the emphasis of the girl's name is the second syllable, and not the first as in the city name, but still... Made me shudder just a little.

I'd rather be a smartass than a dumbass...

CLEMENTINE

Thursday, October 25, 2007 7:18 PM

In the Indiana vein:
I don't like it when people name their kids Scout or Jem in honour of To Kill a Mockingbird. Her name was Jean Louis. Her nickname was Scout. His name was Jeremy. His nickname was Jem. And all those poor little Atticus' running around.

The Supreme Court Justice suggestion is good. It's jarring to see the news items with "civil rights lawyer Tiffany..." now.

Remember when Roots was on and all those boys got named Kunte Kinte and Chicken George?

MSG

Thursday, October 25, 2007 7:44 PM

See never name your children after a fictional character if you cannot find the name in a standard book of baby names...
I remember a story from Bruce Campbell's bio about signing a book for a kid named Ash who was well and truly pissed at his parents for naming him that:)

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GRIZWALD

Thursday, October 25, 2007 8:17 PM

In college I worked in a customer response center where we collected odd names. I had quite the list. My two faves were Howdy Tickle and Princycessazatha Gainer. They were frequent customers so I saw their names quite a bit.

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Thursday, October 25, 2007 11:17 PM

Let's see, as of right now Kennedy and Reagan are popular names for girls, and I've seen a few Kaylees (including one spelling it Caylei). I've worked with a kid at art camp named Buck, graduated with a Holden McGuiness (Holden= Hold'em lmao). Seen every frackin' spelling for Ashley under the sun, including my own, because my parents loved the name but decided to be unique with the spelling.

Needless to say, no one can spell my name right and I like to go by Ash.

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Ash

KANEMAN

Thursday, October 25, 2007 11:51 PM

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TRAVELER

Friday, October 26, 2007 1:07 AM

Nos Mo King

Originally "No Smoking".

It was the first thing she saw when entering the hospital.

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JARHEAD

Friday, October 26, 2007 1:24 AM

Went to high school with a girl named...

Breezy Summer Day.

My sixth grade teacher swore that she had a friend that named her daughter Sierra Nevada. I have a friend back in Va. whose last name is Walker. He maintains that his oldest son will be named Luke Sky Walker. But then he's a spiteful Irish guy that claims that he wants his kids to grow up able to cope with life's hardships. I still think he's a prick if he goes through with it.

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Friday, October 26, 2007 2:23 AM

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Originally posted by TuJiaoZuo:
Let's see, as of right now Kennedy and Reagan are popular names for girls, and I've seen a few Kaylees (including one spelling it Caylei). I've worked with a kid at art camp named Buck, graduated with a Holden McGuiness (Holden= Hold'em lmao). Seen every frackin' spelling for Ashley under the sun, including my own, because my parents loved the name but decided to be unique with the spelling.

Needless to say, no one can spell my name right and I like to go by Ash.

Your Indian Pirate Lord,
Ash

I am one of those kids with at weird spelling: Meghann. My mother was in labor reading the freaking Thornbirds so I am named after Meggie. I have never met anyone else with that spelling, close but never the same.

My name's spelling at least has story behind it and everyone always gushes over Richard Chamberland.

I don't know what kind of crack people are one when they are naming their kids. I have added Kaylee to my girls names list, but I could never torture my kids with Coco or Apple or even Kal-el (yes, I am a Supmerman fan).

What ever you do: please have a story and make sure that they will not get beat up on the playground, PLEASE!!!!!

REDLAVA

Friday, October 26, 2007 2:56 AM

I always hated "country" names for kids, ie: Cody, Austin, Dakota, ect. Don't know, they just rub me the wrong way.

Slightly off topic, but still falls in the realm of discussion. My niece is named Cate, and my Grandmother always calls her Catie. That really pisses me off every time. NO! Her name is C.A.T.E.!!!!

BORIS

Friday, October 26, 2007 2:59 AM

the kids I felt sorry for were the ones that had names their parents had entirely made up...these kids were never too sure of themselves, and I believe its because their name had no historical link or backstory ( like: we gave you an original name to encourage a unique personality etc.). it was as if they were floating around disconnected from the rest of the world...so please people if you are going to invent a name make sure you give it some significance by creating a reason or story to go with it.

CAUSAL

Friday, October 26, 2007 12:12 PM

Oh yeah, almost forgot. I know some folks living in El Paso who were expecting. If it was a boy, they were going to name him "Wes Texas." Gag me.

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Friday, October 26, 2007 12:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Redlava:
I always hated "country" names for kids, ie: Cody, Austin, Dakota, ect. Don't know, they just rub me the wrong way.

Slightly off topic, but still falls in the realm of discussion. My niece is named Cate, and my Grandmother always calls her Catie. That really pisses me off every time. NO! Her name is C.A.T.E.!!!!

Isn't Catie a pretty regular nickname for Cate? (Similar as with Kate/Katie?) And don't grandparents often use nicknames? Does this bother your niece or just you?

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Friday, October 26, 2007 1:34 PM

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BTW Tara is a place in Ireland and it's very famous... :)

Yes. Hill fort of the High Kings. I mentioned it! Actually went to visit it with Tara and her Mum and Dad. They have a home video of me holding Tara while her Dad says "Tara, this is your hill! This is your hill!" while she stares at him in utter incomprehension. It's pretty funny.

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Tara is also a deity in Buddhism;

It is indeed. The Buddhist patroness of kindness, wealth, wishes and (my personal favourite) female empowerment!

Tara is actually the Sanskrit word for "Star", which I think adds to it's appeal.

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Slightly off topic, but still falls in the realm of discussion. My niece is named Cate, and my Grandmother always calls her Catie. That really pisses me off every time. NO! Her name is C.A.T.E.!!!!

Any time you name a child you have to consider any and all potential nicknames arising from that name and decide if you can live with them. Because you'll have to. I'm very rarely Linda. I'm Lin, Linnie, Linna, Loo and even occasionally Lindie Loops. If there's any kind of affectionate way of twisting a name, even if it's longer than the original name you may be guaranteed that someone will call the kid that and stick with it.
Geekmafia's real name is Stewart. I call him Stu. Mum lectured me every time I called him that for years and I still won out of sheer persistance. Maybe also because I went through a phase of calling him Stupot just to annoy her. But to me he's Stu and always will be. Just like my Mum is Carly to her Mum. Just like Cate is your Grandmother's darling little Catie.

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Saturday, October 27, 2007 12:03 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by TuJiaoZuo:
because my parents loved the name but decided to be unique with the spelling.

Needless to say, no one can spell my name right...

I can sympathyze. My folk gave me the uncommon spelling "Tracie" instead of the usual "Tracy". Needless to say, I even have relatives who still can't spell it right on cards and such.

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Saturday, October 27, 2007 3:09 AM

Gents

I just have to add, in the Asian culture, espically in Hong Kong and China, young men and women are encouraged to choose western names in order to function more effectively in dealing with western business, I am employed by an Asian company and frequent Hong Kong and China and here are some of the names i have heard, and know from y travels

Mr. Constant Lee
Mr. Elvis Ho
Mr. Frank Lee

Many other are just off the wall but some should have had guidance when picking their names.

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REDLAVA

Monday, October 29, 2007 11:09 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by AgentRouka:
Quote:
Originally posted by Redlava:
I always hated "country" names for kids, ie: Cody, Austin, Dakota, ect. Don't know, they just rub me the wrong way.

Slightly off topic, but still falls in the realm of discussion. My niece is named Cate, and my Grandmother always calls her Catie. That really pisses me off every time. NO! Her name is C.A.T.E.!!!!

Isn't Catie a pretty regular nickname for Cate? (Similar as with Kate/Katie?) And don't grandparents often use nicknames? Does this bother your niece or just you?

Well my niece is only 2 so she doesn't care. It probably bothers me the most. It kinda annoys my sister a bit as well.

AGENTROUKA

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 6:31 PM

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Originally posted by Redlava:
Quote:
Originally posted by AgentRouka:
Quote:
Originally posted by Redlava:
I always hated "country" names for kids, ie: Cody, Austin, Dakota, ect. Don't know, they just rub me the wrong way.

Slightly off topic, but still falls in the realm of discussion. My niece is named Cate, and my Grandmother always calls her Catie. That really pisses me off every time. NO! Her name is C.A.T.E.!!!!

Isn't Catie a pretty regular nickname for Cate? (Similar as with Kate/Katie?) And don't grandparents often use nicknames? Does this bother your niece or just you?

Well my niece is only 2 so she doesn't care. It probably bothers me the most. It kinda annoys my sister a bit as well.

I guess I'll have to concur with desktophippie there. Nicknames are going to happen, regardless of what the people thinking up the name intended. It's like trying to control the weather, impossible and frustrating, so it's better to just give up. *g*

GORRAMGROUPIE

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 6:45 PM

When I was growing up in Boise, there was a car dealership, family owned, who's name was Wolfe. Their adult sons, who did the ads on TV - Timber and Grey.
Also, you want to see some wierd names - check out this link. Found it years ago. I'm not saying that Utah has wierder names than most, just not as well documented.
http://wesclark.com/ubn/
Enjoy!

PHOENIXROSE

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 8:32 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Redlava:
Slightly off topic, but still falls in the realm of discussion. My niece is named Cate, and my Grandmother always calls her Catie. That really pisses me off every time. NO! Her name is C.A.T.E.!!!!

I hear that one. Doesn't happen as often as it did in grade school, but I often have people asking me what my full name is. I'm like, "It's Rose." and they go "But what's it short for? Rosie? Rosemarie? Rosalind?" It's not short for anything you dumb

s! It's Rose! There were a bunch of people in sixth grade who called me all manner of "Rose+something" names. I don't mind so much when it's an affectionate nickname, but they were just doing it to annoy me.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

CRYSTALKEI

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 9:09 PM

my sister came to visit this weekend and she told me she's got a classmate named Charity Day. SHe hates it and tells people her name sounds like a holiday.

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KYRA

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 9:09 PM

wow, the Liberty Bell story is a killer!

Not heard any *extreme* names myself - my cousin's name is Jane and she married a guy with the last name Payne.
Yeah.
Fortunately she's kept her maiden name so it's Jane Sherwood-Payne.
Still, could have been disastrous

But often I've shocked my friends with suggestions I've made for my own children's names.

Favourites being "Phleghm" if its a boy and "Clitoris" if its a girl

(I think they're praying I don't ever have kids)

PHYRELIGHT

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 9:27 PM

I know a couple of guys with strange names. One is Eagle and the other is Ranger.

I aim to misbehave, but I usually miss!

BORIS

Wednesday, October 31, 2007 1:36 AM

my name is actually Rosaria. I shortened it to Rose so that people would stop mispronouncing it: Rosina, Rosetta, Rosemary, Rosanna, Rosalia, Rosarina...Aaagh!! what's so hard about Rose+aria? another reason I changed to Rose, is that the Azaria Chamberlain murder case was a hot topic when I was 13, and people kept calling me Azaria, and making stupid dingo jokes. people still don't get my name right, and call me rosa, rosie or Roz. Also my Dad calls me Ross because he can't pronounce Rose.Some family members and old friends call me Sara, as that is what my name would be shortened to back in the old country(Sicily). I never answer to Rosa but tolerate the others. My niece is Estella Rose, but we just call her Boo or Peanut.

REGINAROADIE

Wednesday, October 31, 2007 1:51 AM

Since we're on the topic of names for children, I've been thinking about what I would name my kids if I were to have any.

Personally, I would like to have girls, but if I were to have sons, I was thinking for my firstborn, it would be Stanley Kevin Orson (last name). I always thought being named after family members was an unnecessary tradition, so I wanted to name my first son after three writer/directors I really respect. Stanley Kubrick, Kevin Smith and Orson Welles (and not after Kyle Mclachlan on DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES).

But if I were to have a second son, I was thinking of naming him Flash. Because I think it would be cool to name him that, plus he's already have an awesome theme song ("Flash's Theme" by Queen) he could play to boost his spirits.

Tell me right now if naming him that will be brought up in a thread like this in the future and be mercillesly mocked.

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PHOENIXROSE

Wednesday, October 31, 2007 2:33 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by reginaroadie:
Tell me right now if naming him that will be brought up in a thread like this in the future and be mercillesly mocked.

... Yes.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

BORIS

Wednesday, October 31, 2007 4:04 AM

you have every right to name your child whatever you want to name him. just expect him to have a difficult time with it. he will be picked on he will be mocked, and he will feel like a freak, but not in a good way. he may tolerate the ignorance levelled at him or he may be traumatised by it. who's to say...why subject your children to unnecessary hardships? life's gonna be tough enough without tagging a kid with an"interesting" monniker like Flash. Or maybe send him to one of those newagey schools where a lot of the kids will have "unique" names, then it won't seem so bad.. the writers names sound ok though. can't see anyone mocking those.

PHYRELIGHT

Wednesday, October 31, 2007 4:21 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by reginaroadie:
Since we're on the topic of names for children, I've been thinking about what I would name my kids if I were to have any.

Personally, I would like to have girls, but if I were to have sons, I was thinking for my firstborn, it would be Stanley Kevin Orson (last name). I always thought being named after family members was an unnecessary tradition, so I wanted to name my first son after three writer/directors I really respect. Stanley Kubrick, Kevin Smith and Orson Welles (and not after Kyle Mclachlan on DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES).

But if I were to have a second son, I was thinking of naming him Flash. Because I think it would be cool to name him that, plus he's already have an awesome theme song ("Flash's Theme" by Queen) he could play to boost his spirits.

Tell me right now if naming him that will be brought up in a thread like this in the future and be mercillesly mocked.

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"And it starts with a sentence that might last a lifetime, or it all might just go down in flames. If I let you know me, then why would you want me? Each day I don't is a shame. Each day I don't is a great shame."

Loudon Wainwright III - "Strange Weirdos" off the "Knocked Up" soundtrack

It's hard to name a child. No matter what, somewhere down the road some smarta

kid is going to find some way to make fun of your child's name. My real name is pretty average, but it is also synonymous with a popular TV character. The real trick is teaching your child to let it roll off his/her back.

I aim to misbehave, but I usually miss!

FREMDFIRMA

Wednesday, October 31, 2007 4:32 AM

Meh, Vladimir isn't so bad a name, I know a lot of russians cause one of the gaming alliances I am with is almost entirely russian...

But Vlad Lestat, yeah, ugh.

I know some folk with odd names, but really only two stand out, and they're just not that odd, compared to the ones posted here.

Lyford Beverage - naval officer, VERY good at his job, but that's just a freakin weird name, innit ?

And the other is the son of an old friend with the last name of Case, interesting history to the family in the first place though, you might like this.

Sam and his wife consumated their love and concieved in the back of Sam's first car, and their marriage and life has stood the test of time, and so Sam did a full factory-pristine restore of that car, and on the night of the senior prom, gave the car, title and all, to his son, Justin and soon thereafter became a granddad... you couldn't pry that car away from Justin for all the money in the world, cause HIS son is now approaching that age... and Justin grins like a madman when he washes and waxes that old beast.

But what in the hell possessed him to name the kid Justin Case ?

S'funny tho, the kid didn't have an issue with it (dear heavens imma geezer, still callin him kid when his own son is 15..) but always used to tell me he wanted to do condom commercials when he grew up.

Came you imagine.. "HI, i'm Justin Case, and let's talk about protection..."

Meh heh heh.

-Frem

FINN MAC CUMHAL

Wednesday, October 31, 2007 4:51 AM

Well if your last name is Hogg, you don’t want to name your daughter Ima. A simple google search of “Ima Hogg” reveals that the Hogg family got a lot of laughs at the expense of the daughters.

Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

BORIS

Wednesday, October 31, 2007 5:28 AM

ideally, of course you would teach your kid to let it roll right off them (ignore the bully, deal with the bully in a humorous way, don't let the bully know it's getting to you etc etc)...but whether or not that would have an effect is another story. the kid might get picked on everywhere he/she goes, or might be predisposed to sensitivity. think hard before you give them a name you know is stupid!( I never said there was anything wrong with all original names) think hard about what is motivating you to give them that name. they have it for life.

PHOENIXROSE

Wednesday, October 31, 2007 11:47 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by PhyreLight:
No matter what, somewhere down the road some smarta kid is going to find some way to make fun of your child's name.

But why make it easy for them, yeah?

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

GRIZWALD

Wednesday, October 31, 2007 12:21 PM

Ah, you ain't lived until you've been called Maria Diarrhea.

Kids with imagination can murder ANY name.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007 2:28 PM

I currently have a student whose name is... Sir Edward nice kid, but man that sucks

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NARIEN

Thursday, November 1, 2007 11:04 AM

Kids can be darned creative when they've got torment on their minds. It's always fun to have your playmates chant "KellySmellyJellyBelly"! And I was thin as a rail as a child!

As for strange ones, Sundance, Rocksanne and Kassidi (girl, pronounced "Cassidy")

AGENTROUKA

Thursday, November 1, 2007 11:23 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by reginaroadie:

But if I were to have a second son, I was thinking of naming him Flash. Because I think it would be cool to name him that,

I suspect it would come up, yes. And I suspect that "it being cool" was the reason for most of the parents who named their kids in the ways that have been mentioned here.

How about giving the kid a cool nickname instead, and still give him the chance to become president one day? *G* The whole "envision their name behind a fancy title" method seems very reasonable to me!

OPTIMUS1998

Thursday, November 1, 2007 12:10 PM

Comedian Lewis Black did a bit on this a few years ago, there are actually children with these frikkin names

1)Asshole (a-SHOLE-a)
2)Shithead (sh-they-ed)
3)ABCDE (ab-ce-day)
I swear there were more, but they slip my mind at the moment.

Then there's actor Jason Lee(any Kevin Smith movie, my name is Earl,Etc.)
named his firstborn son: Pilot Inspektor

used to know a guy that at one time wanted to name his firstborn "Dime Bag" after "Dime Bag Darryl" of Pantera fame...
luckily for his daughter, they went with Madison...

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MSG

Thursday, November 1, 2007 2:51 PM

OK if you are , for some reason, compelled to give your child a creative name..give it as the middle name so they can choose whether they think it's cool or just conceal it if, by the time they are a teenager, it's now irrelevant and stupid.

I mean come on... you really actually hamper a kid if they plan to do anything in business, banking, or law/politics. Do you really want to have to walk into a boardroom and say " Hi I'm Rocket Rodriguez"
(Robert Rodriguez the film maker's kids are named Rocket, Rebel, and Racer)No one would ever take you seriously and you'd have to work twice as hard just to get a chance.

You can't rush science, Gibbs! You can yell at it and scream at it, but you can't rush it. "- Abby Sciuto

LWAVES

Saturday, November 3, 2007 5:14 PM

I used to work with a guy whose name was Richard Bent. Poor guy, though nobody ever mentioned it.

My mates mum was Roseanne Rose, but before she married she was Roseanne Flowers.

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

CRUITHNE3753

Saturday, November 3, 2007 7:25 PM

There are a Mr and Mrs Peacock who actually named their son Drew.

CRUITHNE3753

Saturday, November 3, 2007 7:29 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by lwaves:
I used to work with a guy whose name was Richard Bent. Poor guy, though nobody ever mentioned it.

Well there is (was - now retired) a boxer called Michael Bentt. Pretty obvious why he took up boxing. And then there was the wrestler Big Daddy, who's real name was Shirley Crabtree.

FREELANCERTEX

Thursday, December 13, 2007 8:58 PM

I think a lot of strange names that people come up with were "it seemed like a good idea at the time" mistakes. Dweezil, Moon Unit, Ahmet, and Diva, are a few (Frank Zappa's kids) though Ahmet isn't AS bad.

My bf doesn't like the name Hayden Andrew (even though its tradition in his family for the dad's first name to be the first born boy's middle name). My mother and I personally don't see the problem with it. :-P

point of interest: you should never name your child after a fruit. ever.

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JOANNAHOBBIT

Friday, December 14, 2007 9:13 AM

Can you imagine one kid using the power of the force while the other uses the power of her elfish kind. What a family. they'd kick butt.

Anyway i heard on the radio it is illegal in germany to give children stupid names after a kid ended up with ten middle names after his mother went over board.

you know what really annoys me though, is these young mothers here in NZ that uses their babies photos as their own id photos on bebo.
I can't help thinking how dangerous that is for the protection and privacy of the kid. Anyone can get hold of them.

My family tree has names like Albert Percy (that was just one guy) but also roberta, and gertrude I'm thankful for the name Joanna

Joanna G

JOANNAHOBBIT

Friday, December 14, 2007 9:16 AM

My doctors name is Paul Hercock. My husband goes crook at me cause i can't help but piss myself. But he is a really good doctor

Joanna G

FREELANCERTEX

Friday, December 14, 2007 6:24 PM

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JoannaHobbit: you know what really annoys me though, is these young mothers here in NZ that uses their babies photos as their own id photos on bebo.
I can't help thinking how dangerous that is for the protection and privacy of the kid. Anyone can get hold of them.

guessing they weren't burdened with an over abundance of brains. (btw, what is bebo?)

and TEN middle names? wtf? that's kind of funny that its illegal though. XD

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JOANNAHOBBIT

Saturday, December 15, 2007 7:02 AM

Bebo is this communication network where everyone gets their own page where they can leave photos, pictures, and poems and stuff for their friends to come see and leave them messages etc. It is really cool if it is done properly. You can report abuse and you can allow entry to only friends if you want to, but i know people to go to the extreme with leaving their phone numbers and freaky gay naked photos of themselves and they turn it into something nasty. but if you stick to who you know it's a cool way to communicate.
My page has my id photo of Serenity ship and i have a message to recommend people watch firefly to try and gain more fans and i have photos of the movie up for people to see.

It's my little contribution and so far i got my brother to watch it and he said "shit that girl's got some moves" refering to River.
So that's something.

Joanna G

JOANNAHOBBIT

Saturday, December 15, 2007 7:03 AM

Kind of like Johnny Cash's song "A Boy Named Sue"

Joanna G

HEROUVCANTON

Saturday, December 15, 2007 3:23 PM

I have also worked with kids for several years. Some of my favorites:

Blue Sky Fox (first, middle, last name)
Zen Otis Nesser (Blue's brother)
Dasia Blue
Jestik
Tequila
Gator

Dear Diary: Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy. Today, we were kidnapped by hillfolk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.

REGINAROADIE

Saturday, December 15, 2007 3:49 PM

On a somewhat similar note, I have a friend whose full name is Beatrix. She prefers to be called Trixi. But I always thought that if you were to shorted that name, it should be just B. Because "Hey B" I think rolls off the tongue more naturally than "Hey Trixi". Also, B I think is short, hip and enigmatic. When I hear Trixi, I think 3 things.

1. Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids.
2. Miss Trixi, the senile old lady that "worked" at Levi Pants in A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES
3. Either a stripper or a call girl or just anyone in the sex trade.

And speaking of DUNCES, I think anyone who names their kid Ignatius is setting their kid up for an ass kicking.

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FREELANCERTEX

Saturday, December 15, 2007 4:49 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by JoannaHobbit: Bebo is this communication network where everyone gets their own page where they can leave photos, pictures, and poems and stuff for their friends to come see and leave them messages etc. It is really cool if it is done properly. You can report abuse and you can allow entry to only friends if you want to, but i know people to go to the extreme with leaving their phone numbers and freaky gay naked photos of themselves and they turn it into something nasty. but if you stick to who you know it's a cool way to communicate.
My page has my id photo of Serenity ship and i have a message to recommend people watch firefly to try and gain more fans and i have photos of the movie up for people to see.

So its kiiiiiiiiind of like, facebook or livejournal, right? cool. :)

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MAZAEN

Saturday, December 15, 2007 9:10 PM

I knew someone called Eden Christmas once. Does that count?

JOANNAHOBBIT

Saturday, December 15, 2007 11:03 PM

yes very much so.

people thought it would be funny if my husband and i hyphonated our surnames when we got married. it would have been frygrice. if you say it in a chinese accent it's funny.

yeah we just stuck to grice

Joanna G

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, December 16, 2007 12:24 AM

haha, yeah that would be kinda funny. my name is neither interesting nor funny. nor easy to sign @_@ lol

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"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

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You can't take the sky from me...

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, December 16, 2007 12:25 AM

haha, yeah that would be kinda funny. my name is neither interesting nor funny. nor easy to sign @_@ lol

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Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

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You can't take the sky from me...

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, December 16, 2007 12:36 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Milford: I don't know how well this fits here, but I had to judge a soroity/fraternity homecomin gyell contest yesterday and I had an epiphany:

No sorority should ever contain the Greek letter Mu. You're just asking for it.

why?

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Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will show you his true self.

You can't take the sky from me...

THESOMNAMBULIST

Sunday, December 16, 2007 1:13 AM

When my dad worked overseas he used to come across some very strange names.

In Brasil he worked with a guy called 'Eddiemurphy'. All his first name. His parents heard the name and didn't quite understand the concept of forenames and surnames and just liked the sound of it and named him so. I don't recall what his actualy last name was... But apparently it created a trend and often film stars complete names would be used for kids' first names.

In Ghana, he worked with a guy who was head of the department called (and I kid you not) 'OfficeBoy'. But apparently it was pronounced very quickly so you didn't quite hear it as such.

It's hard with names though, people have such odd criteria these days. Objecting to naming their child after a name they've heard. So all these unusual derivatives occur. Or deciding to hand their own name back down to the child, so no originality takes place. Some object to naming them after a monarchy, so names like Charles or Victoria are considered unfashionable. Country names seem popular these days as do names of states or months or days. I knew a guy at college who went out with a girl called Tuesday... It seems unusual at first but once you become familiar with it it was kind of pleasant, and seemed to suit her.

Over the years I've mulled long and hard about names for my kids, should I ever have any and I think I'd stay safe on familiar ground. Being unique doesn't have quite the same draw it did when I was younger.

I just know if I have a boy and a girl I MUST keep away from the names Ella and Sam. Which is a pity because I love those names.

NCBROWNCOAT

Sunday, December 16, 2007 5:17 AM

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Originally posted by DesktopHippie:
A good friend of mine called her daughter Tara, which she swears was after the Irish hill fort of the high kings and not after the Buffy character.

BTW Tara is also the name of the plantation that belongs to((Katie)Scarlet O'Hara's family in "Gone with the Wind".

And after reading this thread I don't feel too bad about my own name, Martha. I quickly got the nickname of Marty though. My Mom is a Martha too and it was just too confusing.

I refused to saddle my own daughter with Martha and Mom got a bit mad at me for a while. But that was 18 years ago and she's forgiven me.

My brother has the family name of Edward Shain and chose to use my grandfather's nickname of Ned. Not too many of those around these days too.

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HEWHOKICKSALOT

Sunday, December 16, 2007 12:56 PM

In my mind, these are two of the worst name-blunders of all time.

1. Same first name as last name... (I work with a George St. George)

2. Naming your child after an STD!!!! (My wife, a nurse, once worked on a child named Clamidia. The mom just thought it was a pretty name.

"Jayne is a girl's name..."

Rob O.

HIXIE129

Sunday, December 16, 2007 1:30 PM

Satan

REGINAROADIE

Sunday, December 16, 2007 3:19 PM

I think hardcore music fans would be the worst at choosing names for kids. Because if they like a band or song in particular, then they would name their kid after that song so that they could reference the song, which after a while would lose it's meaning and just become annoying. Like if a couple were huge Beatles fans, they'd name a girl Prudence, so that when she's a kid and in the house, they'd have an excuse to say "Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play." And then when other people know her and hear that song, they'll keep saying lyrics to her, which would drive her nuts.

Or if they're Simon and Garfunkel lovers, they'd name their son Richard Corry, and then everyone will expect him to be some rich bastard who'd blow his brains out.

I think that should be a rule for first time parents when it comes to naming their kids. If you're naming them after a song, they for it to be a generic name that doesn't conjur up a specific song with specific lyrics that any idiot can recall at any time. I pity girls named Roxanne, because I imagine they get tons of red light jokes.

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HERA7

Sunday, December 16, 2007 7:15 PM

Tara's origins is from the ancient seat of power in Ireland.

I knew a Barbara Doll, she was born 3 years before Barbie dolls were created.

Most unusual I have seen is a pair of twins from India. Male & Female. Pronounced Male' and Female' with no silent e.

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JOANNAHOBBIT

Monday, December 17, 2007 3:13 AM

just as long they didn't mix it up and name male female' and female male'. that would of got some asses kicked.

Joanna G

STRANGEBIRD

Monday, December 17, 2007 4:53 AM

I grew up in South Carolina and I remember hearing all sorts of odd names. The strangest I'd say was Orangello, though you'd be surprised it actually gets a number of hits on google and other search engines. Even weirder still I seem to remember there being a Yelongello in the same class as well. Pretty sure they weren't related. Not certain on the spelling, their parents may have atleast been creative there. Anyway food is another no no for naming I'd say.

Now me I go by Max, which is my middle name and I always get people asking me "What's it short for? Maxamillion, Maxwell?" I always reply that "It's not short for anything, I was named after my Grandpa". I always seem to have people mispelling it too, usualy Maxx but once actually Macks. Anyway even though I go by my middle name I still gotta love my first name, Douglas. I mean who can't love a name which in Scots Gaelic(Dubhghlas) translates to Blood River.

KAREL

Monday, December 17, 2007 7:15 AM

"Charity! Charity! Give that back!"

"Serenity! Serenity! You're really pissing me off!"

"Chastity! Chastity!..."

--Terry Foy, "Zilch the Tory Steller".

"This is the 21st century, can't you get it through your head? This ain't the way it was meant to be, magic isn't dead." -- Marillion.

BORIS

Thursday, December 20, 2007 2:49 AM

I heard a parent calling out to her child the other day. the child's name was Spirulina. Why not just call her Kelp or Seaweed, or Parsely. eek!

CRUITHNE3753

Monday, December 31, 2007 8:25 PM

I've always been rather amused by the name Arsenio Hall. Is he ever called "Arse Hall" for short?

RIVERFLAN

Monday, December 31, 2007 10:28 PM

I hate it when people name their kids after somebody in particular. A kid's name should be their own name, and not a leftover from someone else. Just imagine, a parent always saying "Now, you share the same name as so-and-so, and it's a hard name to live up to, so you need to blah blah blah."

I also hate people who name their kids __Jr. Hello, the kid is not an exact copy of it's dad or mom, and shouldn't be named as such.

Also, kids shouldn't be named stuff like Rose Thorn, or Brandy Wine.

I say try to avoid common names. In high school, there were four people in my grade that were named Ashley. Same spelling and everything. Also we had three Jessica's and two Rebbeca's.

And can you imagine naming a poor defenceless babe "Archibald"?

Naming kids (daughters) after flowers isn't too bad, I don't think.

It looks like I'm just picky about names, doesn't it? If I ever have a daughter, I'd name her Alexandria, after the library in Egypt, but I'd give her a nickname like Alexa or something so she has a name that's her own (and easier to say).

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Tuesday, January 1, 2008 12:04 AM

Not sure if this counts all that much, but in Orcherstra, I play next to a Bangladeshi kid, named Dickens. Strikes me as downright strange. Me and everyone else in the room, in fact. Even him.

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this melody is tearing me apart

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STRANGEBIRD

Tuesday, January 1, 2008 12:10 AM

Names like Robert and Jonathan for a boy aren't bad. Very common but with many variations and possible nicknames... Rob, Bob, Bobby, Robby, Bert.... John, Johnny, Jack..... Still there are enough of them so please stop. I led a hike with a dozen kids once and we had four Jonathans and three Williams, a Jacob, two Bobbies and a Daemon. That was just in one group of twelve eleven year old boys.

When naming anything, be it a child, pet, horse, car, etc... take time and consider various possibilities for nicknames. A name isn't just a name, look at most and the roots actually mean something. It's a serious deal and most people just don't give a flip or are just too screwed up to understand that naming a child after a body part or cheap food is not just dumb it's tasteless and demeaning.

That being said be creative. Most of the people who are going to taunt your child are going to find a way even if their name is "normal". The real thing you need to do as a parent is teach your child from a very early age that those people are the ones with the problem. As for family, if they say it's stupid they probably have a normal dull as a gray rock name and shouldn't be given the time of day when it comes to originality.

Ok that's all for my 20 something Bachelors Guide to naming your child. I was originally just going to mention the names I could remember of the kids on that hike but somehow it became this... go figure.

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BIONICBATMAN

Tuesday, January 1, 2008 12:45 AM

Oh I got a few:

Damien, Optimus Prime, Megatron, Apple, Seven, and my favorite: BDDDDDDDDD

HUGHFF

Tuesday, January 1, 2008 5:25 AM

Like the other teachers on here, I've heard more than a few unusual names but there aren't any that I would say you should never give to your kids. there are a few that I would suggerst you shouldn't give your kids lightly.

Probably the most unusual name I encounter commonly is ANZAC. In my 17 years teaching I don't remember there never being at least one person at my school called Anzac. What makes this name unusual is that it's an acronym for Australia/New Zealand Army Corps. Both New Zealand and our convict cousins have National holidays on 25 April to commemorate the landing of our troops in Turkey in 1915.

Translations are also a source of mirth with names. I taught a boy this year whose name was Ahi Kaa. This translates as "Home Fires." He must've liked the home fires a little too much as he was often truant.

He wasn't as often truant as Judas, I should note. That's right - I taught Judas.

I also taught a boy named River. River is not a girl's name - in fact it is not a person's name. It's the name of a flowing body of water. (He did really enjoy the Firefly unit I teach....)

Last year, I had not one but two boys named Cruz/Cruze. No-one in New Zealand speaks Spanish - they were named for what you do on a Saturday night downtown in your car.

However, easily the most improbable name I encountered was Riot. I kid you not - his parents named him Riot. And in case you think that's a fluke, his younger brother was called Chaos. As you might expect, Riot didn't last long at school so Chaos decided to enroll elsewhere when his turn came.

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NCBROWNCOAT

Tuesday, January 1, 2008 5:38 AM

I have a coworker who is from New Zealand and Fiji (her family is from India) who's name is Vandita. Pretty name but no one here can remember it.

She's been call everything that starts with V (use your imagination)including VODKA by one lady.

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BORIS

Tuesday, January 1, 2008 7:22 AM

I live in Australia where there seems to be a national tendency to mispronounce foreign names, simply because they are foreign, even if they involve the use of phonemes familiar to Australian English. My first name is Rosaria...that's rose + aria...how hard is that? apparently extremely hard, as my whole life people have gotten it wrong. I've had: Rosina,Rosetta,Rosanna,Azaria (that's a whole other story!) Rezairia, Rosemary etc. So I get people to call me Rose, there's not much you can do to bugger that up. except label me with the dreaded "Rosa" which I refuse to respond to.