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Worst baby name you ever heard?
Let's hear those terrible names! My mom's friend once taught a little (American) girl named Vagina. For real.
Re: Worst baby name you ever heard?
Teriyaki LaQuanna (I have no idea whether this was a boy or a girl, I just saw the name on a charity shamrock)
Fructose (male plaintiff in a penile implant case I worked)
Pancreatitis (male landscaping contractor for a failed casino in NO)
Kiwi Plum (co-worker's daughter)
Breeze (co-worker's granddaughter)
Rebel (girl on a particularly offensive Jenny Craig ad here)
Holy crap. I'd be so pissed at my parents.
lol.
Most of these names are from people I know/use to know, but they were babies at one point.
Ocean Island House -- not kidding his parents were hippies. Last I heard he was in California.
Crystal Ball -- DH's former colleague and she ran for Congress in the last election and lost.
Sandy Weiner -- This is a guy. Nuff said in my opinion.
My SIL worked in an inner city public school in St.Louis for three years. The night before her first day we'd get together with my brother, her mom, and my mom and try to pronounce the names. Most were hard to pronounce, but there were some winners:
Two-Star
Sexilinga
Dazzle
Senephren Nyquil
or
Sheboygan
can't decide
Now jumping domestically.
Well that was a crazy couple of years.
Nevaeh was the 25th most popular name for girls born in the United States last year. If that is now mainstream it makes me wonder what kind of other bad names are out there.
DH went to school with someone named Crystal Chandelier. She got married at 17, I'm assuming because she just couldn't wait another year to change her name.
BFP Apr 2012, EDD Dec 19 2012 * twin h/b at 6wk, 9wk scan * Baby A lost at 12wks, Baby B was my rainbow born at 36wks
Wow! Those are some bad names!
I remember my aunt telling me that a baby born in her village in Quebec was named Spatula. Eventually the government (or whoever takes care of it) stepped in and didn't allow the mother to name her child after a kitchen utensil.
My French teacher in Geneva once told me that her sister had named her niece P?riph?rique. She also said that she went to school with a girl named Juste, which became a problem when she would introduce herself.
I worked at the West Philadelphia welfare office for a year. Then I had to peace b/c that job sucked the big one.
I also had a Crystal Ball.
Lilly White- kid was black.
Also a Vagina- 14 year old mom thought it was Virginia. oops.
The Understanding Family was one of my favs:
Iam Understanding
Your Understanding
Justice Understanding We didn't get this one at first, until I met the mom and she said the kid's name as Just-us so Just-Us Understanding.
I will have to think, I know I have more.
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Now Nesting from Chicago, IL My nail blog:
La-a (A patient I had once and when I tried to pronounce it as "Lah-a", the mom said and I qoute, "The dash don't be silent. It's Ladasha".
Kric (Again, another patient. I said "Kric" and his mom said "It is Eric". And I said oh I am sorry, they misspelled it. She said "no, that is right, my friend's said I should call him Eric but spell it with a K". I think her firends meant Erik! WOW! It was on his birth certificate!
I am not making this stuff up!!
I came across many more as a nurse, but these stick out as being the worst!
How does one pronounce that name!?
I've seen the name Crystal Jewel.
Maybe she had a cold when trying to give them the name Nevaeh and it came out as Devaeh so she decided to keep it?
and as for Eric with a K *FACE PALM* omg is that even possible? Kric?? seriously?
Everybody knows someone who's mom's cousin's best friend once taught a girl named Vagina or Female (pronounced Feh-mal-ay) or something like that.
I'm sure these aren't the worst (I really hate odd spellings, etc), but let's just call these hmm kind of names:
Crystal Diamond (Diamond is her last name by marriage, so she chose to do this)
Jewel Lee (So her first and last name sound like "Julie")
Gayle Gail (again, last name by marriage, so this was a choice) I can understand wanting/agreeing to take your H's name-- kids/convenience/choice/preference/oppression* but wouldn't you at least hyphenate or use two names?
*Disclaimer: I'm totally kidding with the oppression comment-- I took my H's last name-- I really thought long and hard and respect either choice. And yes, I know, actual oppression isn't funny and I do value the fact that I had a choice as to whether or not to change my name. Heck, that I had a choice as to whether or not to get married at all.2012 Reading Challenge
I think Dutch is a great name for a dog. I can't use it now since I live in Holland - that would be weird.