An outbreak of silly names

In My Humble Opinion
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Slightly different than the above examples: When parents give a first name that is almost identical to the last. I went to school with a guy named William Williams. There’a tendency here in the south to slur that name anyway, and we mostly called him “Wim Wims.”

Also, I’ve seen cases where people did not know (were not taught) to pronounce their own names. A neighbor of mine was named (or so I thought) Arvil. That’s how he pronounced it. Then one time, I happened to see it printed out on a letter or somesuch. The man’s name was actually Orville.

A guy I was in the Marines with was named Dwayne, but spelled it Dwyne, because the “a” had been left out on his birth certificate.

Never heard of anyone named Vagina, but a grade school teacher of mine was named Regina (pronounced with a long i, instead of “e” sound as most people do), and of course us kids snickered over that.

Another classmate was legally named Joe Jr. Estep, again, he said, because it was typed that way on the birth certificate. Don’t get me started on southern names. I knew so many Biges, Clems, Giles, and one Hilo.

Sir

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It turns out that the Name-O-Tron is part of the Unusual, Unique, And Creative Names page.

This page has a section called “What are your favorite names?” where you can submit…your favorite names. Here are some highlights:

FROM THE BOYS’ NAMES

**Anakin Grey – this will be the name of my next son, if I have one. It blends well with my other children’s names and it is totally unusual. I imagine a fair skinned, blue eyed boy having this name. **

Mmm, yeah. A fair-skinned blue-eyed boy DRIVING A POD-CAR THINGIE! I wonder where you got this “unusual name” from?

**Han–Like a scoundrel name. I just LOVE it! **

See above

**Obi-Wan–Ok, I would prolly never name my child this unless I heard of someone else doing it, but I do like the name very much. **

If you heard of someone else doing it, you would name your kid Obi-Wan?

**Iain Davis–these are the names of the guyz i lost my virginty to…oh the memories ! **

I’m sure your future husband will appreciate the significance. Wait a minute-you lost your virginity to TWO guys? Wow. How’s that work? Fingercuffs?

Teighlor–Taylor is one of my favorite names, so I decided to change it and add the other “a” sound as an "eigh

Omigod. Like, I never heard of that before! I’ve gotta call my friends Keighlee and Kayleigh, like, right now!

**Thunder–The name “Thunder” is not on your list of nature names. You may want to consider it. We named our son Thunder and although we were a little hesitant at first (only because our last name was “Holt”), we love it now. **

Uhh…you might have wanted to stay with your original instinct there, folks.

**Xendon–For boys, I would choose the name Xendon. It sounds kind of heroic, a combo of Xander and Brendon. **

“HELLO EARTHLINGS. I AM XENDON. TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER.”

Zeplyn–We’re expecting our second child now, and I’m looking for another unique name. I like Zeplyn for a boy (a variation from musical great Led Zeppellin)

:rolleyes:

FROM THE GIRLS’ NAMES

**Bijouia Taiani (bee-jhou-ee-ah Ty-ah-nie) This is my daughter’s name. I made up Bijouia, and Taiani is combined with both her fathers name and my name, Tai and Bonnie.

Byrony Nadine–Byrony was originally Bryony but I miss pronounced it the first time i read it and really liked BYrony, then when I realized it was Bryony I decided to keep it as Byrony because it sounded nicer and easier to pronounce.**

Camden Leah–is my absolute favorite name. Camden is a beautiful town in Maine where I spent many happy summers as a child….I plan to name my first child this!

And Camden is also a not-so-beautiful town in New Jersey. (I hope she doesn’t name Camden’s little brother Trenton.)

**Camia–It shows that the parent is brave enough to be original, intelligent, and artistic while naming their child.

Carralaigne My daughter’s name. It’s just a form of Caroline.**

Jeigh. Igh havve nevir hurrd uv Caroline beyingh sspeld lyke that!

**Cayenne–is orignial and loved because herbs and spices are important.

Charleigh–it is the way to name your daughter Charlie. **

Ghagh.

**Ci Brinna My daughter’s name. It’s just a form of Sabrina.

Dakoda Blue–i created this name as a variant of Dakota cos i luv the nn Kody and i thought that this was a better version. this is just a cute name 4 both genders !

Deja (day ja)–This is my other favorite name because once again it is very unique and every child is unique so it fits.**

“Hi. My name is Deja Wu.”
“Haven’t we met sometime before?”

Elizabeth --…classic, strong yet feminine.… No matter how common it is, I still love Elizabeth- it’s so aristocratic and smart…

:slight_smile:

Eneday–Dene’ in pig latin, pronounced EN-eh-day

Iay on’tday inkthay atthay itay isay aay eryvay oodgay ideay otay amenay ouryay idkay inay igpay atinlay. And what kind of a name is Dene’ anyway?

Erutan–And another one of my absolute faves is Erutan. This is nature spelled backwards and it is beautiful.

.aedi daB

GIAVONNA–I THINK IT IS BEAUTIFUL

LEARN TO SPELL

Gypsy Rose–Gypsy has just become a fave of mine. It’s unique and very pretty.

“Mommy, why does everybody ask me why my clothes are still on?”

**Heaven-Leigh Angel: Because it is different and if i had a child named it i beleive they would grow up and be proud of their name

HEAVEN MYSTIQUE ADORE: That is my daughter’s name she was sent to me from Heaven it’s a mystery because I tried to hard to have a baby and I adore her so much

Jenuffa–There is one name I have not seen there-or anywhere for that matter. It is JENUFFA. It is my eldest daughter’s name. I found it in the San Francisco Examiner shortly before she was born, 31 years ago. There was a Chek opera playing in town. And this was its name. I believe, but am not certain, that it is the chek pronunciation of JENNIFER. I pronounce it like the French would. “shin’=uf =fa” or pronouncing Jennifer with a southern drawl. It is a very unusual name. I am sure noone else has the name.

Kaily–I LIKE KAILY BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME OF DAILY WHICH HOW LONG YOU’LL HAVE YOUR CHILD.

Kaylawni Dezziraye–we just had a baby girl after adopting 4 boys we named our daughter Kaylawnni Dezziraye

Luwiess–another spelling of louise. a more unsual version of a nice but boring name

Mahogunie–I LIKE MAHOGUNIE FOR A GIRL ITS A PRETTY COLOR AND THE SPELLING USES ALL THE VOWELS.

Maison–i love that name for a girl…i had a boy and named him Mason…but now i wish i would of waited on the name,because now i’m due to have a little girl in july…I think its a great name for a girl!**

You think someone should tell her that “maison” means “house?”

Michayli–this one is just more unique than Michaela

Mikki-wikki-oo-boo-kins is more unique than Michaela, too…

Monique–I’ve liked Monique since I was about 11. I’ve always thought it sounded very stylish and elegant.

Yeah. Like a stylish and elegant STRIPPER!

Nichollette Allison Lucille Marilyn Theresa This is one of my choices for my second born daughter. I love the name Nichollette because it’s a peaceful sounding name meaning “the people’s victory” and it’s not very popular. I chose the middle name Allison for my best friend Allison, Lucille for Lucille Ball, Marilyn for Marilyn Monroe, and Theresa for Mother Theresa.

…and Karen for my mom and Mabel for the school secretary and Frank for the pizza guy and…

**Ruthée(ruth-ee)–I ADORE because I LOVE the name Ruthie. This name is Ruthie and much more. It’s Ruthie with a trendy, modern makeover. Ruthée gives me the impression of a playful out going child and a successfull woman.

Sable–It’s a really unusual and pretty name that many people haven’t heard of **

“Have you met my twin brother Taurus?”

Salemica Jayde (say-la-mee-ka) luv the names Salem and Micah but decided 2 combine them as they don’t sound 2 gr8 with each other and i just luv unique names. i added the mn cos i adore the name Sage, which i got by combining the 1st 2 syllables of both names and anglicising them a bit. u could create a lot a nn’s 4 this name, such as…Sal, Mica, Salem…e.t.c !this name sounds like it would belong 2 a strong and feisty freedom fighter!

Could someone explain to me what this person just said?

Satchel Paige because a baby’s are wrapped up like a bundle or a (satchel) and paige is a name i have wanted for a little girl ever since I can remember.

I…just…don’t…know…what…to…say…

**Seltrie Nexus (Sell-tree Necks-us) I love this name. My husband came up with this when we were stumped for names for our daughter. So now I have a beautiful daughter named Seltrie Nexus.

Shai Larae (shy la ray) This is my daughter’s name I always loved the name Shayla but it’s starting to be too common, so with a little bit of a twist here you have this beautiful unique name.**

Oy Lavae.

Shatley–Shatley Springs is a town in the Northern mountains of NC. I saw in written on a sign, and it struck me as a pretty and original sounding name that could be used for either a boy or a girl, although to me it sounds more like a name for a girl.

Or the past tense of Shitley.

Stannleaigh nice for a girl because it more unsual. more unusual spelling as well

“Stanley? Is that you?”

Tamsin–Anyway my all time favorite girls name is Tamsin. I fell in love with it when I read Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy in high school. Since I’ve married an Englishman, I’d like the the child to be aware of her English heritage. Tamsin seems so English. I would call her Tamsie as her nickname.

Gee, I wonder what her schoolyard nickname’s gonna be?

Tymbraleigh–Similar to Kimberly, yet different enough to be considered unique.

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Unagh–I love the name Unagh (or Una) because it’s unusual but pronounceable…

UnaGH??

Uriana It’s Greek for “The Unknown”, and the name sounds mysterious, too. I don’t know anyone with that name and I’m kinda glad because it’s a name that I’m going to use for my child.

Ya gonna call her “PeePee” for short?

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I knew a Lorenza Stetzenmeyer! A Mauro Ganirion! A Leonard Garcia! I am of Hispanic desent and my sisters are Lydia, Virginia and Cynthia, while my brother is Reynaldo! His son is Reynaldo the third. Sounds majestic, doesn’t it? I taught preschool and I’m so afraid little Darci and Kayla won’t ever be elected to the Supreme Court, or that Kaweah and Sequoia won’t have careers outside of Greenpeace…but Krushungi and Krishnaya’s names won’t fit on their namebadges whatever they do.

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What’s everyone’s take on other nationalities becoming so enculturated (if that’s a word) into America, that their names tend to loose any of the rich flavor of their original country/heritage. One example that has always struck me, being a former Marine, is the man who was the most famous of the six flag-raisers on Iwo Jima. A proud Pima Indian from Bapchule, Arizona, named Ira Hamilton Hayes.

A lot of guys I know who are first-generation immigrants to America tend to keep their last name but arbitrarily adopt an English first name, perhaps one that vaguely sounds like their original first name (Mike for Miquad), often they say to avoid people constantly mispronouncing the original.
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Sir

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Green Bean - that was hands down the funniest thing I’ve read in weeks! Are people really this stupid? Holy fuck! I can’t believe someone would name their child Tymbraleigh! Or Thunder Holt! Thunder Holt?!

I read a study a few years back that found that people with oddly spelled names were less popular. I think the kids may hate them because of their stupid fucking parens. :rolleyes:

I’ve known a Champagne Love, a Shawantay Perry, a Tracy Tracey (she’s in my Shakespeare class) and a Montella Morton. My cousin worked in a dentist’s office with a woman named PAHjahmah Chiquita, spelled Pajama. She said her mom saw it in the Sears’ catalog and thought it was pretty.

I’m personally fond of classic names. Hannah, Natalie, Noah, Jeremy. I would never be so cruel to my unborn child as to name her “Uriana.” Really, most names that end in “-ey” sound stupid and cheesy to me.

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Oh, and the girl who lives above me is named Echo. It wouldn’t be so bad, really, if her last name wasn’t Love.

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I swear this is true.

I was once coding a stack of reports when I found a patient by the name of Cocaine. I called the hospital and asked them to confirm that this patient was, in fact, named Cocaine. They did.

Geez.

Robin

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This is probably a widespread practise, but I don’t really know.

In modern Maori, for some reason instead of naming your child a perfectly respectable Maori name (if you so desire) there are all these Maori-ised variations of Anglo-Saxon names.

If my name, Paul, was Maori-ised, I’d be Paora. Which would match my Maori surname just fine, but why not name me a genuine Maori name instead? Like Puri, or something?

Anyway, I have an anglo/maori mix due to mixed parentage, I guess. My brother is all Maori, name-wise (Tahu), but my sisters are a combination. Tanea is a Maori-ised version of Tania, and Sandra is just Sandra.

I have no idea where I stand on all this.

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Well, I have come across some weird names in my time. I live in an area that is just busting with ex-hippies. I know a set of twins name Sylus Emerald and Omega Amarylus. I also know a guy named “Beyond Endless Joy” I think that it is okay to try and give your kids orginal names, but I think that you should at least make the name pronoucable. A lot of times you here teachers calling role and just slaughtering the poor students names. I feel bad for those poor kids. They just say the correct pronunciation to the offending teacher with such boredom that you just know that they have had to correct every single person who has ever triedto read there names. I must admit that I find it funny when the teacher actually pronounces an unusual name right and the kid says “That’s right!” in the most shocked voice.

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Re: Naming a kid Anakin Grey.

I wonder how this poor little guy will like being nicknamed “Annie”. In the movie, Anakin was called “Annie” by his friends. I wonder if this in part led to his…er…attitude problems later in life.

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Ummmm…anybody consider it ironic that people called puddleglum, Wozzo, and GuanoLad are contemplating the problems with sily names?

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Hey, I resent that remark!
Kinsey…yes, that’s my real name.

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The original Celtic Revival started over a hundred years ago in Ireland and Scotland. The modern Celtic revival has been flourishing for the past several years in America. Except that no Americans have bothered to actually learn Gaelic. There is a lot of pseudo-Celtism afoot in America.

The Irish form of the name Katherine is pronounced “Kathleen.” This is an anglicized phonetic spelling of how it’s pronounced in Irish. Kathleen was good enough for earlier generations of Irish-Americans, like the Kennedys.

But now, authenticity is in! You have to revert to the original Gaelic spelling. (Too bad if you haven’t a clue how to pronounce it.) So now America is filled with little Caitlins. Is anyone aware that in Ireland Caitlín is actually pronounced Kathleen? All the Americans pronounce it “Kate-Lynn.” In the original Irish, the accent mark on the second í in Caitlín shows that it’s pronounced with its full vocalic value. Americans ignore accent marks, so the Irish pronunciation is lost.

Well, thanks for listening, I just had to vent.

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Jomo Mojo: I was wondering whether I’d be considered unusually well informed or unusually pedantic if I pointed out the actual pronunciation of “Caitlin.” Now I know. You are unusually well informed.

betenoir, you do have a point. Wozzo is actually my nickname around home. (Don’t ask.) It never really struck me as silly, but, as I said, you do have a point. And presumably you know what “bete noir” means (circumflex accent over the first e).

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I know a man named Steven Stevenson. Everyone calls him Stevie. Probably was cute when he was a kid.

My next door neighbor named her baby Destiny. To me it just sounds like way too much pressure to put on a little baby.

I think that people should save their unusal names for their pets. Zumba is a great cat name but I certainly not going to name my baby Zumba!

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I have a cousin who teases me for considering names like Juliet, Michael and Susannah. Her ideas are: Atticus (from To Kill a Mockingbird), Bennett (she got upset when another cousin used it for her son, as she considers this a girl’s name), Scout (again, from To Kill a Mockingbird), and Dashiell (as in Dashiell Hammett). For years, she liked the name Annakin, since it was not widely known to be Darth Vader’s real name. But ever since “Episode One” came out, she won’t use it because she’s convinced that there will be thousands of little Annakins running around now. The sad part is, I’m afraid she may be right about that :rolleyes:

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My name (Julianne) used to be original but I am seeing more and more little Juliannes. Teachers can never pronounce it (Julian? Julianna?). My parents didn’t name me it to be trendy (supposedly), it’s a combination my dad’s grandparents Jules and Anna.
If you think that’s bad, I have a cousin name Katriel. A male cousin. (According to my aunt it means “crown of the lord” or some nonsense in Hebrew. Suuuuuuure.)

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My real name is Maverick and I love it although it did make my life hell for a couple of years around the time Top Gun came out. I have actually gotten job interviews (and subsequently jobs) because I have an unusual name.

I also went to high school with twin star basketball players named Peaches and Pumpkin. They were two huge males.

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GreenBean that was hilarious!

I worked in a hospital billing call center. Our computer would call the number on the bill and say: “You have a bill at UMD, please call this number to settle it.”

So I’d get the call and ask: “Have you or anyone in your household used UMD services?” I once got this answer:

“My daughter Chiquita. Or maybe her sister Bonita”. Good thing the last name wasn’t banana.

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“Maybe I’ll Pitch Forever.”