Condolleeza
I mean, what the hell were her parents thinking? The name sounds like a cross between a real estate opportunity and an article of furniture.
Malice (as in C. Greene), a black man who was shot to death by a Detroit policeman years ago. Again…what the HELL were they thinking? "Let’s see…I think we should name him after something really negative…yeah, “Malice” would be good.
It was MY turn for the “get Dick out of” joke!
How about:
You’re wasting your breath. You won’t get Dick out of Richard.
According to my 1985 edition of the new age baby name book by Sue Browder, ‘Anus’ is a Czech form of Anne. Wow! (it took me somewhat aback at the time)
I once saw a Sharlotte in my local paper birth announcement column, which annoyed the hell out of me because Charlotte is a French female form of Charles. These parents obviously thought it was some kind of variant of ‘Sharon’ because it sounded similar. :rolleyes:, little old me who is interested in names and read a whole bunch of books on the subject was infuriated by the ignorance! (It just annoyed me that’s all!)
Also annoying me halfway to Hades and back were about 23 girls called ‘Elouise’. Agggh! The names Louise and Eloise are completely unrelated, they just coincidentally sound similar. Any decent name book will tell you so too. Okay maybe I have too much time on my hands and stuff, but the ignorance of that again, just infuriated me.
Also I can’t get name books out from the library anymore because the librarian always asks me when it’s due. (sigh-I may well not be able to have children ever so that makes me kind of sad-I wish that people would remember that some people take out name books because they are interested in names not because they have to name a baby)
Oh and if I had a daughter I would love to name her Candy I’m afraid. She would be a Candida or a Candia because I disapprove of giving pet names as given names (I always think you should have a formal version of your name for formal occasions) Not Candace though, because I had a flamewar on a messageboard with a woman called that so that’s out! Okay it might sound like a stripper name to a lot of people but ‘Candy’ is a name that I have always loved, ever since I was little. I just like the sound of it! So If I ever have a girl that is probably what she will be called. Sorry 
(I also love Raven as a girl’s name, sorry again!)
And for a boy it would be Cory, Cody, Ashley or Faron, or maybe Russell (after my dear friend in San Francisco) I would also like Gene after Gene Clark, my favourite songwriter but ‘Gene’ is not common for boys in the UK, and everyone would think he was called ‘Jean’ a girl’s name and make fun, so that’s out alas! Oh and Ashley but that has been transmogrified into a girl’s name and would probably result in ‘you’ve got a girl’s name’ mockery. Grrr! (Giving boy’s names as girl’s names is another practice I hate) And yes, I know Corey and Cody also have trailer trash connetations, but they are nice and unusual in the UK and don’t have the same associations. Besides I really love those names! Sorry yet again;)
Oh I saw a report of a baby show where there where girl triplets called Bayley, Velvet and Romany. Hmmm three opportunities to come up with good names and they come up with three names more appropriate for racehorses than human beings. Hmmmm…I sure hope that Velvet doesn’t marry a man named Curtain! (gag choke!)
(and yes this might be kettle calling the pot black by a woman who likes Raven and Candy-what can I say? That’s me for you!)
The most stupid ass name for a girl that I’ve seen recently is Brooklyn. I don’t know, maybe people think it’s a cute way to name a girl Brooke Lynn, but it’s not! It’s the name of just about the most masculine, rough and tumble place I know. You know, Brooklyn, NY???
Infectious Lass, you might want to have a rethink over the name Candida. Sure, it’s a very beautiful name, but it has a rather unfortunate meaning. It means thrush… not the feathered variety, but the yeast infection.
My friend called his cat Candida, and couldn’t understand why his brother fell about the place laughing when he found out. After a little explanation, that cat now gets called Candy.
I’ve never been able to understand why I like the name Eloise so much, when I dislike the name Louise* - while they’re similar, I do pronounce them a little differently. Ello-wiess, Lou-weeze. My argument that Louise rhymes with disease doesn’t hold up as well against Eloise.
While I’m quick to ridicule people who give their children silly (read: alternative) spellings, I do find the spelling of a name can make it very different. For example, my mother said she had considered naming me Kelly, and I thought “Ick, Kelly*”, but then I read a book with a character named Callie, and I thought “That’s a pretty name!”. Same name, different spelling, different reaction. But by my own rules of childnaming, Callie is out because it’s a non-standard spelling that she would have to explain to everyone for the rest of her life.
[sub]* Not that there’s anything wrong with the name Louise! It’s just not a personal favourite! Feel free to dislike my name in return.[/sub]
[sub]* I don’t dislike the name Kelly. It just wasn’t the exotic alternative I was hoping for. “Well, Carol Leanne, we were going to name you Anastasia Veronique Felicity, but we decided to go with something more… simple…”[/sub]
Eek! We went to KFC over the weekend and the girl who waited on us was named “Latrina”!
I went to school with a girl named Irish Boston. She was from Iowa.
Oh, I just thought of one.
One day I was home sick from work and was watching a court program on TV. The case was about a bad kid and his mom trying to get some help.
The kid’s name: Nefarious.
Yes, that’s right. Nefarious.
How does Taimedowne strike you? I knew of a girl who allowed her son’s father to name him this. It’s pronounced tame down. They call him Taime for short, which isn’t too bad. His middle name? Larry. His brother’s name? William. Definitely unusual…thought it was worth mentioning.
My daughter’s middle name is Mykal (pronounced like Michael). Her first name is Alexandria, but we call her Alex for short. Therefore, my ex-mother-in-law reamed me for naming her 2 male names. :rolleyes:
Anyhoo, on to more odd names:
Dacia (Day-sha) had a sister named Acacia. We pronounced her name Uh-kay’-sha for a long time. She finally corrected us (when we were in high school, I think???LOL) It’s a soft -sha…more like jha…at the end.
There was Tiaunna, who had a sister named Revalie (probably spelled that wrong)
And Heather Courtney. Only Heather was her middle name. Her first name was…Courtney.
I went to school with a Crystal White and an April May (May was her last name, not her middle name).
I also knew someone named Steele Beam.
My sister also knew a girl named Shanda Lear–and her FIRST name was Crystal. Now that’s going TOO far.
Yes, there was a woman named Ima Hogg. But lest we think that that could never happen in OUR day–anyone ever heard of Mia Hamm?
You gotta wonder what Picabo Street’s parents were thinking.
As for spelling variations–I know someone whose name is Dayne–pronounced Dwayne. Can’t exactly figure the reason for that one!
As for me, my middle name is fairly unusual–Daneen–and I used to hate it, but now I kind of like it! I’ve even met a few ladies with that name. It was just hard growing up in a town full of Lynn’s and Ann’s during the years that being different is so hard.
PLEASE, parents, think of how a name will sound throughout the child’s lifetime! “Pebbles” is cute on a baby, but not so cute when she is having her business cards made up. If you just insist on a “cutsie” name, at least have the compassion to give her a middle name that is a little more traditional, so that if she DOES become a Supreme Court Justice, she can go with the first initial, middle name thing (for example, P. Elizabeth Jackson).
Had drinks with my friend Kilah last night.
Her dog’s name: Natega
Name of the guy she dated for six years: Banon (He pronounced it with a long “a”; she always pronounced it with a short “a” – confused the hell out of me.)
Her sisters:
Vareen
Lyrinae (lar-en-NAY)
Xyana (ZEE-ana)
Lyrinae’s kids: Rhys (reece) and Drake
Twin sisters who were in my high school: Stormy and Sunshine
In Japan a few years ago there was a big stink kicked up about a couple who wanted to call their son Akuma (Japanese for “demon”). If I remember correctly, they compromised and chose another pair of kanji that also read as Akuma, but had a different meaning.
Went to school with a girl named Dawn Shivers, which I thought sounded sort of…poetic. Or something. Another kid at my school was named Phuc Ngo. Wasn’t quite pronounced the way it looks, but there was always a big pause whenever his name came up (roll call, graduation ceremony, etc). Also know a GIRL named Christopher. Her parents were apparently dead set on having a boy–I always thought, jeez, couldn’t you have changed it to Christine at the last minute?
Names that have come up at my job: Sheri (pronounced Cherry) Love, Crystal Dew (is her brother named Mountain?) and Panda Baird. Yes, really.
A guy who worked at our company was named Fred, and he and his wife combined their names for their first-born, producing poor little Frednetra. (pronounced Fred-nee-tra.)]
My mom once had to check on a patient’s name at the hospital where she works–the patient was a man, and his name was Pastel Puffenberger.
Just remembered an old Maury Povich (how’s that for a weird name?) show he did about twins. Had a pair of them in the audience: beautiful black women named Africa and India. I thought that was kind of cool.
I almost forgot about this one: My parents told me of a doctor they knew–a gynecologist–named Dr. Seymour Kuntz. They said he claimed it was prounounced “KOONTS,” but as can be expected, no one ever really said it that way–MUCH too easy a target.
You have to wonder WHY he’d set himself up for this by becoming a GYN in the first place!
What else could he be?
There was a doctor practicing in my hometown for a while by the name of Dr. Bonebrake. He was a chiropractor. He has since moved, and someone sent one of his ads in to Jay Leno for Headlines.
Does anyone else think, after hearing the name, Michael Fitzpatrick, "Ah, but does Patrick fit Michael?*
Did I mention that I have a cousin named Edsel?