# Bad baby name....Oh my! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157 "2008-06-16T21:51:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/1 "2008-06-16T21:51:51Z")
OK, I must share this kinda pointless thing and it could be pit worthy, but I think the parents who did this were just not thinking during a very hectic time. One of the guys in the office had triplettes over the weekend. Everyone is doing fine, but I fear for the boy named: **Maximus Peter.** They told one person they were going for German names and didn’t want to go with Maxwell or Maxamillion (SP?) as those were the most commonly used. ??? Isn’t Maximus Latin? And is Maxwell German? I told one guy, they should have cut to the chase and named the boy Sue. I think I’ll buy the boy a set boxing gloves. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/2 "2008-06-16T21:58:11Z")
Better than Minimus Peter, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/3 "2008-06-16T22:00:03Z")
He’ll probably be okay. I don’t don’t any Maxwhatevers who are ever called anything but Max. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/4 "2008-06-16T22:03:02Z")
The kid’s going to grow up to be a giant prick is what it sounds like to me. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/5 "2008-06-16T22:06:15Z")
“Grow up to be” or “grow a?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/6 "2008-06-16T22:10:18Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] “Grow up to be” or “grow a?” 😃 [/QUOTE] First one, then the other. ---
**Author:** ![Future\_Londonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/7 "2008-06-16T22:19:45Z")
slight hijack… I had to send an email today to Phuc Ho…Now I’m pretty sure that the first name is not pronounced as I think it is, but can you imagine having to pick up the phone at work and saying “Fuck Ho, how may I help you?” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/8 "2008-06-16T22:54:05Z")
😕 Isn’t that what you’re supposed to do with a ho? ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/9 "2008-06-17T00:50:29Z")
[QUOTE=Future Londonite] I had to send an email today to Phuc Ho…Now I’m pretty sure that the first name is not pronounced as I think it is, but can you imagine having to pick up the phone at work and saying “Fuck Ho, how may I help you?” [/QUOTE] Isn’t that what the lookout on the crow’s nest was supposed to yell when the whorehouse came into sight? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/10 "2008-06-17T02:53:22Z")
Why don’t they just call him “Biggus Dickus” and be done with it. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/11 "2008-06-17T14:11:01Z")
Was their last name “Johnson” or “Schwang” by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/12 "2008-06-17T14:17:13Z")
[QUOTE=cards] Isn’t Maximus Latin? And is Maxwell German? [/QUOTE] Maximus is Latin, not to mention that it’s a better name for a dog than a person, and according to [BehindtheName.com](http://BehindtheName.com), Maxwell is Old English. With nine months of waiting, you’d think they could have made the effort to look it up. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/13 "2008-06-17T14:19:59Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] First one, then the other. [/QUOTE] I thought a guy became the first because he was lacking the second… 🙂 I don’t see the awfulness of the name. Unless they insist on calling him his full name at all times, he’ll just be known as Max. When he gets married or graduates HS, his buddies will chortle about his names, but that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/14 "2008-06-17T14:30:15Z")
I know a couple who are going to have a son in a few months. Their chosen name: **Talon** ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/15 "2008-06-17T14:44:39Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] I don’t see the awfulness of the name. Unless they insist on calling him his full name at all times, he’ll just be known as Max. When he gets married or graduates HS, his buddies will chortle about his names, but that’s about it. [/QUOTE] Everybody’s going to know the full name, either because teachers tend to use the full name on first reference or through some other official means. Normally, when a posters say “no, don’t use [name X], your kid will get teased!!!” I think it’s ridiculous, because every kid gets teased and the teasing also ends in time. But this is just a crappy, ill-considered name - as shown by the fact that they think Maximus is German. Only a few years ago, there was an extremely popular movie featuring a Roman gladiator with that name, which should also have been a hint about its roots. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/16 "2008-06-17T14:53:17Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] I know a couple who are going to have a son in a few months. Their chosen name: **Talon** [/QUOTE] I’m thinking a Farscape fan who can’t spell. I don’t mind Maximus. We briefly considered it for our now-almost-two-year-old because we liked Max, but wanted that as a nickname, we thought Maximillian was a mouthful, and didn’t like Maxwell. But we decided it would make him sound like he should own a Gold’s Gym when he was older. So we dropped Max altogether. I don’t think it’s that bad. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/17 "2008-06-17T14:56:26Z")
Heh, I just named my youngest nephew last month. Maximus Grey. Well actually I chose Max Grey, but the parents went with Maximus so that he’d have a full name, which is somehow important, but it works with their Germanic last name and actually sounds like a kick ass bar, which is why I chose it. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/18 "2008-06-17T15:32:47Z")
Power would have been a better middle name. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/19 "2008-06-17T15:35:44Z")
Max Power. That’s an awesome name! [homer] Thanks. I got it from a hair dryer. [/homer] ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157/20 "2008-06-17T15:37:48Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] Power would have been a better middle name. [/QUOTE] I actually suggested Max Power, but I had to retract it because my sister in law thought it was pretty decent and I didn’t want to spend the rest of my short life being tortured with a Garden Weasel when someone told her where I got the idea. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-baby-name-oh-my/453157.md?page=2)