# Can we play another round of "What the hell were Mom and Dad thinking when they named the kid?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-play-another-round-of-what-the-hell-were-mom-and-dad-thinking-when-they-named-the-kid/682572 "2014-03-01T02:19:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-play-another-round-of-what-the-hell-were-mom-and-dad-thinking-when-they-named-the-kid/682572/401 "2014-05-07T22:50:48Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I knew a girl named Lovie. That’s not a nickname, it’s her real name. When I first met her, and people addressed her by name, it weirded me out a little, because it sounded like they were trying to be overly affectionate to her by calling her a term of endearment. Though I did get used to it. Lovie Smith is the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That’s his real given name. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-play-another-round-of-what-the-hell-were-mom-and-dad-thinking-when-they-named-the-kid/682572/402 "2014-05-08T00:15:21Z")
I knew a guy called Sandy Lovie. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-play-another-round-of-what-the-hell-were-mom-and-dad-thinking-when-they-named-the-kid/682572/403 "2014-05-08T02:36:57Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I knew a girl named Lovie. That’s not a nickname, it’s her real name. When I first met her, and people addressed her by name, it weirded me out a little, because it sounded like they were trying to be overly affectionate to her by calling her a term of endearment. Though I did get used to it. I think that, in the extremely unlikely event that I ever have a daughter, I will name her Sweetcheeks. ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-play-another-round-of-what-the-hell-were-mom-and-dad-thinking-when-they-named-the-kid/682572/404 "2014-05-08T03:06:13Z")
I had a job interview once with a woman rocking the double-barreled name of Lady Anne. Of course while I was expecting an upper crust, titled Brit, Lady Anne So-and-so turned out to be a Southerner (Alabama, I think) with parents who must have played What Were They Thinking. ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-play-another-round-of-what-the-hell-were-mom-and-dad-thinking-when-they-named-the-kid/682572/405 "2014-05-08T03:15:05Z")
I know a woman with two sons - they’re homeschooled (which is probably for the best). Their names? Angelus and Indiana. Angelus is the fat one. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-play-another-round-of-what-the-hell-were-mom-and-dad-thinking-when-they-named-the-kid/682572/406 "2014-05-08T03:42:28Z")
I was stationed in the Air Force with a female Lieutenant named Sunny Hooker. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-play-another-round-of-what-the-hell-were-mom-and-dad-thinking-when-they-named-the-kid/682572/407 "2014-05-08T11:22:16Z")
In business, a name crossed my desk that gave me one of those question mark moments: is this a real name or a really bad phony name? I just shook my head & went to on to the next file. The name was “Mina Dildar”. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-play-another-round-of-what-the-hell-were-mom-and-dad-thinking-when-they-named-the-kid/682572/408 "2014-05-08T11:43:40Z")
In Baltimore over the years I ran into a Cinderetha and a Latrina. I had an Anne Arundel County paramedic swear he treated a Shi’thead before, though that sounds like urban legend. Personally my two children are Stephan (a slightly misspelled version of my favorite Patrick O’Brian character) and my daughter Genevieve. My daughter’s name came from an encounter my ex wife had before me: she was at a bus stop with her first child, speaking with an older lady. The lady asked my ex what her son’s name was, and she told her. Then the lady replied “My name is Genevieve. No-one ever names their children Genevieve anymore.” My ex decided to correct that when she could. One nice thing I hope my children will continue is the tradition of continuing the middle name. My son’s middle name is mine, my father’s and my grandfather’s. My daughter’s is my wife’s. I like how it ties the family together. ---
**Author:** ![bookaholic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@bookaholic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bookaholic)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-play-another-round-of-what-the-hell-were-mom-and-dad-thinking-when-they-named-the-kid/682572/409 "2014-05-08T14:34:29Z")
The worst one I ever heard was ‘Latrina’. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-play-another-round-of-what-the-hell-were-mom-and-dad-thinking-when-they-named-the-kid/682572/410 "2014-05-08T21:26:27Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#): > > I know a woman with two sons - they’re homeschooled (which is probably for the best). > > Their names? Angelus and Indiana. I feel compelled to note that Indiana was the _dog’s_ name. ---
**Author:** ![Brandyldm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brandyldm/32/7851_2.png) [@Brandyldm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brandyldm)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-play-another-round-of-what-the-hell-were-mom-and-dad-thinking-when-they-named-the-kid/682572/411 "2021-05-10T03:19:02Z")
Ima Hogg was the daughter of Texas Governor Jim Hogg (served 1891-1895). Miss Ima’s name was taken from her uncle Thomas Hogg’s epic Civil War poem, The Fate of Marvin. As an adult, Ima Hogg often used the names Miss Ima and I. Hogg rather than Ima Hogg. She lived 93 years and died in 1975. My great grandmother, \*Bertha Hogg Dotson (1897-2001) was one of the last family members to bear the Hogg name. \*Bertha Hogg was a decent of Joseph Hogg. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-play-another-round-of-what-the-hell-were-mom-and-dad-thinking-when-they-named-the-kid/682572/412 "2021-05-10T18:59:13Z")
I just hate when parents take a known name and fuck with the spelling so that their jewel has a unique name. For the love of god, why must it be unique? ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-play-another-round-of-what-the-hell-were-mom-and-dad-thinking-when-they-named-the-kid/682572/413 "2021-05-11T01:18:14Z")
Welcome to the Dope! This is an old thread but a good one. I’d like to add that Miss Ima took on the duties of First Lady of Texas for her widowed father. By all accounts she did a stellar job, acquiring many valuable antiques which adorn the Governor’s Mansion to this day. And if you ever take the tour, do _not_ snicker when the guides refer to her as Miss Ima. She is much adored, and they’re all DPS officers. (Or were several decades ago when I was there. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-play-another-round-of-what-the-hell-were-mom-and-dad-thinking-when-they-named-the-kid/682572/414 "2021-05-11T02:17:13Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > For the love of god, why must it be unique? Don’t worry, it can also be Younique. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-play-another-round-of-what-the-hell-were-mom-and-dad-thinking-when-they-named-the-kid/682572/415 "2021-05-12T13:24:49Z")
There was much amusement one day when one of my colleagues discovered a US high school yearbook entry for a lady called Ginger Minge. Which may be OK over there, but here it would be distinctly embarrassing. As for naming a child after the place of conception, I remember when the Beckhams did it, the drag act Lily Savage said that if her parents had done it, she’d be “Butlin’s\* Pwllheli\*\* First Week of June”. \*A cheap’n’cheerful down-market holiday camp \*\*A seaside resort in Wales, not known for much else besides said camp. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-play-another-round-of-what-the-hell-were-mom-and-dad-thinking-when-they-named-the-kid/682572.md?page=20)