Can we play another round of "What the hell were Mom and Dad thinking when they named the kid?"

Only if she manages to become a time traveler.

Reminds me of something Rincewind the Wizzard once said, “Luck is my middle name! Mind you, my first name is Bad.”

I have a 2nd cousin named Sherry. Yes, she’s sick of hearing it.

I had a student last year called Azimuth Jenkins. I thought he sounded like a Terry Pratchett character.

They are called “kira kira” names in Japan, “sparkly names” and there are some doozies.

My son’s best friend is called Tomorou with the kanji for “ashita”, tomorrow, as his name. It’s so weird. And we take the piss constantly. “When you see Tomorou tomorrow, ask him where he was yesterday” :slight_smile: The kids sang a song at school and the chorus had a line in English - “search for tomorrow…” and the entire school year turns and yells “found him!”

There is another kid called Hot(o). I asked the mother why, she said that in the future when the girl travels abroad foreigners will hear her name and think she’s a nice friendly personality. “Hi! I’m Hot!” Yep, that works.

My friend is a teacher and she has a kid called Earth whose kanji are the ones for Chikyu, or earth in Japanese. But when said with a Japanese accent it comes out as Arse. GREAT name!

A student of mine is a public health nurse in another town and she swears up and down there is a baby called Pikachu! She’s a serious person so I don’t doubt her. Apparently the kanji are for light and space but when he’s 90 it’s going to be really odd.

Then there are our near neighbours with kids called Kirin (giraffe) Raion (lion) Usagi (rabbit) and Sai (rhinocerous). I have no idea what the hell they were thinking. Again the kanji mean different things - Sai has the kanji for matsuri, or festival (celebration) so it’s not tooooo bad but en masse they have raised a zoo!

Chance: destined to be a landscape architect.

As for Juan Hummingbird…might be Native American (many have some Hispanic influence), which would make it okay, IMHO.

I used to know a man named Harding. He was in his mid-40s when I knew him during the 90s.

Rumer seems a very strange name to me, although I’ve just seen that it’s more common in the UK. Is it not unusual in the UK, then? I’ve also just noticed that Bruce and Demi’s kid’s middle name is Glen. Doesn’t help much, IMO, although I guess she’s the only one who has to like it.

i suspect odd names are common now and if your class list looks like the OP’s, then you wouldn’t bat an eyelid at most of these names. that said, i’m not sure i could address a 60-year-old whose name is Pikachu.

Kelton is a traditional, Old English name. It’s the name of a 50 yo friend of ours, so it’s not some new thing. They gave their daughter a pretty, Old English name as well.
I worked with an Azriel. He was Israeli.

There was a pretty well known (British) author named Rumer Godden. I’ve read several of her books.

I’m 43 and my first thought was the actress Carrie-Anne Moss.

Is it really that obscure? I’m 38 and I’m pretty sure almost all my friends know it. Now, an 18 year old, maybe not. But even my brother, at 31, knows it.

In high school, I knew a kid named Richard Beiter (pro. “biter”). His parents called him Dick.

Poor bastard; he was a good guy, and very few let him get past that unfortunate name.

There are plenty of good names that are featured in songs. Is someone supposed to not name their kid “Gloria” for fear that the kids will sing, “GLORIIAAAA, in te domine!”

The parents were fans of BEING THERE. Add points if the kid is taught to garden.

I’m 31 and I have no idea what song you are talking about. The only thing I thought of was the actress from “The Matrix,” Carrie Anne Moss.

What would you do if your parents named you Daisy Cowit?

A woman I work for has a son whose middle name is Theseus (I saw his diploma hanging on the wall in her house). She is Greek, so maybe it is more common there than here. I for one think it’s pretty bad-ass.

That should be considered child abuse. I’m not even kidding.