# Making up baby names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2002, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521 "2002-12-23T11:55:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kimmom2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Kimmom2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmom2)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/21 "2002-12-24T04:43:24Z")
I bet my daughter is real happy that I didn’t name her Zamrot like the baby namer said I should! ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/22 "2002-12-24T05:34:31Z")
OK I think I just got the worst one of all… TATATA ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/23 "2002-12-24T05:42:11Z")
> [@](#): > > “Hey, Bri, come over here and spread some on me?” Hahaha! That is hilarious! You don’t know _how_ many times I’ve had to put up with comments such as, “Like the cheese? Bri?” Guess I’ll have to find a use for that line somewhere :😁: Thanks for the link! (That’s with one ‘n’, not two, and no, I wasn’t named after the porn star, she was after my time. It’s celtic for chrissake!) ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/24 "2002-12-24T06:38:59Z")
Oh, man…being female and German, I asked for same, with an S, and got these: STANATE STANGE STANNIA STANTIA SYBILI I’d rather make acronyms with these than use any of them in their pure form! Or clip them: Tania Sybil ---
**Author:** ![Bucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Bucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bucky)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/25 "2002-12-24T18:37:14Z")
TANGENTIAL RAMBLING AHEAD: I wish I had the cite, but I’ve read a couple of articles indicating that kids with “creative” spellings of unusual names tend to have a harder time in school. Maybe it’s a symptom instead of a cause, I’m not sure. But when I become king, we’re going to standardize spellings of names, ban white people from naming their kids after tribes, and require that people follow my simple rule: Odd last names should be matched with ordinary first names. Ordinary last names should be matched with odd first names. No alliteration. No naming several kids with the same initials–my brother Greg and Garry and sibling Melanie and Michael would joing me (real name Mitchell) in thanking you. So. Ariadne Smith and Joe Nahampemapetalan are good. Bob Johnson and Deindre Papachronis are bad. Oh, and consider the annoyance factor of screwy spellings, the teasing factor, and the “boy named Sue” factor. So how did I end up as “Bucky?”… ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/26 "2002-12-24T18:51:34Z")
\ What shall we name our child so that he gets the sh!t kicked out of him? **Englebert Humperdinck!** \ ---
**Author:** ![aenea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c68b51/32.png) [@aenea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aenea)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/27 "2002-12-25T01:47:24Z")
Hey, one of my younger brothers got screwed as hard as anything that program could generate. His name? Mahaius (ma-hai-us), they call him Mahai for short. He’s a real cute little freckled white boy, doesn’t resemble his name at all. (sigh) My mother thought he should have an ancient Lemurian name, one that hasn’t been heard on this planet for 10,000 years. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/28 "2002-12-25T02:07:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skerri \* > \*\*\ > What shall we name our child so that he gets the sh!t kicked out of him? > > **Englebert Humperdinck!** > \ \*\* Actually, it’s "What shall we name our son so that he does not get the shit kicked out of him? I know, Englebert Humperdinck! ---
**Author:** ![ghandi5569](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@ghandi5569](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghandi5569)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/29 "2002-12-25T07:01:58Z")
I like Jezebel Ishtar or Satan (pronounced Say-tawn) Naparoosum (pronounced Nop-or-oz-am). But I don’t ever want the kid, so I’ll eventually give a pet that name. Friends have proposed names like Soup Tureen (as a first name), Chlamydia, Pollux, Ite (person has a last name of Hitt, so on any forms that put last name first, kid would be Hitt, Ite), Adrenal, Ishkabibble, and Herman Muddfuddle. Just a few that aren’t from the name generator thing. ---
**Author:** ![Flashpaper\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Flashpaper\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flashpaper_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2002, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/30 "2002-12-25T13:34:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by roadkiller \* > \*\*OK I think I just got the worst one of all… > > TATATA \*\* Is that taTAta or TATata? ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/31 "2002-12-26T03:07:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Slainte \* > \*\*You may enjoy [this article](http://www.misanthropic-bitch.com/briandrye.html). (Warning this site isn’t for the easily offended/faint of heart; it’s The Misanthropic Bitch) > \*\* That was a hoot. I agree with the Bitch – made up names aren’t quite as bad as new spellings for “normal” names. But hey – did you know that when you bookmark TMB, the name that shows on the Favorites list isn’t TMB, it’s “Shaved Young Indonesian Transvestites”? How do they do that? Make the url different in the Favorites list than it is in the address box? Apologies for the slight hijack. ---
**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/32 "2002-12-26T03:16:08Z")
Her articles are great - especially that one in particular. :eek: On my bookmark it just says ‘The Misanthropic Bitch’. Although I do find SYIT amusing (though somewhat alarming) ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/33 "2002-12-26T03:28:18Z")
Never mind. I’m an idiot. I bookmarked the section I was reading, not the home page. [redfaced emoticon here] ---
**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/34 "2002-12-26T03:40:51Z")
🙂 It’s OK, **AuntiePam**. Glad you enjoyed the link. You too, **XJETGIRLX**. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/35 "2002-12-26T04:37:48Z")
For boys: BENEL FERZYLI ILORIA VADI VELMAR * * * For girls: MILA SVETLA TEFIA YELARA ZANIE * * * Non gender specific: ALIAN DELISH GINE IMA NICITY My kids are gonna hate me. 😃 “Come here, NoClueFerzyli…” “Why can’t you be more like your sister Zanie?” “Hello, my name is NiCity.” I’ll go with my original choice: Abijah T. Bindersnatch ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/36 "2002-12-26T05:46:19Z")
My favorite one so far came from using the “No-Nonsense Names” criteria and ‘Q’ **QUISESTH** There’s just something about that name … ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/37 "2002-12-26T07:19:45Z")
A friend of a family of a friend named their baby girl Paiton. To the mother’s face, everyone gushed about the name and the baby. Behind the mother’s back, everyone retched. Did anyone see the SNL skit where it was a camp for African-American kids and they all had names like Leukemia or Pepto-Bismol? Funny stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Wordy\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@Wordy\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wordy_One)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/38 "2002-12-26T08:14:55Z")
Speaking of… [This website](http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/index.html) tackles the made-up names pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/39 "2002-12-26T08:33:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*A friend of a family of a friend named their baby girl Paiton. To the mother’s face, everyone gushed about the name and the baby. Behind the mother’s back, everyone retched. \*\* Sadly, I’ve noticed an alarming number of small Peytons around recently. What is with this “surname for given name” trend?? ---
**Author:** ![ninevah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/46a35a/32.png) [@ninevah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ninevah)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2002, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521/40 "2002-12-26T22:50:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cazzle \* > \*\* What is with this “surname for given name” trend?? \*\* Certainly, it’s not a recent trend. My great uncle was given the name Macfarlane (he’s known as Mac) which was a surname from our family history. Often, important names in family history mostly enter the middle-name category, but sometimes make it into the given-name category. There are several cases of this happening within my maternal and paternal family histories, however, it does only seem to happen to the males on other side. However, these unusual names not only occur due to family surname pride, but also out of lack of imagination. When my great-great grandmother was due to give birth, she was only expecting one child, and already had a name picked. Low and behold there were twins, and the second son (they were identical twin boys) who was my great grandfather, got lumbered with the name of the state premier of the time, whom my great-great grandparents must have admired. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-up-baby-names/144521.md?page=3)