# Names you would never give to your kid **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 13, 2002, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730 "2002-05-13T01:30:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/41 "2002-05-14T04:33:50Z")
If I were to marry a man with the last name **Lowe** I would never name my daughter . **Eileen** ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/42 "2002-05-14T06:37:24Z")
I like the idea of boldly choosing unusual names for babies, but these I think are a bit too bold. Grandfather, Grandmother, Cousin, Uncle, Aunt, etc. Doctor, Professor, etc. Some old-fashioned names may fit children of today, but not: Mildred, Mortimer, Myrtle, Velma, Gladys, Eunice, Urcel, and Edith. People may confuse the birth announcements with the obituaries page. Snobby names: Chauncy, F. Wetzel, Percy Luciano (if you’re not Italian) Wolfgang (if you’re not German) I could go on Worst name ever: Madison All of the above names are better than Maidison BTW, I hope I didn’t offend anybody named “Grandfather” out there ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/43 "2002-05-14T07:35:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*Names that shout my parents are trendy yuppies/my parents expect me to become a porn star: Hunter, Tucker, Tanner, Dakota, Montana, Taylor, Jordan, Mackenzie, Cheyenne, Savanna, Sierra, Jayden, Makenna. \*\* Aren’t these just SO Mills-&-Boon/Harlequin Romance novel? I swear I have seen ever single one of these names in some romantic drivel or other. Men are always given surname names, and women are always called after US states, and if not, they’re called “Summer”. Actually the best things about romance novels are those awful names. ---
**Author:** ![Willow\_fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Willow\_fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Willow_fire)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/44 "2002-05-14T13:09:21Z")
I have 2 names that are really bad, and both are real live people 1. My friend in highschool named her daughter Honey Beatrice, the kid is now 17 and everyone calls her Honey Bee, (can we say stripper name, and yes she is a little loose in the morals) 2)my real name Johnna (pronounced John-na)(like Donna but with a J) no one says it right I get Joanna Jolonda, JoHanna you name it, and to make matters worse dumb me I named my shop Johnna’s Salon, and people are always telling me they can’t find it in the phone book and/or that information can’t find it (i know its taboo to tell your real name buts ok its a big wide world) ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/45 "2002-05-14T13:15:47Z")
I haven’t re-read this entire thread, so I’m not sure if this has been mentioned yet or not, but I just thought of this… I think it’s stupid to give your child a name that is essentially the same as their last name. For example, David Davidson Daniel Daniels Robert Roberts I have met all three of these people in real life. ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/46 "2002-05-14T13:32:21Z")
**Cecil**. ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/47 "2002-05-14T13:45:02Z")
I used to work with a girl that named her baby Takota. She didn’t want Dakota, but her husband liked the name, so Takota it is. I went to high school with a guy named Jack Daniel. (no “s” on the end) I thought he was a ‘junior’ or ‘the third’, but no, his mom just thought it would be cute. I will never name my kids: Danielle or Lisa (ex best friends’ names), Nathan (I went to school with a kid named Nathan who picked his nose all the time), Aubrey (I’m not too sure why I don’t like this name), or any variation of a common name spelled funky. My first name is Kerri, and when I was little, getting school supplies with your name on them was the be-all-end-all. Do you know how difficult it is to find rulers or erasers or pencils that say “Kerri”? Nope. I’m not bitter. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/48 "2002-05-14T15:03:17Z")
Buckwheat. Though we tell our daughter that’s what she’d have been named if she weren’t a girl. I knew someone named Alexander Alexander Alexander – the third! Thrice as cruel. ---
**Author:** ![Leifsmama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@Leifsmama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leifsmama)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/49 "2002-05-14T15:23:12Z")
A nurse told me this one while I was in the hospital having my second son. A lady named her daughter Meconium Rose. For those of you who are unfamiliar, meconium is digested amniotic fluid that newborns poop out for the first 4 or 5 days of life. I have to say, the middle name couldn’t be a better fit! ---
**Author:** ![Pyrokatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Pyrokatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyrokatt)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/50 "2002-05-14T16:17:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Madison, McKenna, Caitlin, Emily, Alexis, Megan - anything trendy. For boys, Michael. Even though it’s not the most popular now (that’s Jacob, I hear), it’s way too ever present for me. I also would never give a girl one of the following middle names: Marie, Lee, Lynn or Anne. I think people just use them for filler. My first name is Emily and my middle name is Marie. Go figure. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![MachV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@MachV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachV)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/51 "2002-05-14T16:23:15Z")
I have two boys, so, you know, pretty much anything but Sue. ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/52 "2002-05-14T19:14:25Z")
I hope this isn’t a hijack, but I get irritated at people who give their kids ethnic names and then mispronounce them. I’m thinking specifically of Russian names here, but I think it applies to others. For the googolzillionth time, it’s ee-VON, _not_ EYE-van, and AH-nah-STAH-zha, _noy_ ANN-uh-STAY-zha. Ahem. ---
**Author:** ![CaptBilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@CaptBilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptBilly)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/53 "2002-05-14T19:28:19Z")
If your last name is Hertz or Head no Richards, if its Hunt no Michaels. Capt Billy ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/54 "2002-05-14T19:42:07Z")
Stinky Brenda Sue Daisy Mae Abner I dislike the “trendy” names. However, 16 years ago when I named my little bundle o’ joy, “Briana” was a unique Celtic name, and as part of our heritage is Celtic, what the hell. Now there are “Briannas’”, “Brianas”, Bryannas" everywhere. But I was first dammit! ---
**Author:** ![epolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@epolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epolo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/55 "2002-05-14T21:50:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mooney252 \* > \*\*I knew someone named Alexander Alexander Alexander – the third! Thrice as cruel. \*\* Umm…I think I knew that guy. Unless there’s more than one of them :eek: My name translates from Hebrew and Polish as something like: Bear Helper of the Field ---
**Author:** ![comradegonzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/47e85d/32.png) [@comradegonzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/comradegonzo)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/56 "2002-05-15T01:39:39Z")
Amber, Crystal, Jade, and Bubbles will all grow up to become …dancers. I know one Madigan, as well as a Kaylynn. Down with the double firstnames! ---
**Author:** ![Molly\_Coddle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bcef8e/32.png) [@Molly\_Coddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molly_Coddle)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/57 "2002-05-15T01:54:08Z")
~ Has a photography teacher named **Jeff Scott** ~ I actually knew a **Clint Eastwood** in middle school. I think that that is kind of cruel. I would never nae my kids something that could be easily made fun of. I knew another girl named **Paula Cole** , like the singer, but she was really tall and they called her " Paula too Talla" ---
**Author:** ![lokij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@lokij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lokij)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/58 "2002-05-15T05:28:32Z")
Hmmm… I named my daughter Matilda Dagny with the complete understanding that it’s a name you either really like or really hate. I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Luongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Chris\_Luongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chris_Luongo)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/59 "2002-05-15T05:49:17Z")
> [@](#): > > I have two boys, so, you know, pretty much anything but Sue. Now THAT’S a great song! Also, I’ve never much trusted people who simply go by their initials, keeping their real names a secret. Oddly, having initials instead of a name generally means that you’re destined to be in the lowest 10% or top 10% of society; never anywhere in between. When I have children, I will deliberately make sure that their first and middle initials are not AJ, CJ, JR, or anything else like that. ---
**Author:** ![Omnivore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47774/32.png) [@Omnivore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnivore)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730/60 "2002-05-15T05:49:27Z")
La-Wanda, La-Tisha, La-anything! Nor Muhommad, Jamal or Jhamal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-you-would-never-give-to-your-kid/108730.md?page=4)