# Stupid Baby Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 7, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273 "2009-07-07T23:45:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/201 "2009-07-14T21:42:13Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > A Children Services worker here told me about A-a (Adasha), Oranjello and Lemonjello, and Shi’thead. I still don’t believe them, until I see documentation. You’re wise to be skeptical. So many people working for child services have claimed to see these names that you’d think the rest of us would have met one or two of them by now. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/202 "2009-07-15T12:33:33Z")
I saw another one last night in Time magazine … Sommer Skyy. ---
**Author:** ![auRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@auRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auRa)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/203 "2009-07-15T12:56:01Z")
I met a delightful two-year-old girl called Be Bop [last name] last year. Her parents are musicians, go figure. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/204 "2009-07-15T22:21:39Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > The only one I can think of is Shannon Sharpe, who played for Denver and Baltimore, and he didn’t retire because of a neck injury. He played until he was 35, which is about as old as receivers and tight ends get. > > ETA: Beaten to the punch. and I am just tired and wonky enough to wonder if it is because they put them down like greyhounds … I think i need a lot more caffeine! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/205 "2009-07-15T23:19:12Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > and I am just tired and wonky enough to wonder if it is because they put them down like greyhounds … I think i need a lot more caffeine! Only if greyhounds join the CBS broadcast team when they retire. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/206 "2009-07-16T00:52:12Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Er is a biblical name, if I recall correctly. One of Judah’s sons who died for not consummating his marriage with Tamar. Are you thinking of [Ner](http://www.bible-history.com/faussets/N/Ner/)? His name comes up occasionally in crosswords. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/207 "2009-07-16T01:22:15Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > **SweetLime** , I also knew a guy named Gay. And I had a roommate who married a guy named Coy. Both these guys were from Texas and were kind of cowboy-culture (by profession, Coy was a teacher; I think Gay did some kind of construction, but they both did rodeo stuff in their free time). There was a hugely successful TV presenter in Ireland called Gay Byrne (yes, pronounced burn), but that was short for Gabriel. I’ve met a couple of female Gayes myself, and have noticed that the TV show The Weakest Link really likes having contestants called Gaye. It’s probably because contestants usually start off the show by saying ‘I’m [name].’ 😃 And then Anne says the contestant’s name again and again. Seriously, I’ve watched tons of this show in the last couple of weeks (ill and housebound), and there have been three Gayes on it in that time. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/208 "2009-07-16T01:47:11Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Are you thinking of [Ner](http://www.bible-history.com/faussets/N/Ner/)? His name comes up occasionally in crosswords. Nope, different guy. Er is the brother of Onan. Er marries Tamar and dies without kids. Onan marries Tamar as a replacement for his brother, but he doesn’t want to get her pregnant. God doesn’t approve of coitus interruptus\*, and Onan dies. Youngest brother Shelah is up next to marry Tamar, and the soap opra continues… \*Not masturbation. Whoever coined the term onanism wasn’t reading the text too closely. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273.md?page=10)