# 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:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/41 "2009-07-08T02:58:10Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > I dunno, I know one woman who named her child that but I haven’t heard her say that name (or don’t recall her saying it). I’ve always assumed it’s “Nev-ay-uh”, short e for the first syllable. I wondered that too, then I heard someone in wal-mart (you’re shocked) hail their kid “Nev-e-uh.” Eventually I figured out that the kid’s name must be Neveah. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/42 "2009-07-08T03:27:10Z")
I read a book when I was a kid called “A Witch In Time” which claimed that turning holy symbols upside-down (or backwards) made them satanic (there’s a bible in the book that has the cross on the cover upside-down, revealing it’s a tool of the devil or something). With that in mind, Neveah has always surprised me as a popular choice of name among Christians. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/43 "2009-07-08T03:49:40Z")
Locally there’s a kid named Casanova and another one named Severin. (Pity poor Severin–is his Mommy a dominatrix?) ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/44 "2009-07-08T04:00:29Z")
What odd timing - my brother is planning on naming his next child Gage if it’s a boy (his wife is expecting but they don’t know the baby’s gender yet). Gage is the surname of his high school best friend. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/45 "2009-07-08T04:07:56Z")
One of my co-workers knew a girl named “Abcde”, pronounced “Ab-sid-ee”. It’s got a bit of a ring to it. We all wondered if she had a brother named “Fghij”. ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/46 "2009-07-08T04:09:12Z")
I have a friend who named his son Cash. If they have a girl baby next, I’m tempted to suggest that she be named Cari. Penny wouldn’t be as funny. Cash??? ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/47 "2009-07-08T04:13:02Z")
> [@KRC](#): > > Locally there’s a kid named Casanova and another one named Severin. (Pity poor Severin–is his Mommy a dominatrix?) Maybe she’s a big Velvet Underground fan but not very well read? Or she may think that’s the name of the character Alan Rickman plays in the _Harry Potter_ movies. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/48 "2009-07-08T04:13:18Z")
I’m a teacher, so every year I get about 125 kids, some of whom have odd names. One year, I had a “ **Princess** ”. Great, girl, by the way. Straight A’s. My principal was observing me one day, which he does about twice a year. He’s there sitting in my room and I’m talking with him. Princess comes up to me to ask a question and I say, “ **Listen, Princess, I’m talking to the Principal right now. Go take a seat and I’ll talk to you in a second**.” She leaves and I finish conversation with my boss. Only later did I realize that my principal probably thinks I call the female students “princess”, like some kind of weird, sleezy old man. :eek: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/49 "2009-07-08T04:19:55Z")
Anyway, other names I’ve heard: Princess(already stated) Diamond - I’ve had 2 kids named Diamond in two years. Tucker - I hate this name. It should be banned. One time, I had a kid named Tucker and his last name…well, it started with “f” and had the “uck” or “ugh” sound to it. The whole year, I was afraid of calling him “Fucker Taulk” or something. Nyeli - It’s Nigh Yell Eeee 😕 Dickie - :giggle: Snow - 😕 Nertil - :giggle: ---
**Author:** ![IGotNothin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ebca7d/32.png) [@IGotNothin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IGotNothin)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/50 "2009-07-08T05:36:34Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > At any rate, I was with the OP up through the first sentence, but… “Gage” is your worst example of a “stupid baby name”? Really? Oh I have worse ones. Sunshine Rush, Piper (from Charmed, thats my neice) Lee and my nephew Dakota Lynn, Deepender, Carissa (pronounced Ca-riss-a), Cannon, Afrikah, Moon, Blanket, Dewzel, Moon Unit..I could go on. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/51 "2009-07-08T06:34:20Z")
> [@IGotNothin](#): > > Oh I have worse ones. Sunshine Rush, Piper (from Charmed, thats my neice) Lee and my nephew Dakota Lynn, Deepender, Carissa (pronounced Ca-riss-a), Cannon, Afrikah, Moon, Blanket, Dewzel, Moon Unit..I could go on. what’s wrong with Carissa? Side note: I have a friend who named two of her daughters Allegra and Krystal. So they’re teenagers, close in age, they get in an argument. Krystal says, “Ha, you’re named after a DRUG. Mom named you after a DRUG.” Allegra says, “You should talk. She named you after an ILLEGAL drug.” (Not true in either case. Allegra was not a drug when Allegra was born, and Krystal was named after somebody on “Dynasty.”) ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/52 "2009-07-08T06:47:21Z")
> [@](#): > > is going to name her baby Gage. Maybe he’ll be killed and then buried in the Pet Sematary, then come back as a zombie! ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/53 "2009-07-08T08:10:24Z")
> [@Auntbeast](#): > > How is nevaeh pronounced anyway? I’ve never been able to figure it out. I’m very tempted to say “Hell”. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/54 "2009-07-08T08:20:56Z")
> [@IGotNothin](#): > > Oh I have worse ones. Sunshine Rush, Piper (from Charmed, thats my neice) Lee and my nephew Dakota Lynn, Deepender, Carissa (pronounced Ca-riss-a), Cannon, Afrikah, Moon, Blanket, Dewzel, Moon Unit..I could go on. You’re bloody picky. WTH is wrong with Carissa? And that’s how I would expect it to be spelt. Deepender sounds like a Sikh name. Only your last 4 or 5 are actually daft - but Blanket’s a nickname and it’s Dweezil you’re thinking of, not Dewzel. I used to post on these threads about my old students Willybiro, Pocahontas, Crow and Cinderella, but TBH with my job and the place I live no name strikes me as odd any more. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/55 "2009-07-08T08:27:47Z")
> [@Hyperelastic](#): > > I was going to make jokings about Gage coming from the character on _Emergency!_, only to find out that it’s all too true. > > My son went to preschool with a kid named Ghavynn. > > My wife knew someone named Shemal, with an accent over the e, which would have been merely unusual except that instead of pronouncing it SHAY-mal as the accent would seem to indicate, it was actually pronounced Sha-MAL. That took it into a whole other realm. I bet she lost count of the number of times someone called her “She-male”. I would hope she never becomes a doctor or a priest either - then the inevitable 9at least to me) Shaman is sure to make an appearance. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/56 "2009-07-08T08:29:09Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Deepender sounds like a Sikh name. . It also bears a very striking resemblencs to a brand of adult diapers… ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/57 "2009-07-08T13:44:16Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > It also bears a very striking resemblencs to a brand of adult diapers… That makes it unfortunate, not stupid. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/58 "2009-07-08T13:54:04Z")
I think we’re really discussing two different phenomena: 1. Awful baby names, like “Nivaeh” or “Abcde” or “Pilot Inspektor.” 2. Baby names that aren’t too awful but are made awful by stupid spelling. My daughter has a classmate, a little boy, named “Ruariri.” Apparently you’re supposed to pronounce it “Rory.” ---
**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:** [July 8, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/59 "2009-07-08T14:00:16Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > …it’s Dweezil you’re thinking of, not Dewzel. … and Dweezil was only a nickname until he had it changed to his legal name. His birth was registered under the name Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273/60 "2009-07-08T14:59:27Z")
By the way, “gage” is also an old-time slang term for marijuana. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-baby-names/502273.md?page=4)