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.
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.
Locally there’s a kid named Casanova and another one named Severin. (Pity poor Severin–is his Mommy a dominatrix?)
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.
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”.
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???
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.
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:
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:
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.”)
Maybe he’ll be killed and then buried in the Pet Sematary, then come back as a zombie!
I’m very tempted to say “Hell”.
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.
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.
It also bears a very striking resemblencs to a brand of adult diapers…
That makes it unfortunate, not stupid.
I think we’re really discussing two different phenomena:
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Awful baby names, like “Nivaeh” or “Abcde” or “Pilot Inspektor.”
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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.”
… 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.
By the way, “gage” is also an old-time slang term for marijuana.