# Sure, name your kid G'uennnhwuyFurr, but expect people to point and laugh **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 3, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233 "2003-10-03T00:28:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/101 "2003-10-04T02:30:11Z")
Wasn’t Rowan the main character in Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches trilogy? (Oh, and in case anyone asks about the odd spelling of “kathi”, I started going by Kathi in fifth grade, and I just wanted to be different). _shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![fierra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@fierra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fierra)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/102 "2003-10-04T02:48:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by belladonna \* > \*\*(one of the youngest got Chelsea though, > > [snip] > > Out of all the silly naming trends, the one that gets me the most–aside from the idiotic “special spellings”–is the place names. Austin, Dakota, Paris, Sicily, etc. \*\* Are you whooshing us? Chelsea is a place name! ---
**Author:** ![auliya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/90db22/32.png) [@auliya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auliya)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/103 "2003-10-04T03:14:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hibernicus \* > \*\*“Fiach” means “raven”. I’m not saying it never means “eagle”, but the usual word for eagle is “iolar” (pronounced roughly “ullur”) > > “Fiach” also means “hunt”, and also “debts”. The Lord’s Prayer has “maith dúinn ár bhfiacha” meaning “forgive us our trespasses”.\*\* Thanks \*\* hibernicus\*\*, I think I only saw it as “eagle” in one baby name book, and we know how accurate they can be. Interesting, the other meanings though, neither of which I had come across before. ---
**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/104 "2003-10-04T03:35:31Z")
When I was born, my mother wanted to name me after the weekday on which I was born - Sunday. Except I was born in Poland, to Polish-speaking parents. Were it not for the common sense my Grandparents wrestled into my mom, people would have to call me Niedziela. ---
**Author:** ![VampyChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5daacb/32.png) [@VampyChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VampyChick)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/105 "2003-10-04T03:58:26Z")
I believe I have found the single worst name on [babynameworld.com](http://babynameworld.com), though I think a good guideline for naming a child would be ‘If the name is on that site, don’t use it.’ It’s under ‘African Names’. ‘Kabela.’ The name alone, while unusual, is no worse than most. However, it means, “This child, too, shall die.” “What a lovely and exotic name for your daughter, Mrs. Smith! But, pray tell, what does it mean?” “Well, you see…Kabela, go out in the back yard. You don’t need to hear this.” ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/106 "2003-10-04T04:11:02Z")
I think the worst ever (first and middle) was Bad Fuck. Mom said she named him after his father. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Obvious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Mr.Obvious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Obvious)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/107 "2003-10-04T04:20:49Z")
We are so tired of these stupid ass names. Sioban, Katelyn, Hewie…what are you people high? Whatever happened to regular names like Bob and Jenny? Get over yourselves…just because your kid has Welsh name or an African chieftain name, doesn’t change the fact that your double-wide needs a new roof and welfare only gets paid twice a month, inspite of your $50-a-day crack habit. Sincerely, Lemonjello and Orangejello Smith 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/108 "2003-10-04T04:20:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Green Bean \* > \*\*Not at all. Philander is a legitimately “real” name, but in our society, it has a strong negative connotation. It’s a horrible thing to name a kid. Nothing wrong with the name Adolf either, except… > > Speaking of Nazis: > > **Racinchikki** : > Here is a brief description of Operation Carpetbagger from the [USAF Museum site.](http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/wwii/oc1.htm) > Operation CARPETBAGGER: Night Flights Over Occupied Europe > In 1943, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) - the forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency - called upon the U.S. Army Air Forces (AAF) to conduct special operations from the United Kingdom. Aircrews started flying leaflet-dropping mission in October 1943, but plans called from them to fly dangerous, clandestine missions deep into the heart of occupied Europe. The majority of these missions secretly airdropped supplies by night to partisan fighters, under the codename Operation CARPETBAGGER. > Leaflets encouraging German troops to surrender were dropped by the Carpetbaggers in hopes of disguising the real purpose of their mission. \*\* Thanks! I heart learning about WWII. ---
**Author:** ![Palewriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@Palewriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palewriter)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/109 "2003-10-04T04:43:21Z")
I think the previous poster needs to up the meds. Personally, I like names like Billy or Mary. Call your fucking rugrat N’Gwanza or Still-Waters-Run-Over-The-Bowl and live with the consequences. ---
**Author:** ![Infectious\_Lass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e56c9b/32.png) [@Infectious\_Lass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infectious_Lass)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/110 "2003-10-04T12:55:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by VampyChick \* > \*\*I believe I have found the single worst name on [babynameworld.com](http://babynameworld.com), though I think a good guideline for naming a child would be ‘If the name is on that site, don’t use it.’ > > It’s under ‘African Names’. ‘Kabela.’ The name alone, while unusual, is no worse than most. However, it means, “This child, too, shall die.” > \*\* Well, according to Sue Browder’s _New Age Baby Name Book_ (1985 edition) that I bought on holiday in Florida in 1985, the reason many African names have ‘negative’ meanings is so evil spirits will be fooled into not taking children (ie causing them to die) because said evil spirits will be fooled into thinking they are doomed anyway. Don’t know how true it is, but that’s what that book says. Also the newest Archbishop of Canterbury is called Rowan. Can’t remember his surname though. That’s how much interest I take in religious affairs. ooh! I’m such a heathen! ---
**Author:** ![confessorknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@confessorknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/confessorknight)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/111 "2003-10-04T14:11:01Z")
I’m a bit wary of these baby name lists.It took some solid negotiation with my sister to persuade to her to relegate the name Neo from my nephew’s christian name to his middle one (though he did still end up being called Cian). ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/112 "2003-10-04T15:41:32Z")
I’m guessing that my desire to name a child Siencyn would not go over well with you people. ---
**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/113 "2003-10-04T19:24:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Obvious \* > \*\*We are so tired of these stupid ass names. Sioban, Katelyn, Hewie…what are you people high? Whatever happened to regular names like Bob and Jenny? > > Get over yourselves…just because your kid has Welsh name or an African chieftain name, doesn’t change the fact that your double-wide needs a new roof and welfare only gets paid twice a month, inspite of your $50-a-day crack habit. > > Sincerely, > > Lemonjello and Orangejello Smith > > 🙂 \*\* I loved that show… Miss Kisskillya was my hero. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/114 "2003-10-04T21:47:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fierra \* > \*\*Are you whooshing us? Chelsea is a place name! \*\* Huh, you’re right. I never really made the connection. Sort of like the name Georgia or Shannon–those are places too, but when I hear the name I don’t automatically think “ew, place name…” So to amend my statement, one of the naming trends that gets me the most is the _newest_ wave of place names. Probably twenty years from now names like Dakota and Sicely will seem completely normal and people will be bitching about all the Ontarios and Nevadas running around. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/115 "2003-10-05T02:51:58Z")
I suppose I shouldn’t talk-I like the name Olga for a girl. :o ---
**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/116 "2003-10-05T05:34:03Z")
The only reason I occasionally think “It’s almost too bad I never ever want to have children,” is because I really would love to name a daughter Cornelia Amethyst. Cornelia was my mother’s name, and yes, her nickname was Corny, but I think it’s a lovely name. And Amethyst was the name my parents had picked out for the girl my mother miscarried before having my older sister. But, the point is moot because when I think beyond the “ooh, pretty names” instinct, I remember that I have absolutely no desire to procreate at all. I’m gonna keep encouraging friends to use those names, though. I almost had my friend Kim convinced to use Cornelia as a middle name, but turns out she’s having a boy. And naming him Thaddeus. Which I guess is an okay name… Keep in mind, this is coming from a girl with the first-middle name combo of Antares Janeva… (which I rather like, thank you very much). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/117 "2003-10-05T09:33:29Z")
REASON #1,354,005 FOR SPOOFE NEVER HAVING CHILDREN: It took me a month to think of a name for my _computer_, and a week to think of a name for my _car_… by the time I think of a good name for my kid, he’d be old enough to pick his own goddamned name. And I don’t wanna spend all that time shouting crap like, “Hey, what’s-your-face, don’t put the fork in the wall socket!” ---
**Author:** ![Akatsukami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/118 "2003-10-05T23:09:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tsarina \* > \*\*(Says the girl with a boyfriend named Saurabh, which is pronounced incorrectly by every non-Indian we know.) 🙂 \*\* Well, don’t leave us with worms in our mouths; is the correct pronounciation “Sauron” or “Saruman”? Yes, I realize that I have ensured my eternal damnation with that remark, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/119 "2003-10-05T23:48:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MamaHen \* > \*\* > Makes me glad I named my son Levi, at least it’s short even though most people pronounce it Lev-EE. \*\* Lee-vee? ARe these people stupid? It should be pronounced, " Lee-Five" 😃 BTW, great OP with great links. I’ve wasted the better part of an hour reading the exact reasons why some people should be sterlized. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233/120 "2003-10-06T00:47:18Z")
:smack: That would be “Lee- Six” Nuts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sure-name-your-kid-guennnhwuyfurr-but-expect-people-to-point-and-laugh/205233.md?page=7)