# Unusual Baby names of 2004 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-baby-names-of-2004/282853 "2005-01-03T17:28:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Brufordesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecc23a/32.png) [@Brufordesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brufordesque)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-baby-names-of-2004/282853/41 "2005-01-05T14:48:24Z")
Friends of mine recently had their tenth child. They have a rule in their family for naming children - no one gets a name that starts with a letter that has already been used. That includes middle names, and also includes the parents names. So for child number 10 (with 11 people already in the family) only 4 letters were left to choose from. The baby boy’s name: Yosiah Xavier. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-baby-names-of-2004/282853/42 "2005-01-05T20:04:07Z")
> [@Miss Purl McKnittington](#): > > . . . are you sure he’s not in a class of his own? No, he’s just going through life with a free pass for any criminal activity. [defense lawyer]Your honor, the law gives my client the right for a trial by jury of his peers, but since he is Peerless, no suitable jury can be found. These charges must be dismissed![/defense lawyer] ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-baby-names-of-2004/282853/43 "2005-01-06T05:19:19Z")
My family owns the weird name crown, but we all turned out ok. Me -\> Risha Bree Older brother -\> Damon Abraxsas Ra Stepsister #1 -\> Nashara Corinne Stepsister #2 -\> Maraya Bronwyn In all seriousness, though, I really like my name. I get a few cheese jokes, and a whole heck of a lot of compliments. ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-baby-names-of-2004/282853/44 "2005-01-06T05:34:41Z")
Given name spotted more than once in Hall County, GA police blotter: Chewbacca. If my mama named me Chewbacca, I’d be using drugs, too. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-baby-names-of-2004/282853/45 "2005-01-06T05:43:09Z")
A good friend back home was going to name his baby **Serra Angel Lastname** if it was a girl. Fortunately, it turned out to be a boy. Yes, he was a huge Magic geek. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-baby-names-of-2004/282853/46 "2005-01-06T10:18:33Z")
> [@](#): > > Obligatory link to the Utah Baby Namer > > I dare anyone to come up with a wierder boy’s name than Estrus. From that link Estrus is actually a pretty good boy’s name. Zaragrunudgeyon? NaLa’DeLuhRay? A bad Sci/fi writer on acid couldn’t come up with idiotic-er names. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-baby-names-of-2004/282853/47 "2005-01-06T19:26:44Z")
Og help us all. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-baby-names-of-2004/282853/48 "2005-01-06T19:56:40Z")
A neighbor of mine, back in my hometown in Texas, was legally named _Boy_. He was one of a jillion kids and I guess his parents just gave up on the name thing. As to Jeneral, Senator, YuMajesty, etc., a friend of mine, a member of a much maligned minority, once told me that some of his minority friends gave their children names like that so that the members of the racist pigs majority, when addressing those children were forced to call them by a respectful name. I was told this many years ago and believed it. I wonder if that is still the reason. If so, that’s just sad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-baby-names-of-2004/282853.md?page=2)