I grew up with a somewhat strange name – builds character. There’s no way I’ll let my kid have some run of the mill name that every Tom, Dick and Harry reconizes off the bat. “Apple” is an awesome name for a girl; I wish I’d thought of it first.
–Cliffy
At my job, I deal with long lists of customers. I’ve started collecting names; currently, I’m at 112. I’d love to share the whole list, but we have a privacy policy in place… sigh
Anyway, here’s just a few wryly amusing first names I’ve found:
Jew
Charisma
Looney
Controversy
Delarious
Curry
It doesn’t seem to be a problem for Condoleeza Rice.
I know a Charisma. Oddly enough, all of her siblings have pretty normal names, like Rebecca.
I know a Gaudy (f) and a Kenzo (m).
Heh. I find it even more amusing that someone called "Word"Man agrees. 
And is Charisma charismatic, or a complete nebbish?
Obligatory link to the Utah Baby Namer
I dare anyone to come up with a wierder boy’s name than Estrus.
Ugh, I clicked on h. sapiens’ link and saw Aarikkaa listed under the girls’ section, and I cried a little bit. And then I scrolled down and saw DuWhitVandeeOn and pondered whether man is inherently good or evil (I’m leaning towards evil). Then I saw Honey Dawn and wondered what percentage of strippers/porn stars hail from Utah. And then I saw LaFawnduh and wondered if this page was all a joke. But after reading the “What’s in a (Utah) name?” page, I guess it’s real.
In my daughter’s kindergarten class there is a little boy by the name of Peerless.
Until your child encounters somebody who knows that language at some point in his or her life. Imagine what might happen:
“Hi, I’m Asdfghjkl Zxcvbnm Smith.”
“Your parents named you after an oven-baked tractor?”
(Unless you meant an English-to-Other Language dictionary, so you know what the name means. If so, your idea might be a good one.)
I have a friend who named her daughters **Camelia ** and Magnolia.
My niece’s best friend is named Brooklyn. She didn’t think it was funny when I asked her if friend’s brother was named DaBronx.
The latter. It’s what I meant by making sure that the name isn’t embarrassing, but I can see how it might not be clear. For example, say Bob and Jane are peaceful hippies (not that there’s anything wrong with that) and for some reason, they want their kid’s name to reflect that want to name their kid something that reflects this. Bob might suggest the name “Peace.” In my opinion, this isn’t the best idea. Perhaps there is a word in another language that means peace that can be used. Bob and Jane can name their daughter Frieden and tell people what it means in english. The parents are happy, Frieden has an interesting name, and none of the other children will make fun of her by calling her “War”.
If you only have an English dictionary and a Russian dictionary without translations to use for baby nameideas, then use the English dictionary every time.
That site gives* Abcde * as a girl’s name. How do you pronounce that? And do you have to name your second-born Fghij?
I’m naming my kids Qwerty and Dvorak.
My half a semester of Chinese in the nineties demands that I pronounce this as “zhow”. I think that is going to happen a lot to this young man, or thanks to xylophone he will get a lot of “zow”.
Damn, are you sure they’re mine? I don’t remember that night…at least I think I’m still a virgin.
And then they can name her brother “Warren.”
. . . are you sure he’s not in a class of his own?
My lord, I am so sorry. So very sorry.
Pronouncing it “azz-dickle zix-bunnum” should solve that problem (while perhaps creating others).