# White People's Funny Names for Children **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 30, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308 "2018-11-30T02:29:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/141 "2018-12-01T07:59:44Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Well, sort of. It’s also an alternative spelling for [Raijin (雷神), a god of lightning, thunder and storms in the Shinto religion and in Japanese mythology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raijin). I know a boy named Odin and knew another named Orion, so I wouldn’t rule out the mythology angle. I’ve met Thors and several zillion Jesuses, Manueles, Emmanuells, Emmanuelles, Emmas… ---
**Author:** ![Pitchmeister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pitchmeister/32/3459_2.png) [@Pitchmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pitchmeister)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/142 "2018-12-01T08:41:17Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > There’s also the fairly well known story of the guy who named his kids Winner and Loser. Loser (who went by Lou) became a reasonably successful police detective, while Winner had a life of crime. Names aren’t a guarantee of anything. That (if true) sounds like a really bad science experiment. Why in the name of all that is good would you name your child Loser? I really don’t get it, what has the poor kid done to you? I agree with **Alessan** : don’t make your child unique by giving him a stupid name. Try to enable him to become a unique person. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/143 "2018-12-01T09:59:33Z")
> [@Batano](#): > > Parent’s name their daughter Abcde. To make it worse “Abcde lives with epilepsy”. If it were capitalized, I’d assume that “Epilepsy” is her sister. > > But that is not the worst part. Some asshole Southwest Air employee makes fun of the name and **posts a photo of the boarding pass** online [Southwest Airlines apologizes for employee laughing at 5-year-old passenger named Abcde](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/southwest-airlines-apologizes-employee-laughing-5-year-old-passenger-named-n941766). SW made some mealy mouthed apology, but it looks like the employee is not fired. Asshole employee, but it’s good the Southwest didn’t give in to the teeming internet blockheads and fire the asshole just cuz “internet sez so”. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/144 "2018-12-01T10:01:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > On the news tonight they said there are over 300 kids in the US named Abcde. dont name your kids after your password. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/145 "2018-12-01T10:48:48Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Did they pick one of those? Yep, they picked one of the first ones from your list. And there’s little to no chance these kids will experience bullying – they’re all homeschooled. (One of the children is nicknamed “Stinky”, although I don’t know if the family calls him that outside of Facebook posts and private gatherings.) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/146 "2018-12-01T12:21:12Z")
I knew a couple who bred like rabbits and kept having daughters. They gave them all -ene names; Darlene, Carlene, Raylene, Charlene, Norene, and one I can’t remember. Their seventh kid was a boy and they named him Jerry. ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/147 "2018-12-01T14:22:58Z")
Back in the 80’s, I worked for a real jerk named Jim Mitchell (not his real name). He would tell a story about a Japanese man whose name was Fu Kyu, which he pronounced “Fuck You”. He’d laugh, repeat the spelling and the name several times, thinking it was hilarious. I stole his story, but changed things a bit. In my version, always spoken, the guy’s name was “Ass Hole” (spoken with a faux Japanese accent). No, really, it was spelled “A-S-H O-L-E”. No, no, wait a minute, I’ve got that wrong. The guy’s real name was Jim Mitchell. ---
**Author:** ![Razncain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9d8465/32.png) [@Razncain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Razncain)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/148 "2018-12-01T14:35:15Z")
Abcde is pronounced, “AB-si-dee”, sounds better than if spelled out letter by letter. Didn’t realize hundreds have already named their kids that. Thought it was a one time thing. I’ve heard of more than one family that was tired of hearing Christian names, such as Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Noah, Moses, David, etc, or even having boys named Christian, and girls Christine, so named their kids, Atheist Evolution. Here is a family naming their daughter that: [http://www.nancy.cc/2012/03/29/baby-named-atheist-evolution/](http://www.nancy.cc/2012/03/29/baby-named-atheist-evolution/) Just imagine the emotions that got stirred up and the torment they must have suffered growing up. And if they survived into adulthood, I bet it still continued on, and every single time their name was asked for or called out, they would have had some explaining to do. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/149 "2018-12-01T15:07:33Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > My brother-in-law and his brother are both named after their father. At least the father didn’t go naming five sons Jr, III, IV, V, VI. I find that a little bit, um, numerical. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/150 "2018-12-01T15:12:42Z")
Back in the 1970s, the problem wasn’t [kids with unique names.](https://vampyrefangs.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/jack-ziegler-peter-rabbit-nursery-school-1980-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/151 "2018-12-01T16:37:31Z")
I’ve run into several kids named Nevaeh. But I’m still waiting to meet some little fucker named Lleh. mmm ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/152 "2018-12-01T17:24:26Z")
I guess the general consensus on Penn Jillette’s daughter’s name, Moxie CrimeFighter Jillette, will be a thumbs down. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/153 "2018-12-01T17:37:09Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Well, sort of. It’s also an alternative spelling for [Raijin (雷神), a god of lightning, thunder and storms in the Shinto religion and in Japanese mythology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raijin). I know a boy named Odin and knew another named Orion, so I wouldn’t rule out the mythology angle. I wish I could say the name came from Japanese mythology, that would at least be a cool story… but it was the video game. The other kid’s just lucky his name isn’t Sub-Zero. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/154 "2018-12-01T17:37:52Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > I guess the general consensus on Penn Jillette’s daughter’s name, Moxie CrimeFighter Jillette, will be a thumbs down. Probably. But honestly, being rich insulates the children from some of the consequences of a weird name. As does having famous parents. As does being white. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/155 "2018-12-01T17:44:10Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > I guess the general consensus on Penn Jillette’s daughter’s name, Moxie CrimeFighter Jillette, will be a thumbs down. Borderline. “Crimefighter” is ridiculous, of cousre, but it’s just a middle name, and “Moxie” IS an actual name, or at least an actual word. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/156 "2018-12-01T17:51:38Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > I guess the general consensus on Penn Jillette’s daughter’s name, Moxie CrimeFighter Jillette, will be a thumbs down. Moxie’s not _too_ bad, by celebrity standards. CrimeFighter, while ludicrous, at least is a middle name, which can be ignored, quietly dropped or embraced as desired. Stupid middle names _are_ part of my culture at least, like Nicholas ‘if Jesus Christ had not died for thee thou hadst been damned’ Barebone. I always figured the only time most parents call their kids by their full name is when they’re annoyed, so picking something awful makes sense… ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/157 "2018-12-01T18:17:29Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > . . . posting the boarding pass on line could cause some temporary increase in teasing among her peer group, but I wouldn’t call it Doxing. > . . . It is posting her personal document online, and it is certainly how mob doxxing begins. Fortunately, the hyenas seem to have been distracted that night, or simply didn’t find the bait enticing. But it was a very dangerous thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/158 "2018-12-01T18:20:39Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > It is posting her personal document online, and it is certainly how mob doxxing begins. Fortunately, the hyenas seem to have been distracted that night, or simply didn’t find the bait enticing. But it was a very dangerous thing to do. > **[What’s in a Boarding Pass Barcode? A Lot – Krebs on Security](https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/10/whats-in-a-boarding-pass-barcode-a-lot/)** > > The next time you're thinking of throwing away a used boarding pass with a barcode on it, consider tossing the boarding pass into a document shredder instead. Two-dimensional barcodes and QR codes can hold a great deal of information, and… "The next time you’re thinking of throwing away a used boarding pass with a barcode on it, consider tossing the boarding pass into a document shredder instead. Two-dimensional barcodes and QR codes can hold a great deal of information, and the codes printed on airline boarding passes may allow someone to discover more about you, your future travel plans, and your frequent flyer account. Earlier this year, I heard from a longtime KrebsOnSecurity reader named Cory who said he began to get curious about the data stored inside a boarding pass barcode after a friend put a picture of his boarding pass up on Facebook. Cory took a screen shot of the boarding pass, enlarged it, and quickly found a site online that could read the data." ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/159 "2018-12-01T18:21:57Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > . . . > If anything the parents are guilty of the [Streisand effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect). By complaining about it to the media they have done much more harm to their child’s reputation than the South West Employee’s initial action. The whole point of the story is that it went viral because an airline employee photographed her ticket and posted it on social media. The parents are only responding to the media frenzy. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308/160 "2018-12-01T18:34:41Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Yep, they picked one of the first ones from your list. And there’s little to no chance these kids will experience bullying – they’re all homeschooled. (One of the children is nicknamed “Stinky”, although I don’t know if the family calls him that outside of Facebook posts and private gatherings.) Do they also never leave the house? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-peoples-funny-names-for-children/825308.md?page=9)