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Odd question, but with all the strange names out their...I'm surprised that some person with a sick sense of humor hasn't given their kid a swear word as a name. Who knows, maybe it has happend...but I just haven't known anyone who had done it.
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Wouldn't it be cool if someone changed their name to "You"? In responce, I don't think there are laws in the US that prohibit what names can be given.
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My fiancee's last name is Yu. I have forbidden him to give any of our children an 'F' name. His response? "GOD, I'm not THAT cruel."
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I think "me" would actually be funnier than "they"
Then someone who wanted to talk to you, would sound like they were talking to themselves.
"Hey, Me! Hows it going?
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just as a disclaimer, whenever I get married and have kids, I'll give my kids normal names...I can't stand people who give their kids strange names that will get them made fun of. I was just randomly curious if there had been a case where someone got a swear word as a name...or if it was even allowed
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I know some people who named their daughter Justelle, after a little boy they met whose name was L, just L. They were introduced to the boy by a family friend who made them promise not to laugh when they heard his name. "Just L. L. That's it. Just L." They didn't laugh, though they thought his name was Justell at first. When they realized their mistake, they got to thinking that Justelle was a pretty name. And when they had their daughter...
My daughter barely escaped being named Rayne Forrest.
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I had a student once whose name was Nazi Germani. She was Iranian, and pronounced it nahZEE gherMANI, but I certainly did a double take when I saw it written before my first session of the class she was in.
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A friend of mine is trying to convince his wife to let them give their son the middle name Danger, so he can go aorund the rest of his life saying Danger is his middle name.
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I can't think of any first name that'd go well with my last name (DeLong) that wouldn't be easily made fun of, i mean my first name is John....
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I need my wife to come into this thread to see that the weird names I always want to name our kids aren't that weird.
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I admit, I do like odd Galeic/Celtic names. I dunno, they're just so pretty...
Toretha wants to kidnap my firstborn son because Insanity_Plea wants to name him Artemis (yes, before you ask, from the Artemis Fowl books. hey, it could be Pippin or Merry or something LotR-ish).
IP doesn't have a middle name, but I need three names to yell when he makes me mad. So he has decided that his middle name is 'Confused', which makes it "Bernard Confused Yu".
Which he does on a regular basis.
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Clamitia - mother saw it on her chart and thought it sounded pretty.
Twin boys named orangejello (o-rawn-jello) and lemonjello (la-mon-jello)... and yes, thats right, she named them after Bill Cosby's favorite treat.
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You actually had these students in your class beatnix?
Porter, I love the name Xerxes. I've come up with similar lists that Christine has shot down. I was on a Gwydion kick for some time. Not that I would *quite* name a kid that, but a part of me would really love to.
Maybe you can use those name generator sites I sent you to come up with your next list.
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In my school, not in my class. A couple years ahead of the class I was teaching at the time. But I come from a pretty large poverty stricken community. A lot of my students have more education in the 8th grade than there parents at home do. Or at least it sure seems that way. I've definately ran into some strange birds over the last 4 years in this district.
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Noemon, well, having red hair myself, trust me, Red is a bad idea. The first one is just weird and the last is. . . well, the only name I associate with that name is Wilhelmina Models, and seriously, who needs that kind of pressure from birth? (Well, the other image that comes to mind is similar to what comes to mind when I hear the name Bertha.)
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It's just that I've been hearing that orangejello and lemonjello pairing for years--it strikes me as more of an urban legend.
My father was a teacher for 36 years, and claims that he once taught at a school that had students named Syphilis and Gonorrea (pronounced suhFILLus and g'NORee-uh, names chosen from a medical book in a doctor's waiting room by a mother who didn't know what the words meant. If it makes you feel any better I've always been fairly sure that that one was an urban legend too.
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Yeah Kayla, I didn't mean that my list was the same as Porter's just that I came up with the same type of names. Xerxes is the only overlap that I'm aware of between our lists.
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I've seen kids come through my school with names like Rebel and Tequila, and others of that sort, and 90% of them are kids who are in trouble all the time. I think you have to be careful about saddling a kid with an 'unusual'name just for fun, it really can effect the way they think about themselves.
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Noemon, I didn't mean to put your name there. Sorry. I just wrote it and when I was done, there was like, 10 posts between my post and the post I was replying to, so I went back and edited a name onto it. Unfortunately, I just saw the Xerxes and your name next to it and typed it. Oops.
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I believe I have the worst name I've considered saddling my kids with. Obadiah. I love the name Obadiah, but I've decided after deep consideration that I'm just not that cruel.
I am going to name my first daughter Karen (silent e) though. It's a name that's been in my family for years from our Danish side and I think it's so pretty. I hate the American name Karen though (no offense, it's my aunt's name, I just don't want to name my children that).
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I had a meeting yesterday with a guy named "Mr. Corpus". No idea what his first name was. Wonder if he likes to play clue? I work with another guy whose last name is "Carnal"
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I love *saying* those names, but they aren't ones I'd be tempted to bestow on a kid. Artabanos is a good one. So is Nebuchadnezzer
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I taught a girl named Faequa. On several occasions I heard teachers who didn't know the correct pronunciation pronounce it "fukYOOah." Last year, I taught a kid whose last name was Bonar. My daughter's have a schoolmate named, I kid you not, "Indiana Jones."
I know Cor and I have seen other strange names, but these are the ones that come to mind right now.
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quote:My father was a teacher for 36 years, and claims that he once taught at a school that had students named Syphilis and Gonorrea (pronounced suhFILLus and g'NORee-uh, names chosen from a medical book in a doctor's waiting room by a mother who didn't know what the words meant. If it makes you feel any better I've always been fairly sure that that one was an urban legend too.
Wouldn't be surprised. My grandfather worked in a county hospital, and there were people who named their kids after STDs (though he had never heard of a swear word being used). Though, the hospital instituted a policy that if someone asked for suggestions, the doctors had to suggests names from the bible after a doctor suggested a woman name her kid placenta and she did. The woman thought it was a good name, but others thought it was in poor taste for a doctor to suggest it.
There were also sisters at my school named Rainy Dae and Sunny Dae (Dae was pronounced Day).
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I really hate when people give their children strange names like these. It may seem cute and funny at first, but these aren't video game characters, they're people. And they're going to have to live with these names for the rest of their lives. Too many parents with more humor than sense seem to overlook this fact.
My own rules (not that I have any children) are as follows: 1) No names that are humorous in and of themselves. 2) No names that are humorous when paired with the last name. Go ahead and name your daughter "Eileen", but NOT if your last name is "Dover"! 3) If possible, avoid initials that spell a word. 4) Don't name the child after yourself. That's just tacky, and arrogant. 5) Twins must never, ever have names that sound similar or are variants of the same name. No Stacy and Tracy, Phillip and Phyllis, or even Charles and Carol. That's just wrong. 6) If the name is not an established name in your culture, but comes from another culture, make sure the child has roots in that culture. For example, I love the Japanese girl's name "Michiko", but since I have not a drop of Japanese blood in my veins, I would never use that name for a daughter unless the woman I marry happens to be of Japanese descent. That way, the child would be part Japanese and could justifiably be given a Japanese name.
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The current trend to name girls "Caitlin" or some similar spelling ignores the fact that Caitlin is the galic spelling for Cathleen, which is the galic diminutive for Catharine. With an Irish accent, Caitlin is correctly pronouned: Cahtleen. (note: in order to spell it correctly, there should be an accent over the second i)
As far as giving kids weird names; I chose to give my daughter a weird middle name, so she could choose to use it if she wanted to, but otherwise it goes unnoticed. Her middle name is spelled Guenevere, which is pronounced (correctly, in Welsh) Jennifer.
I'm surprised that no one has yet mentioned Ima and Yura Hogg.
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I guess I broke the last rule by naming my daughter Athena even though she has no Greek blood.
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I have a friend whose name is Susan Knox. One day, she was complaining that she didn't have a middle name so I asked her if I could give her one. She agreed, and I christened her Susan Opportunity Knox.
I've heard an urban legend (my dad told my it was someone he knew, but I don't know) about a mother who didn't name her newborn right away, so they wrote "female" and then the last name. She thought Female (feh-MAHL-ee) was beautiful and kept it.
Another friend of mine was married a year ago and recently had a little girl named Paige. I thought it was adorable until I remembered that my friend's married name is Turner. I haven't had the heart yet to ask if it was intentional.
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Don't click on that if you're easily offended, or even at work, maybe. There are some pretty offensive words there, but all examples of urban legend weird baby names.
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Oh, and we have a missionary (male) here whose first name is Cass...because his grandpa said he was a cute little cuss.
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My mother told me about a friend of hers whose last name was Rose. Her parents thought she was so beautiful as a new baby, just like a wild rose, so they called her Wild. Wild Rose. Kind of nice. Too bad she married a guy with the last name Bull. True story, I've seen a photograph of her and my mother together.
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I personally was committed (for a while, anyway)to naming my daughter Enziquelvinisensee Evelvenin Taylor. I am still so committed, but have recently come to the conclusion that I will never, ever, ever find a woman to love me.
Anyway, The coolest name I have actually heard in real life is Isis. I really doubt that this girl will hold it against her parents. She will probably have a few years when she gets teased, but many more years when she (and others) will appreciate the beauty and originality of the name.
Not that I'm reccomending you name your child Anubis or anything, but there it is.
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I would love to have a child named Xerxes! Sadly, the depth of the name would be lost on most of the people he'd encounter throughout life.
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