you named your kid what???

dia77

I teach and we have a lot of princess, promises, precious, blessing....and believe me from a teacher's perspective they never live up to their names!

lol!

argharna

I have a cousin named Fame now that hes a teen he goes by his middle name. Pat

FatassFairy

I teach and we have a lot of princess, promises, precious, blessing....and believe me from a teacher's perspective they never live up to their names!

lol!

i get that, as a vet tech when we have pets come in names sweetie , sugar, or such we automaticaly grab a muzzle

FatassFairy

What then about Ckhristophpher?
Sure, Christopher is a good name but... why make it so damn difficult to write?

Geez, where did they get that spelling from?

meth???

LexieSweetheart

tu-morrow

RhondaRowsell

Genuine-a boy
Unique- his sister

ninpiggy

I have a friend whose kids are Hadessa and Miriam....they're both under 3. She's pregnant again; what will she name this one =-0

Both are Hebrew. Hadessa was Esther's name before she changed it to hide her true identity. It means Myrtle (like the tree). Miriam was the sister of Moses and Aaron, the meaning is uncertain, as it can be viewed as "Rebellious" or "Sea of Bitterness". Both women were strong matriarchs in the Bible, your friend probably hoped some of those attributes would be bestowed upon her daughters.

Yes, I adore Biblical/religious names. I think they're great.

Dory_42

I understand that the parents want to ensure their child is unique, but I also think they should remember that kids can be viscous!! My parents named me Varla Fiona. Varla (like Carla but with a V) is a family name (gran and mom both have it) so they wanted it part of my name but wanted to call me Fiona. They put it this order though as our surname is King and my initials would have be FVK, and people sometimes right a V as a U... I am grateful they thought of this! I hated my first name as a child even though I was known as Fiona because kids at school found out what it was an teased me endlessly. In my late 20's I decided I actually liked it and now the majority of people call me Varla.

Parents who want an unique name could take the advice of friends of mine - once you have chosen the name, find a few teenage boys and ask them what kind of insults or teasing they can think of for that name. Then look at it and decide if it still fair on your child to use that name. Using the unique name as a second name is a way the child can choose to use it later if they want and miss the worst of the teasing. My friend's girls are 10 and they keep changing which name they want to use - I never know if it is Amy or Chayil and Hannah or Rose or even Rosebud (she decided this was an improvement on her parents choice!!)

Unusual spelling can also be a pain as the child has to correct everyone all the time.

justle

our kids have weird "official" names Théoden (Thay-o-den) and Samiel (Sam-eye-Elle) but we refer to them as Theo and Sami so they have "normal" everyday names.

justle

I teach and we have a lot of princess, promises, precious, blessing....and believe me from a teacher's perspective they never live up to their names!

this is me! My parents named me Eleanor (said with a proper British accent which i think is/was quite posh) and nicknamed me Ellie which i think is quite girly and i am far from posh and not remotely girly!

M_lifts

i know someone who named their kid 'cash'

jo2907

I'm based in the UK and will allways remember reading in the newspaper someone calling their daughter Ikea ( after the swedish furniture store) and also someone else naming their child Kia after she was born in that partiucualr make or car, and i think they got a free car out of it too.

I have old neighbours who's daughter is elladie pheonix ( think this is a lovely name)

Also in the UK people have been known to name children after whole football teams, or have football stadiums as middle names

Personally, i really love them names Teigan jorja for a girl and Jayden for a boy.

stevieb3052

My youngest daughter wanted to call her first boy 'Underwear' until she had her fifth birthday!

Rachiepie6

our kids have weird "official" names Théoden (Thay-o-den) and Samiel (Sam-eye-Elle) but we refer to them as Theo and Sami so they have "normal" everyday names.

Weird coincidence, my dad's best friends two dogs were/are Samuel and Theodore, Sammy and Theo.
Theo (AKA Blacky) is still plodding along. I still remember Samuel the Cocker Spaniel as a little puppy so many years ago.

707janette

My best friend's grandson's name is Cash. I had never heard of it before. He is 2 and I love the name.

Molly_Louise

Wow, some of these names are beyond ridiculous :noway:

I know someone called Phoenix, but he legally changed his name so technically his parents didn't name him that. Aside from him, everyone else I know has "normal" names.

misskerouac

Not weird but uncommon, my mom wanted to name me Winifred after her mother's middle name. My grandma would have none of it! She refused to let me be named that and I got stuck with Ashley....along with about a million other girls in 1983. By the time I was 12 I really wished my mom just would have stuck with Winifred and I would have been the only Winnie at my school instead of going through life as "Ashley P."

Also not completely cruel but my husband and I decided when we have a kid they will have the first name be a J name, middle name a F name as our last name starts with a K. So their initials would be JFK. My husband idolizes JFK and I idolize Jack Kerouac, so our kid would have the same initials as our heros.

The kid at some point will be razzed for having the initials JFK though, not doubt about it.

Fishmantx

There is a poor girl at my son's school named Salmonella. Really.

calibri

Haven't heard of too crazy of names, although people who name their kids after alcohol boggle my mind. Brandy, Margarita, Sherry... I don't understand.

Spruillie03

I have a student whose name is Steel, but my personal favorite was a student whose name was Cashmone (with a little accent over the e).

cupotee

There's a kid in my class called Mordecai Mordzynski.

Elizabeth_C34

My husband's cousin named her daughter Darkchild Destroyer. She (the cousin) had her last name legally changed, along with her husband, to Destroyer.

whitehandlady

went to school with a kid named lemonjelo


lol


sounds too much like lemon jello:laugh:

Trechechus

I met a guy called Michael Hunt. This would be fine if his nick name weren't Mike. Mike Hunt? Really? Were you thinking when you named your child?

Phoenix24601

I used to work in the shipping department and also in the customer service department of the same company.
In both places I had to handle the accounts of families who named their child:
1. Satin Sheets (first and middle name)
2. Poise N. Ivy (first name and 2 middle names)

Really?

edit: those weren't last names.

Suziq2you

We just hired a new guy at work. First name: Sir. Middle name: Henry. Sir Henry.

iHEARTcardiacnurses

I baby sat for twins. Kelly and Hunter...their last name was Greene.

Their cousins were also twins: Sienna Ginger and Amber Hazel...their last name was Browne

servilia

I never get why people give kids these weird names. Bizarre. Some of them need to get checked in the head.
Some are just funny "Mike Hunt" lol

CathyS205

Syphyllis (pronounced Sy-fill-us with the accent on fill). Come on.

SmangeDiggs

My daughters school has a Thor and a Sword - both boys.
Ive heard of person with first name ZinZan Brooks (fellow kiwis will understand this), ''Bram Evil''??? Where does this come from
She played a tee ball team that had a ''Mercedes Coupe'' - Seriously..mmm Mercedes maybe but did they really have to add the Coupe??

I call out patients names in the waiting room and although their not weird sometimes they are difficult - example
"Va'alooagalu Filesiolu'osa'a'' (not actual patient name)

How would you pronounce this in a waiting room full of people??