you named your kid what???

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  • Rachiepie6
    Rachiepie6 Posts: 423 Member
    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?
  • mmk137
    mmk137 Posts: 833 Member
    i can't stand obscure names. Esp weirdly spelt ones.

    A lady I knew named her daughter Charlette... yes charlette... not charlotte... Ok i get it phonetic it, but still pita. I could go on lol.
  • LilMissFoodie
    LilMissFoodie Posts: 612 Member
    Bowan (as if that is even a name) Arrowsmith
  • annemckee
    annemckee Posts: 170 Member
    A dentist - Dr D'Eathe. Ok it's his surname but maybe he should have been a librarian.
  • Kymmu
    Kymmu Posts: 1,650 Member
    Haha, It sets the bar really high!
  • LilMissFoodie
    LilMissFoodie Posts: 612 Member
    A dentist - Dr D'Eathe. Ok it's his surname but maybe he should have been a librarian.

    At uni I had an American friend named forest who was seriously studying forestry :/ haha!
  • Kymmu
    Kymmu Posts: 1,650 Member
    When I was doing home daycare, the Child Development Center office kept a list of people looking for childcare. We could go in, look at the list and call them if we had spaces available. There was a kid on the list named Nemesis. I realllly wanted to call and ask them if they were into Greek mythology or just didn't plan on ever getting along with the kid.

    I went to middle school with a girl named Thunderflower.


    That's better than Thunderthighs.
  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
    As I say to my pupils who laugh at foreign names in textbooks, your name probably sounds silly somewhere too.

    Case in point:

    My Spanish colleague, Irene Llada. Say it in Japanese and it sounds like 'Don't put it in, that's horrible'. Dh and I have laughed over this many times.

    We wanted to name our son Kent, but to my dad, and his generation, that's too strange (in the UK, I'm guessing it's ok in the States). So we went for Christian instead (my dad's an atheist but didn't seem to mind).

    I like the name Hana (flower in Japanese) and would use that over the more traditional spelling.

    Names can be funny, but I hope I can avoid laughing at people because of their names.
  • 3shirts
    3shirts Posts: 294 Member
    What annoys me is when people do it just to be different. If that's what you want change your own name, it's easy enough to do! Don't try to use your children to express yourself. They'll only resent you for it when the other kids rip them at school.
  • LilMissFoodie
    LilMissFoodie Posts: 612 Member
    What annoys me is when people do it just to be different. If that's what you want change your own name, it's easy enough to do! Don't try to use your children to express yourself. They'll only resent you for it when the other kids rip them at school.

    I agree. I don't understand having a weird name to stand out. We had maybe 5 kids in my year at school with odd names and they did stand out but not in a good way! They got teased so much in younger years at school that by the time they reached the older years they were more than a little bit quirky to say the least (maybe this would have happened anyway, who knows, but I do think school experience helps shape the person you become and your insecurities). I think it is really sad. I would have thought the better way to have them stand out would be to teach them ideals that made them stand out above the rest later on in life, when it is important.
  • jlfred
    jlfred Posts: 65 Member
    There's a kid in my town named Fellony. Sadly, at 16 he's already living up to his name.

    I'm all for unique names (as a Jennifer, I can definitely see the appeal in a unique name), and I generally like (or at least respect) the biblical/religious names, as well as the foreign names. But some of them...I just can't get past them. And the thing is, the statistics show that people with "weird" names (and I don't mean "foreign") do not fare as well in adulthood. They are less likely to get an interview (let alone a job). They are less likely to succeed in a great number of areas. There are a lot of theories as to why (some people say it's a racial thing -- the bosses, etc. assume the person is black; some say that if the person can't pronounce the name, they are less likely to call to set up an interview; they get teased so much as kids that they have a lower self-esteem; and a hundred other theories/reasons). The movie Freakanomics did a great piece on this subject, in fact. So, really, I just kinda feel bad for these kids.
  • netchik
    netchik Posts: 587 Member
    Oh god, that lady should have taped a map of the world on her ceiling 9 kids ago then at least she could be consistent naming her kids after countries rather than intermingling in continents.

    And doubling up.. last time I looked Rome, Sicily, Paris and London were all in Europe :tongue: That's not a wierd family dynamic at all!
  • cutiepie2628
    cutiepie2628 Posts: 415 Member
    Okay, so am I the only person who hears the name someone gave their child or you meet someone and they tell you their name and you wonder, what is the parent/s thinking??

    case in point: a girl I went to uni with. (in the USA). her name was Abcde (pronounced ab-sa-dee). really??? I mean, come on!

    anyone else hear any crazy names that just made you scratch your head in disbelief?

    hecky naw..... so funny
  • cutiepie2628
    cutiepie2628 Posts: 415 Member
    omg... you guys stories are so funny....
  • netchik
    netchik Posts: 587 Member
    I work mainly with newborns, and see some really ridiculous names. Life, Charm, Precious (before the movie), Princess... the list goes on.

    Precious is a common name in Africa.. I think this is the thing - the world is getting smaller and the lines between cultures are getting blurred, so names that one culture finds pretentious may be really normal in another culture. Parents need to man up though, and consider how that child will be treated at school etc. Adults can hold their tongues, but kids? Why make your childresn's lives harder than they have to be?
  • engineman312
    engineman312 Posts: 3,450 Member
    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/parents-boy-named-adolf-hitler-won-t-receive-custody-newborn-son-article-1.981331?localLinksEnabled=false
  • charlotte66
    charlotte66 Posts: 248 Member
    i havent really herd any weird names here altho my aunty was called fanny used to always make me giggle when i was little lol

    i knew a girl at school who was called rosie co ck poor girl got stick for it all thro school

    my kids are called kemi and torren no1 up here has ever herd their names i love them suits them both well
  • Crawflowr
    Crawflowr Posts: 106 Member
    i really like classic names, so there are many times where i'm like, "oh, how unique" and really mean "ewww, what's wrong with you"

    i named my son david and the next boy (due march) will be alexander. classic and go anywhere in life names. i don't want my kid to go looking for a job and be like "mom, what were you thinking?"... I actually met someone recently that wants to name a boy achilles, i was like "he died. young. why? we don't live in ancient greece!"

    I hear you!

    My son's name is also David and my daughters name is Fiona. Fiona is a bit more unusual, but at least it doesn't sound like it's a made up name. (she's named after my sister.)

    I also like traditional names, my boys are David and Sam. not that I'm religious or anything. Interestingly I think they are pretty much the only David and Sam in the school. Fiona was a very common name when I was young (in Scotland), in my own group of friends there were about six of them.

    I did nearly call my son William Wallace (after both his grandfathers) but it was too soon after Braveheart and I just couldn't do it to him.
  • Gemma_Moo
    Gemma_Moo Posts: 30
    I like unusual names apart from when they are taken too far and the child isnt thought about.

    My daughters are called Anelise (Annalise) but hubby wanted to call her Elise which i didn't like so we compromised plus she really suits her name and my youngest is called Alyssa, love ths name and its a nice girly pretty name :) x
  • ABeautifulDistraction
    ABeautifulDistraction Posts: 348 Member
    My daughter is River Bryndolyn, so I'm one of those parents. I think her name is lovely, and suits her perfectly.
  • ABeautifulDistraction
    ABeautifulDistraction Posts: 348 Member
    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.
  • Keran24
    Keran24 Posts: 90 Member
    Work in a birthing center. Here is a list of just a few that come to mind:
    Lake and Tree (not too bad but my co-workers wondered if they would have trouble getting jobs)
    Satan (Pronounced suh- tan but everyone knows its still the devil)
    Fear
    Lestat (Was a fan of Ann Rice)
    Vinyl (Daddy owned a flooring company)
  • tiffanymjutz
    tiffanymjutz Posts: 24
    My science teacher in high school said he wanted to name his kids nucleos and molecule lol. I'm not sure if he ever had kids, but I hope not
  • MissPeppers
    MissPeppers Posts: 302 Member
    It was the mother trying to make the name special. She got a daily fine though, it wasn't allowed to have this spelling. The kid was no baby, I don't know the rest of the story..

    ETA: I apparently didn't get the quote - I was responding to the response about Ckhristophpher...
  • Rsjessen
    Rsjessen Posts: 29
    Columbus.
    I don't know if it's common where you guys are from, but in Denmark it's quite uncommon.
  • sdwelk11
    sdwelk11 Posts: 825
    nephew: Dustin Star
    nephew: Justin Stardust (not twins)
    niece: Crystal Starlight
    Great niece: Arrianna Skye (dustin's daughter)
    Great niece: Brooklynn Serenity (crystal's daughter)

    My brother was on drugs when they named their kids!!! and had a thing about astrology too!!!!!!!! however, I loved them all so much and have to say that I couldn't picture them being named anything else!! (FYI~ my brother is 13 years older than me and my oldest nephew and I are only 6 years apart)

    edited: Oh I almost forgot that if I had been blessed with children and had a daughter her name was going to be Neveah (heaven spelled backwords) Grace

    After reading some of the other posts. My family isn't so bad at naming kids after all!! Lmao
  • castadiva
    castadiva Posts: 2,016 Member
    We had a nanny once who was called Grae Gleugh (pronounced Grey Glue), which I always thought was unfortunate. It was her maiden name, to add insult to injury!
  • hoppinglark
    hoppinglark Posts: 213 Member
    My son's middle name is Cotton
    My daughter's middle name is Magnolia.

    Some people think those are weird..we think they are great.
  • feliciapeters
    feliciapeters Posts: 525
    i like classic names to
    my sons are james & john
    great traditional names for a president
  • ninpiggy
    ninpiggy Posts: 228 Member
    I knew a woman named Stormy Knight and a girl named Jennika. Dannika is also an awful name. I try to keep an open mind, but I just really dislike the names Jennika and Dannika.
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