you named your kid what???

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

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???

Genuine-a boy
Unique- his sister

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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).