Bad Baby Names

[McFraggle]

I heard about somebody today who's first name is Mister.

[ASailorsGal]

Related: One of my great-greats was named Geula Finetta Arbuckle, pronounced 'gew-lah, fye-net-uh'. Right, like I would name one of my little girls THAT!

Urban Legend?: My stepmom used to tell us about a guy that was in the Army with her dad (looong time ago) and he was named W.B. Darling, but would never reveal what the initials stood for - until he was forced to when enlisting in the Army. Ready for this? It stood for Welcome Baby Darling! Now, ain't THAT special?!

Immediate: My husband and I wanted to name our firstborn Kate, after my sister, and I REALLY wanted her middle name to be Kennedy. But, with a last name that starts with a 'K' as well, we were looking at a 99% chance of having a blonde-haired, blue-eyed little girl with the initials KKK. Found the Gaelic spelling of Kennedy and it started with a 'C', but was impossible for anyone to spell. So, she's now Kate MacKenna, but we all call her Bug. Our second and last got the hand-me-down first name of Kennedy and, since we weren't having any boys, her middle name is Jaymes - Jay for my dad and James for my husband's dad. She's a really petite little thing - just topped 20# at her second birthday yesterday! - and her she has a HUGE name! Kennedy Jaymes. Kate nick-named her Kiki before she was born, as she couldn't pronounce Kennedy. That got stretched into Keeks, which is what sticks most today!

Family Confusion: My sister and I both married a Jeff, so mine got nick-named J.D., since the guys were getting tired of being called 'Kate's Jeff' and 'Heather's Jeff'. I named my daughter Kate, but refuse to call her 'Katey' so my sister ends up being 'Senior' to me. Kate's daughter, Maddie, was given the middle name Mackenzie, while my daughter Kate's middle name is MacKenna, so my mom can never remember who got what name. Then Kate's son is named Connor and my mom's sister's family are surnamed Conner. Yee-haw!

Got all that?!

[zootlove]

I have a friend of mine who is a minister. Her name is (get this) Penny Dollar. I feel so bad for her. Imagine the names she got is school.

[Katzi428]

I came so close to being named "Mavourneen"(pronounced:Mah-VOOR-neen) when I was born.It's an Irish name & it was my dad's idea to name me it. But Mom put her foot down & said that I'd be named Kathleen instead. Dad didn't lose out on the whole deal though. My middle name is Patrice.






(oh...FYI?: ANYONE who calls me Kathleen here gets a "virtual karate chop" being delivered my Miss Piggy! Got it? )

[gfarkwort]

one of my neighbors is named Phil Bohl (pronounced bowl)

[AndyWan Kenobi]

Originally Posted by zootlove

I have a friend of mine who is a minister. Her name is (get this) Penny Dollar. I feel so bad for her. Imagine the names she got is school.

I bet people always want to borrow money from her... Wokka wokka!

[McFraggle]

Originally Posted by AndyWan Kenobi

I bet people always want to borrow money from her... Wokka wokka!

LOL.

[Ziffel]

Originally Posted by zootlove

I have a friend of mine who is a minister. Her name is (get this) Penny Dollar. I feel so bad for her. Imagine the names she got is school.

About a couple of years ago or so, I heard a list of actual names along those lines. Forgot a lot of 'em but two that stick out are Ilene Dover and Justin Case.
And it always seemed a little on the cruel side to me when I would hear of parents giving their kids the same first and last name. Two such cases are Thomas Thomas and Rose Rose. And someone once told me he knew of a guy whose middle name was even the same: Scott Scott Scott!
Another type of situation that is understandable is if people move to a foreign country and wish to give their kids names that are common back in their home country. For instance, we knew this family from Pakistan named Shabaz and Nashish. And they had a boy and named him something that sounded like Oosmon. One of my neighbors said, "The only problem is when he gets to kindergarten the other kids will probably come up to him and say, "Hey Oosmon man give me five!" Oh brother!

[MrsPepper]

I know someone named Sandy Pool. The poor lady.

[zootlove]

Originally Posted by AndyWan Kenobi

I bet people always want to borrow money from her... Wokka wokka!

Well, at least her son's name is Kurc. Kurc told me one day that if he ever had a daughter he would name her Aneeda Dollar. Get it.

[That Announcer]

Worst one I've ever heard about is from my aunt. While reading through a book of baby names from the '30s, she came across "Brainard". If you name your child "Brainard", you might as well just put him in therapy right from the beginning,

[Convincing John]

This isn't really a baby name, it's a last name. You won't believe this...

At one of my previous jobs, there were three people there whose last name was...Chicken. That's right, Chicken. Think of those poor people:

"How are the kids, Mrs. Chicken?"

You'd half expect them to reply "Not so good. One of them just came down with the People Pox."

As for a bad baby name, I'd say...Elmo. I've never heard it used to name a real kid (thank goodness)...but I did know of a kid named "Jerzee" once. There's another one I heard of whose name was "Toto". I kid you not. That was his real name. Toto.

Convincing John

[That Announcer]

Originally Posted by Convincing John

This isn't really a baby name, it's a last name. You won't believe this...

At one of my previous jobs, there were three people there whose last name was...Chicken. That's right, Chicken. Think of those poor people:

"How are the kids, Mrs. Chicken?"

Oh, that's just bad. And I thought the "Gonzo and Camilla" analogy was funny if you used Prince Charles, now it's even funnier...

[MrsPepper]

Hahaha!!

I have another one, too. I used to know someone who's last name is Mann, and teachers used to call him "Mr. Mann". It always made me giggle.

[somethingofafan]

Originally Posted by gfarkwort

one of my neighbors is named Phil Bohl (pronounced bowl)

At least his name wasn't Ty D. Bohl.

When I was in college, I knew a guy named Tad Moore.