Parents giving kids stupid names...

[onlythisgirl]

My sister in law just had a baby girl and they called her Lilly, which would be ok but their surname is Dew. So she's Lilly Dew. She sounds like a wet flower

[Stormy]

No its plain daft

Not as bad as the poor kid that was given the name Facebook earlier in the year

oi

Facebook is a terrible name!!

[BlueWolf]

Here in the Netherlands names like, Kok, Joke, Dik, Taco, Harm and Freek are perfectly normal names here. But since we all started to learn English they've become a bit less common now. I wonder why

edit: Floor and Door are also typical Dutch names.

And don't even get me started on surnames. The surname Naaktgeboren is quite a common name, meaning 'born naked'

[persephona]

I understand when people give their kids names that are related to their national traditions and so on... I think it's fine to have an Irish name if you are from Ireland or Welsh if you are from Wales and so on, at least the name is traditional and I think it's nice to sometimes stray from the dictionary names.

But I really dislike seeing weird names. The other day I met a guy who's name was Sunday (yes, Sunday - the english word).

I don't understand what these parents are thinking - the kids are going to be stuck with the name at least until they are 18. It can influence your life and the way you are perceived by others in a big way.

How many CEOs with the name of Sunday have you seen? I bet not too many!

[jules dief taz tor]

one of my rellies called her son blade , the only way i can remember it is to think of razors , and my ex sil , called her kids , brandon, nico, storm, blayne and the last one is soul. i always gave them nicknames lol.

[BingBlaze n Skyla]

i quite like sunday rose - my new lil 2nd cousin is gonna be called lily rose when she arrives

most people probs wont know who he is but 'the game' named his daughter california dreams - cali dreams - is a gorgeous name i think

i like unique names if they arent silly - theres a girl where i work called vasalisa and i swear to god it took me ages to call her cuz i kept nearly calling her vasaline :/

[Paranormal Wolf]

I've been called Talon a few times, guess it's because it rhymes with Fallon (pronounced fal-n) I've been called all sorts of things though: Failing, fallen, fall-on, fal-on, vallen, vale, etc... I don't mind odd names but some names are a little too odd even for me.

[frankmayfield]

I once had a student whose father loved motorcycles. His daughter's middle name was KICKSTAND.

[Emma&Cookie]

I once had a student whose father loved motorcycles. His daughter's middle name was KICKSTAND.

No freakin way?! Pmsl !!

I vaguely remember seeing somewhere that a woman had 2 little boys called Giorgio & Armani.....

[Awesome.]

My niece is called Natikah

I am not overly fussed with what people call their kids really LOL

[Ravenwolf]

Baby name rules:

1. When choosing a name for baby, imagine it is your lawyer's name. Would you really trust someone named Muffin or Shan’ee’quia to get you off that murder charge?

2. Do not name you kid anything that you would not yell out the back door when calling them for a meal.

3. Watch the initials! Don’t name your baby something like Aly Sierra Smith or Donald Isaiah Cooper.

4. Rethink all names that begin with Qua, d’, and La.

5. William Williams, Robert Roberts, Cole Cole. No explanation needed here.

6. If your last name is a color, be very careful. Mocha Brown, Cherry Redd, and Ebony Black are not cute except when they’re dancing around a pole.

7. Adding syllables to an existing name is just bad. Shanna is a fine name; make it Lah-De'Shanna and you have a stripper in training.

8. Don’t doom your girl child to a life in porn. Stripper names are BAD. Angel, Bunny, Candy, Precious, Princess, Cinnamon, Lexus, Vixen, Venus qualify especially when one of them is a first name and one is the middle name.

9. Just because it’s trendy, doesn’t mean it’s beautiful. Take Braydon, for example. Bray comes from a Gaelic word meaning 'to break wind', or "FART". Bray is also the sound that a donkey makes. When your kid is in elementary school and they do the name project, think how embarrassed all those Braydons might be.

10. If you child must wear a button that says “I am a girl†or “I am a boy,†you probably should have chosen a less androgynous name.

11. Don't take an acknowledged name from one sex and use it for a child of the other. A girl named Jason will spend the rest of her life being called 'sir,' and a boy named Alice will have a psychological complex before he's twelve.

12. A vocabulary word is not a name. For example, Malicia sounds nice, but it comes from the word malice, which means hate.

13. The same is true for everyday household objects like lamp and pool and apple. They’re not names; they’re consumer goods.

14. Don’t name your baby after any body part or any condition of those body parts or anything that sounds like those body parts. A girl name Vanina wouldn’t stand a chance.

15. The only time you should use an apostrophe in a name is if your name begins with O and you’re Irish. Apostrophes indicate that you’ve left out letters. They are not accent marks, and using them for this purpose is incorrect.

16. Spelling it wrong doesn't make it special. It makes you stupid. If you don't know how to spell it, skip it. Your child will be spending at least 13 years with educated people who know how to spell. You don’t want your kid to spend the rest of their life correcting smart people.

17. If you string syllables together to form a “unique†name, all you’ve is created is confusion.

18. Only the first letter of a name should be capitalized. Random capitalization is just bad writing.

19. Don't name your kid after a profession. Taylor, Hunter, Mason, Tanner, Roper... What were once last names that depicted a family business, have now become trendy unisex names. Cooper might be cute, but would you name your kid Plumber, Hygenist, Welder or Podiatrist?

20. No name should be brought to you by the letter “y.†Madyson is pronounced the same as Madison, and your kid won’t have to spell the latter every time someone asks their name.

21. Say the full name before making a final decision. Mike is a perfectly acceptable first name, but not if your last name is Hunt (go ahead, say it out loud).

[Ravenwolf]

On a more comical note a friend of mine named her son Arthas.

Yes, Arthas.

If you know who that refers to, I know what you do in your spare time! The child is doomed, I tell you. Doomed. Not only that, it's awkward to say!

Her daughters are named Aaira and Xia (and no, they aren't Asian - if they were any more white they'd be albino).

[Elyse]

Baby name rules:

1. When choosing a name for baby, imagine it is your lawyer's name. Would you really trust someone named Muffin or Shan’ee’quia to get you off that murder charge?

2. Do not name you kid anything that you would not yell out the back door when calling them for a meal.

3. Watch the initials! Don’t name your baby something like Aly Sierra Smith or Donald Isaiah Cooper.

4. Rethink all names that begin with Qua, d’, and La.

5. William Williams, Robert Roberts, Cole Cole. No explanation needed here.

6. If your last name is a color, be very careful. Mocha Brown, Cherry Redd, and Ebony Black are not cute except when they’re dancing around a pole.

7. Adding syllables to an existing name is just bad. Shanna is a fine name; make it Lah-De'Shanna and you have a stripper in training.

8. Don’t doom your girl child to a life in porn. Stripper names are BAD. Angel, Bunny, Candy, Precious, Princess, Cinnamon, Lexus, Vixen, Venus qualify especially when one of them is a first name and one is the middle name.

9. Just because it’s trendy, doesn’t mean it’s beautiful. Take Braydon, for example. Bray comes from a Gaelic word meaning 'to break wind', or "FART". Bray is also the sound that a donkey makes. When your kid is in elementary school and they do the name project, think how embarrassed all those Braydons might be.

10. If you child must wear a button that says “I am a girl†or “I am a boy,†you probably should have chosen a less androgynous name.

11. Don't take an acknowledged name from one sex and use it for a child of the other. A girl named Jason will spend the rest of her life being called 'sir,' and a boy named Alice will have a psychological complex before he's twelve.

12. A vocabulary word is not a name. For example, Malicia sounds nice, but it comes from the word malice, which means hate.

13. The same is true for everyday household objects like lamp and pool and apple. They’re not names; they’re consumer goods.

14. Don’t name your baby after any body part or any condition of those body parts or anything that sounds like those body parts. A girl name Vanina wouldn’t stand a chance.

15. The only time you should use an apostrophe in a name is if your name begins with O and you’re Irish. Apostrophes indicate that you’ve left out letters. They are not accent marks, and using them for this purpose is incorrect.

16. Spelling it wrong doesn't make it special. It makes you stupid. If you don't know how to spell it, skip it. Your child will be spending at least 13 years with educated people who know how to spell. You don’t want your kid to spend the rest of their life correcting smart people.

17. If you string syllables together to form a “unique†name, all you’ve is created is confusion.

18. Only the first letter of a name should be capitalized. Random capitalization is just bad writing.

19. Don't name your kid after a profession. Taylor, Hunter, Mason, Tanner, Roper... What were once last names that depicted a family business, have now become trendy unisex names. Cooper might be cute, but would you name your kid Plumber, Hygenist, Welder or Podiatrist?

20. No name should be brought to you by the letter “y.†Madyson is pronounced the same as Madison, and your kid won’t have to spell the latter every time someone asks their name.

LOL - #20 relates to my brother and I.

My names Elyse...usually it's spelled Elise but my parents didn't like the look of the "i". And my brother's name is Kelvyn....I don't know how he got his name, but I think they modified 'Kevin' because 'Kevin' was a common name when they had him.

[sutsibe]

I once heard a friend tell about meeting a woman and her children when she was on a trip. The woman's son's name was Orangejello, and my friend couldn't believe that anyone would name their kid that, so she questioned her to make sure. "Your son's name is Orange Jello?" "NOT 'Orange Jello'!" answered the woman, "It's Orangejello!" (Pronounced Oh-ran-jeh-lo!)

[Kara]

SF Bay Area "folk tales", say that Grace Slick and Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane wanted to name China, their first daughter, "god", with a small "g", just to piss off society.

[Rosemary]

I once heard a friend tell about meeting a woman and her children when she was on a trip. The woman's son's name was Orangejello, and my friend couldn't believe that anyone would name their kid that, so she questioned her to make sure. "Your son's name is Orange Jello?" "NOT 'Orange Jello'!" answered the woman, "It's Orangejello!" (Pronounced Oh-ran-jeh-lo!)

Poor child

In SA people seem to like the idea of naming their children using a combinations of their own names. Father is Deon and Mother is Louise - child is Deolise. Some of the combinations are really strange, and some are truly outrageous, and makes sense only to the parents

[Daniel Cameron]

I did know a Terrisa Green and a Justin Hyme that gave us loads of fun as kids.

Our two kids are called Reiss and Nile and no one ever spells there names right:banghead: my sister called her son Cameron it is also his second name. Not as bad as Ann Diamonds - Diamond Diamond.

[emma.bryan]

i have two that top the list, a girl i know.

named her twins.

elecktra candy

wyaette phenoixx

and thats the correct spelling...

[emma.bryan]

http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/1624934/the+dash+dont+be+silent/

[Kissu & Aara]

Not really unique, kinda.. but my mom almost named me Stevie. My low life father's name is Steve. And she likes Stevie Nicks. I used to want to change my name, but after hearing that I became very grateful of the name I have.

[Storm Angel n Auroras Mum]

oh dear lol

I wanted to name my daughter Phoebe after my fave charmed character so badly but I couldnt as our last name is McKie and it would have sounded awful! So I went for the Actress's first name which is Alyssa.

[Kells xx]

my kids are screwed....ive already named them and have none!!!

my boys

bevan micah

jared

my girls

wyntar rose

aurelia lily

[Biggles]

I agree I like the name Storm, sometimes it is spelt with an 'e' at the end Storme.

[BlueWolf]

I always believed "Jos" was an easy name no one could ever spell or pronounce wrong, but then I went to foreign countries...

[flyingspanner]

Not as bad as Ann Diamonds - Diamond Diamond.

My mate's Mum Carol's name was quite normal, untill she married Mike Carrol.