You named your kid what?!?

from JoeUser Forums

I was perusing the local hospital's 'baby pages' earlier this evening.

It never ceases to amaze me what people name their children.

Apart from the usual smatterings of ordinary names spelt 'differently' - like Mykel instead of Michael - there were a couple of names that left me asking myself 'what the hell were they thinking?'

Someone named their daughter 'Citrus'.  Yep, the trend of naming kids after fruit has gone to a whole other level.  I can hear the jokes about giving her a squeeze already.

Someone else named their son 'Corter'.  "Hey, ya got a corter ta spare for the pop machine?" was the first thing that sprang into my head.

Ok, back to the baby pages now to see what else some parents with overactive imaginations have managed to think up.....

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
I was doing that for awhile too -- those twins had interesting names
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
A buddy of mine swore that he went to high school with twins named lemonjello and orangejello. With the accents on the second syllable of each word.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top

those twins had interesting names

Which ones?

There seems to be an abundance of Kadence, Cadence, Kaydense...same name, different smell.

twins named lemonjello and orangejello.

hahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!  ROFL....OMG, that's hilarious!!! 

Are you pulling my leg again?! 

Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Are you pulling my leg again?!


Honestly, I don't know. If I'm pulling your leg, it's without my knowledge. We were sitting around the office one day talking about strange names and my friend told me that story. I thought it was hilarious, too. He swore it was true.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
I can't remember but they both started with M and were 6pounds I think both were girls - they were born in July -- found them Makinly and Micaiah (how do you pronounce that?) Parents names Joette and Eric -- Elana was pretty close to being named Joelle or Joella for a while there.
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
My mo mworks for a child care referall service and hears all sorts of weird names.
I can't remember the medical term, but there is a word they use to describe if the baby has a bowel movement inside you during delivery.
This mom named her kid that. She told the nurses an angel came to her and told her that name while she was pushing. THey tried to talk her out of it, telling her that she heared them say it not an angel. She refused to listen.

Poor Kid..
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top

if the baby has a bowel movement inside you during delivery.


Meconium...


 

Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
An old high school friend of mine that was I was in a band with named his kid Zelda. Such a cute kid.
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
dharma, do you think these parents know the fate they are assigning their kids by giving them those weird names ?. i mean, you on;y have to look at the names of the australian 'big brother' contestants to know what happens to kids with "trendy" names ... aphrodite, merlin, bree, kain ... enough said.

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Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
My friend from Virginia said that there were a bunch of the PWT whose names were male and female because they thought that's what they were supposed to name them because of their hospital bracelets. They pronoune it Male - molly - female femolly. what do you think of that? I think its okay to be a little creative with naming your children. We don't want the whole world named Michael and Emily but you have to stop and think about the kid having to live down or up to that name.
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top

I have a cousin named Luvie.  She married a guy from China whose name was pronounced the same as "cutie".  So they were Luvie and Cutie.........sickening!  Totally true.

I have also recently heard names like Patience and Serenity.  I think those and the fruit names are just a new wave of hippies that their kids will resent later on and there will be a lot of name changes in their future.  I certainly wouldn't go through life being called Apple!

Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
I have also recently heard names like Patience and Serenity. I think those and the fruit names are just a new wave of hippies that their kids will resent later on and there will be a lot of name changes in their future. I certainly wouldn't go through life being called Apple!


Our personal solution (we like slightly different names, just not way out there...as my wife's and mine are among the most common you can find and, frankly, that got annoying as well): We gave our kids all "unique" first names and more traditional middle names, so that if they don't like their first names when they grow up, they can "default" to their middle names. So far, they love their names.
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
Oh, and the strangest of strange names (I swear this is true): there were 4 brothers who had much to do with the history of this area; their names were: Philander, Meander, Leander, and Salamander.

Sadly, I am not making this up, and can even cite the source, although to anyone from outside the area, the reference work would be difficult to obtain.
Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
Dwight, Estelle, Horatio

Kids these days with their fancy Ashley and Jeff and Jill

WHEN WILL IT END!?!
Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top
My mother wanted to name me Parthena, and call me Par....can you IMAGINE??? Thank God my father had better sense! And then there was a girl on the teen softball team my ex coached, named Seventy Six....born in, you guessed it, 1976......@@

A buddy of mine swore that he went to high school with twins named lemonjello and orangejello. With the accents on the second syllable of each word.


That's one of those urban legends that's been going around for years...so far, no one's been able to find any proof that they really exist.
Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top
This is just a test of this whole thing but if you have the courage to answer me , I would like to maintain this conversation . Speak soon maybe..
Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top
karen--great thread...very funny.

i knew a kid in highschool named Yes (actually, you all probably know him, he was on road rules years ago)

my mom's maiden name is kane and her mom wanted to name her either "candy" or 'hurri"...she's more of a hurricane than a candy cane...but luckily my grandfather put an end to that one!"
Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top

Anon, there's nothing wrong with Dwight Estelle or Horatio.

This is just a test of this whole thing but if you have the courage to answer me , I would like to maintain this conversation

So speak, I'm listening...

Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top

kid in highschool named Yes


hahaha!  I'll bet that made for some confusing conversations!


I do wonder if people actually think about what their kids lives will be like when the burden them with the awful names.  It might sound cute when you're looking at a chubby, angelic infant, but what's it going to sound like when you're an adult and you're saddled with that name?


I think that LW was right on the money when she said we should all be entitled to a free name change at 18.


 

Reply #20 from JoeUser Forums Top
Hmm... I really like the sound of Patience. Reminds me of Prudence. That would be a great pair of names for twins: Patience and Prudence.

I like names like that. I might even be able to understand a name like Apple. But naming your children after a disgusting medical term should get you shot.
Reply #21 from JoeUser Forums Top
. We don't want the whole world named Michael and Emily but you have to stop and think about the kid having to live down or up to that name.


That reminds me...
Karen, have you heard from Michael lately?

~Sarah
Reply #22 from JoeUser Forums Top
I was in a check-out line in a Target store once and I swear I heard a woman say the following to her young girl who was running all over the place:

"Vagina! You get over here right now and settle down!"

My friends and I had to compare notes in the parking lot to confirm that that was what she said.
Reply #23 from JoeUser Forums Top

Sarah- No, I haven't.  I woudn't worry about it, I talk to Emily a fair bit and she says he's fine.


CS - It wouldn't surprise me!  If someone can name their child 'meconium'....


People who put a bunch of letters together and then stick accents indiscriminately on the top to make up their kids names.....that irks me.


 

Reply #24 from JoeUser Forums Top
I purchased a movie ticket from "Aphrodesia" a couple months back. She seemed pretty happy with it.

My mom wanted to name me Sarah Lee. Thankfully, the doctor talked her out of it.
Reply #25 from JoeUser Forums Top
I worked at a headstart daycare a couple years back...there was one family who insisted that all their kids name began with "Ja"...Jaquanda, Jamonica, Jayquan...there were more that I don't remember, and then the littlest went by "fat boy." I could never get anyone to tell me what his real name was!

Hmm... I really like the sound of Patience. Reminds me of Prudence. That would be a great pair of names for twins: Patience and Prudence.


Joseph, I hope you never have twins!