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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 #51 from JoeUser Forums Top
We're already having fun with the spelling and pronounciation of Elana (eh-lar-na) -- she's gotten Alannah, Alana and Elena oh and Orlana (don't ask me where anyone came up with that spelling but it was my aunt who heard it from my grandad who I think might be starting to go a little senile...) for spelling and Eh-lay-na for pronounciation

I wanted something different - I didn't want her to be Britney P, Sarah P, Jessica P -- I wasn't Katrina L - but there were other Katrina's at my school.
My best friend tried to do that too - her first son she called Micah and the lady next door named her son Micah too because she liked the name so much.

We almost named her Joella (Joe after Nick's Grandfather who passed away in January 2003) but I think we decided not to name her after anyone - otherwise the other relatives living and deceased would have something to say - so she got Elana because we liked the spelling better then Alanna Alahna Alana Alannah etc - and Grace because it goes well - EGP -- I swear I've had this conversation before on JU -- oh yeah simplethings - Emma's first or second blog about what to name her unborn baby.

I've always liked the name Ariadne (there's a new blogger with that name) & Charlotte's Web was my favourite book growing up

My two favourite names atm if I ever decided to have another are Aislin and Elysia (because I've always loved that name even before "Alysia" was "born" - and I think I have a thing about E's -- my boys names are still Isaiah Jeremiah and Ezekiel -- but Nick still hates all of them so its a good thing Elana was a girl.
Reply #52 from JoeUser Forums Top
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Reply #54 from JoeUser Forums Top
We accidentally gave our daughter initials which spell "arm". This wouldn't be too bad if I hadn't had a good friend who has these same initials and who complained about it often in our childhood. I didn't realize it or even make the connection until our little baby turned two. I think it's pretty funny. Hopefully our daughter will, too. She has my permission to change her first name ANY day, now. It is getting popular and it was one of the compromises her father and I reluctantly reached. I personally liked "September Rose " so my husband suggested "November Rain". I loved that until I found out it's a SONG by GUNS N' ROSES. My sister ended up christening her daughter "Rain" which is still lovely, if not a little trendy. What can one do? I try not to call out my daughter's name in public. We use nicknames. I am just tired of people saying "oh! What a pretty name!" Then going straight to some hospital and telling every mother-to-be. It sure seems like it anyway.........so we call her "Mink" at the park (which is cool in itself, I think) and "One-One" at the grocery store and various bugs in the library, at the zoo, etc. take my advice ! rdmpm
Reply #55 from JoeUser Forums Top
I knew a girl named Sherry Kerry, and knew of brothers named Jesse and Frank James. And I had a boss named Dick Ing.
Funny though, I always said that if I have a son, I'd name him Beau as a joke (It would rhyme with my last name), but when you say things over and over, it either looks just plain funny or pretty natural. I guess the others took their pick the other way.
Nic:)
Reply #56 from JoeUser Forums Top
....funny stuff....I really have no idea why some parents try to give their kids some psychological trauma for their entire childhood, but it is quite amusing....poor kids though...

~Zoo
Reply #57 from JoeUser Forums Top

"Aureola", insisting it means "black princess"


Hahaha!  They could have nicknamed her 'nipple'!!!


I wonder too if people think about how their child's first name is going to sound when paired up with their last name.  For example: Dick Trickle, and Randy Johnson.  What were their parent's thinking??!!

Reply #58 from JoeUser Forums Top
I think we should all start naming our kids on characters from soap operas. Hopefully in a few generation half the kids will be named Bo.
Reply #59 from JoeUser Forums Top
Oh, since we're talking about interestesting names..

There was a guy at my office named Guy French. It's only really funny when he name would appear on rosters and such as "French, Guy"
Reply #60 from JoeUser Forums Top
I spoke once to a woman named Rotunda. I swear I'm not making that up.
Reply #61 from JoeUser Forums Top
Kitchen, Fish, Angel and Bob Robert (brother Robert Bob) are some of the wierdest names I've seen......

My In-laws had lots of good ideas for my kids.....with a last name of Stone, I'm sure you can guess. But the only ones I was remotely tempted by were....Rosetta for a girl and Rolan for a boy.
Reply #62 from JoeUser Forums Top
was reading the birth section of the newspaper a couple of years back when I came across one unfortunate whose parents (the Williams) had named him 'William William'

Who knows if William William Williams (WWW) will become as well known as his Big Brother Supercomputer...
Reply #63 from JoeUser Forums Top

one unfortunate whose parents (the Williams) had named him 'William William'

That's like Robert Robertson.  We have one of those living around here.  We also have (and this is no fault of his parents, just an unfortunate phase in his career) a Major Woody. *giggles* That just cracks me up...!

Reply #64 from JoeUser Forums Top
I work at a physician's office and I see lots of weird names in the charts. The other day I came across 'Mystic Starr' but the absolute worst was a 63 year old man named, no lie, 'Boody Loving'
Reply #65 from JoeUser Forums Top
This is so funny. However, I have to admit that I am guilty as well. My boys' names are Xavier and Orian. Won't find those on a pencil anytime soon.
Reply #66 from JoeUser Forums Top

My boys' names are Xavier and Orian


We used to live across the street from some people who named their kid Orian.  They moved to Texas as well, Ft Hood (he's AF but they sent him to an army post).


If I was able to have another baby, I would name it Phoenix.