Ridiculous Baby names
Discussion
I was going to add a comment to the "Things that annoy you" thread, with one (another) of my petty grievances being people that give their children surnames, instead of first names. Things like calling them Mackenzie, Jackson, Maddison, Tyler.
I then went on the ONS website to look at some other baby names, and found some absolute crackers. Most are simply bastardised spellings of some more normal names, (particular highlights being Daniyal and Maksymilian), but with some, you really have to wonder about the sanity of those that did the naming.
For example, in 2008, the UK welcomed into the world:
23 Boys called TJ (another 18 TeeJays and 16 T-Jays)
76 Shakiras
13 Gordons
9 Gifts
96 unfortunate lads were given the name Anas.
Anyone else bored and can find any better ones?
I then went on the ONS website to look at some other baby names, and found some absolute crackers. Most are simply bastardised spellings of some more normal names, (particular highlights being Daniyal and Maksymilian), but with some, you really have to wonder about the sanity of those that did the naming.
For example, in 2008, the UK welcomed into the world:
23 Boys called TJ (another 18 TeeJays and 16 T-Jays)
76 Shakiras
13 Gordons
9 Gifts
96 unfortunate lads were given the name Anas.
Anyone else bored and can find any better ones?
I'm on Linkedin and have got some US colleagues as connections and every now and again it tells me who they've connected to. I've heard of 'La' being added in front of girls names to make new girls names, as in LaWanda and LaToyah but yesterday I saw that one of my colleagues had connected to a chap called 'LaTerrance'. WTF?! Taking it to the next level aren't they? 
SiH said:
I'm on Linkedin and have got some US colleagues as connections and every now and again it tells me who they've connected to. I've heard of 'La' being added in front of girls names to make new girls names, as in LaWanda and LaToyah but yesterday I saw that one of my colleagues had connected to a chap called 'LaTerrance'. WTF?! Taking it to the next level aren't they?
On that note, have heard of someone called Le-a. Pronounced Ledasha.8Ace said:
SiH said:
I'm on Linkedin and have got some US colleagues as connections and every now and again it tells me who they've connected to. I've heard of 'La' being added in front of girls names to make new girls names, as in LaWanda and LaToyah but yesterday I saw that one of my colleagues had connected to a chap called 'LaTerrance'. WTF?! Taking it to the next level aren't they?
On that note, have heard of someone called Le-a. Pronounced Ledasha.About 15 years ago my then girlfriends best mate popped one out so we went to visit her in the maternity hospital.
Usual conversation ensued but the girl, (can't remember her name), said to us, 'You're not going to believe what the woman in the bed next to me has called her baby girl!'
She'd only gone and labelled the poor thing with 'Pocahontis'!!!
It gets better!
Her second name was/is McGuinness!!!
And to polish it off, they were from Govan!!!
Imagine "POCAHON'IS COME AN' GIT YER DENNER!!!' ringing out at around 5 of an evening.
Usual conversation ensued but the girl, (can't remember her name), said to us, 'You're not going to believe what the woman in the bed next to me has called her baby girl!'
She'd only gone and labelled the poor thing with 'Pocahontis'!!!
It gets better!
Her second name was/is McGuinness!!!
And to polish it off, they were from Govan!!!
Imagine "POCAHON'IS COME AN' GIT YER DENNER!!!' ringing out at around 5 of an evening.
When our boy was born recently we hadn't decided on a name so I sent a text out to lots of my friends saying:
"Randolph Chester Fotherington Doobs born this morning at ..."
One of my friends then had to field a load of phone calls from people saying "Is he f
serious".
It might have been a joke but it's still a mile better than "Gift"
"Randolph Chester Fotherington Doobs born this morning at ..."
One of my friends then had to field a load of phone calls from people saying "Is he f
serious". It might have been a joke but it's still a mile better than "Gift"
Authors Levitt & Dubner's book, "Freakonomics" has a chapter devoted to how people's names can influence their chances in life - citing instances where job candidates with 'black' sounding names (DeShawn, Darnell, Tyrone, Demetrius etc.) were less likely to be given an interview than those with 'white' sounding names (Jake, Connor, Luke, Jack etc). The whole subject is interesting to me.
A few years ago, my parents were living in Ohio and mum had a lady come in every other day to help with household chores (the lazy cow). This lady's daughter had just given birth to a girl and my mum asked what they were going to call her. "Vagina" was the chosen name apparently. My mum thought she was kidding, but soon realised that this woman had no idea what the word meant, but they all thought it sounded 'pretty'. My mother had to explain to her in fairly basic terms what the word meant and her home-help was horrified to learn it was the case.
A quick family pow-wow resulted in a re-think for a name for the nipper, which resulted in the mind-boggling, Uniqua.
On reflection, the first choice was probably better.
A few years ago, my parents were living in Ohio and mum had a lady come in every other day to help with household chores (the lazy cow). This lady's daughter had just given birth to a girl and my mum asked what they were going to call her. "Vagina" was the chosen name apparently. My mum thought she was kidding, but soon realised that this woman had no idea what the word meant, but they all thought it sounded 'pretty'. My mother had to explain to her in fairly basic terms what the word meant and her home-help was horrified to learn it was the case.
A quick family pow-wow resulted in a re-think for a name for the nipper, which resulted in the mind-boggling, Uniqua.
On reflection, the first choice was probably better.
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