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People Who Give Their Kids DUMB Names...
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Originally Posted by huggles
well DH & I are expecting our first child in just under 4 weeks (sex unknown) and I can guarentee to everyone here that our child will have a "normal" name
Originally Posted by gemlady
Darn, I guess you didn't like my suggestion of Tim-Tam or Bourbon.
Our mortgage representative here at the office...her name is Sunny!
My name was almost Sunshine. My parents met at a nightclub in Berkley (or, as they called it "Berzerkley") in the 70's. They were (still are) hippies.
My nickname is Sunny. I had a horse named Sunny and one day someone thought I said my name was Sunny when I was telling them my horse's name. I kind of liked the way it sounded so I didn't correct them : )
My cat, Mingus, who recently passed away was neutered by a Dr. Weiner. We always had a good laugh about that.
I went to school with a girl named Echo, which is sort of unusual (but I liked it). I believe she said her mother named her after a doll that she had when she was little.
And there's Richard Sweat, who went by Dick. Former congressman (I think?) for New Hampshire. Also architect. (I worked in the architecture industry at the time.) I mean, why wouldn't you go by Richard, or Rich?
It's a memorable name when you go into that voting booth I guess!
Lainie
(named after my mother's godmother. It's my middle name in actuality.)
I went to school with a girl named Echo, which is sort of unusual (but I liked it). I believe she said her mother named her after a doll that she had when she was little.
And there's Richard Sweat, who went by Dick. Former congressman (I think?) for New Hampshire. Also architect. (I worked in the architecture industry at the time.) I mean, why wouldn't you go by Richard, or Rich?
It's a memorable name when you go into that voting booth I guess!
Lainie
(named after my mother's godmother. It's my middle name in actuality.)
A friend of mine called her first son Thunder
I couldnt believe it at the time....but she was adamant on this name. The funny thing is that I got so used to it, that it ended up sounding like a 'normal' name. Everytime I talked about Thunder to people, and they would give me a funny look, I remembered it was an unusual name
His younger sister is called Leila.....I wish i had a $1 for everytime someone said "What's her name? Lightning???"
When Thunder started high school last year, he deceided to change his name to Paul (his middle name) as he was sick of all the teasing and fights ....I really don't blame him!!!
His younger sister is called Leila.....I wish i had a $1 for everytime someone said "What's her name? Lightning???"
When Thunder started high school last year, he deceided to change his name to Paul (his middle name) as he was sick of all the teasing and fights ....I really don't blame him!!!
My granddaughters are Feliza and Isabel. Feliza is from the Spanish word "feliz", as in "Feliz Navidad", "Feliz Cumpleanos" etc.
My sons are plain old James Richard and Mark Thomas. Thomas was my maiden name and it worked with "Mark".
My sons are plain old James Richard and Mark Thomas. Thomas was my maiden name and it worked with "Mark".
Oh, and my cousin's name is Lincoln, which I've always thought was awful. I won't give his last name here, but it's not a pleasant sounding name -- he sounds really stodgy. And he's a really upbeat, funny kid...his name doesn't suit him at all. Most of us call him "Linc" for short.
What about Marrion Berry?
I always got a laugh out of that one.
In the South, I knew twin guys, their names were Benjamin and Beauregarde, harmless enough.
They went by Ben & Beau, still not too bad, except their last name was Dover.
I always got a laugh out of that one.
In the South, I knew twin guys, their names were Benjamin and Beauregarde, harmless enough.
They went by Ben & Beau, still not too bad, except their last name was Dover.
long time ago I had 2 pure gray cats I named them sam and same jr...lol
I am glad I am Bobbie and not Robert! I am female and Bobby is usually the masculine spelling of the name.
Seriously...
I work with people with VERY strage names. Two come to mind.
Aysen (Aye-shen)
Laquonda (La-quan-da)
Horace
Boston
I will post the rest when I remember them.
I grey up with an April...a Kiara (she didn't get picked on) a Mike Hunt (I still can't believe we as kids knew the slang for that one!)
A friend of mine just named her baby Rylee. My daughter had a friend in school named Hunter (girl). My twin sister Charlena named her son Evan. I hated the name at first and said it sounded like bottled water.
Brookyln is popular here for a girls name.
Oh well, too each their own
Bobbie
Seriously? I had some jerk I met at a party in high school use Ben Dover as his name - took me nearly a week to figure out he was snowing me
Don't forget Jermaine Jackson's son - Jermajesty. As if being a member of THAT family isn't enough to mess with a kid's head!
When my brother was born the Drs. name was weiner
A name I have always liked but never heard of anyone having it and I don't even remember where I heard it, Daylene Lanaye
Crystal is actually a common name here in the US. Is it not there? I knew quite a few girls names Crystal and in fact one of my good friends is a Crystal.Originally Posted by pandybear
there are some truly odd names these days, for example, tigerlilly, hazel, apple, casper, fifi trixiebelle (sounds like and adult entertainer), peaches honeyblossom, little pixie, hopper and jermajesty...all these by the way belong to air head celebrity's who have no idea at all how to name a child
there is nothing wrong with a unusual name but when you think calling your daughter tigerlilly is okay something is just wrong.
my best friend recently called her daughter crystal, i nearly died when she told me, why couldn't she have called the poor girl rebecca or something
I know a girl named Saskia. Her parents are from Holland and both daughters, Saskia and Alexandra were born in Holland. Saskia is a strange name but I think it's pretty. Not that I would name MY daughter Saskia. And she actually LOVES her name.
Kaja (pronounced Kaisa), a Danish name I think
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One of the best explanation (in my opinion) for the above point is provided by Roland Fryer an economics professor from Harvard http://post.economics.harvard.edu/fa...yer/fryer.html.
He had a recent paper in the Quarterly Journal of Economics recently
http://post.economics.harvard.edu/fa...c_vol119_3.pdf
titled "The cause and consequences of distinctively black names." PDF Reader required.
Very interesting. Ronald Fryer seems like a very intelligent man just from the first few paragraphs I read. I have not yet read all of the PDF since it's quite long, but I will keep reading a little more here and there as the day goes on...
THANKS for sharing, I will actually pass this on to Denise since she is interested in the subject too.
How could I forget?? My (former) co-worker's daughter, who is half-Danish, is name Line (pronounced Lee-nah) Unfortunately, she lives in America, where it's pronounced typically as that long, straight thing.
