Post your facebook, hospital & other name horrors here

starlight8323 · January 2011

Per this thread, we're hoping to condense a lot of the "gawker" threads into one! We thought this would make them more fun to browse and the board an easier read. We'll start a new thread every day to keep the list fresh.

Anyone is welcome to add to the post--local hospital names, the awful name you over heard at the park, Facebook horrors, and anything else that might give us a good chuckle! Feel free to comment, too.

KaitySueWho · January 2011

going through assignments from insurance companies at work and ran across this name

Aquaquenn ( Aqua Queen is how it is pronounced)

And she goes by Aqua.. wth were her parents thinking..

ames71 · January 2011

On FB: Eryleigh (I have no idea how to pronounce this)

BlueRidge8 · January 2011

ames17:
On FB: Eryleigh (I have no idea how to pronounce this)

Guess that's better than Layte?

UZ2Bee · January 2011

My Mom used to teach pre-school and had a little girl with the name:

Possum

Not short for anything, and that was her given name on her birth certificate! Really?!?! A rodent animal name for your child?! I think mouse would have been cuter! Ick!

quezzo · January 2011

A hospital name - A'lehya

onislandtime · January 2011

Just heard this gem: fn Bebe mn Le. No joke.

waterfly · January 2011

UZ2Bee:
My Mom used to teach pre-school and had a little girl with the name:

Possum

Not short for anything, and that was her given name on her birth certificate! Really?!?! A rodent animal name for your child?! I think mouse would have been cuter!

And a misspelled marsupial's name at that--it may be pronounced "possum" but the spelling includes a silent "o"(Opossum).

onislandtime · January 2011

Another one I heard today: Heideh

calhoun53009 · January 2011

At DH's school:

Ridiculous names in general:

Jailin (can't help but see in-jail)

Sigh (Cy??)

Nation

Vada (like Darth?)

Margarita

Ladainion

MacLovia (hope she doesn't marry McLovin')

Hey let's smush together two names into one:

Emmalee (really?)

Mollianne

Daniellerae

Ridiculous spellings of otherwise cool names:

In addition to numerous Peyton's... Paytin and Payton

Kyleigh

Larayn (Lauren?)

Malakye

Jakkob

Cydney

Kiarra

Jenavie

Alexxus

Wow....

karakel · January 2011

I saw this one posted on another board: Avoree

citychicks · January 2011

karakel:
I saw this one posted on another board: Avoree

This was dicussed in great detail last week, as she is keeping it secret from FB so that nobody steals it. Hmm Indifferent *snort*

purplerhi · January 2011

Sahn

MrsL2 · January 2011

I saw the name Gemma on facebook the other day! Really not sure how it is supposed to be pronounced? Whether the G is supposed to have a "g" sound or 'j" sound?

grace782 · January 2011

MrsL2:
I saw the name Gemma on facebook the other day! Really not sure how it is supposed to be pronounced? Whether the G is supposed to have a "g" sound or 'j" sound?

Legitimate name (see: Gemma Arterton, actress). The G is like a J.

MrsL2 · January 2011

actress name or not I still think it is pretty awful

1medicwife · January 2011

Patient from work: Alyce

Unfortunate to ruin such a classic as Alice.

MarxieVonTrapp · January 2011

First name: Hallie. Middle name: Liuya. Together: A weird spelling of Hallelujia.

lulabellalula · January 2011

grace782:
MrsL2:
I saw the name Gemma on facebook the other day! Really not sure how it is supposed to be pronounced? Whether the G is supposed to have a "g" sound or 'j" sound?
Legitimate name (see: Gemma Arterton, actress). The G is like a J.

Sons of Anarchy!! i think its a pretty name!

ara_cale · January 2011

I recently got a friend request from an old school friend. She has three daughters, the oldest is Jayda and then she has twins Kyleigh and Kendall. Not terrible, just terribly trendy.

GettinNervous · January 2011

Middle name I saw today: X-ander

Yes, that's a dash.

strangebird · January 2011

waterfly:
UZ2Bee:
My Mom used to teach pre-school and had a little girl with the name:

Possum

Not short for anything, and that was her given name on her birth certificate! Really?!?! A rodent animal name for your child?! I think mouse would have been cuter!
And a misspelled marsupial's name at that--it may be pronounced "possum" but the spelling includes a silent "o"(Opossum).

Actually, a possum is a real animal and believe it or not a possum and an opossum are not the same animal at all.

Here's some basic information; I checked a couple links, but this one is the most informative: https://hotword.dictionary.com/possum-opossum/

strangebird · January 2011

GettinNervous:
Middle name I saw today: X-ander

Yes, that's a dash.

LOL, but is it pronounced ex-dash-ann-der?

SparkleCupcakes · January 2011

My trailor trash SIL named her daughter (who is two years younger than me) Billie Jo, after BOTH of the men who COULD have been her father. AWESOME.

We have a "Neveah" in the family. Ugh. Shoulda just named her "Stripper Pole."

Wezlee (for a boy. Supposed to be Wesley. *sigh*)

Jemymeeah (Instead, I suppose, of Jemimah?)

Stupid.

mantle · January 2011

As a specials teacher at an elementary school, I teach over 550 kids, so I see a lot of names. These are some of the most out-there names I can think of off the top of my head:

Sir John

Queen Beatrice (goes by Queen Bee)

Rufus

Crytrina (really hard to say quickly)

Quiesha (pronounced Q eesha)

Tequilla (yes, it is mispelled on purpose)

Ambrosza (also misspelled on purpose)

DaQuinn (but mom insists it is pronounced Day Qwan but the hospital misspelled it at his birth)

JaNayJsHa (yes, all those are actually capitals in the middle of the name)

Cash'mir

Mahoghanie (misspelled on purpose)

Mnemosyne (parents didn't want strangers to be able to say her name)

Persephone (same as above)

Jon Jon (there is a strip club in the next town over with the same name and it has been there for years)

TWINS: Shamirah & Tamirah, Octavia & Latavia, Emery & Emerihiana, William David & William Daniel

Sarafuss · January 2011

Aaralynn (pronounced uh-ray-lynn)

Completely awful.

mantle · January 2011

calhoun53009:
Hey let's smush together two names into one:
Emmalee (really?)

My sister really wants to someday use EmmaRae.

mantle · January 2011

GettinNervous:
Middle name I saw today: X-ander
Yes, that's a dash.

Reminds me of more students!

XXXavier

Xzavius & Xzavion (brothers 2-3 years apart)

CBonBoard · January 2011

Twins- Frankincense and Myrrh (both girls)

cozylittlecave · January 2011

Just watched independent/foreign film Monsters (2010 & incidentally very good!)

Main actor: Scoot McNairy

Music Supervisor: Lol Hammond

Malgal222 · January 2011

Princessa (pronouned Princhessa) Its italian and I wouldn't pick it but it is a good name for her

Phatty

waterfly · January 2011

mantle:
Mnemosyne (parents didn't want strangers to be able to say her name)
Persephone (same as above)

I wouldn't have trouble with either of those, personally...but I've also been reading Greek mythology since I was five. The first one is a lot easier when you know that the first M is silent. I've met people both online and IRL who had considered the name Persephone for a daughter--at least one planned on using the NN "Sephy"...I've got no problem with the name by itself, but the NN is pretty awful.

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