100,001 Baby Names

blue_elle · July 2013

Should be called 99,990 names you'd never use. Don't get me wrong, I know that there's no way to make a book with names that appeal to everyone, but good grief some of these names!

Some of my fav finds from the girl names so far -

Baby, Kiss, Fog, Flirt, Flicky, Cloud

There's a ton of other examples, but these are the ones that jump out just flipping through the first section.

I did find this one that I'm actually really liking though -

Aisley (F, English) - from the ash-tree meadow

What awesome names have you come across lately, good or bad?

twobluelines · July 2013

We have the same book! And i've said pretty much the same thing. I should have bought a much smaller book of names because you are right, 99% of them are things I wouldn't even consider. I laughed out loud when I got to Flirt... that's not a daughter I want!

Rebis58 · July 2013

I don't have a baby name book but some bad names I know of in real life include a little boy named Lyric, and a little girl with a hyphenated last name that essentially sounds like "Princess" (the names were put in that order purposely by the mom so she would be a "Princess").

I also know of a man whose first and middle names are legally "Jimmy James" and another first and middle name "Jack Daniels" (yes - the "s" on the end of Daniel is there on purpose)

cnwilbur1030 · July 2013

In my L&D nursing school rotation, a new mom named her girl L-A. She told me, "It's pronounced Ladasha, the dash ain't silent!"

FSUNole31 · July 2013

I had a student last year named Love. It was weird calling her name for the first few weeks of school.

tesskerr · July 2013

I know a tinkerbell...

baby2ra · July 2013

I think you should totally name your daughter Flicky! How beautiful and feminine!

aessary03 · July 2013

cnwilbur1030:
In my L&D nursing school rotation, a new mom named her girl L-A. She told me, "It's pronounced Ladasha, the dash ain't silent!"

That is freakin' hilarious!!! Best baby name EVER! hahahahahahaha, poor kid.

aessary03 · July 2013

I'm almost positive I have that same worthless book .... lol!

LexGator · July 2013

Those name books are useless. I was so frustrated reading through them during my first pregnancy.

I know this is a bit off topic, but try nymbler.com -- it's a really useful site that's more than just endless lists of non-names.

folkfemme · July 2013

cnwilbur1030:
In my L&D nursing school rotation, a new mom named her girl L-A. She told me, "It's pronounced Ladasha, the dash ain't silent!"

HAHA!! My SIL plays at Olympian level women's soccer and there's a L-A on her team. It actually just about killed me when she told me.

valigrl21 · July 2013

I think I used the same book when we searched for a name for our DD. And was thinking about how it was time to bring it back out to start searching again. But now you reminded me how worthless it is, so maybe not Stick out tongue

peanutmuse · July 2013

cnwilbur1030:
In my L&D nursing school rotation, a new mom named her girl L-A. She told me, "It's pronounced Ladasha, the dash ain't silent!"

I have heard numerous variations of the Ledasha story. So I wonder if this mother was just kidding around, or if she actually thought she was being original. There's even a snopes entry about the variations of this naming scheme.

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